<P> Beginning in 1979 , started by Steve Jobs and led by Jef Raskin , the Apple Lisa and Macintosh teams at Apple Computer ( which included former members of the Xerox PARC group ) continued to develop such ideas . The Lisa , released in 1983 , featured a high - resolution stationery - based ( document - centric ) graphical interface atop an advanced hard disk based OS that featured such things as preemptive multitasking and graphically oriented inter-process communication . The comparatively simplified Macintosh , released in 1984 and designed to be lower in cost , was the first commercially successful product to use a multi-panel window interface . A desktop metaphor was used , in which files looked like pieces of paper . File directories looked like file folders . There were a set of desk accessories like a calculator , notepad , and alarm clock that the user could place around the screen as desired ; and the user could delete files and folders by dragging them to a trash - can icon on the screen . The Macintosh , in contrast to the Lisa , used a program - centric rather than document - centric design . Apple revisited the document - centric design , in a limited manner , much later with OpenDoc . </P>
<P> Beginning in 1979 , started by Steve Jobs and led by Jef Raskin , the Apple Lisa and Macintosh teams at Apple Computer ( which included former members of the Xerox PARC group ) continued to develop such ideas . The Lisa , released in 1983 , featured a high - resolution stationery - based ( document - centric ) graphical interface atop an advanced hard disk based OS that featured such things as preemptive multitasking and graphically oriented inter-process communication . The comparatively simplified Macintosh , released in 1984 and designed to be lower in cost , was the first commercially successful product to use a multi-panel window interface . A desktop metaphor was used , in which files looked like pieces of paper . File directories looked like file folders . There were a set of desk accessories like a calculator , notepad , and alarm clock that the user could place around the screen as desired ; and the user could delete files and folders by dragging them to a trash - can icon on the screen . The Macintosh , in contrast to the Lisa , used a program - centric rather than document - centric design . Apple revisited the document - centric design , in a limited manner , much later with OpenDoc . </P>
first apple computer to use graphical user interface
first apple computer to use graphical user interface
Lisa
Lisa