Comments on: Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual

By: On Technological Devotion « Self Interest and Sympathy

On Technological Devotion « Self Interest and Sympathy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:16:22 +0000

[...] formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. Umberto Eco Mac History Image held here writing about…'culture' amateur hour architecture arts & crafts blogs conferencing [...]

By: Are you there God? It’s me, Marketing « Self Interest and Sympathy

Are you there God? It’s me, Marketing « Self Interest and Sympathy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:50:16 +0000

[...] need not apply! (The dude in Chapter 4 even has a *sweater* around his shoulders!!!)…" blogged here Exhibit C: How to Dress Like a Mac – Justin Long in the PC/ Mac TV adverts, 2006-9 – held here (the [...]

By: Kelvin20

Kelvin20 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:26:54 +0000

Please don’t trick our young men into dates only to leave them to die a week later while tied to a tree? ,

By: Modelo conceptual e prototipagem (Parte 1) « Ergonomia das Aplicações Multimédia

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:17:39 +0000

[...] Steve Jobs, um dos fundadores da Apple Inc., a fazer uma demonstração do produto. E neste site, é mostrado um guia de utilizador da Macintosh, original de 1984. O autor desse post disse [...]

By: James Smith

James Smith — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:16:44 +0000

The manual was written for the lowest possible common denominator. That is, someone who may have never even seen a computer before. Nonetheless, it is rather poor technical writing. I’m speaking as someone who owned one of those Macs and its manual and also have been a technical writer since the 1970’s.

I also used Win PCs and Macs side-by-side for decades. The Mac is so far superior in terms of build quality and reliability of software there is no room for discussion.

To be fair, Microsoft cannot be responsible for build quality as they build nothing but only market software.

By: 九寨沟旅游

九寨沟旅游 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:20:29 +0000

good

By: » Original Macintosh manual from 1984

» Original Macintosh manual from 1984 — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:13:01 +0000

[...] came across this article just now. Someone has bought an original 1984 Macintosh instruction manual on [...]

By: Vu Lu Su » Blog Archive » Spock likes the 80s guy’s Mac

Vu Lu Su » Blog Archive » Spock likes the 80s guy’s Mac — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:17:54 +0000

[...] below to see this picture from a ‘84 brochure for (the) Macintosh. The guy has a nice lunchbox where he can transport his Mac and still enjoy waving his gorgeous 80s [...]

By: Keeks

Keeks — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:45:57 +0000

Well, of course if you’re a white yuppie you don’t care about that kind of thing, but white males’ opinions are not the only opinions in the universe (despite much evidence to the contrary). If you’re a brown-skinned female, then this kind of thing IS noticed (“don’t they want me to have one?”). Try walking a few metres in someone else’s shoes for once in your life.

As one of only a few females in the CGI industry, I like to scan movie credits to see how many in those never-ending lists are “like me”….. (usually about 1%)….. it makes me think — “I’m going to change that.”

Seeing someone “like me” in a TV show or ad can make a huge difference to how a kid can imagine life to be for other “people like me.” Hard to imagine if everyone around you looks the same, but believe me white boys — it’s true!

By: 25 Ways to Celebrate the Mac’s 25th Anniversary | Technologizer

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:10:02 +0000

[...] Explore the original Mac manual, a period piece that beats the pants off any documentation shipped by Apple or anybody else [...]