Billed as a computer “for the rest of us,” it was hailed as a giant step toward making computers easy to use. With a paperwhite screen, small pictures to represent program choices and a “mouse” (a small rolling box with a button on it) to make selections on the screen, the Mac was certainly the least threatening computer ever built. It was also criticized as being too much of a toy, unsuitable for serious business use.
This quote is from the 80s although a few word changes could make it the iPad. I think we’ll also look back 25 years from now and laugh at the people who thought it was just a toy.
