> From: Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (hmm...Mac XL's count as compact Macs? ;-)...)
Of course! The Lisa was the first "compact" and all-in-one Apple. It's less than an inch taller and barely over an inch longer than the Color Classic and the width is over an inch less than two 128ks side by side. If Steve Jobs had not been kicked off the Lisa project, this list might well be called the Compact Lisa list (of course Job's tried to change the Mac's name to Bicycle, so the Lisa might have finally given way to something else with Job's at the helm, perhaps even Macintosh, cause you know he would have initially found out about Jef Raskin's project and absorbed it to become "Lil' Lisa", or the original "Mac Mini", but thanks to IBM it would have never been "Mac Jr."). In a lot of ways, it resembles more closely the LC 5xx series, mainly due to its larger size, advanced features: multi-tasking, sleep, etc. (and eventually 640x480 screen mod). But, from strict screen measurement the Lisa desktop is 8.1"x5.9" (720x342) wysiwyg compared to the Mac's 7.1"x4.8" (512x364) -- very similarly "compact" and much smaller than the LC series screens which seemed to abandon wysiwg in favor of size. And since it runs using Mac Works, the entire Mac System software from 1.0 to 6.03, I say that puts it squarely into the Compact territory. Even the Color Classic is on the list by default because of it's form factor, since it only runs System 7.1 and higher and has a whole different set of issues than do the 128k through Classic II (running 6.0.8L). Of course if more Lisas had been sold and run as Lisa's, it would rightly have its own list because the operating system was so so far ahead of even Mac's System 6 and had nothing to do with System 7, even though that is it's the most direct legacy. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
