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06/29/2006, 5:50pm, EDT

Thursday, June 29th

Mac OS X Internals unveiled

Publishing company Pearson Education today unveiled Mac OS X Internals, a book that dissects the internals of the system by presenting a detailed picture that grows incrementally as it is read. Topics include roles of the firmware, boot loader, Mach/BSD kernel components, and the object-oriented I/O Kit driver framework. The book also covers user libraries and other core pieces of the system. Readers learn how these pieces connect and work internally, where they originated, and how they evolved. The book also covers several key areas of Apple's Intel-based Macs (pricing and availability were unavailable).


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06/29, 6:07pm, EDT
Sounds pretty interesting, actually
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a link would be nice!
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06/29, 6:34pm, EDT
Fond as MacNN are of those double-underlined sponsored links, a simple link to Pearson would've been nice. Are they a competitor to the owners of MacNN?
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06/29, 7:45pm, EDT
Bah. Plug.
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wrong publisher
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06/30, 2:20am, EDT
It's Addison Wesley, sheeeshhh.. someone's asleep at the wheel here!

Amit Singh is very familiar with the topic, and this would make an excellent reference. You should check out his blog writing for a taste of his knowledge.
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Same publisher
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06/30, 9:17am, EDT
Addison-Wesley is one of the brands that are published by Pearson Ed. Like Sprite is a Coca-Cola brand.
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Ownership not relevant!
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07/01, 11:46pm, EDT
The point about it being an AW book is that you will not find any info on the book from the link provided. If you go to awprofessional.com you'll find the book, it's price and it's availability -- everything that is missing from this article.

Seriously, they might as well have written:

"The book 'Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach' has been published. Google the title for more info."
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