1972 Commercial for the Xerox Alto, First Computer with a GUI

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Watch a 1972 ccommercial for the Xerox Alto, first computer designed with a GUI interface borrowing from the desktop metaphor, designed at the fabled Xerox PARC R&D labs in Palo Alto, California. This ad shows the amazing computer in action, in a 1970's office setting.

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