This book is a good introduction for new SAP R/3 Users. It covers SAPGUI, Session Manager and the different menus. It does not go into details. It is a good starting point for new R/3 users.

The attached use-restriction strings notwithstanding, there is much to cheer about this CD-ROM version of "Principles of Pharmacology". Anybody that is interested in this book will benefit from its extensive coverage of all aspects of pharmacology, including cogent information on pharmacognosy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicology.
The authors did their job well: they had taken care in establishing this masterpiece into a reference top-gun. Worth pointing out is the comprehensive coverage given to Maternal/Foetal Medicine, Neuro-diseases' Therapy, as well as general pharmacology as it concerns Intensive Care.

You'd be surprised if you knew just how much you could accomplish with QuickTime. For most folks QuickTime is just an underutilized streamer of web media. But there is more to QuickTime than a player the latest Lord of the Rings trailer, under the brushed metal facade lays a power packed Swiss army knife of multimedia manipulation. Of course you'd never chance upon just how much you could do with QuickTime by playing clips off the Internet because the true utility of QuickTime is hidden from view. That's where Judith Stern and Robert Lettieri step in, they reveal all of QuickTime inherent niftiness in "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows".

So just where can you go with QuickTime? I'm glad you asked. The following represents a small sampling of tricks gleaned from the aforementioned "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows":

Go movie Crazy:
Picture in Picture
Groovy Masking for movies
Add a media skin (forget brushed metal, you could have brushed hair)
Or the very cool but probably useless: Wrap your flick around a cube (texture mapping)

Movies aren't your thing? What are you smoking? QuickTime is not done yet.

Go Audio Gonzo:
Change Volume, Balance, Bass and Treble
Make your own tunes with the synthesizer
Sub custom sounds into the synthesizer
Convert file types

Of course there is much more to QuickTime and, hence, much more in "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows" than mentioned above. You also get the more useful, if more mundane, information. Information like preparing your movie, audio, etc. for the web.

So how is all this data streamed so to speak? If you're familiar with Visual Quickstart Guides the format will feel like slipping into an old sneaker. That said the visuals are pretty useful. The differences between the Mac interface and the Windows interface are nicely illustrated though some color plates would have been nice. My biggest complaint about the book is the pace in the early chapters. "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows" moves fairly slowly for the first five chapters covering stuff you know if you ever brushed up against someone who actually used QuickTime to watch a movie trailer. Other than that quibbling "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows" is a solid effort.

If you're thinking of buying this book because you're stumbling around trying to listen to an audio stream over the Internet don't. If you're looking to put your movie on the web and stream it via QuickTime well then "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows" is a solid choice. A trip through this book will leave you pleasantly shocked at the capabilities of QuickTime but many of the video editing tips are more easily done with iMovie (sometimes you'll need to juice iMovie with a plug in or two). I suppose it boils down to: You'll know when you need a book on QuickTime and when that happens you won't be disappointed by reaching for "QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows".

MacMiceRating: 3.5 out of 5

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Chris Seibold

Same old topics from other SAP books and documentation covered again in light fashion. Touches on most Basis topics but does not go in-depth on any of them. The Oracle portion was verbose but extremely weak in detail, not to mention it was seriously outdated and straight from old SAP documents that are no longer used.

If you've taken the SAP courses or have access to the SAP online doc, you don't need this book

I've been doing Basis Admin work for over 5 years now, and thought I knew just about all there was too know about it. This book showed me some hints and tips I never even thought of, and you can bet I'll use them in my job. Finally, a book written by someone who's been there and done it, and not by a professional writer who's never even touched SAP. Good work Robert!

This book offers great technical advice to any basis administrator. I really like the emphasis placed in the book on performance tuning as well as the focus of Oracle-specific administration issues. The tips offered in the book are highly practical and of great benefit. This important book should be at the desk of any basis administrator who supports SAP R/3 on an Oracle platform!

This is a SAP 101 book. Paragraphs on things that should take chapters if you are looking for any kind of detail. While there are no real good books on SAP, there are better ones than this for your money.

Having been through two SAP implementations and supported the FI/CO modules for two years I found this book on the mark. Of particular interest is the presentation of a dynamic support group that continuously evaluates it's role through the life cycle of SAP. This is not a book that one would give to your technical support group (not enought details). It is perfect for the application manager who must support the business processes of SAP.

Although this book was written for IT/IS professionals who will be tasked with post-implementation support of SAP R/3, the information in this book applies to any enterprise application. I am making this statement based on experience in launching and supporting a wireless telecommunications billing system, which is a completely different application than R/3. The point is most of the information contained in this book is solid and addresses service delivery and support for enterprise applications that work.

