Serija knjiga Inside Out ima zasluženu reputaciju kvalitete. Kada se ove knjige bave nekom temom, čitatelju daju pojedinosti o gotovo svemu bitnom za tu temu, u čitljivom, dobro ilustriranom i lako razumljivom formatu. Stoga^(Thus) sam imao velika očekivanja od Windows 8 Inside Out , koji je sigurno dovoljno dugačak da pokrije gotovo sve što bi netko želio znati o radu sa sustavom Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} . Je li knjiga ispunila moja očekivanja? Hajdemo^(Let) saznati.

NAPOMENA:^(NOTE:) Pregledavam verziju e-knjige. Budući da verzija e-knjige ima mnoštvo poveznica na korisne videozapise na koje se može kliknuti, mislim da se isplati kupiti (pogledajte naše veze u nastavku). Uvijek možete sami upisati URL-ove^(URLs) videozapisa ako kupite tiskanu verziju.

Windows 8 Inside Out - Za dobar početak

Budući da je Windows 8 radikalan redizajn poznatog Windows sučelja, puno ljudi će trebati dobro objašnjenje o tome kako funkcionira, tako da će se osjećati jednako sigurni u korištenju ove verzije kao iu prethodnim verzijama. Windows 8 Inside Out izvrsno provodi čitatelja kroz novo sučelje od početka. Umjesto iscrpnog pregleda svake pojedine značajke, usredotočuje se na značajke koje će ljudi htjeti koristiti najčešće, pristup koji pozdravljam.

Knjiga počinje pregledom onoga što je novo u sustavu Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} , a zatim se nastavlja s detaljnim uputama za njegovu kupnju i instalaciju, uključujući postupak nadogradnje s prethodnih verzija sustava Windows . Budući da nadogradnja sa sustava Windows XP^{(Windows XP)} nije tako jednostavna kao stavljanje diska u pogon i puštanje da instalacija ide svojim tijekom, odjeljak koji opisuje ovaj proces posebno je koristan. Svi mogući problemi su pokriveni. Dobro je unaprijed znati da je Windows 8 za razliku od svojih prethodnika u zahtijevanju ključa proizvoda odmah od samog početka, na primjer. Također je detaljno opisan proces migracije s jednog računala na drugo. Moje vlastito iskustvo s Easy Transferom^{(Easy Transfer)}bilo je dovoljno glatko, ali bio bih zahvalan da imam ove upute samo da mi daju povjerenje u ono što radim. Postoje čak i upute za deinstaliranje sustava Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} i povratak na prethodnu verziju, iako autor potiče čitatelja da smatra da ne sviđanje sučelja sustava Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} nije nužno razlog da ga se odmah riješite. Ovaj pristup mi je bio vrlo osvježavajući.

Prilagođavanje sučelja sustava Windows 8

Nisam siguran zašto je Microsoft smanjio mogućnosti za izradu prilagođenog sučelja u sustavu Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} . Kao netko tko se voli petljati s gotovo svakim aspektom ekrana koje vidim svaki dan, moram priznati da me pomalo nervira nedostatak ugrađenih opcija na zaključanom^(Lock) i početnom^(Start) zaslonu. Windows 8 Inside Out priznaje ova ograničenja i daje sve od sebe da pokaže da još uvijek postoje mogućnosti izbora. Posebno su mi se svidjele upute za dodavanje isključivanja i ponovnog pokretanja na početni^(Start) zaslon, te za početak rada s radnom površinom^(Desktop) . Naravno, ako ste redoviti čitatelj 7 Tutoriala^{(7 Tutorials)} , već imate ove stvari pri ruci. 🙂

