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On May 19, 1980, Apple Computer unveiled the successor of Apple II during the National Computer Conference at Anaheim, California. The Apple III had 128 K RAM with a built-in floppy drive and 4 internal expansion slots compatible with Apple II cards. The Apple III had a silent-type support built in using the Port A. During the development of Apple III, Jobs instructed the project development team to create a computer with smaller dimension without a cooling fan to make the product look elegant and to reduce noise when operating the machine. As instructed, the development team fit in all the components of the computer in a small dimension minus the cooling fun.  Consumers who bought the machine complained of motherboard overheat, chips came out of their sockets and the real time clock did not work. Apple III was recalled. Apple Comput On April 24, 1984, Apple Computer introduced  Apple III plus, an improved version of the Apple III. It has a standard 256 KB RAM, built-in clock and video capability. The product did not click to consumers and it was pulled out from the market after four months. In short, the Apple III project was a complete failure. The company ony sold a total of 65,000 units. <ref>[http://oldcomputers.net/appleiii.html Apple III]</ref>  <ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0917/Evolution-of-an-Apple-revolution Evolution of an Apple Revolution]</ref> <ref>[http://www.applelogic.org/AIIIDesignBugs.html What really killed the Apple III]</ref>

On May 19, 1980, Apple Computer unveiled the successor of Apple II during the National Computer Conference at Anaheim, California. The Apple III had 128 K RAM with a built-in floppy drive and 4 internal expansion slots compatible with Apple II cards. The Apple III had a silent-type support built in using the Port A. During the development of Apple III, Jobs instructed the project development team to create a computer with smaller dimension without a cooling fan to make the product look elegant and to reduce noise when operating the machine. As instructed, the development team fit in all the components of the computer in a small dimension minus the cooling fun.  Consumers who bought the machine complained of motherboard overheat, chips came out of their sockets and the real time clock did not work. Apple III was recalled. Apple Comput On April 24, 1984, Apple Computer introduced  Apple III plus, an improved version of the Apple III. It has a standard 256 KB RAM, built-in clock and video capability. The product did not click to consumers and it was pulled out from the market after four months. In short, the Apple III project was a complete failure. The company ony sold a total of 65,000 units. <ref>[http://oldcomputers.net/appleiii.html Apple III]</ref>  <ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/0917/Evolution-of-an-Apple-revolution Evolution of an Apple Revolution]</ref> <ref>[http://www.applelogic.org/AIIIDesignBugs.html What really killed the Apple III]</ref>

===Lisa Computers===

===LISA Computers===

The Local Integrated Software Architecture (LISA) was was the first powerful computer with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) developed by Apple Computer specifically designed for businesses. The LISA Project started in 1979 after a stock deal between Apple and Xerox. During that time Xerox was developing three new technologies; the graphic user interface, object oriented programming (OOP) and ethernet networking. Part of the stock deal is to allow Steve Jobs to observe the new technologies being worked in at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Apple Computer developed LISA based on the Xerox Star System and it took the corporation four years and spent $50 million to complete the project. LISA was launched in 1983 with with 1MB RAM, 2MB ROM, 5MB hard drive with a mouse, a device used to point and click an icon on the screen instead of typing a command on the keyboard and two internal non-standard 871K 5-1/4$ inch "Twiggy" floppy drives. Its’ operating system known as Lisa Office Sytem (LOS) was composed of seven applications: LisaWrite, LisaCalc, LisaList, LisaProject, LisaDraw, LisaPaint, and LisaTerminal. The computer’s price was $9995.  The floppy drives of the computer turned out weak. After selling around 6,500 units, the company decided to offered consumers to upgrade their twiggy drives for free with a more reliable single 400K 3-1/2 inch Sony floppy drive. After one year, Apple Computer released LISA 2 , a newer version with the Macintosh Operating System which was renamed in 1985 as LISA the Macintosh XL. The company discontinued the LISA product line after selling 100,000 units. The LISA computers failed despite its innovations because of it was expensive for consumers.<ref>[http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/reach/435/lisa.htm PC Museum- Apple Lisa]</ref> <ref>[http://oldcomputers.net/lisa.html Apple Lisa]</ref>

The Local Integrated Software Architecture (LISA) was was the first powerful computer with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) developed by Apple Computer specifically designed for businesses. The LISA Project started in 1979 after a stock deal between Apple and Xerox. During that time Xerox was developing three new technologies; the graphic user interface, object oriented programming (OOP) and ethernet networking. Part of the stock deal is to allow Steve Jobs to observe the new technologies being worked in at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Apple Computer developed LISA based on the Xerox Star System and it took the corporation four years and spent $50 million to complete the project. LISA was launched in 1983 with with 1MB RAM, 2MB ROM, 5MB hard drive with a mouse, a device used to point and click an icon on the screen instead of typing a command on the keyboard and two internal non-standard 871K 5-1/4$ inch "Twiggy" floppy drives. Its’ operating system known as Lisa Office Sytem (LOS) was composed of seven applications: LisaWrite, LisaCalc, LisaList, LisaProject, LisaDraw, LisaPaint, and LisaTerminal. The computer’s price was $9995.  The floppy drives of the computer turned out weak. After selling around 6,500 units, the company decided to offered consumers to upgrade their twiggy drives for free with a more reliable single 400K 3-1/2 inch Sony floppy drive. After one year, Apple Computer released LISA 2 , a newer version with the Macintosh Operating System which was renamed in 1985 as LISA the Macintosh XL. The company discontinued the LISA product line after selling 100,000 units. The LISA computers failed despite its innovations because of it was expensive for consumers.<ref>[http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/reach/435/lisa.htm PC Museum- Apple Lisa]</ref> <ref>[http://oldcomputers.net/lisa.html Apple Lisa]</ref>

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