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CPU Configuration: 68000 5 MHz The Lisa is Apple's forgotten gamble into the business market. It was released a year earlier than the Macintosh and was Apple's first computer with a GUI operating system. The Lisa was underpowered and overpriced. At $9,995, only large corporations could afford to purchase one. Apple had no experience in this market and had almost no chance of breaking IBM's dominance of the business world. Although the Lisa was a more advanced computer than IBM could offer, its lack of software and interoperability with IBM-based networks made it a loser before it ever got started. The 5 MHz, 68000 chip was not up to the task of managing the complex GUI operating system. A famous insider joke at Apple went something like this: "Knock, Knock. Who's there? (a long, long pause) Lisa." The Lisa ended up as a dismal failure. Apple learned a lot from the experience. Many of Lisa's technologies later found their way to the Macintosh.
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