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There were many computers before the Xerox Alto. Xerox never made the Macintosh because they missed key innovations such as regions, the Finder, consistent UI

There were many computers before the Xerox Alto. Xerox never made the Macintosh because they missed key innovations such as regions, the Finder, consistent UI guidelines, the ability to put a usable GUI OS in an affordable package.

musicale 6y ago
PARC was also bound to Xerox which had trouble seeing beyond its photocopier business.
- valuearb 6y ago
  Doesn't matter what PARC's limitations were, what matters was the Macintosh was a huge innovation that created what the Xerox Alto and Star were missing.