Chapter 1
The birth of a dream lab
Chapter 2
Designing the future's interface
Chapter 3
Connecting the world together
Chapter 4
The great technology handoff
Ch 4 · The great technology handoff
Quiz
Which tech giant developed Windows after seeing the GUI concepts popularized by Apple and PARC?
BETA
steve Sort each groundbreaking invention to discover how PARC shaped the modern computer.
steve Xerox executives in New York failed to understand the value of PARC's digital inventions, focusing only on copiers.
steve The great technology handoff
Xerox PARC, bright and bold, GUI, mouse, stories told! Then the world took the vision, a new future to unfold!
steve Apple used PARC's concepts to create the Macintosh, while Microsoft followed close behind with Windows.
Fun Fact
The stock trade: Steve Jobs allowed Xerox to buy 100,000 shares of Apple stock at pre-IPO prices in exchange for the PARC tour.