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The Cult of Mac (Hardcover)

by Leander Kahney (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 280 pages
  • Publisher: No Starch Press (1 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1886411832
  • ISBN-13: 978-1886411838
  • Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 20.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 421,642 in Books (See Bestsellers 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.

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!, 20 Mar 2007
This review is from: The Cult of Mac (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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating....if you love Macs..., 7 April 2009
By Mr. E. P. Lane "iPod virgin" (Hampshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cult of Mac (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. :-)
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