With the 30th Anniversary of Apple coming up on April 1st, we thought that we might talk with Owen Linzmayer, author of Apple Confidential and Apple Confidential 2.0, the insider stories of the company called Apple Computer. So sit back and relax.

My Mac: Mr. Linzmayer, thank you for taking the time to speak with us about Apple Computer. Can you provide us with some background on you and your association with all things Apple/Mac?

Owen L: My interaction with Apple began back when I was a teenager in the early 1980s. I was working at Creative Computing magazine, covering the Apple II. Over the years, I wrote for every major Apple II magazine, then made the jump to covering the Macintosh in the late 1980s. I’ve been writing about the Mac exclusively since that time, having worked at and contributing to most of the major Mac magazines. I have also authored a number of books about the Macintosh and Apple itself, including Apple Confidential 2.0.

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