Thoughts on, and pictures of, the original Macintosh User Manual
What a great article!I liked the commentary about preppy white guys.  I think this was deliberate (perhaps subconsciously so), but not for reasons why it might happen today.First, back in the 80s there was still a big issue as to whether execs would use computers.  Most could not type; that was at that time considered a female activity.  Sounds absurd, but this was literally a topic not just in newspapers talking about computers but also in computer journals wondering if PCs could break into business.  And most execs were (and still are :-( ) male.Second, the Mac was quite a bit more expensive, really at the edge of what an individual could afford (Apple offered a finance plan, if not at launch then soon after).  So they were making an affinity pitch to people who could afford it.> Also, why is the keyboard in Chapter 3 positioned like that? Why on earth was it posed that way?I suspect it was to show you could use the mouse and not be intimidated by that scary keyboard thing.I was also struck by the Chapter 3 photo as it seemed to be the only one that could have been shot today (except for the Mac itself of course).  All the others had hairstyles, color palette, and/or artifacts (desk phone, tape dispenser) that you'd never see today.  Even the final shot of the Stanford Campus has bikes that look old fashioned.