It is amazing how much the manual has to explain to a 1980s user, for a device that, for me at least, exuded a sense of magic, especially compared to the compet

It is amazing how much the manual has to explain to a 1980s user, for a device that, for me at least, exuded a sense of magic, especially compared to the competition. The office at my first technical job had both an Apple Lisa and a Macintosh, as well as IBM PCs, XTs and ATs. The Macintosh really felt like a different sort of beast... and though I've had several Apple machines over the years, all of them far outperforming the original Mac, none of them ever felt quite as special for some reason. I suspect a lot of it might simply be the original industrial design, which still looks cool to me.