Look closely. That apple II lacks vents. It’s a rev 0 machine. The guys that filmed this ad had no idea that they were holding a computer that would be worth over $10,000 in the future.
Look more closely. It is 8 + 4 = ?. The question mark did appear to resemble a seven then based on the font characters. Oh well that's why we had HD today so we can actually see what something really looks like.
I don't know if this is the 'first Apple commercial' that may be debatable simply on the basis that this is a local commercial, but almost everything was 'local' back in the day, right?
I don't think this was put through a weird filter...I think the sound on the tape just got corrupted. I've had it happen. There's an easy fix: just adjust the tracking.
I think that's What I will do Just got to be able to afford a nice case. I sold the other two for a grand total of $1500 in desperate need to pay off some bills but the sealed one the same guy offered me $7500 for it and I said no I'm keeping it then he offered $10k (very tempting offer lol) but I said no I think that ones a keeper. will post a brag vid showing it off someday but I think it will be in a case like you suggested lol. thanks for the reply.
*"I" "N" "V" "E" "N" "T"* Their own PONG game? Includes free lawsuits from Atari, and a bigger one from Ralph Baer. Also, did you know Ralph Baer was a bit of a Karen?
I believe that was one of Steve Wozniak's objectives for the Apple II design - that you could create your own Pong game in Basic. I think there was also a paddle interface built in as standard as well.
Actually, it was in 1977, because the Apple II did come out that year. Also, the Byte Shop, the first computer retailer, opened for business in Dec. 1975. If not for the Byte Shop, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak might've never gotten their Apple I computer off the ground--much less the Apple II.
I'm almost positive Apple itself didn't produce this commercial. It was most likely done by the TV station, probably some UHF station, that the local "High Technology" computer store hired to do it, the same commercial unit that did commercials for the local used car lot and the local Chinese buffet and the local carpet/furniture emporium or the local jewelry shop (with easy credit terms, 90 days same as cash, etc.). I don't think Apple did its first national ads (produced by an ad agency the company (Steve Jobs) hired) until at least 1983, maybe a little earlier.
***** no actually Gamer boy THIS IS NOT A Commercial Created by Apple. This Commercial is created and distributed by High Technology. Apple Computer had nothing do with this ad.
@@decy8494 I did know that.... Regis McKenna agency did some of the first Print Ads for the Apple II. After that Chiat-Day handled the averting for apple untill Michael Spindler fired them. Steve Jobs Brought them back when he rejoined Apple. The Apple II and Plus model never had TV Ads from Apple, All print ads.. Can't you figure that out ??
Not a bad commercial, especially considering it was years ahead of the trs80 and even the Pet at the time. Yes, the pet had a screen editor and was all in one but the Apple II had color graphics and eventually, Ultima 1
I remember a friend had an Apple II based machine back in the day. It was too expensive for someone like myself back then to purchase so I had to wait a few years before I was able to get my home computer.
I got to program and play with the Apple 2 in 1978 when my friend's mom bought him one from the Byte Shop in Long Beach. It's infamous SYNTAX ERROR was frequent, but not nearly as annoying as Windows Blue Screen of Death!
Love it! I still have my one here with full equipment, many features, lots of (self-written) software and I will keep it sacred till the end of all times!!!!!! Thank you very much for this great look back to the mid-1970s, when we greenhorns began to become today's “digital samurai”. 😎🤓🤗🤘🤘
I got one of these for $5 at a yard sale back in 1999 but wish I had kept it now as I want to rebuild one of these using modern computer stuff, I lay awake at night with ideas in my head of what I could of done with this computer.
Okay I can understand 1977 was a long time ago plus I wasn't even born then, so I can understand why this video ad and quality turned out poorly, but did they really have to use this dismal Sci-Fi voice-over for an ad? Certainly there has been a giant stride in human brain development from then till now, cos this ad was pure joke! makes me want to sell my Mac now by way of dissociation... just kiddin' :P
Back in 1977 most people who had a microcomputer assembled it themselves from a kit. So, no, I wouldn't say there's been a giant stride "forward" in human brain development. Actually, we've probably been getting dumber since wolves domesticated us about 30,000 years ago.
Um, hate to tell ya dude, someone else would have come around if it wasn't Jobs, and don't give Jobs all the credit The Apple was Wozniak's design! Jobs was the business brains behind the whole thing. BTW, there was a such thing as portable MP3 players BEFORE the IPod. The Ipod just made portable MP3 players trendy is all.
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Wozniak had the brains, Jobs had the overarching ambition.
These guys had all the acid.
Look closely. That apple II lacks vents. It’s a rev 0 machine. The guys that filmed this ad had no idea that they were holding a computer that would be worth over $10,000 in the future.
"high technology"
+Dovahkiin Mert well it was the highest atm
tomyman I know I know I was just kidding :P
Apparently Bill Cipher has been selling computers
But will it run macOS Sierra?
no.
