As long as we’re in Mac Mode, check out this visual history of Apple’s desktop interfaces, starting with early Lisa prototypes created on the Apple ][ in 1979. Along the way, the loaded up the interface with newfangled gizmos like the “mouse”, and “scroll-bars”.
What’s most interesting is that there are a couple of concepts in the early Lisa sketches that didn’t see the light of day until OS X.
Alex Salkever of Business Week has written an open letter to Apple's Steve Jobs in a recent column that provides some interesting perspectives on where Apple should go next in terms of its computer business. Most of his points are awfully hard to argue with. You've been to Target, right? You…