In "This Day in Technology" (from Wikipedia):
1983 - Apple Computer introduced the Apple Lisa, their first commercial personal computer with a graphical user interface and a computer mouse. It had 1 MB of RAM, and was priced at US $9,995.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Jan 19, 2007 1:30:31 pm PST #4408 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2007 1:40:44 pm PST #4409 of 10001
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Also from Wikipedia:
In 1989, Apple buried about 2,700 unsold Lisas at a landfill in Logan, Utah and got a tax write-off on the land they rented for it.
Sean K - Jan 19, 2007 1:45:46 pm PST #4410 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
$10,000 for a personal computer with only 1 meg of RAM.
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2007 2:31:08 pm PST #4411 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Aww! I was so excited. They'd named it after me!
I feel a little odd about the poor buried Lisas.
Tom Scola - Jan 19, 2007 3:11:49 pm PST #4412 of 10001
hwæt
lisah - Jan 19, 2007 3:47:23 pm PST #4413 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I feel a little odd about the poor buried Lisas.
I don't like the sound of that AT ALL.
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2007 3:55:14 pm PST #4414 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hehehe.
sarameg - Jan 19, 2007 4:05:12 pm PST #4415 of 10001
I'll bet you could get a really odd song from that, lisah!
There are two books I can't read without getting seriously mental and it's ridiculous: Dearest Prickles and Uncle Socks. Yeah, I know. I even left them at my parents' house to keep from re-reading and flipping out. I've got weird issues...
GA pinged what I'm beginning to think are serious parent issues I have. Kinda a mess right now. Oh well. Las Vegas time. Nothing like goofy shiny crap to clear that up.
lisah - Jan 19, 2007 4:35:20 pm PST #4416 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
I'll bet you could get a really odd song from that, lisah!
seriously! although it is disturbing to me on a very fundamental level. but being disturbed can make the art good.
right now we are working on a song about that really tall man (possibly the tallest) in China who saved the dolphin's life. Remember that story? It will be called "Reach into the Dolphin."
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2007 4:41:59 pm PST #4417 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hello. I am back from a day of krav. My stomach hurts like a bitch and my knee is under ice.
I am 45 minutes into a video skype with my sister wherein I seem to have volunteered myself to redraft a map for a biathlon she's organising.
Tummy hurts.
But I need 'za. Luckily I can order that online as I sit here looking at the back of my sister's head as she scans on the other computer.