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The Xerox Alto Computer promotional film by Xerox.

From the Triumph of the nerds, comment by Robert Cringely.

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  • I just think Apple con people into thinking they're some kind of nice-guy alternative to Big Evil Microsoft when they're get up to exactly the same tricks and end up in court as well. Macs are poser toys anyway.

  • If XEROX didn't make the Alto computer, todays computers probably would not have a nice computer graphic interface. Maybe, we would not have a mouse either?

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  • @Craptron2000 true but in terms of a business model, they are way ahead of our time. they have simplified computing, and most choose apple because they preform better than most PCs.

  • @midnightfapper shut up fag troll ass

  • Nearly 40 years later and we have better graphics, faster processors, and new applications.....what progress for nearly 40 years!!!!

  • what a bunch of garbage, i can't watch porn on that shit. no wonder it failed.

  • In 1973 I remember my coworkers and I had the Xerox Alto complete with a mouse. It was WAY ahead of it's time! I remember "GUI's" - I loved how I could email and whatever was on your screen was how it looked laser printed! So - I guess when the gradual Personal Computer came along in the 1980's we had already been using them all along. Miss those machines!

  • @suhailmishlawi maybe you should do some research. the xerox os had icons, folders, windows, mouse,charts, graphics,copy and paste, scrolling etc stop being a fanboy with no knowledge of true information on the matter

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