Apple Lisa(1983)

Apple invents the personal computer. Again.

1983.01Lisa Office System 1.0

Background

The Lisa was the first personal computer to offer a graphical user interface in an inexpensive machine aimed at individual business users. The Lisa was a more advanced system than the Macintosh of this time in many respects, such as its inclusion of protected memory, preemptive multitasking, a generally more sophisticated hard disk based operating system, a built-in screensaver, an advanced calculator with a paper tape and RPN, support for up to 2 megabytes (MB) of RAM, expansion slots, a numeric keypad, data corruption protection schemes such as block sparing, non-physical file names (with the ability to have multiple documents with the same name), and a larger higher-resolution display. It would be many years before many of those features were implemented on the Macintosh platform. Protected memory, for instance, didn't reappear until the Mac OS X operating system was released in 2001.

SourceWikipedia

Key Specs

Display12-inch Monochrome display" Built-in CRT
ChipMotorola 68000
MemoryNone built-in / Max 2 MB
StorageExternal 5 or 10 MB Apple ProFile hard drive
Weight21.8 kg

Full Specifications

Basic Info

Release Date1983.01
Introduced1983.1
Discontinued1984.1
Original Price$9,995
OS SupportLisa Office System 1.0
Support StatusDiscontinued (Obsolete)

Chip & Storage

ChipMotorola 68000(5 MHz, Single-Core, 16-bit architecture)
MemoryNone built-in / Max 2 MB
StorageExternal 5 or 10 MB Apple ProFile hard drive

Display

Screen Size12-inch Monochrome display"
Screen TypeBuilt-in CRT
Resolution720 × 364

Camera & Audio

Media Drive2 x built-in 871 KB Apple FileWare 5.25-inch floppy drives

Connectivity & Expansion

Expansion Slots3 x Apple Lisa expansion slots
Power Consumption270 W (maximum continuous power)

Body & Dimensions

Width47.6 mm
Height35.1 mm
Thickness38.6 mm
Weight21.8 kg

Color

Available Colors

Model Identifier

Model ID2