On January 19, 1983, the first commercial personal computer from Apple was born. Ahead of its time, the Lisa featured a stout white monitor, a white keyboard, square mouse, double floppy drive — and a ...

Before there was an iPhone, iMac or Macintosh computer, Apple had Lisa. The Lisa computer — which stands for ” “Local Integrated Software Architecture” but was also named after Steve Jobs’ eldest ...

The Apple Lisa computer was a colossal failure. It was also the most important machine in personal computing history. You can try to argue that last claim with John McLearan. He believes it. And he ...

Before the first Macintosh and the first Windows PC, Apple released a desktop computer known as the Lisa which ran its own specialized operating system. Soon, enthusiasts will be able to pick apart ...

Lisa was a commercial failure upon release in 1983, but Apple and Jobs learned lessons for their next computer: the Macintosh. It’s #ThrowbackThursday, y’all, so we’re kicking off a new series of ...

We’re teaming up with CHM to take a look at critical innovations in technology history, beginning with the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa and the 50th anniversary of ethernet. We’re teaming up ...

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 was permanently closed for ...

I was around 10 when I used a Lisa and the first LaserWriter printer with its postscript support to create the text and graphical displays for my science fair project. It looked like something a ...

Mountain View, CA, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Computer History Museum (CHM), the leading museum exploring the history of computing and its impact on the human experience, today announced ...

Apple’s legendary Lisa computer was a flop by commercial standards, but its influence on computing can’t be understated. In the 40 years after its debut, ideas from the Lisa changed our relationship ...

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View threw a 40th birthday party Tuesday night for Apple’s Lisa computer, a gathering that drew a few dozen former Apple employees who worked on the project — ...