Maalmahan, inta badan dib u eegista qalabku waxay ku bilaabataa "unboxing," sawirro taxane ah oo muujinaya sida sanduuqu u eg yahay iyo waxa ku jira waxay u eg yihiin heerar kala duwan oo laga saaray isticmaalka. Waxaan aad u xiiseeyay fikradda ah "unboxing" ee loogu talagalay Windows 8 , kaas oo ah waxa maskaxdayda ku keenay cinwaanka Windows 8 Out of the Box . Tani miyay run ahaantii ahayd wixii uu qoraagu rabay in uu ku dhammeeyo buuggan, oo ah "unboxing" ee Windows 8 oo ay raacday tilmaamaha isticmaalka? Aan aragno haddii aan si sax ah u qiyaasay, dib u eegista buugga.

Bilow dhagax ah

OK, sax ma ahayn waxa aan u malaynayo "unboxing", laakiin taasi waxay wax badan ka qabtaa filashadayda marka loo eego waxa qoraagu ugu talagalay. Haddaba muxuu buuggani ku saabsan yahay? Tilmaamaha loo isticmaalo sifooyin badan oo cusub ee Windows 8 . Buuggu waxa loo dejiyay si cutub kastaa uu ku bilaabo koobab Talooyinka ugu Sareeya^{(Top Tips)} , oo ay ku xigto qaybo sharaxaya sida arrimuhu u shaqeeyaan.

Nasiib darro, waxa iga soo booday boggii ugu horreeyey waa sida liidata buuggan loo qoray loona habeeyey. Halkii ay u ekaan lahayd siidaynta saxda ah ee daabacaadda aadka loo ixtiraamo sida O'Reilly , waxay u timid sida qof iskiis u daabacay "masterpiece." Sida cad tifaftirayaasha nuqulka daabacayaasha waligood gacanta ma saarin kan, taas oo si run ah uga yaabisay aniga. Qof kastaa ma akhriyo boggaga xuquuqda daabacaada, sida muuqatana dadkii ay ahayd in ay wax ka beddelaan buuggan ayaa ka mid ahaa kuwa aan akhriyin.

Waa kuwan dhawr tusaale oo khaladaad ah oo ku jira qoraal-gacmeedka oo ay ahayd in tafatiruhu qabto, laga bilaabo boggaga koowaad ee cutubka koowaad.

Nasiib darro, marka ay khaladaad ka dhacaan qoraalka oo dhan, in badan oo akhristayaasha ah (sida aniga oo kale ah) ayaa ku mashquuli doona iyaga, oo ra'yigooda tayada buuggu way dhibi doonaan sababtoo ah. Iyo Windows 8 Out of the Box waxaa ka buuxa tafatirka noocaan ah ee lah-di-dah.

Qaab dhismeedka iyo walaxda

Cutub kastaa wuxuu ku bilaabmaa Talooyin Sare^{(Top Tips)} . "Talooyinka ugu sarreeya" dhamaantood waa liis saddex shay ah. Waxaan soo ururiyaa fikradda ah in "talooyinka ugu sarreeya" ay noqon doonaan mid kooban oo ku saabsan waxa soo socda, iyo akhristuhu wuxuu ku dhiirigelinayaa inuu sii wado akhrinta cutubka intiisa kale si uu u arko "sare" oo si buuxda loo sharaxay, oo dheeraad ah " talooyin" si aad u akhrido cutubka mid qiimo leh. Nasiib darro, qaar badan oo ka mid ah talooyinka ma fuliyaan ujeedadan. Tusaale ahaan, waa kuwan "talooyinka ugu sarreeya" ee cutubka cinwaankiisu yahay Daawashada iyo Dhageysiga Fiidyahaaga iyo Muusigaaga.^{(Watching and Listening to your Videos and Music.)}

Waa maxay sababta xaqiiqda ah in Windows 8, sida badi noocyadii hore ee Windows , ay la yimaadaan apps-ka loogu talagalay muusikada iyo fiidiyowyada "tiptop"? Cutub kastaa wuxuu ku dhamaadaa warbixin kooban oo ku saabsan nuxurka cutubka, badidoodna waxay soo koobaan cutubka si aad uga wanaagsan talooyinka ugu sarreeya^{(Top Tips)} .

Nuxurka iyo macluumaadka

Windows 8 Out of the Box waxaa sida muuqata loogu talagalay kuwa bilowga ah. Iyadoo tilmaamaha lagu sameeyo hawlo kala duwan ay yihiin kuwo ku filan, haddana waa la soo gaabiyey qaar badan oo iyaga ka mid ah waxay u eg yihiin in loo qoray si loo buuxiyo booska (eeg " Windows 8 waxay la socotaa apps loogu talagalay muusikada iyo fiidiyaha labadaba" kor). Talooyin badan oo sare oo loogu talagalay isticmaalka Windows 8^{(More Top Tips for Using Windows 8)} cutubka dhamaadka buuggu waxa ku jira macluumaad ay ahayd in lagu daro cutubyadii hore. Ma muuqato sabab dhab ah oo meesha looga saarayo oo la gelinayo cutubka ugu dambeeya marka laga reebo in la abuuro cutubka ugu dambeeya oo aan runtii u baahnayn inuu halkaas joogo.

