Computers Movie Reviews

if you haven't seen it on pbs before, this is a great way to get a good understanding of how the megalithic companies we know as microsoft and apple etc. have come to be. who knew that a company that sold a box of 1's and 0's would be more wealthy than all of the oil companies? now if only the dvd and vhs versions would come down in price a little more into the $20 range (used to be around $89!!!)...

I'm a software engineer and watched this DVD like 100 times. It's just amazing how this computer thing started, and Bill Gates knew this was going to be big. Steve Jobs still is evolutionaizing the industry with new products. Must have for computer geeks.

It is a funny and entertaining chronicle of the personal computing revolution described by someone who was there at the very beginning Bob X. Cringley. Mr. Cringley relates to us how he was one of the early employees of Apple Computers in the days in which it operated out of a garage. Now a self-proclaimed gossip columnist for the computer world Mr. Cringley guides us through the important steps and missteps that made personal computing the industry it is today.
Interviewed are computer giants such as Bill Gates, Steven Jobs and Larry Ellison just to name a few. They along with others relate their stories and the excitement they shared as they built from scratch the phenomenon, which is now the personal computer. Their presence not only adds to the credibility of the story but also cements Mr. Cringley's thesis argument that the computer industry was created because of "a group of nerds trying to impress their friends".