Xerox PARC Visits
Steve Jobs and other Apple engineers visited Xerox PARC, witnessing groundbreaking technologies like the graphical user interface (GUI) and laser printing, which profoundly influenced the Macintosh and subsequent Apple products.
Significance
These visits directly inspired the Macintosh's GUI, which in turn created the necessity and market for a high-quality graphical output device like the LaserWriter.
Key facts
- Year
- 1979
- Type
- milestone
- Location
- Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), California