Title: Read the introduction and the appendix
Review: The book is persuasive in its central argument that today's PC is overgrown, difficult to use, and suffers from its fundamental architecture as a multipurpose device. The point is made adequately in the introduction and first chapter, however, and the rest of the meat of he book just belabors the point, often repeating the same points in the exact same words.The appendix on examples of information appliances is fun, as he finally gets to what he thinks will be the next generation of devices to replace the PC. This is what I was waiting for through the whole book. Unfortunately, this part is the thinnest of all with only a few obvious examples.Also, I sometimes found his arguments about market forces and the business model of the technology industry simplistic, even naive. I found it hard to believe at times that he worked at Apple all those years.Still, I enjoyed skimming it.
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