Highlights from the Premiere Issue of Macworld Magazine

Thanks to the wonderful site Vintage Apple, I was able to check out a scan of the first issue of Macworld. It’s a fascinating magazine; part promotional tool, part behind the scenes, part user guide.

Here are some of the highlights for me:

Early in the magazine is a Microsoft ad:

Guide to Desktop Accessories:

Three page guide to using a mouse:

Motherboard:

About the floppy disk drive (top of the line 3.5″ disks!)

Interview with Bill Gates:

Cooler than Bill Gates, Susan Kare. I love this “about the Mac team” section:

Steve:

All in all, this was a fascinating read; an incredible time capsule from an almost unfathomable era of personal computing.