It should not be confused with a magazine published in 1983-1984 by McPheeters, Wolfe & Jones that was also titled Computer User, but with the subtitle "For the Tandy/Radio Shack System".
Computer User took advantage of a tradition in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of placing free publication newsstands in business districts and stores.
MSP published Computer User until 2004, when paper publication ceased and the enterprise and web based name rights were sold to ComputerUser, Inc. a New York State registered company.
Nearly all other publications national and local focused on more the more technical aspects of having a computer, many of which were homebrew, assembled in part or in whole by the user.
In the first decade before the Internet a very popular feature was a complete local list of computer bulletin boards.