These 18 Vintage Ads Show How Apple's Marketing Revolution Began

We have gathered a collection of 18 Cool Vintage Ads from Apple that span over a period of 21 years from 1976 to 1997.  This way, you'll be able to see how Apple managed to turn itself from a garage company to a huge corporation, through marketing techniques.





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    1976 Apple II Introduction Ad

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  • 02

    1977 Apple "Simplicity" Brochure

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    1979 Apple II "Adam" Ad

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    1980 Apple II Ben Franklin Ad

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    1981 Apple II & III Orville Wright Ad

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    1981 “Baked Apple” Ad

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    1983 Apple III "Sea of data" ad

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  • 08

    Original 1983 Lisa 1 Ad

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    1984 Apple IIc Introduction Ad.

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    1984

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    1984 "Taste drive a Macintosh" Ad

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    1986 Apple IIGS introduction ad

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    1992 Powerbook ad featuring Steve Wozniak

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  • 14

    1994 Power Macintosh "If Your'e a hack" ad

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    1996 Power Macintosh Ad, featuring David Carson

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    1998 Think Different Ad, featuring Muhammad Ali.

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  • 17

    1998 iMac “Chic. Not Geek.” Ad.

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    1997 Mac OS 8 Introduction Ad

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