- Taschenbuch: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics); Auflage: Reissue (1. Juni 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140291776
- ISBN-13: 978-0140291773
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,1 x 1,9 x 19,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (30 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 532.009 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Back in the early 1980s, word spread about an inviting little personal computer that used something called a mouse and smiled at you when you turned it on. Steven Levy relates his first encounter with the pre-released Mac and goes on to chronicle the machine that Apple developers hoped would "make a dent in the universe." A wonderful story told by a terrific writer (Levy was the longtime writer of the popular "Iconoclast" column in MacWorld; he's now a columnist with Newsweek, the birth and first ten years of the Macintosh is a great read.
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A breezy, anecdotal, yet discerning history of the people, ideas, and technology that led to the user-friendliness of the Macintosh computer. Levy (Artificial Life, 1992, etc.) is among our best interpreters of computer technology (he speaks fluent geek). Here, however, his overbearing passion for the Macintosh keeps this from being a first-class treatment; though he recounts Apple's wrong turns and the widespread criticisms of Steve Jobs, his report lacks the rigor of Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine or even of his own Hackers (1984). Moreover, there are surprising gaps here: The early days of home-computing are limned only briefly, as are Apple's beginnings. But in tracing the evolution of how humans conceive of, and relate to, information in cyberspace, the author has done his research. From a 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush describing a ``memex''--a sort of desk/cockpit with monitors for ``piloting'' one's way through information--that inspired Douglas Engelbart to invent the desktop metaphor and the now-ubiquitous mouse, Levy takes us to the golden age of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (``Nerds now think of it as Camelot''). There, although Xerox overlooked the invention of the personal computer, Allan Kay wrote SmallTalk-- the simple operating system that would one day be embodied in the Mac--and conceived of the ``DynaBook,'' the inspiration for Apple's PowerBook and considered ever since the Grail of computer designs. As the creation of the Mac looms, Levy focuses on the personal contributions and internal politics of those working at Apple; on software offerings like PageMaker, which revolutionized desktop publishing; and the last step in evolving the Mac as we know it: Bill Atkinson's HyperCard, the program that changed the way computer-users think about information. Everything you never realized you wanted to know about the Mac, by a very smart, infectiously enthusiastic partisan. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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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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Insanely Great takes a look at how the Macintosh evolved from a garage with two hippies and a soldering iron into a multi billion dollar company. Unlike what the title suggests this book does not spend a whole lot of time talking about Steve Jobs. Instead, this book focuses on a part of Apple's history that is really, as far as I have seen, not very well documented. It discusses in detail the evolution of the Macintosh from the inside, talks to people directly involved with the project and really shows this part of the computer revolution from the inside out. For those of you who are PC users this book will help you understand the Mac way of thinking. Levy is a true Mac person but writes in a fairly unbiased manner. This book is a great read for anybody who enjoys the history of how computers became what they are, as well as all Mac users.
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The history of Apple, from its lowly origins to the well-known company it is today, is described in great detail. Most interesting is the development of the Macintosh, particularly the role played by Steve Jobs. If you are at all interested in recent history, you will admire the way in which Levy describes corporate business of the 80's. Recommended.
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Biased Reporting
I found the author biased in his book. He was obviously an Apple/Macintosh supporter in the war between Apple and IBM. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Juni 2000 von Leng Ho Keat
Excellent history of interface philosophy
Insanely Great is a book that gives the reader a greater understanding of the kind of thinking and philosophy that has become the framework of modern computing, and how Apple... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. Dezember 1999 von Cary
It took me 4 days to read it!
A chronological history that reads like a screenplay. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and read it all in 4 days. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
fast reading and informative
Insanely Great was an informative, fast reading book that keeps you interested as Steven Levy takes you through the history of the Macintosh and into the garages it was created in. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 5. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Good enlightenment on computer history
This book follows the evolution of the Mac from its humble beginnings to its current grandeur. However, Levy is so enthusiastic about the Mac that this sometimes makes his... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
A great crash course book on computing history.
Steven Levy's "Insanely Great", chronicles the development of the Apple Macintosh computer. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
An easy, informational read.
In Insanely Great, Steven Levy does a good job in condensing the entire early history of the Macintosh computer. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Great history of awesome Apple
Insanely Great by Steven Levy is about the history of the best personal computer company out there, Apple--how it came to be, what were its obstacles and its triumphs, and how it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. September 1999 veröffentlicht
A Great read!
This is the story of how a multi-billion dollar company was started by some friends trying to impress one another. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. September 1999 veröffentlicht
a fun history of the mac
This book lets Stephen Levy do a decent job reviewing the history of the Macintosh in an entertaining and fun read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. September 1999 veröffentlicht
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