I was quite excited to find my copy waiting outside my door tonight. I am saving it for some bed time reading. I have been waiting about 20 years for this edition. When I was taking my electronics class in school my old-school professor said if you really want to learn electronics, get this book. I did get the second edition and really enjoyed it. As I do mostly software I don't use it much, but I keep hoping to do more hardware on the side eventually. Who knows, this might be the trigger.