A look at secret new Apple computer


Artículo de 1984, una semana antes de que se anunciara la Mac. En retrospectiva, suena gracioso como explican algunas cosas que hoy tomamos por sentadas, como el mouse, las ventanas y quiénes son Microsoft.

...Macintosh buyers will get a computer that operates unusually quickly and is directed by a mouse - a handheld device that, when slid across a table top, moves the cursor on the Mac's screen.

The user gives commands by pointing the cursor at graphic symbols on the screen, such as a paint brush and an eraser to enable the user to draw a picture, or a trash can to destroy a document.

The user also will be able to divide the screen into a variety of compartments, or "windows," that each can be used to perform different jobs. For example, the user could be writing a letter on one part of the screen, then create a window and begin another.

...Within the next few months, Microsoft Inc., a Bellvue, Wash. software publisher closely allied with IBM, is scheduled to introduce a spreadsheet package for making financial projections, a graphing package and the Basic programming language.

Posted: Sáb - Enero 24, 2004 at 03:23 AM        

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