Only 10,000 were sold in two years.Ĭonsidered a commercial failure but with technical acclaim, Lisa introduced a number of advanced features that would later reappear on the Macintosh and eventually IBM PC compatibles. Lisa was affected by the high price, insufficient software, unreliable Apple FileWare floppy disks, and the immediate release of the cheaper and faster Macintosh. Development of the Lisa began in 1978, and it underwent many changes during the development period before shipping at US$9,995 (equivalent to $25,970 in 2020) with a five-megabyte hard drive. It is one of the first personal computers to present a graphical user interface (GUI) in a machine aimed at individual business users. Lisa is a desktop computer developed by Apple, released on January 19, 1983.

Lisa, with an Apple ProFile external hard disk atop it, and dual 5.25-inch floppy drives