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Birth of the Lisa
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Jul 31, 2005, 11:46 PM
 
Old school. The OS interface really laid the groundwork for the Macintosh.

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Aug 1, 2005, 05:45 AM
 
It sure did.
     
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Aug 1, 2005, 07:19 AM
 
Uh huh.
     
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Aug 1, 2005, 07:52 AM
 
i bet those guys pictured got all the women

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Aug 1, 2005, 07:54 AM
 
Didn't the Lisa have non-square pixels? (The screengrab seems a bit wide.)

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Aug 1, 2005, 10:06 AM
 
I remember the Lisa, but didn't own one. Of all the old computers though my choice to acquire would be the Cube.

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Aug 1, 2005, 10:24 AM
 
Originally Posted by Judge_Fire
Didn't the Lisa have non-square pixels? (The screengrab seems a bit wide.)
Indeed it did.

The change to square pixels on the Mac made screen drawing calculations much simpler (and faster).

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Aug 1, 2005, 10:58 AM
 
I don't know about you guys but even I would feel rather gay using a computer with a "housekeeping" menu.
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Aug 1, 2005, 03:37 PM
 
Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon
I don't know about you guys but even I would feel rather gay using a computer with a "housekeeping" menu.
"Lisa is doing the housekeeping"



Amazing Apple sold more than 10 000 Lisas.

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