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Apple Lisa II Personal Computer

National Museum of American History

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Apple Computer
Description
The Apple Lisa introduced the graphic user interface (GUI) into the Apple Computer Corporation's line of personal computers. Instead of using only text-based commands, users could employ pictorial icons displayed on the screen to initiate operations. Officially, "Lisa" stood for "Local Integrated Software Architecture," but it was also the name of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' daughter. This computer was also Jobs "baby," as he championed its creation and believed it would revolutionize personal computing. Apple spent four years and $50 million to develop it, but it turned out to be a commercial flop, in large part because of the $10,000 per unit cost. Only 80,000 were eventually sold. The Lisa is most important historically as the computer that pioneered concepts later used in the far more successful Macintosh.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Roslyn Lang
1983
ID Number
2005.0056.01
catalog number
2005.0056.01
accession number
2005.0056
Object Name
microcomputer
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
glass (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 14 in x 19 in x 14 in; 35.56 cm x 48.26 cm x 35.56 cm
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1287222
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9ec6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Apple Lisa
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