Day in Tech History Podcast - Apple History   /     January 19, 1983: Apple Lisa is Introduced

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Happy Birthday to me. 1983 – at an introductory price of $9995, Apple introduces the Lisa computer – the first computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The computer featured a 5 MHz 68000 microprocessor, 1 MB RAM, 12″ monochrome monitor, dual 5.25″ 860 KB floppy drives, a 5 MB hard drive and more.  Lisa […]

Subtitle
Happy Birthday to me. 1983 – at an introductory price of $9995, Apple introduces the Lisa computer – the first computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The computer featured a 5 MHz 68000 microprocessor, 1 MB RAM, 12″ monochrome monitor,
Duration
5:18
Publishing date
2020-01-19 02:00
Link
https://dayintechhistory.com/dith/january-19-1983-apple-lisa-introduced-2-2/
Contributors
  Jeffrey Powers
author  
Enclosures
http://media.blubrry.com/dayintechhistory/vid.geekazine.com/dith/dith150119.mp3
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Apple Lisa

Happy Birthday to me.

1983 – at an introductory price of $9995, Apple introduces the Lisa computer – the first computer with a GUI (Graphical User Interface). The computer featured a 5 MHz 68000 microprocessor, 1 MB RAM, 12″ monochrome monitor, dual 5.25″ 860 KB floppy drives, a 5 MB hard drive and more. 

Lisa cost Apple Computer US$50 million to develop. The software for it cost Apple Computer US$100 million to develop.“Lisa” is an acronym for Local Integrated Software Architecture.

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