Jasper Sprengers • 12/31/2025

The super computer that nobody needed (yet)

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The article details the history of the Xerox Alto, developed in 1973, which pioneered the mouse, graphical user interface (GUI), Ethernet, and laser printing. It explains how this revolutionary machine, though commercially unsuccessful due to its high cost and lack of immediate business need, directly influenced later systems like the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows.

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