Some key strengths of this book include: (1) a clear view applications delivery milestones of R/3 before it is ready to be released into production. This is provided in Parts II and III and shows what production support personnel needs to be aware of while the development and implementation is in progress. I especially liked the chapters on stabilizing the application and preparing for hand-off into production. Also, the chapter on building a support domain was filled with excellent information that embodies best practices in service support. (2) Part IV, Supporting the live environment, is specific to SAP R/3, but can be used as a model for support processes for any ERP system (Baan, PeopleSoft, etc.) because the major production support issues are addressed. The best chapters in this section cover job scheduling (often overlooked, but can wreak havoc with meeting service level objectives), transaction and performance support and disaster recovery planning (another support area that is too often overlooked).

If you are tasked with supporting SAP R/3 this book is essential. Other audiences for this book include: project managers who need to plan the cutover of R/3 into the production environment, help desk management, release managers and business systems analysts who bridge the IT/IS and user domains. If you are a consultant who works with any ERP package this book will provide you with a wealth of useful information to which you can apply to whichever application(s) you support. Finally, this book will also prove useful to any support organization that is tasked with service delivery and support of enterprise applications for which a third-party book is not available. I certainly could have used this book when I was supporting a wireless billing application.

Highly recommended to the audience cited above and 5 stars for clear writing and information that is valuable beyond the scope of the book.

Of all the technical books I've read this one qualifies as the worst. It's out of date, but even when it was new it would justify my opinion.

It attempts to cover too wide an area of subjects, and manages to either state the obvious (as in the first chapters that make a sophmoric attempt to define e-commenrce), to display questionable knowledge on the part of contributing authors, as in the section that lamely attempts to discuss architecture. The section on architecture should have been written by someone who could write and who understood architecture. Unfortunately I got the impression that the authors had neither qualifications.

The case studies were interesting, but were not sufficiently insightful to warrant buying this book that those alone.

There are positives to this book though. It weighs nearly 6 pounds, making it suitable as a doorstop. Having photos of all of the authors who contributed on the front cover is helpful if you conduct interviews since it helps in the screen process in case one of them shows up for an interview or tries to come in as a consultant.

My advice is to avoid this book. There are much better ones that cover the subjects in it.

There are a few good sections in this book (mainly the chapters that deal with WebLogic and the appendices of primers and reference material that comprise Section 6). However, considering that this book weighs in at over 1000 pages, its mainly fluff or glib (but not helpful), with too much material that states the obvious.

Much of the fluff is found in Section 1 (The E-Commerce Landscape), and Section 2 (Architecting Java-Based E-Commerce Systems) was, in my opinion, a glossed over, high-level overview that was used as filler.

Sections 3 (B2C E-Commerce Solutions) and 4 (B2B E-Commerce Solutions) have a few interesting chapters in each. My main complaint here is that Section 3 is a mix of solutions and techniques, while Section 4 is purely solution-focused. Section 5 (M-Commerce) is too light to be useful, and most of the material is already woefully out of date.

My recommendation is to pass this book up and, instead, seek out single-topic books that address the subjects in which you're interested.

This is the only book that covers such a wide range of issues relating to the application of Java to e-commerce. Although there are subjects that experienced users would certainly prefered to see treated in more depth this is an invaluable resource to those that need to get the big picture to a level that is practical and useful for understanding application and designing solutions. Well done.

As an ABAP developer, I know there are few advanced books on ABAP and, while this is one of the better ones, it is so full of errors that it has confused me as many times as it has helped me. It is obvious that some of the text and several of the code examples were not checked since many either do not run, give incorrect results or are just plain wrong. I find this inexcusable in an advanced book whose purpose is to teach since I purchased the book to learn good ABAP coding and I trust the authors to show me how. In addition, the publisher had a web site which used to contain a page reporting the errors in the book and the corrections. For many months this site showed exactly one correction even though I sent them a list of the many errors I found in the first chapter. After a few emails I received a reply saying they are out of touch with (all three) of the authors. My corrections were never included and, after checking today, find the corrections page has been removed and replaced with several links to the code in the book... none of which work. This book has some good information but a great many flaws and the publisher does not stand behind their work. It's only worth it if you can find it for a really good price.

I am an SAP consultant with over 4 years of ABAP consulting experience. I ordered this book long before it went into print. So, I could not wait for it to read when it finally arrived! The authors have covered advanced ABAP features in a simple way with lot of illustrations and examples. This book has saved me a lot of time as how to exploit the ABAP workbench to its maximum potential.

I was a bit skeptical about a book promising to explain advanced ABAP. In fact, the concepts are not advanced but sort of intermediate, so very experienced programmers might not find it useful. However, if you are at that level, the book is very helpful. I completed a programming project, writing a transaction, complete with GUIs, etc. (and all that for the first time)in less time than expected and relying primarily on the book as a reference. Clearly written. The authors should help out SAP with some of their convoluted online help! Well worth the $s (or DMs as the case may be).

