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How the Lisa Changed Everything

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-a-nothing-boring-sunday dept.

Sabah Arif writes "The Lisa, started in 1979 to provide an inexpensive business computer to Apple's lineup, enjoyed little success. With its advanced object oriented UI and powerful office suite, the computer was priced well above the means of most businesses. Despite its failure, the Lisa influenced most user interfaces, and introduced many features unheard of in earlier systems (like the Xerox Star or VisiOn). Read the story of the development and demise of the Apple Lisa at Low End Mac."

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  1. The Lisa Was a Very Slow Computer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haha.. reminds me of this joke:

    Knock knock..

    Who's there?

    (wait 45 seconds) ... ..... .......

    Lisa!

  2. Lisa was like taking home an attractive woman by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    to find out she has a penis.

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  3. Re:I for one welcome... by gbarrelhouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think waht made it newsworthy was that it's an interesting new article at Low End Mac. Just a theory.

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  4. What is an "object oriented UI"? by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    OOP is a technique for organizing programming code, not UI's. Thus, what exactly is an OO UI? I am not sure if there is only one way to interpret a UI analog to programming code code techniques. In fact, nobody can even agree on a clear definition of OO in the code world. If you want to start a bar fight in OOP forums, ask for a precise definition of OO, and e-chairs start flying.

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  5. Re:Oh Please by kevcol · · Score: 1, Funny

    What do you mean?! I am using Bob right now- it's a tremendous OS!