Bill Atkinson, the Apple Computer designer instrumental in creating the graphical user interfaces that made the Lisa and Macintosh computers accessible to millions, has died. He was 74.

It’s believed that Apple only sold about 70,000 Apple III machines over a 4 year production run. Lisa If you thought Apple’s penchant for releasing overpriced hardware began in the early 90s ...

Development of the Macintosh 128K began in 1979. At the time, Apple was selling . the Apple III as a successor to the popular Apple II, but sales were sluggish due to its high price and poor ...

In the middle of the 1980s, Apple found itself with several options regarding the future of its computing platforms. The Apple II was the company’s bread and butter. The Apple III was pitched as an ...

The Lisa and the Macintosh both had five-year, and largely separate, development processes. The Lisa project began in 1978 and aimed to build a powerful business computer with a relatively ...

The Macintosh also wasn't a cut-down Lisa or "Lisa 2." In fact, there was a Lisa 2, and it launched at the same time as the Macintosh, as we mentioned when the Lisa turned 36. ... much as the common ...

But each had their own flaws or limitations – the Apple II did not come with a graphical user interface or mouse and the Lisa was much less affordable compared to the 128K, for instance.

The Lisa was a costly lesson for Apple but also a catalyst for developing the more successful Macintosh. The Macintosh was more affordable and had better software compatibility, making it a more ...

Sabotage, hired goons, and a landfill in Utah: how Steve Jobs’ revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief second life before being buried for good.