Windows 2000 Mac Support Little Black Book: The Hands-on Reference Guide for Integrating Macintosh Desktops with Windows 2000 Server Environments (Paperback)

~ (Author), Pieter Paulson (Author)

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Amazon.com Review

When Windows people write about networking their computers, they often forget the Macintosh entirely or relegate Mac connectivity to an afterthought chapter. Not only is Windows 2000 Mac Support Little Black Book dedicated to the issue of interoperability between Windows and the Mac, but it addresses the connectivity problem from both ends of the wire. Gene Steinberg and Pieter Paulson go into detail on what needs to be done to your Macs, as well as your Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 boxes, in order to bring about file sharing, printer sharing, cross-platform database access, and application sharing. It's a complete and carefully researched statement of configuration strategies, and perfect for advertising houses, Web development shops, and other environments in which large parts of the staff use the Mac.

Like all Black Book titles, this one divides its coverage between "Immediate Solutions," which feature precise steps to follow in order to enable features or bring about effects, and more prose-heavy background information. Both types of coverage are well written and worth reading, and it's easy to find the sections you need with the help of an intelligent system of page-edge dark areas and a good index. There's no CD-ROM, but the documentation is of high quality and addresses a poorly covered area. --David Wall

Topics covered: Using LANs to connect Macintosh computers to machines that run Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Emphasis is on Thursby Systems' DAVE package on the Mac side and Macintosh Services on the Windows side.

Product Description

The Windows 2000 Mac Support Little Black Book is an essential reference for systems administrators who need to integrate Macs with Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers, and for power users who wish to configure their Macs to access resources through a Windows-based network.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books; 1 edition (February 24, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576103889
• ISBN-13: 978-1576103883
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,892,876 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for peer-to-peer networking too, May 10, 2000

By A Customer

Despite what another review says, this book is not just for users of Windows 2000 Server. My Mac/Windows network is set up on a peer-to-peer basis, and yet I found this book valuable, because it explained how to configure Thursby Systems' great program, DAVE, to allow for this sort of configuration.

I don't know what this other reviewer was thinking when these very clearly labeled instructions were missed.

Although the book assumes some degree of familiarity with both Windows and the Mac OS, even someone who is not an experienced administrator will learn how to set up their systems with as little fuss as possible.

I highly recommend this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Great..., January 31, 2001

By	Richard Perkins (King of Prussia, PA) - See all my reviews

I truly cannot understand where this dude gets the idea there is no discussion of TCP/IP connections in the section covering Windows 2000. Evidently he's not paying attention. In fact, the section called "Learning How DHCP Works With Your Macs," beginning on page 292, clearly shows how you can use your Mac's TCP/IP Control Panel to access a DHCP Server established under Windows 2000.

Either that dude missed this section, or read another book. Either way, he doesn't seem to understand how it's supposed to be done.

In my company's network, a mixed setup with Macs in our art department and Windows boxes elsewhere, this book was an invaluable assistant in getting things to work properly when we migrated to W2K. I recommend it highly.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Windows 2000 Mac Support, January 16, 2001

By	Michael Gallagher (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews

Bummer, this book is a "wannabe".

Although, the Windows NT information is without a doubt, far and above superior to Microsoft's documentation it falls short with Windows 2000 support. Unfortunately, this book dwells upon AppleTalk as a viable protocol. However, Macintosh systems have supported TCP/IP as the native protocol since 7.x. AppleTalk is for all practical purposes dead -- Modern Giga Bit routers do not route AppleTalk. There is no discussion of Macintosh access via TCP/IP except implicitly through DAVE.

Microsoft might as well have written the discussion of the UAM (Universal Access Module) it is so terse. This book will be a great asset for those unfortunate folks supporting Legacy systems whose budgets will not allow forward progress.