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> No one's claiming it influenced Apple. >>>> Nothing about the Star, which Jobs actually did come to Chicago and see at the intro, in May 1981. Then I misint
by Maursault 3y ago
> No one's claiming it influenced Apple.
>>>> Nothing about the Star, which Jobs actually did come to Chicago and see at the intro, in May 1981.
Then I misinterpreted your statement as a misguided attempt to be relevant, or you are simply trying to cover up your mistake in insinuating Mac owes something to Star.
- AlbertCory 3y ago"insinuating" -- I think you're projecting here. Never said that, never would say that.
- retrocryptid 3y agoI would say the Star influenced Apple. They saw how bad it's sales figures were and said "Let's not do THAT!" and then noticed they had built the Lisa to target essentially the same market with the same "task based software" (i.e. - limited 3rd party apps) strategy. The comparative failure of both the Lisa and the Star in terms of sales figures most certainly should have raised the profile of the Mac within Apple's executive ranks.
- AlbertCory 3y agoSo it served as a bad example. Makes me proud /s It reminds me of the Thomas Edison quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8287-i-have-not-failed-i-ve-just-found-10-000-ways-that https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8287-i-have-not-failed-i-ve...