Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything

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Summary: This book accurately describes the introductoin of the Mac.
Review: Steven Levy tells a gripping tale of the personal computer enviroment during the 80s, and details the advent of the GUI, or graphical user interface, which Xerox pioneered and apple popularized. Ever wonder where Windows came from?

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Summary: This book is O.K.
Review: Steven Levy's "Insanely Great" features the birth and triumph of the Macintosh personal computer. Levy approaches the history of Apple's Mac by using his own personal experience with the company. He also explains the story by explaining the many people who had contributed to the success of the the Mac. For people who want to know an easy to read story of the birth of the Mac this book is the book to read.

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Summary: A great crash course book on computing history.
Review: Steven Levy's "Insanely Great", chronicles the development of the Apple Macintosh computer. From its early conception as one man's vision of the future to its fine-tuning. Levy is pretty detailed through the step by step developments of the Macintosh, but does not get too technical as to get a everyday person lost in a bunch of computer jargon. I recommend this book to those interested in how computers went from DOS prompts to the Microsoft Windows and Mac visual interfaces we are familiar with today.

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Summary: This book is O.K.
Review: Steven Levy's "Insanely Great" features the birth and triumph of the Macintosh personal computer. Levy approaches the history of Apple's Mac by using his own personal experience with the company. He also explains the story by explaining the many people who had contributed to the success of the the Mac. For people who want to know an easy to read story of the birth of the Mac this book is the book to read.

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Summary: A great crash course book on computing history.
Review: Steven Levy's "Insanely Great", chronicles the development of the Apple Macintosh computer. From its early conception as one man's vision of the future to its fine-tuning. Levy is pretty detailed through the step by step developments of the Macintosh, but does not get too technical as to get a everyday person lost in a bunch of computer jargon. I recommend this book to those interested in how computers went from DOS prompts to the Microsoft Windows and Mac visual interfaces we are familiar with today.

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Summary: insanely california?
Review: Steven Levy's book gives a clear image of a phenomenon that could happen only in California..Quick reading, imformative and somewhat insightful.

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Summary: Still A Classic
Review: Steven Levy's Insanely Great is still the fun story of how Apple's Macintosh redefined how the average person wants to use a computer (no command line). While Linux is still the buzzword among techies, the Mac is still doing what it was intended to do. This edition contains a new afterword, so if you have the original, this may not be worth your money. But if you are new to the story, enjoy. Until Eazel makes Linux more Mac-like, and MacOS X makes business apps more Mac-friendly, I'll play on Macs and wait to see what happens NEXT.

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Summary: Sould of a new Macintosh
Review: Steven Levy, author of Hackers, reprises his examination of the high-tech industry with a close-up on the making of the Macintosh. Levy retells the story of the Macintosh's genesis, its influence from research at Xerox PARC, the ill-fated Apple Lisa and finally its painful birth. This is not a classic business book and really doesn't cover the rise and fall of Apple or it's CEOs in any great detail. Instead this is a more intimate story of the people who helped make the Macintosh. If you liked "Soul of a New Machine" you'll love this book.

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Summary: Sould of a new Macintosh
Review: Steven Levy, author of Hackers, reprises his examination of the high-tech industry with a close-up on the making of the Macintosh. Levy retells the story of the Macintosh's genesis, its influence from research at Xerox PARC, the ill-fated Apple Lisa and finally its painful birth. This is not a classic business book and really doesn't cover the rise and fall of Apple or it's CEOs in any great detail. Instead this is a more intimate story of the people who helped make the Macintosh. If you liked "Soul of a New Machine" you'll love this book.

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Summary: Awesome, informative, a must-have for Macintosh Loyalists
Review: The fact that someone sat down and wrote this book is simply amazing. The history of the Macintosh is one that frought with misunderstanding and misconception due to distortion of facts. Since I am a professional and have worked on Macs since they first shipped, I wanted to be clear on a few of the tales that have been told. "Insanely Great" did that. It cleared the fog surrounding the truth about Macintosh and the people that brought it to life. And it is true..."Real Artists SHIP!". Thanks Steve for a wonderful book.Yours in Macintosh,Mike Murdock, OwnerMMAC