sorry your right, it wasnt microsoft with first GUI.
What I was trying to think of was Microsoft first wrote BASIC (the most common computer programming language) for the personal computer and his idea took off big style. Then he made his fortune as he talked IBM into letting microsoft retain the licensing rights (which was unheard off at the time) and then MSDOS took off (which was a huge step forward too).
meh history of computers at degre level is boringing so i didnt maintain much of it.
However in regards to a mac vs ms I still vote ms. MAC is good if you want a basic comp to surf the web on but not much else. And If i was only using mine to surf the web, I think I would rather buy a web book for £100 and replace it frequently than spend £1000+ on a mac. But each to their own i suppose.
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