This text is not appropiate for any for introductory class to neuroscience at any level (whether grad or undergrad). The depth and detail leaves the reader confused at best. Perhaps it is suitable for an advanced gradute seeking to remedy any detail oriented holes. For all others, it is a precursor to a headache.
The smart money would go with the Kandel who clearly defines
his purpose at the outset of his classic book.
(I notice that the reviewer ,who bestowed the text 4 stars, and the author both call San Diego their home.)

To me as bibliophiliac and a cognitive psychologist interested in neurobiology, this is the textbook of choice and an object of desire. It is very up-to-date and well-written. Although some people have detected some lack of coherence in this work, I find it refreshing that the sections recognizably come from different research teams with somewhat different points of emphasis, but without anyone pushing his own scientific interests on the expense of those of the readers. This also guarantees that it is not only an accumulation of facts but has also interesting theoretical discussions by leading researchers. It is optimal for readers having at least some laypeople knowledge about biology, medicine, or neuroscience, and just want to know more (possibly everything), or who require a thorough and citable review of a certain topic. Readers completely new to the field may find it difficult to pick out the information suited for a beginner level - a less voluminous book would be more helpful for them. I would rather not recommend it for undergraduates courses. I would also prefer a somewhat stronger emphasis on cognitive neuroscience - after all, a few hundred pages more would do no harm...!

I was rather lucky to take my chances and go-for-a-buy for this title instead of the much more cited "Kandel-Fourth Edition"... The book is really awesome, well-written and edited, with many good first-time-seen illustrations. It spans the whole field of contemporary Neuroscience (from biochemical to cognitive and clinical) with extreme efficacy and reference. The authors did a great job integrating the contents of each section with clarifying examples and extensive references, making it ideal even for new-comers. As a medical student with research interests in this vast field, I was very pleased with my decision to buy this textbook.

There is NO cd-rom inside. Yes, Nothing, not even a floppy disk !

What is the use of a book titled "Computer-Assisted" without any CD/disk ? Tell me !

They mention about the CD everywhere! From the front cover to back cover, book description, book content, their web site, etc. GOD, where is the CD?

I think this is not Amazon's mistake. The front cover and the back cover of the book clearly say "FREE CD-ROM INSIDE".

I will try to contact the Authors to see if they will give me the CD! I will post an update here if they do. Until then, please save your money, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK.

If you are the authors or anyone who is responsible for this CD-ROM, please do something!

I finally received e-mail from the author. I have to thank Amazon.com here for sending me the CD free of charge.

This is the worst book I have ever read in my life. Authors would do themselves a favour if they have just written a decent 15 page scientific paper rather than this trash. Even 1 star for this book is too much. What makes it even worse is that stereotypes that these so called PhDs are projecting. These two should be banned from publishing and teaching. If anyone wants the book I wil ship it to you. For free. Otherwise, this is going into the recycling paper bin.

Overall, the book Why Erp? gave a good description on implementing SAP R/3 in a complicated manufacturing business. It provided a solid and concise understanding of the process of installing a SAP system to the average novice reader. This book emphasizes that it's not that simple to implement and integrate resources of an entire manufacturing process into one system. It involves lots of planning, patience, and asking the right questions on whether if SAP is right for your firm. Although I think this book was detailed enough to understand the outlying mechanics of ERP, I think that my ability to comprehend was delayed due to some of the technical jargon. This book would be helpful for experienced information systems administrators, but not for the average everyday Joe. It's like reading Japanese backwards!!! I would suggest to the authors of this book for it to be simplified even further to explain the details of ERP in way for the average reader to understand and absorb the basics of the system. In conclusion, if you're a manufacturing/operations geek...you will love this book!!!! =)

This actually is a good read. It kept my interest for a full 2 hours, which is what is took to read it. The case study is real and on the mark. It illustrates that even if SAP is being widely adopted in your industry (in this case furniture), it may not be the right solution for you. In this instance, SAP (or the SAP implementation approach) was wrong because the company, whose business model was "make to order", tried to cut time and costs by directly implementing a configuration which worked well for a company that has a very limited (few part numbers with minimal change) product line.

The author also did a realistic job in presenting the politics of the situation. The company president wanted an easy integration under a tight deadline. The IT geek wasn't interested in the business model and wanted a showcase quick installation. The marketing guy wasn't interested in the details and wanted to showcase the installation. The book's hero is a healthy skeptic, who is trying to understand ERP, its benefits, and how it fit his company's business.

Based the book's title, I thought I was picking up another SAP marketing book. But it is not that at all. It's objective and deals with business issues. No ABAP, idocs, and organization elements here.