Comments on David Alison's Blog: We are Apple - a blast from the past

My first ever computer was an Apple IIC and I got ...

2008-06-13T13:50:00.000-04:00

My first ever computer was an Apple IIC and I got it circa 1986,
I loved that thing and am really sad we got rid of it back in the day. I too have not been back to Apple ever since apart from the odd Ipod and am just about to get a MBP, It's like welcoming back an old friend!

@John DeRosaThe video was for in-company consumpti...

2008-06-11T15:24:00.000-04:00

@John DeRosa

The video was for in-company consumption.

There are others. Hurt your eyes with these found on an old VHS tape...

@robert: That's 12 minutes of my life I'll never g...

2008-06-11T13:22:00.000-04:00

@robert: That's 12 minutes of my life I'll never get back!

Let's add about 10 years to the time line (1992), and peek at something Sun put together.

I think a lot of this video, as cheesy as it is, is actually relevant to where computer science is heading today.

I would love to have all of the technology that is presented here.

This video is available on YouTube in several versions and in multiple sections, but the link below is to a site with full digital quality in MPEG4 format. It's big (274MB) but worth the wait.

Sun Starfire

Enjoy?

Cheers!

---RASTER

@Robert: AAHHHHHHH! My Eyes! That was unbelievably...

2008-06-11T11:13:00.000-04:00

@Robert: AAHHHHHHH! My Eyes! That was unbelievably horrible! I did love at the 7 minute mark where she starts rapping and then puts on a Madonna outfit to finish her document though. Holy crap that was bad. Nice find.

For comparison, here's Microsoft's assault on all ...

2008-06-11T10:58:00.000-04:00

For comparison, here's Microsoft's assault on all that is tasteful in their 80s 386 Windows promo. Warning: just like the apple video above, this is painful to watch and hard to stop watching. As David put it: NSFE (not safe for eyes)

http://video.google.com/videop...239

Wasn't that comedian Ray Ramano with the Apple on ...

2008-06-11T04:08:00.000-04:00

Wasn't that comedian Ray Ramano with the Apple on his finger?! =-O

lol this was made before I was born :D how sad... ...

2008-06-11T01:43:00.000-04:00

lol this was made before I was born :D how sad... cool vid tho, makes me see how far 'portable' computing has come.
I complain about how my MacBook Pro is big sometimes... just imagine lugging that huge computer on the video :O

@RASTER: Thanks man! I have the same problem, can'...

2008-06-10T22:26:00.000-04:00

@RASTER: Thanks man! I have the same problem, can't get the stupid song out of my head.

I thought about making this another post but figured the comments are as good as any place:

Here is a video of an Apple shareholders meeting in the Fall of 1983. It starts off with a black screen and the music from the above video in it - you can hear people clapping to the rhythm in the background. It quickly cuts to a very young looking Steve Jobs bobbing his head to the music before he presents an introduction of the original Macintosh.

Great watch if you are at all interested in Apple history.

How about it folks? Found an interesting old-school Apple video that brings back memories?

Hey David, that video was too funny and a little s...

2008-06-10T22:16:00.000-04:00

Hey David, that video was too funny and a little scary at the same time! And yet oddly I've been humming it all day! Thanks?

BTW, congratulations on your 100th Mac Blog entry!

Cheers!

---RASTER

Well, my first thought was, "I don't get it--what'...

2008-06-10T21:46:00.000-04:00

Well, my first thought was, "I don't get it--what's so terminally wrong with the visual style, especially these days when it seems everyone's aspiring to a role as one of the drones in the '1984' commercial??"

You see, I could get that impression because the first time I watched it I had the sound off (I was at work). Well... "Not Safe For Ears" might be more like it. Just goes to show the power of music--even bad music--to influence our attitudes toward the things that are paired with it.

Beyond that, sometimes you have to see things in their context to appreciate them--putting things in the wrong context can make even good things seem bad much of the time. "Excruciating"? No, there's plenty worse, like, say, Smiths videos... :-P And yes, it's corporate material--I'm not sure today's corporate material is any better.

I liked the scenes where people are huddled around...

2008-06-10T15:32:00.000-04:00

I liked the scenes where people are huddled around the Mac about 5" from the screen...you had to do that because the screen was so small!!

qka: You sure? Looks fine to me. As fine as that v...

2008-06-10T13:45:00.000-04:00

qka: You sure? Looks fine to me. As fine as that video can be mind you.

Dave - you have irritated the YouTube gods - the v...

2008-06-10T13:31:00.000-04:00

Dave - you have irritated the YouTube gods - the video has been taken down/

@David: So it was a manual cache purge? I find my...

2008-06-10T12:31:00.000-04:00

@David: So it was a manual cache purge? I find my memory recycles itself ever 5 years or so, whether I want it to or not. :-)

@John: According to the YouTube page it sits on th...

2008-06-10T11:39:00.000-04:00

@John: According to the YouTube page it sits on this was for a sales roll out, back when Apple did not have their own stores and depended on authorized resellers. Since I worked for one back then (83-84) I likely had to sit through this but conveniently erased it from my memory.

This looks like a new-employee video, or something...

2008-06-10T11:35:00.000-04:00

This looks like a new-employee video, or something played before an all-company meeting.

I feel like my testes were somehow damaged by watc...

2008-06-10T11:16:00.000-04:00

I feel like my testes were somehow damaged by watching that...

Interesting to see Apple IIe, Apple III. Lisa and ...

2008-06-10T10:53:00.000-04:00

Interesting to see Apple IIe, Apple III. Lisa and Mac all pushed as solutions at the same time. Obviously a multiple vector situation that couldn't last. Ad quality is what you would expect of a performance booster for Mac sales organizations. It can't be compared to a customer targeted ad to fit TV. Yeah the 80s (and very late 70's) were a cultural quagmire that should never be repeated.

@Robert: I seriously debated putting a NSFE discla...

2008-06-10T09:53:00.000-04:00

@Robert: I seriously debated putting a NSFE disclaimer on this (Not Safe For Eyes). It is an excruciating video to watch, yet I have now a couple of times.

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

2008-06-10T09:48:00.000-04:00

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

I remember using that Mac for school projects. My...

2008-06-10T09:43:00.000-04:00

I remember using that Mac for school projects. My mother got it from the school she was teaching at...it was way cooler than using DOS based Word Perfect and Lotus 123.

I still miss the feel of those keyboards.