[Ol' Dan Tucker]

The look-and-feel of Lisa was much more Mac-like than PARC-like...

Which version of the Lisa interface are you referring?

The credit for the mouse is generally given to Douglas Englebart, not PARC.

I stand corrected.

[HAL9000]

Which version of the Lisa interface are you referring?

The original Lisa OS, which ran amazing applications like LisaProject. I still have the brochures for all of that stuff somewhere around here. Later, Apple distributed a Mac compatibility environment that allow Lisa to run Mac software.

Besides Xerox, another influence was the Corvus Concept computer. Also, Ted Nelson's book "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" was an important source of inspiration for the development of Lisa and Mac.

The Lisa had several design flaws. The worst one, in my opinion: Unlike the Mac, the Lisa's pixels were stretched horizontally, so the aspect ratio was messed up.

[HAL9000]

Here are some screen shots of the Xerox Alto and the Lisa -

http://www.digibarn.com/collections/software/alto/index.html

http://www.digibarn.com/collections/software/lisa/index.html