Apple.com, circa 1983.

A little project of mine: imagine Apple.com in 1983. The Apple Lisa is new, the Mac is still a year away. It's imaginary, of course, considering the iPhone and Apple even hinting at the Macintosh publicly. Still...fun to imagine.

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Thomas Brand says:

I love it! Great choice in time period.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

ceebee23 says:

wow.... the wow begins here...wot a great image.... wouldn't be great to be able to buy a brand new Lisa NOW!!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

davelawrence8 says:

Thanks fellas.
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

NATHANSKY says:

This is absolutely brilliant. I love it! I wan't to click and buy SO bad! Love your imagination!!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

TheNixer says:

Ha, very cool. I certainly appreciate the effort you put into this, it looks awesome.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

susamishin says:

Cool
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

eastmac76 says:

Even in 1983 the webside was nice and clear. ;)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Murrmouse says:

LOL
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

The James Kendall Of The Pistoleers says:

very good!

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http://newtonpoetry.com/2009/06/29/applecom-c irca-1983/ (?)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

hajime7 says:

Hahaha, great job! I just blogged it. link
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

esteban_diaz says:

Cool idea and great execution!!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

milkcrate says:

this is great. thanks for doing it.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

davelawrence8 says:

Thanks again, everyone. If anyone else tries their hand at a retro Apple.com, let me know and I'll share it.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

konnexus says:

just great, love it! lisa's just out, and you already have rss!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Trevor Huxham says:

although the website probably would have used Garamond Condensed, your use of Myriad instead gives the page some continuity with the present. I like the beige vs. grey on the header. That iPhone looks pretty sweet...we're STILL waiting on a tablet that large. :P
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

nicoladagostino says:

Cool! :)
Only thing wrong is that "iPhone": the concept is not from 1983: it was designed by frogdesign during May-September of 1984. You should had chosen the Executive and Portable Telephone Concepts which are from July 1983, also by frogdesign. :)

nda
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

josh.liba says:

Absolutely terrific. Linked from a Gizmodo article. Love it.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

otedawg says:

There's no way it would've looked like this. Just going back to 1997, the page looks bad.
web.archive.org/web/19970715124703/http://www .apple.com/
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

heinriph says:

Awesome!

(although: that's a II+ unless my bifocals are upside down!)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Terez07 says:

This is genius! Fantastic job, man!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Auténticolandia says:

Está bien chida la foto !
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

jank.christian says:

Nice Bookmarks in 1983 :)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

yusuken says:

Cool !
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

BildSpracheundCo.de says:

FTW! That's awesome!!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

flyingcar says:

greatness
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Horacio Lorente says:

that is great ;)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

sthacker says:

I hate to admit that I remember when.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

The Boy Meets Bossanova says:

Nice! make more!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Lannoy29 says:

awesome! really gorgeous!! great work, congrats ;)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

DAN Küchen Simmering says:

www.flickr.com/photos/allesapple/396806797/
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

airmanchairman says:

Who knows, in a parallel Universe somewhere where time folds in on itself, mixing its Future with its Present...

Weird, but pleasantly so!!!!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

marek.kaczkowski says:

awesome iphone ;)
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

JasonLiebig says:

That's pretty dang awesome!

Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Liam Daly says:

That iPhone looks better then my 3GS
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Tobias.D says:

Great!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

altern8tif says:

Is that Safari 4 running on Lisa? =P
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

lomoD.xx says:

brilliant,
i
D i G
i T....!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

paulcmartens says:

excellent. great work.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Τ says:

Great idea and realisation.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

puck-man says:

The beige colour theme really really suits!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Ryan Fernandez says:

Looks good. Using Garamond Condensed would complete the retro feel...
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

mrichman says:

You should do this with the NeXT Cube as well!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

woody21282 says:

awesome
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

FotoFritz says:

Great! Just twittered it, although I'm missing the Apple /// (plus) ;-)
Yes, Apple /// plus - just learned that there was one!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

blogmanolo says:

simplemente Genial
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

1suisse says:

très très bonne idée !!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

jeff_w_brooktree says:

Insanely great.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

Kaimana Pine says:

Nice!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

JaM賈斯汀 says:

I do agree, the beige is the icing on the cake.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

Luca Silenzi says:

Great job! The menubar rocks :)
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

applecommercials says:

I decided to make this into an actual website. apple.apple-commercials.co.cc most links wont work but i hope to soon get it completely running.

@davelawrence8> if you want to make more pages like the store i'd be happy to put them up.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

davelawrence8 says:

@applecommercials - that's hilarious. Thanks!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

creative115 says:

of course the site won't look like that. I wonder what apple.com looked like in 1983.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

JaM賈斯汀 says:

Was there an apple.com in 83'?
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

puck-man says:

JaM賈斯汀:
Apple registered the domain in 1987 and the first web browser (Mosaic) was released in 1993 and when I joined Apple in 1994 they had a website which I later worked on as a webmaster in 1998.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

hiroshimamonamour says:

awesome!
Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )

kiekelly says:

great stuff, like the Biege Menu Bar! nice touch....
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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