I've been using Apple products off and on since the late eighties and almost all of my current gadgets are made by Apple, indeed I've been using the same iMac for almost ten years without a single problem. Even with all that I never really considered myself a fanboy, in fact I have been known to talk trash about Apple quite often. I know that probably sounds hypocritical and to a certain degree it is, but all corporations have their dark sides and I like to bitch about them. So when I heard that Steve Jobs had died and this book was coming out I thought that I should learn something about the person who has contributed so much to our lives, both good and bad. 
 As it turns out I don't particularly like Steve Jobs, not that it matters whether I like him or not but I think it probably helps when you're reading a biography to like the person you're reading about. I found myself enjoying the aspects of the book that were about his businesses and disappointed when I had to read about his personal life. So even though this was a well written book, I think I'd rather be reading a business book about Apple rather than a biography about Steve Jobs, so for that reason alone I give this book two and a half soon to be rotten Apples out of five.