CNET’s Crave reviews ‘Welcome To Macintosh’ documentary: Essential viewing for tech fans

“‘I’ve hated Windows for a number of years and I could never figure out why. And about three years ago it finally hit me, that the reason I hated it was because it always makes me feel stupid.’ Wayne Wenzlaff has perhaps one of the finest reasons for disliking Windows in favour of the Macintosh — back in 1977 he was a buyer for the first ever computer store that ordered and sold an Apple computer. It was the Apple II, and he still owns the fifth Apple II ever to roll off the production line,” Nate Lanxon reports for Crave at CNET.

“In a new documentary from Rob Baca and Josh Rizzo, entitled Welcome To Macintosh, Wenzlaff is one of many interviewees who help document the creation, development and history of the Apple Mac, from the 70s to the present day,” Lanxon reports.

“Although Steves Wozniak and Jobs are absent from this highly informative film, other notable names are present and correct. Andy Hertzfeld, co-creator of the Mac, speaks in great detail about the computer’s history, along with Ron Wayne, an important co-founder of Apple, and Guy Kawasaki, the ex-Apple software evangelist whose job it was, back in the day, to simply spread good news about the Mac,” Lanxon reports.

“No Apple fan should be without this film in their libraries, and very few fans of any tech should leave themselves without a copy either. While not the slickest documentary in terms of production, its informative content and extensive collection of unseen footage makes it essential viewing,” Lanxon reports. “Highly recommended.”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]