On January 19, 1983, the first commercial personal computer from Apple was born. Ahead of its time, the Lisa featured a stout white monitor, a white keyboard, square mouse, double floppy drive — and a ...

Before there was an iPhone, iMac or Macintosh computer, Apple had Lisa. The Lisa computer — which stands for ” “Local Integrated Software Architecture” but was also named after Steve Jobs’ eldest ...

I was around 10 when I used a Lisa and the first LaserWriter printer with its postscript support to create the text and graphical displays for my science fair project. It looked like something a ...

The Computer History Museum held an event on January 31 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Lisa computer. The event featured interviews with members of the Lisa development team, a demo of the ...

Apple’s legendary Lisa computer was a flop by commercial standards, but its influence on computing can’t be understated. In the 40 years after its debut, ideas from the Lisa changed our relationship ...

This story was produced as part of The Verge’s partnership with the Computer History Museum to explore the past and future of tech. Located in Mountain View, California, CHM does extensive work in ...

As part of the Apple Lisa’s 40th birthday celebrations, the Computer History Museum has released the source code for Lisa OS version 3.1 under an Apple Academic License Agreement. With Apple’s ...

Before there was the Mac, there was the Lisa, Apple’s first computer to feature a graphical user interface. Lisa was released 40 years ago this week, and to celebrate the anniversary, the Computer ...

Like a magician readying his best trick, Steve Jobs waited for the houselights to dim and the crowd to quiet down. A spotlight focused on a table where a bulky shape lay hidden beneath a buff-colored ...

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View threw a 40th birthday party Tuesday night for Apple’s Lisa computer, a gathering that drew a few dozen former Apple employees who worked on the project — ...

On January 19, 1983, the first commercial personal computer from Apple was born. Ahead of its time, the Lisa featured a stout white monitor, a white keyboard, square mouse, double floppy drive — and a ...