Triumph of the Nerds [three of three] 6/6

[three of three] 6/6
This film chronicles the rise of the personal computer/home computer beginning in the 1970s with the Altair 8800, Apple II and VisiCalc. It continues through the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh revolution through the 1980s and the mid 1990s at the beginning of the Dot-com boom. It includes interviews with Apple Computer's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates.

This three-part film first premiered on PBS in June 1996.

PS!
Here's a playlist for the whole thing:
http://tinyurl.com/37xnc2
Takes you from A to Z of the film with ease.

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[rezultwilliam]

thumbs up if you watched the whole movie

[CyberDeadly]

Wozniak confirmed for coolest nerd of the show.

[1990shahid]

thanks for uploading this crackmate (Y)

[vote4jellodk]

Apple faded pretty hard...errrr...into the spotlight.

[Canadianloyalist123]

Funny how things turn out alright.

Apple very renowned and the wealthiest company on the planet.

[hellonathan]

I used to make cool technology. Now I make nothing. I am glued to my pay check. FML.

[masdtgkjnrgnrifmtgbn]

Buying something in a box? INSANE!

[psimon12345]

So when is the newest version of this documentary going to be updated?

[roadene]

Thumbs up for the whole movie. Very interesting inspiring stuff

[FoxyTowns]

What is Jen doing with the internet?

[evansekful]

looking at it, he was pretty much on the money about see you in 10 years. by 2006, there was already tablets, ipods, google, google docs, youtube, facebook, smartphones, apple tv was in the works and itunes had what looked like features designed for an apple phone.

[Swiftyfann]

Rip Steve jobs.