Svidjele su mi se i upute za prikaz detaljnih obavijesti iz aplikacija na zaključanom^(Lock) zaslonu. Autor napominje da vas to može spasiti od potrebe da se prijavite na svoje računalo samo da biste provjerili neku omiljenu aplikaciju koju često gledate, što je vrlo korisno. Tu su i sjajne upute kako da radna površina^(Desktop) izgleda više kao sučelje sustava Windows 7 . ^{(Windows 7)}Autor smatra da će se ljudi s vremenom više naviknuti na sučelje s pločicama i da će mu to biti draže nego na radnoj površini^(Desktop) . Osjećam da ima pravo na svoje mišljenje i da to neće ići na taj način. 🙂

Dolazak do Windows 8 aplikacija

Budući da se tehničke knjige mogu čitati bilo kojim redoslijedom, predlažem da prijeđete na poglavlje o postavljanju mrežne veze prije nego što se pozabavite poglavljem o dodavanju aplikacija. Uostalom, osim ako vaša internetska veza ne radi ispravno, nećete moći ništa dobiti iz trgovine^(Store) . Odjeljak koji pokriva umrežavanje vrlo je temeljit i detaljan te uključuje upute za rješavanje problema koje bi trebale riješiti najčešće probleme. Nakon što je vaša mrežna veza postavljena, vrijeme je da se vratite na poglavlje pod nazivom "Dodavanje, uklanjanje i upravljanje aplikacijama"^{("Adding, removing and managing apps")} koje bi gotovo svakome trebalo dati povjerenje da pronađe i instalira bilo koju vrstu aplikacije iz trgovine^(Store) . Jedna manja zafrkancija s ovim poglavljem: ja neAplikacije za Windows 8^{(Windows 8 apps)} znače točno ono što piše — aplikacije koje se mogu pronaći samo u Trgovini^(Store) i koriste se samo sa sustavom Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} . U ovom poglavlju postoji mnogo tehničkih detalja o aplikacijama koji možda neće svima zanimati.

Ipak, korisno je imati za referencu ako vam ikada zatreba više informacija.

Raditi stvari na novi način, objasnio je

Mislim da nisam jedini koji isprva ne shvaćam da je Windows 8 toliko potpuno redizajniran da koristi potpuno drugačiji pristup većini stvari koje su nam poznate od svojih prethodnika. Windows 8 Inside Out objašnjava ove promjene na način koji prije nisam vidio i sve je učinio puno jasnijim. Što^(Which) je bilo dobro, jer nisam imao pravo razumijevanje pristupa koji se temelji na aplikacijama u odnosu na pristup datotekama i koristio sam File Explorer na način na koji sam koristio Windows Explorer i stoga (prema knjizi) nisam radio stvari u većini slučajeva. učinkovit način. Mnogi koncepti bit će poznati svima koji su ikada koristili Windows, ali filozofija iza svega je radikalno drugačija. I jedna od stvari koje su me stvarno iznenadile i oduševile bile su upute za korištenje Linux diska za pristup vašim datotekama ako je Windows 8 zabrljao. Naučit ćete gdje pronaći autorovu omiljenu distribuciju ( Puppy Linux ) i kako napraviti live CD te kako doći do vaših nedostupnih datoteka. Izvrstan dodatak.

Odjeljak koji se bavi medijskim aplikacijama objašnjava stvari jednako temeljito. Mislim da svatko tko obrati pažnju na Windows 8 Inside Out neće imati nikakvih problema s glazbom, videom, TV-om i filmovima. I objašnjenje streaminga je također dobro napravljeno. Unatoč činjenici da sam koristio računala otkako su punili sobe i jeli bušene kartice, relativno sam novajlija u korištenju medija za kućna računala, a nakon čitanja ove knjige osjećam da sam malo čvršće stala na zemlju tako da će biti lakše učiniti više sa stvarima osim običnim starim datotekama i aplikacijama.

