Apple: Macintosh GUI vs Command Line (1984)
by Anonymous
While IBM PCs used DOS command lines, Apple bet on a graphical user interface inspired by Xerox PARC. Steve Jobs chose to make computing visual and intuitive, changing personal computing forever.
Graphical User Interface (Macintosh)
1984
year
Windows, icons, mouse, pointer
user interface
Everyone — 'computer for the rest of us'
target user
Pioneered GUI computing — Windows followed in 1985
outcome
Command Line Interface (DOS)
1981
year
Text commands typed at prompt
user interface
Technical users and businesses
target user
Dominated until Windows 95
outcome
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