The Race for Perfect:Inside the Quest to Design the Ultimate Por

The Race for Perfect: Inside the Quest to Design the Ultimate Portable Computer

author:Steve Hamm
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0071606106
Paperback: 312 pages
Date: Sep 2008
Format: PDF


Personal computing has reshaped economies and industries, and is transforming how we express ourselves and relate to one another. The most personal of personal computers are the portables. We carry these gadgets with us wherever we go, whether theyre laptops, smartphones, or the coolest new Web-surfing devices. The Race for Perfect tells the story of two generations of entrepreneurs, designers, and engineers as they have struggled to make ever-better portables.


Steve Hamm takes the reader into a world where inspiration, design, engineering, and marketing come together to produce wave upon wave of the innovative products that we love to talk about and use. From the earliest days of portable computing, 40 years ago, entrepreneurs and designers have pushed forward relentlessly in a quest to create the perfect device. Their efforts have produced a few fabulous successes and many failures. But they never give up. Theyre driven by the basic rule of the tech industry: innovate or die.