HighSierra?
ua-cam.com/video/CZ8GAbzUSJk/v-deo.html
apple truely out of this world ;)
lol, i love the background music, and it's not "8 + 4 = 7", it's "8 + 4 = ?", gotta love those pixels.
I like that voice and music even though the music sound creepy
Look more closely. It is 8 + 4 = ?. The question mark did appear to resemble a seven then based on the font characters. Oh well that's why we had HD today so we can actually see what something really looks like.
Woah... color displays! COLOR!
Apple was the first powerful, consumer-friendly home computer.
people make fun of the voice, but this was high tech stuff in 1977. a computer TALKING???? no way!
HIGH technologys!
It says it all in the title!
Bill what are you doing here?
I produced this commercial for the store in Oklahoma City
i am liking the video because of this
This commercial rules!
Actually there stores in California in the Mid 1970's that carried the Altair, I think they were called byte stores.
I want that NOW!
"The posibilities are endless".
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? O_x
I don't know if this is the 'first Apple commercial' that may be debatable simply on the basis that this is a local commercial, but almost everything was 'local' back in the day, right?
mr. flare, is that you?
What does 'balance a cheque book' mean?
If this is the first Apple computer commercial ever, and it's the Apple TWO...
What a hoot.
that voice..
we came a long way woow
Before this computers did not exist in the home. This was a trail blazing device. Televisions were not very impressive either in 1950.
+Douglas Davenport c64 kicked all rival's ass
I don't know, the Apple II was more of a hands on, programming oriented machine
Yes, but you had to manually copy the cassette tapes :-)
I don't think this was put through a weird filter...I think the sound on the tape just got corrupted. I've had it happen. There's an easy fix: just adjust the tracking.
damn some good ass graphics
They had that on national lampoons vacation
dat sound
This is what all commercials are like when you're on LSD
Great ad
I dare anyone here to make a video of himself dancing to that music...
Cool.
why cant commercials today be like this?
No wonder my kids think I grew up in the Stone Age.
``the possibilities are endless´´ hahah my ass xD
Ouch, my ears.
why does the narrator sounds like bill cypher ?
I think that's What I will do Just got to be able to afford a nice case. I sold the other two for a grand total of $1500 in desperate need to pay off some bills but the sealed one the same guy offered me $7500 for it and I said no I'm keeping it then he offered $10k (very tempting offer lol) but I said no I think that ones a keeper. will post a brag vid showing it off someday but I think it will be in a case like you suggested lol. thanks for the reply.
sweet jesus..
It's an apple lol, what did you expected :P
when pc was unique
sounds like Kraftwerk!
🥳
Sounds like Ash's pokedex voice. XD
Apple invented the Matrix and we all are living on a Huge High Technology Fruit on Apple State.
Hmm ? I Wonder why they name themselves "High Technology"xD
That's scarry.
How was I being a douche bag?... I was just saying.......and if was about selling two of them? UA-cam's not the place to do so.
Its 8+4=? Not 8+4=7
The announcer was high
dalekman tardis On Technology.
tommy snowy you won
reshiram202
tommy snowy Are you sure it was technology?
+dalekman tardis You have no idea how techno it is
"You're family can invent their own pong games" Yeah, that would never happen. Just go up to you're parents and say "Hey, let's program a pong game"
*"I" "N" "V" "E" "N" "T"* Their own PONG game?
Includes free lawsuits from Atari, and a bigger one from Ralph Baer.
Also, did you know Ralph Baer was a bit of a Karen?
Back in the old days, that’s how it worked. There was little to no commercial software so you often wrote your own.
I believe that was one of Steve Wozniak's objectives for the Apple II design - that you could create your own Pong game in Basic. I think there was also a paddle interface built in as standard as well.
Just go up to you are parents?
@@BloodMoonASMR I wrote that comment at 2am when I was 13
is this real ? are there really machines out there that can do all this ? WOW it's like we're living in the future !
The wave of the future! No more punch cards or vacuum tubes!
Actually, it was in 1977, because the Apple II did come out that year. Also, the Byte Shop, the first computer retailer, opened for business in Dec. 1975. If not for the Byte Shop, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak might've never gotten their Apple I computer off the ground--much less the Apple II.
Can I run battlefield 4 ultra on this ?
Obviously.
SirFructose YES
No, but it will run Pong...
Yes
The announcer’s voice sounds like sonic going through puberty
sonic frontiers
Commercial says "The possibilities are endless" but 35 years later, what's possible from this computer? LOL
Quite a bit.
I'm almost positive Apple itself didn't produce this commercial. It was most likely done by the TV station, probably some UHF station, that the local "High Technology" computer store hired to do it, the same commercial unit that did commercials for the local used car lot and the local Chinese buffet and the local carpet/furniture emporium or the local jewelry shop (with easy credit terms, 90 days same as cash, etc.). I don't think Apple did its first national ads (produced by an ad agency the company (Steve Jobs) hired) until at least 1983, maybe a little earlier.
Yeah, says in the title. It was the store who made the ad. So it's an Apple ad in such that it's pitching an Apple.
