Filed under: Humor, Cult of Mac, Apple, Apple History
Flickr Find: Apple homepage, 1983
Of course, we didn't have Flash, or web designers, or shiny browsers with big graphics, or the actual connections to load those graphics back in 1983 when Apple introduced the Lisa. But what if we did? That's the premise of this slick little photoshop by Dave Lawrence, imagining Apple's current homepage advertising their products of yesteryear.
It's good for a chuckle -- if the blistering 1mb of RAM doesn't get you, the iPhone preorder or the "BASIC" on the menubar probably will. But wait; what's all of this about Apple Retail Locations? We've never heard of an "Apple Store," and actually won't until Steve takes a bunch of investors to the first location in 2001. We know all about Apple Authorized Resellers, though. Maybe that's what you meant?
It's good for a chuckle -- if the blistering 1mb of RAM doesn't get you, the iPhone preorder or the "BASIC" on the menubar probably will. But wait; what's all of this about Apple Retail Locations? We've never heard of an "Apple Store," and actually won't until Steve takes a bunch of investors to the first location in 2001. We know all about Apple Authorized Resellers, though. Maybe that's what you meant?
![TUAW [Cafepress]](http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
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Howie Isaacks said 8:06AM on 7-21-2009
I saw a post about this on Digg. Most of the people who commented had so sense of humor whatsoever. There was even some moron still bitching about Apple's "one button mouse". I guess he hasn't realized that, for over 3 years, Apple's mouse has been able to right-click. I guess he just hasn't bothered to look at System Preferences. He probably still has the default background on his display too.
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antiorario said 9:44AM on 7-21-2009
I don't really want to defend such morons, but Apple should start enabling "advanced" mouse features (such as the "secondary click", or two-finger tap on trackpads) by default. Otherwise all those newbies/inexperienced users/people who are afraid their computer will eat them will never know they're there without external help.
Heimbachae said 11:30AM on 7-21-2009
i don't think they need advanced features. they just need to man/woman up and figure it out on their own. i moved to a mac a year ago, primarily because PCs bored the living hell out of me. i knew what i was doing for the most part since i had used them before, but i learned more and more as i went along, and nothing was overly frustrating or debilitating about it.
Ryan said 12:05PM on 7-27-2009
Yea, it's best to try and avoid those comments. If you are interested in these 'old times' apple products, I found a Newsweek magazine from 1984 introducing the Macintosh. Enjoy!
http://snipurl.com/mac1984
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purrza said 9:50AM on 7-21-2009
A blast from the past, and an interesting history lesson. I've shared this with my elementary aged children who are fascinated by this 'grandpa' of their iMac. Thanks for the link.
Ed said 11:20AM on 7-21-2009
He obviously isn't a real Apple geek -- he put an Apple //+ in the ad box for the Apple //e!
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mcdermd said 12:24PM on 7-21-2009
That's no Lisa, it's a Mac XL!
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Vaganza said 12:41PM on 7-21-2009
Lisa II had the same case.
Josh said 5:51PM on 7-21-2009
Anyone else notice the mashup between Leopard Safari 4 and the brushed Metal of Tiger?
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