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Re:Ask HN: Any hackers over 60? 70? by beggi on Sunday April 06, 2014 @08:51AM (#7540773)
You're right, the Macintosh was the first featuring a graphical user interface and mouse. The point I was making still stands though, hacking was a niche at this time :)
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Re:Ask HN: Any hackers over 60? 70? by collyw on Sunday April 06, 2014 @01:15PM (#7541584)
I had seen WIMP (windows icons menus pointers) interfaces before I saw a Mac. BBC Micro I think. No mouse, but keyboard could achieve the same thing. Ok, that was for specific applications, and not the OS that was based on it though.
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Re:Ask HN: Any hackers over 60? 70? by beggi on Sunday April 06, 2014 @11:36PM (#7544496)
Yep, they sure existed (for example at Xerox Parc as well), but Macintosh was the first mass marketed one. To be fair, I guess mass marketed is a subjective term :)
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