This is NOT an official Apple Commercial. This came from a third Party Vendor
Can't you figure that out ??
***** no actually Gamer boy THIS IS NOT A Commercial Created by Apple. This Commercial is created and distributed by High Technology. Apple Computer had nothing do with this ad.
X-OR hmm didnt you know that companies pay people to make ads or do you think the have a whole section of a company maki ads from scratch
@@decy8494 I did know that.... Regis McKenna agency did some of the first Print Ads for the Apple II. After that Chiat-Day handled the averting for apple untill Michael Spindler fired them. Steve Jobs Brought them back when he rejoined Apple.
The Apple II and Plus model never had TV Ads from Apple, All print ads..
Can't you figure that out ??
Not a bad commercial, especially considering it was years ahead of the trs80 and even the Pet at the time. Yes, the pet had a screen editor and was all in one but the Apple II had color graphics and eventually, Ultima 1
Apple II will forever be awesome.
I remember a friend had an Apple II based machine back in the day. It was too expensive for someone like myself back then to purchase so I had to wait a few years before I was able to get my home computer.
I got to program and play with the Apple 2 in 1978 when my friend's mom bought him one from the Byte Shop in Long Beach. It's infamous SYNTAX ERROR was frequent, but not nearly as annoying as Windows Blue Screen of Death!
Can you imagine apple --> High
Is the audio just very shit or was that done on purpose?
This is a 1970s commercial for a computer, it would sound bad
Ok, but most advertisements from the 1970s generally sound better.
Was wondering the exact same thing...
It's SkyNet.
That my friend is the 1970s
I like how they mostly mentioned games. Not knowing that this computer was going to become a money making business machine.
quite clear they never intended for it to compete against mini computers.
The video was uploaded on my birthday, literally birthday!
Sounds like it's narrated by Bill Cipher.
The Emerald Men Official it is
Love it! I still have my one here with full equipment, many features, lots of (self-written) software and I will keep it sacred till the end of all times!!!!!! Thank you very much for this great look back to the mid-1970s, when we greenhorns began to become today's “digital samurai”. 😎🤓🤗🤘🤘
I got one of these for $5 at a yard sale back in 1999 but wish I had kept it now as I want to rebuild one of these using modern computer stuff, I lay awake at night with ideas in my head of what I could of done with this computer.
wow apple was even crap back then
fuck you
Jadon Castro
LMFAO oh lord.....im gonna use that one..
wow I have not heard anything more clever than a joke about one's mother.
did they took expired LSD before making this ad?
Possibilies are "Endless", I doubt it,.
Okay I can understand 1977 was a long time ago plus I wasn't even born then, so I can understand why this video ad and quality turned out poorly, but did they really have to use this dismal Sci-Fi voice-over for an ad? Certainly there has been a giant stride in human brain development from then till now, cos this ad was pure joke! makes me want to sell my Mac now by way of dissociation... just kiddin' :P
Back in 1977 most people who had a microcomputer assembled it themselves from a kit. So, no, I wouldn't say there's been a giant stride "forward" in human brain development. Actually, we've probably been getting dumber since wolves domesticated us about 30,000 years ago.
Hank Johnson lol fair point.. but somehow i for one have managed to become smarter since the 20th century, thankfully ;-)
I don't think the people who made this ad were 100% serious, the voice sounded like it was supposed to be funny and taking the piss
I know you're just joking, but seriously, intelligence levels have dropped dramatically in the last 100 years.
I didnt know ads were on drugs in 1977
How did you miss it?
0:18 I thought that was ASCII art.
I love that background music!
Dazzling color display... Hahahaha
Nah not really. But you gave me at least an idea for my upcoming dubstep album. :D
using the computer to calculate 8+4
= 12
Jennifer Buehler didn't it say that in the ad?
when apple was innovative
Bill cypher predicted
lol even though the mace is a weapon, the FIRST nuclear missile would be a million times better than this mace.
0:10 - music reminds me of CrazyBus.
What makes us laugh now made us scream OMG forty years ago
this is fucking disturbing!
At 0:20, "The possibilities are endless" OMFG I was born that year......where we've come now, eh?!
dude in late 1978 when I was 6 I got and apple 2 and it was awsome
You’re same age as my dad 48
"High" technology indeed.
That computer voice is..
My 1st computer, 48 kilobytes of RAM that kicked the collective asses of fellow classmates who were into Spectrum little machines
Actually it is a question mark.
Y was the check book balancing application such a big selling point for early micros? We may never know.
the best thing and funny that in the end he said high technology
hhhh
Um, hate to tell ya dude, someone else would have come around if it wasn't Jobs, and don't give Jobs all the credit The Apple was Wozniak's design! Jobs was the business brains behind the whole thing. BTW, there was a such thing as portable MP3 players BEFORE the IPod. The Ipod just made portable MP3 players trendy is all.
0:07 to 0:10 was used for graphics on Tic Tac Dough.