Instead it was picked up and improved upon by researchers at the Xerox PARC research
center, which in 1973 developed Xerox Alto, the first computer with a mouse-driven GUI. It
never became a commercial product, however, as Xerox management wasn’t ready to dive
into the computer market and didn’t see the potential of what they had early enough.
It took Steve Jobs negotiating a stocks deal with Xerox in exchange for a tour of their
research center to finally bring the user friendly graphical user interface, as well as the
mouse, to the masses. Steve Jobs was shown what Xerox PARC team had developed, and
directed Apple to improve upon it. In 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh, the first massmarket
computer with a graphical user interface and a mouse
Instead it was picked up and improved upon by researchers at the Xerox PARC researchcenter, which in 1973 developed Xerox Alto, the first computer with a mouse-driven GUI. Itnever became a commercial product, however, as Xerox management wasn’t ready to diveinto the computer market and didn’t see the potential of what they had early enough.It took Steve Jobs negotiating a stocks deal with Xerox in exchange for a tour of theirresearch center to finally bring the user friendly graphical user interface, as well as themouse, to the masses. Steve Jobs was shown what Xerox PARC team had developed, anddirected Apple to improve upon it. In 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh, the first massmarketcomputer with a graphical user interface and a mouse
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