The Apple Lisa computer was a colossal failure. It was also the most important machine in personal computing history. You can try to argue that last claim with John McLearan. He believes it. And he ...

The Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, California, today released the Apple Lisa source code, including its system and applications software. Today happens to be the 40th anniversary of ...

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 ...

You’ll soon be able to take a huge trip down memory lane when it comes to Apple’s computer efforts. The Computer History Museum has announced that the source code for the Lisa, Apple’s computer that ...

Apple Lisa was introduced 40 years ago. And although it never became a hit due to its high price, Lisa paved the way for the Macintosh and other computers with a graphical user interface. But how does ...

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 ...

A forthcoming documentary will tell the story of the Apple Lisa, quite possibly the most important “flop” in the company’s history. Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa is planned for release in early ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just about everything the Mac brought to technology was already there a year before with the failed Apple Lisa, that launched on January 19, 1983. That famous venue was permanently closed for ...

”The Lisa was not the first commercial computer to ship with a GUI, as some have claimed in the past” As some claim in the Revisiting Apple’s ill-fated Lisa feature right next to this one on the front ...

Thirty years ago, Apple unveiled the Apple Lisa, a pioneering machine that introduced the mouse-driven graphical user interface to a wide audience and opened a new chapter in personal computer history ...