Fantastic!
This is the best and the definitive book about the development of the Mac 128K (and Apple's early years) and the people behind it.
Andy writes it with great competence.
A text that is so delicious to read that when you finish the book you'll be sad that you read the last phrase.
A must buy.
It's ok.
It's a good book for collection, but I can't say it's a great book as other reviewers say. It's better to see the book before purchase it.
Why not 5 stars?
Surely, it is 5 star book as concerns the theme and the general story. It is very difficult to find a book in which the protagonists describe step by step the creation of the first macintosh. A must have book that every mac fan and generally computer lover must read. But, why not 5 stars? Beacause the story could be more narrative and more "magical"
A must read for any Mac enthusiast!
Mac lovers find out how the Apple Macintosh was born. A beautiful book with great photos and graphics, filled with juicy snippets of how it all came to be. It's a love story of sorts of a team of passionate young programmers led by the one and only Steve Jobs. I love thi book!
An Entertaining and Engaging History
"Revolution in The Valley" is an entertaining history of the Macintosh. Andy Hertzfeld has collected stories from and about the original Macintosh team (which he was a member of). Most of the stories are brief, and told in a friendly and engaging manner.
I've read many biographies of Apple. Most are written by people that were not involved in the events, and most also ignore to a great extent the machines and the engineers that created them, instead focusing on Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. There is some of both Steves in "Revolution in The Valley," but the focus of the book is the Macintosh and the people that directly gave it life, as told by these everyday heroes, the Mac's collective parents.
I have rarely been so drawn into a book. The first time I read it, I went through it much faster than I normally read, and I continue to pull it down from the shelf, and revisit the stories.
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