1984 Apple promo

billybob476 · February 26, 2011, 02:53:16 PM

Wow, apparently this promo video was shown at the 1984 Apple dealer's meeting. I guess it took awhile for them to find their stride giving presentations at trade shows! I can imagine Steve Jobs cringing at this today.

We Are Apple (Leading The Way)

This is 80's-tastic!

KingIsaacLinksr · February 26, 2011, 04:29:24 PM

x_x. Guess you have to start from somewhere. But that's awful lol!

King

Dangelus · February 26, 2011, 07:26:13 PM

Lol that's amazing!! :)

Luckily Apple computers were much more original than the theme song on that video! All those talented minds couldn't think of a new song? Lol

Bromptonboy · February 27, 2011, 03:53:39 AM

Love it! I was waiting for the video of Steve Jobs to splash water on himself....ala Jennifer Beales in Flashdance.

Although that sounds vaguely familiar to the old ad 'We are CP/M! Leeeeeeaaaaading the way! We are Osbourne! A braaaande new Daaaaaay!'

;)

WillEagle · February 27, 2011, 06:34:48 AM

Ahhhh. The 80's there is nothing better!

davekill · February 27, 2011, 08:10:55 AM

That was totally rad - love the synth music and drum machine!
Could only be better as a 320x240 stuttering Quicktime movie

Glad they went with Ridley Scott for the '84 Superbowl commercial.

jedijeff · February 27, 2011, 08:30:28 AM

I think that was a very cool promo, and really fit the time period. I could see that getting people really pumped back then, as that was how things were. Taking What a feeling and changing it around for apple as well seems like something they would do back then. That video brought back some memories of my first job in computers. I worked at a school and they had a bunch of Apple IIe's, Original Mac's and Mac Classics. Seeing the top off on the Apple IIe reminded me of all the ones we had, they were near the end of their life span, and we would cannibalize broken down ones to get others working since there were no longer replacement parts. That was the funnest job in computers I ever had.

moyer777 · February 27, 2011, 09:16:06 AM

Great promo, so 80s. I remember our first computer lab in high school, 5 Apple IIes. Man, so cool.

davekill · February 27, 2011, 09:33:18 AM

not to far off topic..
I worked in pre-press production at "The Union" newspaper back in the '90s, nothing but Apple Macs - not a pc in in building.
One of my better jobs too :)
www.theunion.com

matagin · March 21, 2011, 07:47:19 PM

That is what the 80s were all about. Synth music and photo montages of people using computers.

1984 Apple promo

davekill

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