Totally Rad Mac

Library Journal

Linzmayer has the enviable job of finding Macintosh shareware and freeware, testing it out, and then cranking out books with ridiculous titles that explain the utility or nonutility of these programs. Are these books worth it? That all depends. If you have access to the Internet and a decent Macintosh site, you can FTP (file transfer protocol) most of this stuff yourself. If you belong to a respectable Macintosh users group, most of this software is available free. But if you're completely isolated from Macintosh society, then these books were made for you. I'm disappointed that SYBEX didn't combine these into one larger volume, but even a more massive collection wouldn't be worth the asking price, given any other route to these Mac applications. Spend your money instead on membership in a local users group, or sign up for Internet access.