Just about everything the Mac brought to technology was already there a year before with the failed Apple Lisa, that launched on January 19, 1983. That famous venue permanently closed in 2019 — ...
In 1989, Apple made a shocking decision that erased an important piece of its history—the destruction of 7,000 Apple Lisa computers. This curious episode, which unfolded in Logan, Utah, left many ...
In 1983, the Lisa was supposed to be a barnburner. Apple’s brand-new computer had a cutting edge GUI, a mouse, and power far beyond the 8-bit machines that came before. It looked like nothing else on ...
I was really interested by the Lisa when it came out, but they cost $10K. At the time, you could buy perfectly decent new cars for about $8K, and a nice Honda Civic was about $10K. So you could have a ...