Xerox Parc - Office Alto Commercial

[May 14, 1979]
In this short one-minute commercial, Xerox introduces its vision for the office of the future. Years ahead of its time, the 1972 Xerox Alto featured Ethernet networking, a full page display, a mouse, laser printing, e-mail, and a windows-based user interface. Although it's high price limited sales, the Alto was a groundbreaking invention and the inspiration for the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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  Science & Technology

[Shé Blìndéd Mé Wìth Sciéncé]

Businessman1: "Guys the whole mouse thingie will never catch up, let's stick to copiers and downsize the research department until they come up with something useful"

Businessman2: "Agreed. Oh I know, let's sucker apple into buying this useless stuff. Maybe we can get some apple stock options out of this deal."

Businessman3: "You're a fucking genius Bizman2!"

[Shehaaz Saif]

Sooo cool!! too bad no one give them credit :(

[JugheadObama]

this one and att's "you will".

[3D4Ureel]

In the end, windows 8 came to ruin everything...

[goochbuntu]

why cant they make screens in that style now days

[Tim Young]

In Order For Humans To Progress.. Something is.. Passed On.. Or, "Borrowed" From Something Else To Enhance Knowledge. From All The Way Back To Alexandria. And, Perhaps.. Even Before That.

[Tim Young]

Then again.. The Beatles Stole From Buddy Holly & The Crickets. Hence, The Name.. "Beatles".

[Tim Young]

Yeah, And Gates Stole From Kildall.. And.. Most Musicians Stole from The Beatles.. That's Called Artificial Evolution.. End Of Line.. (Stole From TRON!)

[mkl62]

May 14, 1972.

[lou pelez]

Correct and if you knew your history that was about the Star computer. Not the Alto. Btw that case was dissmissed in favor of Apple.

Cheers :)