I bought an old issue of Macworld last week, which arrived today.
This particular magazine is a September 1992 issue and features commentary about the digital divide in America's schools. I decided to buy this issue so I could analyze the historical perspective of technology in education using authentic materials from the early days of educational computing.
Of course, the magazine itself is also fun because of its age. There are ads for Classic IIs and IIcis. Lots of full-page ads for LaCie hard drives, too. The software on the best-seller list (remember when that was still in Macworld?) includes MacWrite, Math Blaster, and Carmen Sandiego. Equally fun is the used Mac price index. As a bonus, the magazine is over 400 pages long, although most of it is ads. Still, compared to the tiny Macworlds they offer today, this thing is pretty substantial.
This particular magazine is a September 1992 issue and features commentary about the digital divide in America's schools. I decided to buy this issue so I could analyze the historical perspective of technology in education using authentic materials from the early days of educational computing.
Of course, the magazine itself is also fun because of its age. There are ads for Classic IIs and IIcis. Lots of full-page ads for LaCie hard drives, too. The software on the best-seller list (remember when that was still in Macworld?) includes MacWrite, Math Blaster, and Carmen Sandiego. Equally fun is the used Mac price index. As a bonus, the magazine is over 400 pages long, although most of it is ads. Still, compared to the tiny Macworlds they offer today, this thing is pretty substantial.
They're like a preserved piece of time in the Computer World. I've occasionally glanced at the InfoWorld archive that can be viewed freely on Google books. One of them I had fun reading was the 
