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Title: Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine ISBN: 0-07-135892-7 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Pub. Date: 29 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (32 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Too many authors almost spoil the pot
Comment: I'll admit it. I became interested in this book from the TNT movie, "Pirates of Silicon Valley". While this book did a good job telling about the important developers in the computer world, it sometimes seemed like the 2 authors hadn't spoken to each other about what each was going to write about. There were numerous times where the same information and humorous stories were repeated just a few pages apart. This was a good start though to learning some background in the birth of the personal computer.
After finishing this book, you should read, "Renegades of the Empire" by Michael Drummond. This gives more information about the Microsoft covert operations to thwart other companies!
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly Recommended!
Comment: Authors Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine offer the second edition of their extremely popular 1984 chronicle of the birth of the personal computer. They recount how the PC industry began, who fueled its growth and why things happened as they did. The central stories cover the emergence of MITS, IMSAI, Apple, Tandy and Microsoft. This second edition adds the development and maturation of the hardware and software industries. Apple and Microsoft's sagas still dominate, but new stories emerge, including tales of Dell, Oracle, Netscape and the Internet. The second edition shows how the PC child has grown up. You'll see how the nerds took a hobby and reformed the world using Boolean logic, integrated circuits, motherboards and chips. We [...] recommend this book to everyone with an interest in the computer industry and particularly to those who are hungry for the real stories behind the growth of the 20th century's most pivotal industry.
Rating: 4
Summary: It's how we got where we are today...
Comment: The TV movie based on this book was rather lame, but this is a great read on how the PC revolution got started.
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Title: Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company by Owen W. Linzmayer ISBN: 1593270100 Publisher: No Starch Press Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy ISBN: 0141000511 Publisher: Penguin Putnam Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date by Robert X. Cringely ISBN: 0887308554 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Dealers of Lightning : Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael A. Hiltzik ISBN: 0887309895 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything by Steven Levy ISBN: 0140291776 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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