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Design Considerations for an Anthropophilic Computer

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[This document was written before the Macintosh project was operating under that name, and was still called "Annie". This note was written as an observer at that time not directly involved in the project. (Comments in brackets have been added on Oct. 11 79)] This is an outline for a computer designed for the Person In The Street (or, to abbreviate: the PITS); one that will be truly pleasant to use, that will require the user to do nothing that will threaten his or her perverse delight in being able to say: "I don't know the first thing about computers," and one which will be profitable to sell, service and provide software for. You might think that any number of computers have been designed with these criteria in mind, but not so. Any system which requires a user to ever see the interior, for any reason, does not meet these specifications. There must not be additional ROMS, RAMS, boards or accessories except those that can be understood by the PITS as a separate appliance. For example,

Design Considerations for an Anthropophilic Computer Home | Approach | Credits | Feedback Archive: Primary Documents | Images | Interviews Subjects: Counterculture | Early Mac | Mouse | Technical Writing | Marketing | User Groups Design Considerations for an Anthropophilic Computer Source: Jef Raskin, "Design Considerations for an Anthropophilic Computer" (28-29 May 1979)-- in "The Macintosh Project: Selected Papers from Jef Raskin (First Macintosh Designer), Circa 1979," document 4, version 1. Location: M1007, Apple Computer Inc. Papers, Series 3, Box 10, Folder 1. [This document was written

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