MacWorks running on IDLE

Описание: By late 1984, Apple needed to clear out its inventory of unsold Lisa merchandise. It was obvious that the Lisa was a doomed platform. As such, to get use out of the remaining inventory, software modifications were made to allow MacOS to run on the Lisa. This Lisa-turned-Mac, the Macintosh XL, was released on January 1985. The updated Lisa was rebranded as an high-end Mac running a modified version of the Macintosh System Software, MacWorks XL. Thus, Mac applications could now run on the Lisa. MacWorks was also important as this was the first version of MacOS that supported a hard-disc. The Macintosh XL was presented as the high-end model of the Macintosh line until the MacPlus was released on 1986. Apple dropped the price to $4,000. As a Macintosh, the Lisa sold in much greater numbers, and the MacXL became a big hit for Apple. However, the reason why Apple created this model was to clear inventory, and not make new Lisa's. Once that mission was accomplished, then the company no longer had a reason to continue the line, and the MacXL was discontinued only a few months later on April of the same year, making the MacXL a very short-lived product.

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