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Computer History 1983
Apple introduced its Lisa. The first
personal computer with a graphical user interface, its development was
central in the move to such systems for personal computers. The Lisa´s
sloth and high price ($10,000) led to its ultimate failure.The Lisa ran on a Motorola 68000 microprocessor and came equipped with 1 megabyte of RAM, a 12-inch black-and-white monitor, dual 5 1/4-inch floppy disk drives and a 5 megabyte Profile hard drive. The Xerox Star — which included a system called Smalltalk that involved a mouse, windows, and pop-up menus — inspired the Lisa´s designers.
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