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The book also reflects a significant shift in Adams ' view of computers.

In the previous books, computers had been portrayed quite negatively, reflecting Adams ' then views on the subject.

However, between the writing of Life, The Universe and Everything and So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, his attitude toward technology changed considerably.

Having been taken along to a computer fair, he became enamored of the first model of the Macintosh, the start of a long love-affair with the brand ( he claimed to have bought two of the first three Macintosh in the UK — the other being bought by his friend Stephen Fry ).

In So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, Arthur Dent purchases a computer for the purpose of star mapping ; Adams makes only one disparaging comment about this decision.