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In reply to the discussion: Why do ppl hate Apple? [View all]hunter
(38,495 posts)66. If anyone "stole it" it was Steve Jobs from Xerox PARC
Xerox's first commercial wysiwyg machine was released in 1973.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto
These ideas were all floating around years before Bill Gates or Steve Jobs glomped onto them.
The Alto became well known in Silicon Valley and its GUI was increasingly seen as the future of computing. In 1979, Steve Jobs arranged a visit to Xerox PARC, during which Apple Computer personnel would receive demonstrations of Xerox technology in exchange for Xerox being able to purchase stock options in Apple. After two visits to see the Alto, Apple engineers used the concepts to introduce the Apple Lisa and Macintosh systems.
The crazy thing is that Apple killed the Apple II GS in favor of the less elegant Macintosh. The Macintosh ended up a software dead end that was held together by some very ugly kludges before it was abandoned in favor of a much cleaner operating system based on the Open Sourced BSD.
Given time the GS line might have evolved into something resembling modern Open Source based ARM machines, but that would have interfered with Apple's walled garden.
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I just purchased my first IPAD..I got a 9th generation one (2021) for $269
helpisontheway
Dec 2022
#60
I don't hate the company, but I can't build my own Apple PC from parts at Newegg for one thing
Hugh_Lebowski
Dec 2022
#22
Love/hate relationship for me ... mostly love ... still more user friendly than android
live love laugh
Dec 2022
#27
Beside the jumping out of buildings thing... The sell new instead of repair adding to landfills...
TheBlackAdder
Dec 2022
#29
I don't hate Apple, and love the simplicity of my iPad. In retirement it's all I need, that and
GoodRaisin
Dec 2022
#40