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Apple Ipod circa 1984

  • 30-07-2004 10:24pm
    #1
    aphex™
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭


    Am I going mad, or is the woman in Apple's famous 1984 advert wearing an iPod? It looks like they've superimposed one, but there's no mention of it (the iPod, or Apple rejigging the advert) on any nearby links.
    Heres a picture, but its clearer in the video near the end...
    1984_480_01062004.jpg


Comments

  • #2
    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    What picture is this now?

    I dont see anything. Hence the comment. No need for the bad rep!:)


  • #3
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭radiospan


    I think it's an iPod all right, but I don't think the ad is from 1984?


  • #4
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    it definately looks like an ipod, ad looks 80's too


  • #5
    oeNeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,299 ✭✭✭oeNeo


    Yeah iPods have been around for years, didn't you know? It's only recently though that they've gone mainstream and done upgrades and crap on it.


  • #6
    impr0v
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,647 ✭✭✭impr0v


    Surely the ad is a modern ad to celebrate the 20 years, filmed to look as if it was released in '84.


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  • #7
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    Why would you think the ad was from the 80s?

    :edit:

    oh wait famous 1984 advert - 1984 the book - not the year!
    d'oh!
    :eek:


  • #8
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    RE*AC*TOR wrote:
    oh wait famous 1984 advert - 1984 the book - not the year!
    d'oh!
    :eek:
    It was done because of the book - IBM were Big Brother and so on..


  • #9
    aphex™
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭aphex™


    The ad is definately from the 80s (1984). It's quite famous, actually.

    What i've found is an easter egg on the mac site. They must have added the ipod in later (other almost identical version available if you search for apple 1984 ad in google).


  • #10
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    http://www.uriah.com/apple-qt/1984.html

    edit... my mistake, its actually the exact same ad... just a super imposed iPod, i originally thought it was the same except for the scenes with the running woman.... ah well...

    flogen


  • #11
    imp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭imp


    http://www.macminute.com/2004/01/06/1984 << there's your answer :)

    <edit> woopsie, someone else got there first...</edit>

    }:>


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