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MacTV: Introducing Lisa

July 21, 2007 by in Apple,AV with 6 Comments

In 1978 Apple begun The “Lisa project” to design a personal computer that was powerful as well as had a graphical user interface. Available for Apples famous $9,995 price point (Which is $20,893 today figuring inflation), The Lisa was an acronym for Local Integrated Software Architecture. However is was long rumored that it was named after Steve Job’s daughter.

Here is a copy of a vintage introductory video os what the Apple Lisa was all about. As always feel free to embed the above video.

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  • jcjohn

    it’s so beautiful

    i can’t look away

  • Kimbakat

    When was the Lisa available to the public? Exactly what year was this shot?

  • Kimbakat

    Actually, $10,000 back then is more like $30,000. You could buy a new car for $6,000!!! Mazda sold a new truck for just $5795 back in 1979. Slice of Pizza was 75¢ in NYC. Now it’s $2.50. So everything is about 3x-5x times.

  • Kimbakat

    yet..no one (of blue collar) or even upper middle class is making 3x. In fact, my mothers salary back in 1978 was about $5,000 less than what I started making in NYC in 1993. Now, my job (which I worked and earned a degree), is worthless as my job was outsourced to India. I feel sorry for college students today. It’s gonna get worse. We produce nothing and even jobs which don’t produce anything (computer jobs) are still getting outsourced.

  • Mibrilane

    Is it me or is the business guy in this video a pompous ass?

  • Mibrilane

    Here’s a 1984 demonstration by Al Diblasi (with modern intro) regarding the Lisa – he gives a good background on it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4BlmsN4q2I

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