Sigurnost, sigurnost i nova tehnologija

Većina rasprava o sigurnosti nije bila nova, a svatko tko još nije koristio ove tehnike ( Windows Firewall , Windows Defender i tako dalje) ne brine mnogo o sigurnosti. Međutim, od Windows 8je dizajniran s na umu zaslone osjetljive na dodir, bilo je dobro vidjeti dio o sigurnosti sa stajališta korisnika zaslona osjetljivog na dodir. Mnogi su ljudi novi u dodiru s ekranima i možda još nisu otkrili neke od ovih stvari. Na primjer, rasprava o slikovnim lozinkama temeljito se bavi prednostima i nedostacima njihove uporabe. Mnogima od nas je već rečeno da mrlje na zaslonu pametnog telefona mogu dati trag za lozinku usmjerenu na dodir, ali možda neće razmišljati o istom problemu kada je u pitanju računalo. Knjiga daje temeljit pregled slikovnih lozinki, a zatim dolazi do zaključka da ih ljudi koji stvarno brinu o sigurnosti ne bi trebali koristiti. Prilično iznenađujući zaključak nakon ovako detaljnog pregleda, ali što se mene tiče, pravo na novac.

Postoji i odjeljak koji opisuje stvaranje virtualnog stroja s Hyper-V , ali budući da je to dostupno samo korisnicima Windows 8 Pro i Enterprise , to možda neće biti korisne informacije za većinu ljudi.

Održavanje, Windows 8 način

Odjeljak koji se bavi održavanjem i rješavanjem problema počinje temeljitom raspravom o Windows Updateu^{(Windows Update)} . Ažuriranja su nešto o čemu mnogi ljudi ne razmišljaju kada razmišljaju o održavanju svojih računala – ili samo prihvate automatsko preuzimanje i instalaciju, ili ih nerviraju potrebna ponovna pokretanja dok pokušavaju raditi i isključe cijelu stvar . Postoji mnogo drugih pristupa ažuriranjima, a odjeljak počinje o tome koliko su ova ažuriranja važna i zašto ih je potrebno dopustiti. Ali ne morate prihvatiti zadane postavke sustava Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} , a to je detaljno objašnjeno.

Indeks iskustva u sustavu Windows^{(Windows Experience Index)} vrlo je koristan alat za koji ljudi možda ne znaju (iako čitatelji 7 vodiča^{(7 Tutorials)} sigurno hoće). Windows 8 Inside Out detaljno raspravlja o tome. Također govori o nekim alatima za benchmarking trećih strana koji bi mogli biti zanimljivi. I kao netko tko je redoviti korisnik Task Managera^{(Task Manager)} otkad koristim Windows , svidjelo mi se kako je to dobro objašnjeno. To je jedna od najkorisnijih aplikacija za rješavanje problema koja postoji, a to će pomoći da se više ljudi osjeća ugodno s njom. Razgovarali smo o Task Manageru^{(Task Manager)}dosta detalja, ali ovo služi kao dodatna korisna referenca. Tu je i izvrstan završni dio koji bi čitatelju trebao pomoći da shvati i riješi probleme pri pokretanju i padove, s opsežnim indeksom koji čitatelja može odvesti izravno do rješenja bilo kojeg problema.

Mislim da je ovaj dio sam po sebi vrijedan cijene knjige.

Zaključak

Mislim da možete reći da mi se ova knjiga jako svidjela. Bio je dobro napisan, ušao je u zadovoljavajuću količinu detalja i iznova je pogledao Windows 8 s kojim se prije nisam susreo. To nije samo dobra knjiga, to je edukacija. 🙂 Ilustracije su šarene i dobro odabrane, a objašnjenja logična. Mislim da će svatko tko želi stati na noge sa sustavom Windows 8^{(Windows 8)} , ovo smatrati vrijednim resursom.

Presuda

Zaista mislim da ne možete pogriješiti ako kupite Windows 8 Inside Out , bilo u formatu za ispis ili e-knjigu. E-knjiga ima prednost u tome što se odmah kliknu poveznice na videozapise koji ilustriraju sve koncepte knjige, što bi većini ljudi trebalo pomoći da shvati što se objašnjava. Autor jasno zna svoje stvari i zna pisati o tome tako da je lako čitati i razumjeti. Pomoći će novom korisniku da se brzo snađe i tada će biti izvrstan dodatak dobroj referentnoj kolekciji.

