- Hardcover: 280 pages
- Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (8 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1886411832
- ISBN-13: 978-1886411838
- Product Dimensions: 26.5 x 21.5 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 278,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Eric Hellweg - CNN
"If you want to know what's happening in the Apple underground,
talk to Leander Kahney." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
talk to Leander Kahney." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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There is no product on the planet that enjoys the devotion of a Macintosh computer. Apple's machines have legions of loyal, sometimes demented fans. The Cult of Mac surveys the devoted following that has grown up around Macintosh computers. Like fans of a football team or a rock group, Macintosh fanatics have their own subculture, with clearly defined obsessions, rites, and passages. Famously dedicated to their computers, many Mac fans eat, sleep, and breathe the Macintosh. Fans who get Mac tattoos and haircuts, people who attend Apple Store openings like they are Grateful Dead shows, counterculture icons who love the Mac, people who turn old Macs into aquariums (or bongs), Ellen Fein lookalike contests, erotic fiction featuring Steve Jobs; it's all here. Technology reporter Leander Kahney exposes all sides of Mac fanaticism, from the innocuous to the insane.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Okay - Quick preface - If you love Mac's the five stars in the review is for you - If you do not enjoy Mac's or other technology then please award it one star for great pictures but it is not for you.
That aside this is a great book for those who sneakily covet the Apple logo and love all things Mac because with this book you realise that there are plenty of people out there who are worse than you so you must be ok! (That's my excuse and I am sticking to it).
This is an admittedly expensive book that charts the obsessive nature that people sometimes adopt with Macintosh computers and accessorys and it is all the better for the narrow nature of it's subject matter (although the author has plenty to choose from). All Mac diehards need this on their shelf although an update bringing it into this decade would be nice.
That aside this is a great book for those who sneakily covet the Apple logo and love all things Mac because with this book you realise that there are plenty of people out there who are worse than you so you must be ok! (That's my excuse and I am sticking to it).
This is an admittedly expensive book that charts the obsessive nature that people sometimes adopt with Macintosh computers and accessorys and it is all the better for the narrow nature of it's subject matter (although the author has plenty to choose from). All Mac diehards need this on their shelf although an update bringing it into this decade would be nice.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book. It made me laugh at how daft Mac evangelists can be....then I realised I loved my Mac almost as much...
Now all I have to do is persuade the Wife to let me get an Apple Logo Tattoo. :-)
Now all I have to do is persuade the Wife to let me get an Apple Logo Tattoo. :-)
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a really fun and genuinely interesting look into the ever increasing group of people that indulge in the mac world.
I'm a total convert but even those that for some reason still resist... it makes great read.
I bought my copy in pasadena, so right at the centre of the apple world and therefore I am very nostalic about it. The photography is great, the ideas of the fans really impressive and sometimes as advanced as Apple's own. The paper models are fantastic too!
Buy this book! It's a must addition to your collection!
I'm a total convert but even those that for some reason still resist... it makes great read.
I bought my copy in pasadena, so right at the centre of the apple world and therefore I am very nostalic about it. The photography is great, the ideas of the fans really impressive and sometimes as advanced as Apple's own. The paper models are fantastic too!
Buy this book! It's a must addition to your collection!
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