[steve jobs influence] Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company [Paperback]

Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company [Paperback]

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Owen Linzmayer's Apple Confidential is subtitled The Real Story of Apple Computer, Inc., and while nobody will ever know the complete, "real" story about Apple, Linzmayer's is probably as close as they come. Having covered Apple news since 1980, he offers extensive insider details about Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, John Sculley, Gilbert Amelio, Bill Gates, and other major players whose lives were (and are) intertwined with Apple's history. And along the way, we also learn about lesser-known figures whose stories have remained hidden in the Apple myth: Ronald Gerald Wayne, for example, who was actually a partner with Wozniak and Jobs in the original incarnation of the company, but who sold his share when he realized he would be financially vulnerable if it should fail.

Linzmayer's tale does have a few drawbacks. Because he mixes a chronological narrative with chapters that focus on key points in the Apple story, he sometimes repeats himself. Case in point: the chapter "Big Bad Blunders" makes a great record of Apple's failures, but the story of the exploding Powerbook 5300s is duplicated at later points. Nonetheless, Apple Confidential is rife with gems that will appeal to Apple fanatics and followers of the computer industry. Especially enjoyable are the revelation of "Easter eggs" that are hidden in several versions of the Mac operating system; the many screen shots, timelines, and telling quotes from Jobs, Gates, Wozniak and others that populate the margins and concluding sections of each chapter; the "Code Names Uncovered" section that makes public the monikers of several secret Apple projects; and Bill Gates's 1985 letter to John Sculley and Jean Louis Gassee pleading for Apple to license Mac technology and develop a "standard personal computer." --Patrick O'Kelley --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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For your Mac community, you can't go wrong with these titles. Linzmayer's Apple Confidential is an unofficial history of Apple and a great read. Pogue's MacWorld Mac Secrets explains all the oddities about any Mac still in use, while his iMac guide follows the format of the "Dummies" series. Poole's MacWorld Mac OS 8.5 Bible completely explains Mac 8.5, the newest operating system upgrade.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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[steve jobs influence] Las cuatro vidas de Steve Jobs (1955-2011) (Viva) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Las cuatro vidas de Steve Jobs (1955-2011) (Viva) (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

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Daniel Ichbiah es un escritor y periodista francés, autor de varios libros sobre temas musicales y técnicos. Su biografía de Bill Gates ha sido publicada en 15. También ha escrito un gran libro sobre robots, que apareció en los EE.UU. y Alemania, así como en Francia. Es autor de biografías de Madonna, los Rolling Stones, los Beatles, Coldplay y varios artistas franceses.

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[steve jobs influence] Business Leaders: Steve Jobs [Library Binding]

Business Leaders: Steve Jobs [Library Binding]

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In this gloves-off profile in the Business Builders series, Corrigan depicts Apple’s phoenixlike cofounder as a hard-driving control freak whose uncommon ability to motivate and persuade has repeatedly seen him through multiple product failures and tumultuous business partnerships. Tracing Jobs’ rise from relatively humble origins to billionairedom, Corrigan focuses on his management style and public career—barely mentioning his private life beyond his stout early denial of paternity when his first daughter was born—up to the 2007 introduction of the iPhone and Apple TV. Given the book’s frequently critical tone, concluding remarks about how Jobs “does exemplify many of the qualities necessary to succeed in business, and in life” seem a little disingenuous. Readers would do well to balance out Corrigan’s perspective with other treatments of Jobs’ career, such as Donald B. Lemke’s graphic-novel-style biography, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and the Personal Computer (2007); regardless, this book’s details, insights, and assortment of interesting photographs are likely to pique many readers’ interest. A multimedia resource list concludes. Grades 6-9. --John Peters

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