A Showcase of Vintage Apple Advertisements
In the mid 80′s we bought our first computer. It was an Apple IIc. I have very fond memories of playing games, writing basic programs, and creating graphics while staring at it’s small green monochrome monitor. Even though I was very young at the time, I believe our Apple helped send me down the path to becoming a web designer. So if you were and Apple owner in the early days, here’s a showcase of vintage Apple ads from that time period that will take you back. It’s amazing how much the Apple product line and technology in general has evolved in such a relatively short period of time.
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27 comments
Hutch
January 15, 2010The fourth one is actually the first half of a Commodore 128 ad
Henry
January 15, 2010Thanks for catching that. I removed it.
Lindsay K.
January 15, 2010One thing that always cracks me up about vintage ads is that it used to be acceptable and common to write paragraphs upon paragraphs of copy for a single page ad…
JoeDN
January 16, 2010Same observation here
CptObvious
January 16, 2010One thing that cracks me up is that people used to actually read.
Igor Ivankovic
January 15, 2010HAHA, this is brilliant! I can’t believe how much the world has changed in means of technology! This is incredible example of what will our Mac’s look like to our kids in the future! Great post!
Brian Scott
January 15, 2010I just don’t know what to say about advert #8. That’s just wrong.
TouchRed
January 15, 2010This brand will rule the world!
can’t wait!
Greg Babula
January 15, 2010Cool post, Advertisements have come a long way
Jordan Walker
January 15, 2010Bring back Oregon Trail!
Henry
January 15, 2010Ah yeah. That was one of my favorites. Good memory Jordan.
Angela
January 15, 2010Ha! I just love this post. Thanks Henry!
Speaking of vintage games, does anyone remember Choplifter for the Commodore 64? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choplifter – It was when I was a very young child, but I remember trying to rescue people running from the buildings. And sometimes I accidentally landed the helicopter on the little 2-dimensional people and it made a squashing sound. lol. Wow. The memories…
Henry
January 15, 2010Thanks Angela. I’m glad you like it. Yes, I do remember that one too. It was awesome. Was that one also on the Atari 2600?
Angela
January 15, 2010Yes, I think it was also on the Atari. Great fun! And another one I have to throw in while we’re at it – Advanced Dungeons and Dragons for the Intellivision. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRtwlc_WJNM
Blogger Den
January 15, 2010Really cool ads dude! I am a huge Apple fan, these bring back some memories
Ryan Le Roux
January 15, 2010Those are legit.
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January 15, 2010I can’t believe that they first promoted that box at $666.66 .. .What’s that all about?
I’ll take 2!
paul
January 15, 2010nice, someone know which fonts are used? especially in the “A for Apple” one
Philip
February 25, 2010That font is a version (or rip off) of Cooper Black.
http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=201342
Chris
January 15, 2010These brought back some great memories. Thanks for posting. But what’s with the Apple salesman manhandling that young boy? LOL
Oh and to answer that question of price: Asians are huge into lucky numbers. The number 6 is one they are particularly fond of, so perhaps Apple was targeting an Asian market with their price tag of $666.66
subhumanoid
January 18, 2010you saw it too Chris!
what is going on in this picture 7?!!
http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/newads4/howto.jpg
questionable
justin White
January 16, 2010Wow, what a trip down memory lane that was! Amazing.
RT
http://www.online-anonymity.se.tc
Tyson Williams
January 16, 2010Excellent collection! Takes you right back in time… I had re-blog it! Thanks for sharing…
Matthew Aebersold
January 18, 2010Thanks for posting this! It’s a great history, and I love seeing the development of the brand.
Robert Chambers
January 19, 2010Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me of IT lessons at school.
Warren Bobrow
January 20, 2010I had an Apple IIc. used it at the center for advanced visual studies at MIT. we made that thing as fast as a selectric typewriter.
FeryKloucek
July 25, 2010It’s really interesting to see the big step in past few decades.. What a funny imagination of how it’ll look in next ten or twenty years, when we’ll have the same feeling by watching nowadays advertisements..