This is a made for TNT movie that tells the story of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Apple co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak from college life through corporate supremacy. The Apple plot recounts how Jobs and Wozniak "borrowed" key concepts from a Xerox computer lab and created a successful company before struggling with the pressures of success. The Microsoft plot focuses on the way Gates learned from, then surpassed, Apple and turned his company into the global powerhouse that it is today.
The mediocre acting and the amateur-like way this film was shot makes me think it was a college project. However, it was very interesting and a bit of a history lesson for someone who wasn't around for the "birth" of the personal computer as we know it today. Since it was based on true events, I'm really interested in what parts were fact and which were embellished. Specifically, did Steve Jobs really steal the UI from Xerox and then get poached by Bill Gates? Did Bill Gates really meet with IBM and sell them DOS before he even created it; and then bought the basis of DOS from a schoolmate for $50,000? Was Steve Jobs that much of a power-hungry, slave-driving jackass? Nonetheless, it was entertaining.
Rating: 3 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
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