Xerox PARC Visit

Steve Jobs and several Apple engineers were given a tour of Xerox PARC, where they observed the Alto computer and its groundbreaking graphical user interface, Ethernet networking, and object-oriented programming.

Significance

This visit profoundly influenced Jobs, convincing him that the future of personal computing lay in the GUI and mouse. He immediately pushed Apple to develop similar technologies, first with the Lisa, then decisively with the Macintosh.