Apple Lisa and Macintosh from "summary" of Fire in the Valley by Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine
The Apple Lisa was an ambitious project that aimed to bring a user-friendly graphical interface to the masses. Named after Steve Jobs' daughter, the Lisa was designed to be intuitive and easy to use, with a graphical desktop and a mouse for navigation. The Lisa was intended to be a revolutionary product that would change the way people interacted with computers. However, the Lisa ultimately failed to live up to its lofty ambitions. It was expensive, with a price tag of $10,000, and it was plagued by technical issues that made it unreliable. The Lisa also faced stiff competition from IBM, which had recently launched its own personal computer with a graphical interface. In the midst of the Lisa's struggles, Apple began work on a new project that would eventually become the Macintosh. Led by a team of engineers and designers, including Jef Raskin an...
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