''The Cult of Mac'' is a book by
Leander Kahney
Leander Kahney (born 25 November 1965) is a technology writer and author. He is a former managing editor, and previously a senior reporter, at Wired News, the online sister publication of ''Wired (magazine), Wired''.
Career
He is also the autho ...
. The book discusses fanaticism about the
Apple product line and
brand loyalty
In marketing, brand loyalty describes a consumer's positive feelings towards a brand, and their dedication to purchasing the brand's products and/or services repeatedly, regardless of deficiencies, a competitor's actions, or changes in the envir ...
.
[Harris Will. (December 22, 2004)]
Book worms into minds of PC cultists
Retrieved August 15, 2007. Kahney released a later book titled ''
The Cult of iPod
''The Cult of iPod'' is a book by Leander Kahney. It is the sequel to The Cult of Mac.
The cover of the book features an iPod click wheel
The iPod click wheel is the navigation component of non touch-screen iPod models. It uses a combination of ...
''.
The cover of the book features the
Apple logo
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...
shaved into the back of a person's head.
See also
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Apple evangelist
The Apple community is a group of people interested in Apple Inc. and its products, who report information in various media. Generally this has evolved into a proliferation of websites, but latterly has also expanded into podcasts (both audio and ...
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Reality distortion field
Reality distortion field (RDF) is a term first used by Bud Tribble at Apple Inc., Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Macintosh project. Tribble said that the ...
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Criticism of Apple Inc.#Comparison with a cult
Footnotes
Books about Apple Inc.
2004 non-fiction books
No Starch Press books
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