Book Review - Windows 8 Inside Out, by Tony Northrup

The Inside Out series of books has a well-deserved reputation for quality. When these books tackle a subject, they give the reader the details on just about everything essential to the subject, in a readable, well-illustrated and easy to follow format. Thus, I had high expectations for Windows 8 Inside Out, which is certainly long enough to cover nearly everything anyone would want to know about working with Windows 8. Did the book live up to my expectations? Let's find out.

NOTE: I'm reviewing the e-book version. Since the e-book version has a wealth of clickable links to helpful videos, I think it's well worth the purchase (see our links below). You can always type in the video URLs yourself if you buy the printed version.

Windows 8 Inside Out - Off to a good start

Since Windows 8 is a radical redesign of the familiar Windows interface, a lot of people are going to need a good explanation of how it works, so that they will feel as confident about using this version as they did about previous versions. Windows 8 Inside Out does a great job of walking the reader through the new interface from the beginning. Instead of giving an exhaustive review of every single feature, it focuses on the features people will want to use most often, an approach I applaud.

The book starts with an overview of what is new in Windows 8, and then goes on to give detailed instructions for buying and installing it, including the upgrade process from previous versions of Windows. Since upgrading from Windows XP isn't quite as simple as putting a disk in the drive and letting the installation take its course, the section that describes this process is especially useful. All the possible problems are covered. It's good to know up front that Windows 8 is unlike its predecessors in demanding a product key right from the get-go, for example. The process of migrating from one computer to another is also described in detail. My own experience with Easy Transfer was smooth enough, but I would have appreciated having these instructions just to give me confidence in what I was doing. There are even instructions for uninstalling Windows 8 and going back to a previous version, although the author does encourage the reader to consider that not liking the Windows 8 interface is not necessarily a reason to get rid of it immediately. I found this approach very refreshing.

Customizing the Windows 8 interface

I'm not sure why Microsoft reduced the options for creating a custom interface in Windows 8. As someone who likes to tinker with just about every aspect of the screens I see every day, I must admit to having been somewhat annoyed at the lack of built-in choices, on the Lock and Start screen. Windows 8 Inside Out acknowledges these limitations and does its best to show that there are still choices available. I especially liked the instructions for adding shutdown and restart to the Start screen, and for starting with the Desktop instead. Of course, if you are a regular 7 Tutorials reader, you already have these things at hand. 🙂

I also liked the instructions for displaying detailed notifications from apps on the Lock screen. The author notes that this may save you from having to log into your computer just to check some favorite app that you look at frequently, which is very useful. There are also great instructions for making the Desktop look more like the Windows 7 interface. The author feels that people will get more used to the tiled interface over time and will prefer that to the Desktop. I feel he's entitled to his opinion and it's not going to work that way. 🙂

Getting to the Windows 8 apps

Since technical books can be read in any order, I would suggest skipping to the chapter on setting up your network connection before you tackle the chapter on adding apps. After all, unless your internet connection is working properly, you're not going to be able to get anything from the Store. The section that covers networking is very thorough and detailed and includes troubleshooting instructions that should solve most common problems. Once your network connection is set up, it's time to skip back to the chapter called "Adding, removing and managing apps", which should give just about anyone confidence to find and install any kind of app from the Store. One minor quibble with this chapter: I don't think the author makes it clear enough that the term Windows 8 apps means exactly what it says—apps that can only be found in the Store and only used with Windows 8. There is a lot of technical detail about apps in this chapter that may not be of interest to everyone.

Still, it's useful to have for reference should you ever need more information.

