Tech: Apple Lisa Demo (1984)
Backhttp://www.Alfred.TV READ ME FIRST: The intro is VERY long. Let it buffer for 5 minutes to skip directly to the Lisa demo. Filmed in 1984, Alfred (yes, that's me) demonstrates the $10,000 Apple Lisa computer on a tri-state cable channel. This was a very early 'mass introduction' to a system that had a graphical user interface, icons, pull down menus, and a rodential input device called 'a mouse.' If you'd like to receive alerts to interesting articles as well as updates on my latest videos and live webcasts, then please subscribe to my microblog on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/adiblasi Bookmark my uStream page for future live webcasts http://www.uStream.tv/adiblasi If you'd like to Email me, use the link below http://www.alfred.tv/#-58 Please visit my sponsors: http://www.SolidNutrition.com http://www.InvestorInbox.com Enjoy the time warp with this video! Warm regards, Alfred
Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: November 19, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Author: adiblasi
Length: 0:18:32
Rating: 4.72
Views: 248,682
Tags: Apple Computer Xerox Star Alto PARC Palo Research Center Larry Tessler Woz Wozniak Lisa Macintosh Mac Alfred Alfred.tv Metadestroyer Steve Jobs GUI Mouse Retro Windows
Video Comments:
montruo000000007 (Wednesday 24th of September 2008 05:10:47 PM)
wow, nostalgia strikes in
Coldacre (Monday 22nd of September 2008 03:43:39 AM)
a great trip down memory lane
Naud1234 (Sunday 21st of September 2008 11:42:33 PM)
what a bad computer!!!
rgm1984 (Sunday 21st of September 2008 08:26:53 PM)
By the time it takes to load the calculator, you could easily just pull one out of your desk if you have it.
The Lisa was cutting edge for its time though. Thanks for posting!
halo3d (Friday 19th of September 2008 12:46:25 AM)
lol wow..
the guy changes font size and the woman goes.. thats amazing rofl.. amazing what happens in 20 or so years.. back then we had piece of shit processors barely being able to run notepad like apps.. and now we have quad cores .. many gigs of ram and games like crysis etc.
viking396 (Sunday 21st of September 2008 12:30:49 PM)
halo3d,
When you were two you could only crap your pants, I'm guessing your capabilities have improved since then.
They weren't POS processors back then, they were state of the art for their time. If not for them you would not have quad cores today, like you, they have improved.
ecrocksmysocks (Sunday 21st of September 2008 09:11:19 PM)
Hey man, if they never perfected the GUI, you probably would still be playing pong and using DOS.
You've got to start somewhere.
hudog2008 (Tuesday 16th of September 2008 08:34:00 AM)
that is awesome. that was a trip. your hair was almost as big as mine back then : )
liquidtension (Monday 15th of September 2008 09:55:58 PM)
"Let me continue typing" ... "CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK!" I thought that was funny for some reason.
goreparade (Monday 15th of September 2008 04:34:15 PM)
Yeah, that doesn't work so well on Vista.