The Mac Bathroom Reader [Paperback]

Owen Linzmayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994

This reader contains trivia, facts, quotes and statistics for Mac users.

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782115314
• ISBN-13: 978-0782115314
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,603,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun -- but when's the new edition coming?, January 7, 2002

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J. F. Boyd "Writer and Librarian" (Des Moines, Iowa, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mac Bathroom Reader (Paperback)

The Mac Bathroom Reader is one of the more quirky books about Apple Computer and its equally unusual story. Mostly filled with trivia relating to the most obscure Macintosh information, this is definitely a book for serious Mac users or those who really get into Silicon Valley culture.

It's also great in telling the first two parts of the Steve Jobs tale, his rise and his fall. Unfortunately, as this book was published before Jobs' return in 1997, it is missing a large part of recent Apple history, including the creation of the iMac, Microsoft's 'grant' to Apple, and the beginning of Mac OS X.

In any case, Linzmayer's storytelling skills are sharp and playful in this book and no serious Mac fan should be without it.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Get Apple Confidential, December 26, 2000

By 

Michael Murphy (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mac Bathroom Reader (Paperback)

This book is basicly the exact same book as Apple Confidential. I would suggest you pass on this book and buy that one instead, it is much better and more up-to-date.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Mac trivia book, June 26, 2000

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J. West (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mac Bathroom Reader (Paperback)

As noted by another reviewer, there is an overlap with Apple Confidential, but they're not the same.

This book has the answer to various trivia questions (including stuff about third party vendors). The other is organized more as a history, and has a lot of new material about things such as clone licenses that was not available when the Bathroom Reader was published.

Both books are written by a very knowledgeable true believer, although there is definitely criticism of inept management in Confidential (Bathroom Reader is more positive in tone).

So if you want a history to read start to finish, buy Apple Confidential. If you want something to read a page or two at a time -- say, IN THE BATHROOM -- then this is a better book.