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Development of the graphical user interface, originally scattered, gradually came to center on the work done by Xerox during the 1970s, most notably development of the Alto computer and then design and production of the Star. Then Apple Computer Inc. incorporated the interface into its Lisa in 1983 and its Macintosh in 1984. All of today graphical interfaces hark back to this handful of machines.

Development of the graphical user interface, originally scattered, gradually came to center on the work done by Xerox during the 1970s, most notably development of the Alto computer and then design and production of the Star. Then Apple Computer Inc. incorporated the interface into its Lisa in 1983 and its Macintosh in 1984. All of today graphical interfaces hark back to this handful of machines.

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