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In article <KHERA.92Aug31133333@thneed.cs.duke.edu> khera@cs.duke.edu (Vivek Khera) writes:
> that would be the Lisa, which when it came out, was less powerful than
> the original Mac and cost US$10,000.

It cost $10K, but it was definitely more powerful than the original Mac:
1M of RAM instead of 128K (!), 5M hard disk instead of 400K floppy, multi-
tasking operating system. The GUI was more primitive, but that was fixable.

> it was neat, though.

I'll swap *my* original 128K Mac for a Lisa any day.

> but if you
> want the "original", go look at the work done at Xerox PARC.

Seconded. I used the Star in '82 and the Lisa and Mac were a big
disappointment. I'll swap my original Mac for one of those, too.

> 	   -your opinions on GUI (what makes a good GUI)

> the option to do things the GUI programmer didn't anticipate---
> primarily a way to escape to a macro/programming language underneath.

Seconded! In both directions: to program the GUI, and to run programs
not suited for the GUI.
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