Apple Lisa
 | “If possible, could I have some more?” This article could be expanded on and use more details, and needs them as much as XP-tan needs more RAM! |
To do: Add early backstory (reaction to Apple I's death, her treatment of System 1-tan, near-abandonment...) cleanup the writing.
| Apple Lisa-tan | |
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| Character Information | |
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| Common Names | Lisa-tan |
| Other Names | Apple Lisa |
| Faction | Binteeji Renmei, formerly from the Apple Family |
| Lineage | Pre-Macintosh |
| Appearance | |
| Height | 160 cm (5'3") |
| Hair Color | blonde |
| Eye Color | silver |
| Design | |
| First Appearance | Aug 2006 |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | Lisa OS and hardware (Lisa 1, 2, Mac XL) |
| Developer(s) | Apple |
| Debut | 19 Jan 1983 |
| Latest release | 1 Jan 1985 (hardware) |
Technical details
The Lisa is the true predecessor of the Mac OS, incredibly powerful for its time and much more advanced than the Macintosh, having features that weren't introduced to the Mac until years later: Having a hard drive, 1 MB of RAM, cooperative multitasking, virtual and protected memories (the latter of which wasn't included until OSX), but was sluggish and too expensive at a price of $10,000.
Character details
Lisa-tan is depicted as a former diva turned clinically depressive. She has silver eyes, blonde hair in pigtails, dons a long white gown, long white gloves, a diamond tiara, and still wears them despite not having a decent suitor in several years. She was was charming at first but unintentionally spoiled by her proud company and oldest sister, Apple II-tan. Unfamiliar with menial tasks and computer games, Lisa-tan would rather mingle with the affluent than the petty home user. Lisa-tan's depression began to set in when Macintosh System 1-tan arrived and Lisa-tan's wealth and followers gradually siphoned off to her.
Then something happened in 1989 that caused Lisa-tan's repressed feelings of sadness return to consume and traumatize her completely, and she has never spoken or functioned normally ever since. That traumatic event of parallels how in 1989, thousands of unsold Lisa units were trashed and dumped in a landfill, even after being re-marketed for less; a huge betrayal to her that caused her so much sadness and grief, combined with the repressed sadness and grief from over the years was just so overpowering.
She is now perpetually melancholy and rarely talks and never smiles but expresses herself though poetry. She is still able to perform the menial tasks she despised years ago, and learned to assist Apple II-tan with tasks such as picking apples. She now lives in the Binteeji Renmei, and has became best friends with GEM-tan. The two have helped each other improve through their friendship with Lisa-tan starting to break out of her shell of apathy.
She is also especially fond of Windows 1.0-tan for being such a kind, unconditionally loving and motherly person. Like the mother figure she did not have for very long.
History and background
By the time Lisa-tan was born in early 1979 (when development on the Lisa project started), Apple I-tan's health was already in sharp decline, so she struggled to look after her. What energy Apple I-tan had had to be mainly devoted to teaching Apple II-tan to help her in turn teach the younger sisters.
She was confused, and felt very lonely and isolated, as she didn't get to spend much time with Apple I-tan, but longed to. Apple II-tan was often too busy at work to help her, and Apple III-tan was antagonistic towards her. House staff catered to her, and ended up spoiling her, but that didn't fill the void she felt. In late 1979, Lisa-tan found Apple I-tan in her last moments, lying in a nearby field to die in secrecy. Lisa-tan got to say the final words, but was burdened to tell her sisters the bad news.
Apple I-tan's death was the first thing that soured her outlook on life. Making matters worse to her was that shortly after her death, Mac System 1-tan was born. Lisa-tan scorned her as a convenient scapegoat, and also out of a deep-seated fear of being replaced and dying alone if System 1-tan were to be successful. She took her frustrations out on her by forcing System 1-tan to be the family servant.
Lisa-tan was upset that System 1-tan successfully got her public debut and created her own lineage; Lisa-tan felt her influence decline further, and felt more helpless. With the Macs somewhat independent, Apple III having ran away from home, Apple II too busy for long stretches of time, Lisa-tan's helplessness, grief and fear of abandonment worsened. In 1989, these emotions finally consumed her, and she's never been the same since then.
In 1993, she left with Apple II and GS/OS to Apple II's orchards that would later become the founding site of the Binteeji Renmei. It has only been in recent years that she has been gradually recovering.
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