Nice, if brief, profile of @Cdespinosa, Apple employee #8.

Yet… what in the world is this photo, allegedly of an Apple IIe, but with a Mac-style mouse and a Lisa-like windowed GUI showing an application similar to MacPaint. I am fairly certain nothing like this ever ran on a IIe. Everyone my age knows that the IIe only ever ran BASIC and Oregon Trail! 😜

NYT credits Apple for the image, but to me it looks fishy. The windowed GUI (and Lisa) came later.

Okay, nerds, explain this! 😅

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/technology/apple-employee-50-years.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X1A.tdvt.toSsZaZ8yEG9&smid=url-share