Operating Systems

I am happy that i bought it. It's a paperback version of third edition. Saved a lots of money

In my career, I have taught mathematics and computer science at the college level, developed and delivered courses in corporate training, taught classes in community education and occasionally engage in private tutoring. In the rapidly changing field of computer science, if you do not study, study and study, it will not take long before you are no longer on the cutting edge. While the continued existence of programming languages... Read Full Review

If you are a fan of the other Deitel books, you will probably like this one as well. I used this book in an undergraduate operating systems course and found it to be very useful. I later used the "dinosaurs" book (Silberschatz et al.) in a graduate course and was quite disappointed by the lack of detail. One minor complaint is that this book is quite verbose, so one tends to get a little tired reading it. On the other... Read Full Review

I personaly love this book. Its on my must have list. Its very up to date (3/E includes detailed case studies on Windows XP and Linux) and the information is presented in an easy to understand method. The pictures are orginized nicely in a way that they help with the concepts instead of just taking up space. As a computer engineering student Ive had many textbooks on subjects like this and this is by far one of if not... Read Full Review

If your not an expert in computer science, or even if you are just a beginner, you'll find this book quite useful no matter the operating system you work with. This is also an entertaining book, since it can be read from the beginning to the end the same way you could do it with an exciting novel.Concepts are explained very clearly and, if you'd like to go deeper in any topic, there's an extensive bibliography for every chapter... Read Full Review