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Comment on History of Operating System Concepts Textbook by admin

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:01:04 +0000

Hi Chris, glad to hear folks like the book. Essentials is just a stripped down version of the 8th Edition. It keeps the chapters that most faculty use when teaching a 1 semester course from the book. 8th Ed has more material but it’s more than 1 semester’s worth of knowledge .

Comment on History of Operating System Concepts Textbook by Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:26:25 +0000

Hi Peter, thought you might be able to comment on the differences between the 8th Edition Updated and the Essentials book from the perspective of someone trying to teach themselves OS fundamentals (everyone said “read the dinosaur book!”). Which book would you recommend for a self learner and why? From the descriptions on Amazon.com I couldn’t really get a sense of which would be better for use outside of a university course context…
Thanks,
Chris

Comment on Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition published by Cauvery

Cauvery — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:43:53 +0000

Thank you so much for the help Peter.

Cauvery

Comment on Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition published by admin

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:00:15 +0000

Hi Cauvery, Wiley should be getting in touch with you to make sure you have everything you need. Thanks for using our text!

–Peter

Comment on Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition published by Cauvery

Cauvery — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:45:47 +0000

Hi Peter,

Following is the link I am trying to register on -

https://professor.wiley.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?WEBEVENT+RD598F83C82320301E0B704W+PRD+ENG

I have spoken to a rep recently and she told she would add my college name to the list. I am keeping my fingers crossed to get that done soon as the Semester is starting in January.

I want to get access to Instructor manual and other restricted resources for Instructors.

Thanks
Cauvery

Comment on Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition published by admin

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:11:09 +0000

Hi Cauvery, can you send me a link to the page that you are trying to use to register? What are you trying to get by registering at the site? I.e do you need the instructor’s manual or a review copy?

–Peter

Comment on The “Best” Mac OS Resources by soap

soap — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:34:57 +0000

This article is very useful and resourceful.Thanks. And I noticed it did not include clean utilities, like MacCleaning. http://www.easemac.com It is free and effective.

Comment on Operating System Concepts, 8th Edition published by Cauvery

Cauvery — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:10:18 +0000

Hi Peter,

I studied from your book as a student and now I’m referring to your book to teach…
I just wanted to bring this into light that Wiley site doesn’t have the list of all colleges in India and hence I’m not able to register myself on the site. What should I do ??

Best Regards
Cauvery

Comment on History of Operating System Concepts Textbook by admin

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:53:35 +0000

Ah, very interesting. Well thanks for checking and I hope you enjoy the book.

Comment on History of the Operating System Concepts Textbooks by admin

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:15:55 +0000

The information is on this page, no? http://www.galvin.info/history-of-operating-system-concepts-textbook