When Apple decides to produce an extensive set of audiovisual introductory teaching materials, you can be sure they think they’re on to something that will:
- change everything, but
- take a little explaining.
To wit:
- 1984:
- Macintosh Guided Tour.
- 2007:
- iPhone Guided Tour.
On a related note: Does the presenter in the iPhone tour remind anyone else of the pixellated dude from the later Mac tour, “Macintosh Basics”?
Fig. 1. The Macintosh Basics guy.
Fig. 1. The iPhone Guided Tour guy.
The later incarnation trades the dorky white polo and rainbow Apple logotype pullover for a plain black T, but keeps the no-nonsense coiffure. Also, um, his framerate is better this time around.
Discuss.
June 29th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I asked a contact if they knew who the iPhone Guy was. The response: “We have no idea who he is … He kinda creeps us out.”
August 30th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Said contact mentioned recently that he knows someone who “ran into The Guy at Caffé Macs, so he’s not a robot.”
August 30th, 2007 at 11:45 am
[Cross-reference: Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual, a companion to Macintosh Basics for new users who prefer their UI paradigm shift survival guides in stay-flat spiral-bound book form.]
September 3rd, 2007 at 6:55 am
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought, “hey, Jay’s back”.