The Xerox Star had all the features Apple “invented” about three years before the Macintosh arrived. If you never heard of the Star, that’s not surprising.

The Xerox Star was priced more like a copier, an expensive office machine, rather than a personal computer. In 1981, the same year the Star came to market, IBM introduced its PC for business ...

1981: The first integrated mouse intended for use with a personal computer makes its appearance with the Xerox Star workstation. The name "mouse" derives from the device's rounded shape and tail ...

The workstation from Xerox that introduced the graphical user interface and desktop metaphor in 1981. The Star was designed to work in an Ethernet network connected to other workstations along ...

1981: The first integrated mouse intended for use with a personal computer makes its appearance with the Xerox Star workstation. The name "mouse" derived from the device's rounded shape and tail ...