Inkasta oo sawirada buuggu ay sameeyaan cadaaladda midabka midabka leh ee Windows 8, ma jiraan wax ku jira Windows 8 oo ka baxsan sanduuqa^{(Windows 8 Out of the Box)} oo aan laga heli karin buugaagta kale. Inta u dhaxaysa la'aanta koobiyaynta ee obtrusive iyo "tips" oo aan run ahaantii waxba ka sheegin, waa inaan idhaahdaa haddaanan u akhrin buuggan si aan dib u eego ma aanan dhammayn lahayn.

Xukun

Daaqadaha 8 ee ka baxsan sanduuqa^{(Windows 8 Out of the Box)} ayaa isu soo bandhigay si liidata oo aan ka koobnayn wax aan meel kale laga heli karin. Qaab-dhismeedka buuggu waxa uu gelayaa jidka halkii uu ku dhiirigelin lahaa akhristaha in uu sameeyo daahfuryo cusub. Dhammaan waxa ay u socoto waa qiimihii liiska $9.99, kaas oo si muuqata uga hooseeya qiimaha buugaagta kale ee farsamada. Bilawga bilawga ah, waxaan ku talin lahaa bedelka Windows 8 Plain & Simple ama Windows 8 Dummies^{(Windows 8 For Dummies)} kuwaas oo aan la kulmin mid ka mid ah khaladaadka Windows 8 Out of the Box oo bixiya sharaxaad aad u qancisa.

Book Review - Windows 8 Out of the Box, by Mike Halsey

Nowadays, most hardware reviews start with an "unboxing," a series of photos showing what the box looks likе and what the contents look like аt various stages of being removed for use. I was intrigued by the idea of an "unboxing" for Windows 8, whiсh is what thе title of Windows 8 Out of the Box brought to my mind. Was this actually what the author wanted to accomplish with this book, an "unboxing" of Windows 8 followed by instructions for using it? Let's see if I guessed correctly, in this book review.

Off to a rocky start

OK, it wasn't exactly what I would have thought of as an "unboxing," but that has more to do with my expectations than with what the author intended. So what is this book all about? Instructions for using the many new features of Windows 8. The book is set up so that each chapter begins with a Top Tips summary, followed by sections explaining how things work.

Unfortunately, what jumped out at me from the very first page is how poorly this book was written and edited. Instead of looking like a proper release from a highly respected publisher like O'Reilly, it came across like someone's self-published "masterpiece." Clearly the publishers' copy editors never laid a hand on this one, which quite frankly surprised the heck out of me. Not everyone reads the copyright pages, and apparently the people who were supposed to copy edit this book were among those non-readers.

Here are a few examples of mistakes in the manuscript that should have been caught by an editor, from the first pages of the first chapter.

Unfortunately, when there are mistakes all over the text, many readers (like me) will be distracted by them, and their opinion of the book's quality will suffer because of it. And Windows 8 Out of the Box is riddled with this kind of lah-di-dah editing.

Structure and substance

Each chapter starts out with Top Tips. The "top tips" are all just lists of three items. I gather the idea was that the "top tips" would be a summary of what was to come, and the reader would be inspired to go on to read the rest of the chapter to see the "top" explained in full, with additional "tips" to make reading the chapter worthwhile. Unfortunately, many of the tips don't accomplish this purpose. For example, here are the "top tips" for the chapter titled Watching and Listening to your Videos and Music.

Why is the fact that Windows 8, like most previous versions of Windows, comes with apps for playing music and videos a "top tip"? Each chapter ends with a brief summary of the chapter's contents, and most of them sum up the chapter a lot better than the Top Tips do.

Content and information

Windows 8 Out of the Box is apparently intended for beginners. While the instructions for doing various tasks are adequate, they're somewhat abbreviated and many of them sound like they were written to fill space (see "Windows 8 comes with apps for playing both music and videos" above). The More Top Tips for Using Windows 8 chapter at the end of the book includes information that should have been included in earlier chapters. There seems no real reason for pulling things out of place and putting them in the final chapter other than to create a final chapter that didn't really need to be there.

While the book's illustrations do Windows 8's colorful interface justice, there really isn't anything in Windows 8 Out of the Box that can't be found in other books. Between the obtrusive lack of copy editing and the "tips" that don't really tip anything, I have to say that if I hadn't been reading this book for review I wouldn't have finished it.

Verdict

Windows 8 Out of the Box presents itself poorly and contains nothing that can't be found elsewhere. The structure of the book gets in the way rather than encouraging the reader to make new discoveries. About all it has going for it is its $9.99 list price, which is noticeably lower than the prices of many other tech books. For complete beginners, I'd recommend instead Windows 8 Plain & Simple or Windows 8 For Dummies which suffer none of the faults of Windows 8 Out of the Box and provide a much more satisfying explanation.

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