This spot was released to initiate the Think Different campaign in 1997. Here's to the reasons we stick with Apple through the ups and downs.

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A pre-launch tour of one of the original Apple Stores back in 2001 (Tysons Corner, VA). Apple got it right. Love the Flower Power iMacs at the cash register and the red "batphone" to call Cupertino at the Genius Bar! For more info see www.cultofmac.com

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Bill Gates describing the early Macintosh, timeframe approximately 1984

Bill Gates Macintosh Mac

The iBook was Apple's consumer notebook line, to complement the now-pro PowerBook. The first iBook model (1999) introduced Airport wireless internet to the Mac faithful. Appearances by Jony Ive and Phil Schiller.

Apple ibook Mac Macintosh Airport Promotional Video Jony Ive

Introducing the next Big and Small Things from Apple, the PowerBook G4 12" and 17" I still miss my PB 12"...

Apple powerbook Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Apple's Seminal 1984 Commercial Introducing the Macintosh

Apple 1984 Commercial Ad Mac Macintosh

Who needs clutter when you can have simplicity? The ad campaign for the original iMac was simple and whimsical.

Apple imac Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Technical Introduction to the original iMac G3. Included on Apple promotional materials, good explanation of changes introduced on this model.

Apple imac G3 Features Mac Macintosh

Pre-Release promotional sales video for the Apple Lisa, the precursor to the Macintosh.

Apple Lisa Sales software

Commercial for the whimsical and stylish iMac G4. The "sunflower" style is one of my favorite Mac designs.

Apple imac Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Commercial for the iMac G3 DV Sage. As Kermit says, It Ain't Easy Being Green...

Apple imac Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

The PowerMac G4 was considered powerful enough to warrant government export restrictions. This entertaining ad used that point to poke fun at Windows PCs.

Apple Mac Macintosh powermac Ad Commercial

This video from 1988 was rendered entirely (if slowly) on Mac II computers, to show off the processing power of the newly released and first color Macintosh system.

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In the mid-90s Apple ran ads like these. More fun at Windoze expense...

Apple Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Introducing the Macintosh Quadra - the most powerful Macintosh ever. If only a Quadra could have done that!

Apple Mac Macintosh Quadra Ad Commercial

Commercial for the iMac G3 DV Ruby. My favorite color of all G3 iMacs (for what it's worth...) Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Won't You Be Mine.

Apple imac Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Commercial for the iMac G3 DV Indigo. Don't Step on my Blue Suede Shoes...

Apple imac Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

With Steve again at the helm in 1998, the Mac was back and Apple wanted to promote its developer community. Adobe, Microsoft, MacroMedia and more say hello - a nice look at the state of Mac software in the late 1990s.

Apple Mac Macintosh Promotional Video

The most loved spot (among Cult of Mac members) from the Switch ad campaign!

Apple Switch Ad Commercial Ellen Feiss

Silly Promotional Animation for the iMac G4

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Early Apple Commercial for the Lisa, with Kevin Costner. The Lisa was the first commercial computer with a Graphical User Interface (GUI), and the mouse was new to the world in 1983.

1983 Apple Lisa Kevin Costner ad commercial

The original G3 iMac, now in 5 rainbow colors! Soundtrack by the Rolling Stones.

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Beige era Apple ad poking fun at Windows clunky multimedia setups.

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Apple's 1987 vision of the future - the web, social networking and tablet computing anticipated over 20 years ago! Sound and picture get a bit out of sync in this one, can't seem to fix...

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Very successful campaign for the early PowerBooks.

Apple powerbook Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Very successful campaign for the early PowerBooks.

Apple powerbook Mac Macintosh Ad Commercial

Minimal redux of the manual for the 1986 Macintosh Plus narrated by Brent Rubell. Macintosh Plus Manual Donated by Adam Rosen (Oakbog/Vintage Mac Museum) Script and narration by Brent Rubell

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Jeremy Mehrle has turned the basement of his suburban St. Louis home into one of the coolest private computer museums you will ever see. He has 74 vintage Apple Macintosh computers impeccably displayed. All of them are fully-functional so you can see what the old operating systems were like. Some of the highlights of his collection are an Apple Lisa, a 20th Anniversary Macintosh, and a NeXT computer. This is an amazing collection — amazing not for its size, but the loving care Jeremy took in displaying these machines. Also thanks to Walkie Talkie USA for providing the great Bowiesque soundtrack for this video. UPDATE! Since I posted this in February 2007, Jeremy has gotten a lot more press, including from CNN.com and the AP. I'm proud that my little project here got to scoop these bigger news organizations.

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Here is my Computer collection which is on display in my "Back Room Computer Museum". Got cut off at the end by the battery going dead in my camera, but you get the idea of what I'm trying to accomplish with the display.

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