Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide

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Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide
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AuthorTony Webster
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherMcGraw-Hill
Publication date
1981
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Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide is a book written by Tony Webster and published in 1981.

Contents

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Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide is a book which contains over 300 pages of computer industry information.[1] Both microcomputer producers and sellers of software for specific models are listed.[2] Sales prices of CPUs and peripheral devices[2] and an expected price for a complete installation[3] are given in the book. Photographs of hardware are included.[3]

Reception

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Gene Allen reviewed the book for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "if you want or need a rapid education about the microcomputer industry, this book will help you at least know the right questions to ask. That in itself could be worth a great deal."[1]

In their book The Reader's Guide To Microcomputer Books, Michael Petrusha and Ronald Nicita rated the book 90 points of a scale from 10 to 100, and wrote "It is a valuable reference manual crammed with precise, detailed comparisons of most microcomputers" although they also think that "[t]he chapters which precede the actual encyclopedic treatment of the micro market, however, fail to rise to the standards set by the rest".[2]

The newsletter "Library Systems" states "Librarians [...] should consider purchasing a copy of Tony Webster's Microcomputer Buyer's Guide".[3]

References

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