Doing things the new way, explained

I don't think I'm alone in not realizing at first that Windows 8 has been so totally redesigned that it uses an entirely different approach to most of the things we're familiar with from its predecessors. Windows 8 Inside Out explains these changes in a way I hadn't seen before, and it made everything a lot more clear. Which was a good thing, because I had no real understanding of the app-based versus file-based approach and had been using File Explorer the way I'd used Windows Explorer and therefore (according to the book) not doing things in the most efficient way. A lot of the concepts will be familiar to anyone who's ever used Windows, but the philosophy behind it all is radically different. And one of the things that really surprised and delighted me was the instructions for using a Linux disk to get at your files if Windows 8 is messed up. You'll learn where to find the author's favorite distribution (Puppy Linux) and how to create a live CD, and how to get at your unreachable files. An excellent addition.

The section that deals with media applications explains things just as thoroughly. I think anyone who pays attention to Windows 8 Inside Out will have no problems whatsoever with music, video, TV and movies. And the explanation of streaming is also well done. Despite the fact that I have used computers since they filled rooms and ate punch cards, I am a relative newcomer to the media uses for home computers, and after reading this book I feel I've gotten my feet a little more firmly on the ground so it will be easier to do more with things other than just plain old files and apps.

Security, safety, and the new technology

Most of the discussion of security was not new, and anyone who has not already been using these techniques (Windows Firewall, Windows Defender and so forth) doesn't care much about security. However, since Windows 8 was designed with touch screens in mind, it was good to see a section on security from the point of view of a touch-screen user. A lot of people are new to touch screens and might not yet have discovered some of these things. For example, the discussion of picture passwords thoroughly deals with the advantages and disadvantages of using them. Many of us have already been told that the smudges on a smartphone screen can provide a clue to a touch-oriented password, but may not think about the same problem when it comes to a computer. The book gives a thorough overview of picture passwords and then comes to the conclusion that people who really care about security should not use them. Rather a surprising conclusion after such an in-depth overview, but right on the money as far as I'm concerned.

There is also a section that describes creating a virtual machine with Hyper-V, but since that's only available to users of Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise, it may not be useful information for most people.

Maintenance, the Windows 8 way

The section that deals with maintenance and troubleshooting starts with a thorough discussion of Windows Update. Updates are something that many people don't think of when they think of maintaining their computers—either they just accept the automatic download and installation, or they get annoyed by required restarts while they're trying to work and they shut the whole thing down. There are plenty of other approaches to updates, and the section begins with how important these updates are and why it's necessary to allow them. But you don't have to accept Windows 8's defaults, and this is explained in satisfying detail.

The Windows Experience Index is a very useful tool that people might not know about (although readers of 7 Tutorials surely will ). Windows 8 Inside Out discusses this in satisfying detail. It also talks about some third-party benchmarking tools that might be of interest. And as someone who's been a regular user of Task Manager for as long as I've been using Windows, I liked how well this was explained. It's one of the most useful troubleshooting apps there is, and this will help more people feel at ease with it. We have talked about Task Manager in quite some detail, but this serves as an additional useful reference. There's also an excellent final section that should help the reader figure out and fix startup problems and crashes, with an extensive index that can take the reader directly to the solution to any given problem.

I think this section by itself is worth the price of the book.

Conclusion

I think you can tell that I really liked this book. It was well written, went into a satisfying amount of detail, and took a fresh look at Windows 8 that I had not encountered before. It's not just a good book, it's an education. 🙂 The illustrations are colorful and well chosen, and the explanations make sense. I think anyone who wants to get their feet on the ground with Windows 8 will find this a valuable resource.

Verdict

I really don't think you can go wrong buying Windows 8 Inside Out, in either the print or e-book format. The e-book does have the advantage of instantly clickable links to videos that illustrate all the book's concepts, which should help most people grasp what's being explained. The author clearly knows his stuff and knows how to write about it so that it's easy to read and understand. It will help a new user get up to speed quickly and will then be an excellent addition to a good reference collection.

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