How L.I.S.A. Changed Computers Forever!

Did you know that the Apple Lisa was the first commercial computer with a Graphical User Interface and a mouse?

A few decades ago, computers were not as we know them today. Before The Apple Lisa, all computers were text-based, meaning you had to type out commands from a keyboard.

The name “Lisa” stands for “Logical Integrated Software Architecture”. Lisa was also the name of Steve Job’s daughter.

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[DumbBunny]

The Lisa was so useless, that it wasn’t Y2K compliant because it literally can’t get past the year 1996.

[imanerd]

Xerox Star was released in 1981, while Lisa was released in 1983.

[FMFT]

El proyecto Lisa empezó en 1978. Xerox quería comprar acciones de Apple por 1 millón de dólares. Un 10% de Apple.

Jobs quería algo más a cambio. Visitaron el PARC en 3 ocasiones y alli vieron un prototipo del Xerox Star, un ordenador muy adelantado a su tiempo, con una interface gráfica, ratón, tarjeta de red e impresora láser, compartida.

El problema era que para sacarle provecho al invento había que comprar 2 o 3 y costaban un ojo de la cara. Unos 100.000 dólares de la época (1978), unos 250.000 euros a dia de hoy.

Lisa costó más de 50 millones de dólares en desarrollo y pagar a programadores del PARC. Una locura.

Además su precio era prohibitivo. Nada menos que 9.995 dólares de 1982. Unos 20.000 euros a día de hoy.

Llevaba 1 MB de memoria RAM, 7 programas incorporados y 2 unidades de disco de 5 pulgadas y un cuarto, poco fiables.

[Marchth]

I thought "Local Integrated Software Architecture."

[kaydim]

Too bad they'll rust up on you like that!