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Description
Apple is not like any other company. More than anyone else, it transformed technology into something people could desire, love, and even identify with-much like a luxury brand. Users were not only buying a tool; they were buying a vision, a way of life.
At the center of this transformation stands the Macintosh. First introduced in 1984, it was radically different from everything before. With its graphical interface and mouse, it made computing approachable, even friendly. What now feels obvious-clicking on icons, dragging files, pointing instead of typing commands-was revolutionary at the time. The Macintosh not only changed the way people related to technology. The Macintosh forced the entire industry to rethink the way we use computers.
This book tells that story through some of the most significant Macintosh models. Each one is presented not only in words but also in images, because these computers are more than technology-they are design icons, symbols of a unique vision.
History, technical detail, and photography come together here, aiming to show each Macintosh as it truly deserves to be seen.
Giovanni (Gianni) Becattini, born in Florence, Italy in 1951, is an electronics engineer and pioneering entrepreneur. At the age of sixteen, he started a collaboration with CQ Elettronica, the most important Italian magazine for amateur electronics. In 1973 he designed the Child 8 microcomputer and founded General Processor, the first company in Italy to produce computers for personal use. In 1998 he founded AEP Ticketing Solutions, one of the world's leading providers of electronic ticketing solutions for public transport, now a Modaxo company. The author of several publications, he is now retired and devotes himself to books aimed at preserving the immense legacy, not only technical, left to us by great companies such as Tektronix, Hewlett-Packard, Collins, Siemens and others, and their exceptional products, which he not only describes but also repairs, restores and collects with enthusiasm.
