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How Apple.com Would Have Looked in 1983

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  • Homerr, on 07/17/2009, -6/+548But the browser looks so 2009....
  • inactive, on 07/17/2009, -4/+529That font wasn't invented yet.
  • serif69, on 07/17/2009, -4/+369Not likely, considering this is how it looked in 1997: http://web.archive.org/web/19970404064352/http://w ...
  • Battlecry, on 07/17/2009, -2/+365http://imgur.com/ezfrY.png
    There ya go.
  • Reiben, on 07/17/2009, -14/+327So they had Web 2.0 with rounded corners in 1983.... Your learn something new everyday.
  • odnaryperson, on 07/17/2009, -3/+2261 MB of RAM for blistering speed!!

    Sounds like a deal to me....
  • eclasssystems, on 07/17/2009, -11/+207Pricing hasn't changed much.
  • SeanRoss, on 07/17/2009, -6/+158Fail... can someone make a real site that looks like it would in '83?

    I would but im lazy....
  • iamajfunk, on 07/17/2009, -3/+141Grammar police, arrest this man.
  • digrboi, on 07/17/2009, -2/+133It's over 9000!!!!!
  • merreborn, on 07/17/2009, -1/+113As does the markup/design.
  • Awwzm, on 07/17/2009, -4/+114$10,000 in 1983? That's the same as over $21,000 today!
  • Jektal, on 07/17/2009, -0/+105/=========================================================\
    ||......WELCOME TO HTTP://WWW.APPLE.COM..................................................||
    ||...PRODUCT INFORMATION: HTTP://WWW.APPLE.COM/PRODUCT.HTML...||
    ||...SALES: 1-800-BUY-APPLE ................................................................................||


    You know, even that's probably being a bit generous.
  • ironhide, on 07/17/2009, -1/+98Truth, of course every company site in 1997 looked like that.
  • borez, on 07/17/2009, -5/+91Good lord, does anybody else want to leave a comment saying why this couldn't be possible.

    /IT'S A ***** JOKE ALREADY.
  • SeanRoss, on 07/17/2009, -1/+82Much better
  • Premier, on 07/17/2009, -5/+80That i phone is awesome
  • PrometheusBorn, on 07/17/2009, -0/+73Websites of the mid-90's bring a tear to my eye.

    Mostly because I can't believe how I had never noticed how ***** it was back then.
  • 12D3, on 07/17/2009, -0/+60Looking back at that, it is amazing that was only 12 years ago. When you start comparing it to other types of entertainment or media from that time, it doesn't feel like it matches up.

    I mean The Matrix came out 10 years ago and that still feels modern as *****. It seems odd to think that we were browsing web pages similar to that during that time.
  • m4x30000, on 07/17/2009, -7/+66Capital H in MHz, please.
  • MacEnvy, on 07/17/2009, -1/+60I was told there would be no math.
  • paloooz, on 07/17/2009, -26/+84OK, This is lame
  • smashblu, on 07/17/2009, -1/+55What?! 21,000?!
  • soopafly, on 07/17/2009, -3/+47You're right. Microsoft software was definitely cheaper than an Apple computer.
  • ironhide, on 07/17/2009, -0/+44When you started off with Telnet, Usenet and Gopher, the WWW was an amazing thing.
  • Skurt, on 07/17/2009, -0/+43You have been eaten by a Grue...
  • GorfTron, on 07/17/2009, -1/+43I think the Lisa failed because almost every guy has had a bitchy girlfriend named Lisa.
  • PrometheusBorn, on 07/17/2009, -0/+40Hey, I remember spending almost $2000 almost ten years later for a 486sx with only 4MB of ram. Hell, in 1983 I still hadn't bought my Commodore with a blistering 64k of RAM.
  • 80hd, on 07/18/2009, -0/+39color?!
  • EdgarG8, on 07/17/2009, -0/+37@Battlecry, thats perfect dude good job.
  • MacBandit, on 07/17/2009, -0/+31If you drink a lot it looks fuzzy and blurry just like it did back then.
  • TylerDuhrdan, on 07/17/2009, -0/+29I hope websites don't go retro like everything else.
  • jhandfield, on 07/17/2009, -3/+32I think the majority of these commenters are taking this way too seriously.
  • punkcat, on 07/17/2009, -6/+33i appreciated the correction.
  • Cige, on 07/18/2009, -0/+26Great, now I have to listen to Radiohead because I have Karma Police stuck in my head.
  • yacks, on 07/18/2009, -3/+29Apple is THAT cutting edge..
  • jrm125, on 07/17/2009, -5/+31Too bad they left Safari looking modern.
  • Bloodwine, on 07/17/2009, -0/+25web> I would like to play a game of global thermonuclear war

    +++ PAGE NOT FOUND +++

    web>
  • EddiePotato, on 07/17/2009, -0/+25You would have seen a little wristwatch icon for 22 years or so.
  • Dotcommer, on 07/17/2009, -2/+25I feel stupid. I kept thinking the screen shot was a window on top of my browser and tried to close it. :(
  • VermiciousKnid, on 07/18/2009, -0/+20no it was just a guy singing to you over the phone
  • GorfTron, on 07/17/2009, -1/+21It would be funnier if it had a 12 year old John Hodgman as a PC.
  • freshgrease, on 07/18/2009, -1/+21I didn't know we were playing Jeopardy. I'll take "over used 4chan memes" for $400.
  • rolf, on 07/17/2009, -1/+21Any HTML spec was first publically available 1991:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML#History_of_HTML

    Although the rest ain't bad.
  • fascistpig, on 07/17/2009, -5/+24Lame, there's no way a monitor in 1983 would handle all those colors.
  • nshady, on 07/18/2009, -1/+20His Hitler "hadn't" is making me feel ill.
  • iest, on 07/17/2009, -1/+19I like how the buttons along the top are in that horrible creamy white colour all computers seemed to be back then...
  • digrboi, on 07/17/2009, -1/+19....and iTunes sold LP's!!
  • irinotecan, on 07/17/2009, -0/+18I want my free CD-ROM containing nothing more than an advertisement for BMW.
  • danwallace, on 07/17/2009, -1/+19Flying cars.
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