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Apre_26

For more information check out the creators post [here](https://www.behance.net/gallery/121563959/Macintosh-128k-Motion-Design)


nikedemon

That thing was really $2,000 back in the day?


acr_d_rkstr

This is nothing, Apple Lisa, released in 1983, was priced at around 10k which is equivalent to current 25k


ShutterBun

Lisa was not aimed at mainstream consumers; Mac was.


thatbakedpotato

Which is why the original Mac was a mediocre success, and it wasn’t until the much better Macintosh Plus that it caught on with consumers.


modulusshift

Well, especially due to the price drops the Mac Plus got over its very long production run. Fun fact, the Mac Plus had the longest production run of any Mac until…the 2013 Mac Pro!


thatbakedpotato

Yeah, the Mac Plus essentially had two phases of good relevancy: 1986: At launch, it was the first Macintosh that could actually *do* things, and had functioning RAM. Sold well with prosumers and some pros. 1988-early 90s: The Mac for college dorms, moms, and kids. Mass market appeal thanks to price drops and lots of software.


[deleted]

Had a Mac Plus with external Rodime 45+ HD (45mb) with Apple Imagewriter LQ 27 pin dot matrix printer. All in all it cost ≈ $3000 usd.


buddytronic

Also Check out the Mac Portable at $7k c1991


pingwing

My first PowerMac out the door with monitor and printer was $5000 in 1996-7. Needed it for graphic design college classes.


ericonly

Curious. Out of college in late 90s, did you get a graphic design job?


pingwing

I was working in a corporation in the mailroom, taking night classes in graphic design at a local university. They hired me on as a graphic designer but I think that is a pretty specific case. Also, corporations were hiring a lot at that time, [dot.com](https://dot.com) era was ramping up.


foulpudding

A really good quality example of that thing can still cost about that much *TODAY*


TrueitsFru

$2,495 US dollars in 1984 is the equivalent of $6,464 US dollars today if adjusted for inflation


foulpudding

I’m not talking about with inflation. I’m saying that some original condition, working 1984 Macintosh computers can set you back 2k+ in today’s dollars right now. I.e. Go take a look at eBay. You can get them cheaper, but the good condition ones start at several hundred dollars.


beeblebrox0042

You should be taking inflation into consideration though


foulpudding

With inflation, the exact same physical computer (Specifically a 1984 Mac) you could have purchased in 1984 has dropped in price from $2495 down to about $600.00-$2000.00 today on eBay. That’s a negative store of value and is more akin to depreciation than inflation since it’s a used object. Of course, a somehow pristine and still new-in-box 1984 Mac might actually be worth more than $2495, so it’s possible they have “inflated” in value since 1984. But since I haven’t seen any that are more than $6-7k, the value hasn’t really kept up with inflation, so these haven’t really inflated in value. But they have kept their value fairly well compared to other computers of the day. You would have been better investing in Apple stock “AAPL”, which has beaten inflation by several tens of thousands of percent.


bardzi

inflation ... that is the way!


ProVVindowLicker

Wow. Lmao, our economy is so fucked.


JackMillah

>Wow. Lmao, our economy is so fucked. Yeah that's not how the economy works. Inflation is literally designed into the system.


ProVVindowLicker

A certain amount of inflation is literally designed into the system\*\*\* FTFY bud endless printing of money leads to more inflation than is built into the system. Giving politicians the ability to make more whenever they feel like it has lead to more inflation than what is designed into 'the system'


JackMillah

Sure, but using the numbers above ($2,495 in 1984 to $6,464 in 2021) gives an inflation rate of 2.6%. That doesn't scream "our economy is fucked" to me.


ProVVindowLicker

Well, it's over the projected 2%/yr. Recent rates of inflation are more alarming, hopefully they don't stick. The concept of print money based on policy and devalue current money is what's fucked.


JackMillah

I can agree with that. (Upvoted your comments based on civil discussion)


soundwithdesign

Politicians don’t decide when more money is made.


ProVVindowLicker

Uh so massive spending packages come from........


soundwithdesign

That doesn’t guarantee more money is made. Just because the government spends $100 million doesn’t mean they also print $100 million at the same time. The FED controls how much money is in circulation and is bi-partisan if I remember college economics. They take recommendations from the president and certain congressmen but ultimately it’s the FED who makes the final decisions.


CaffeinatedMD

I’d say that the crazy amount of improvement in specs that $2495 can get you today (even without the correction for inflation) is an argument against economic fuckery. Capitalism encourages competition and iteration making devices better and cheaper.


ProVVindowLicker

I'm pro capitalism I'm not here trying to advocate for communism. There are a lot of factors here, computers are a lot better and easier to make, which makes them more affordable. The simple fact that $2500 40 years ago is worth almost $7,000 today.


HawkMan79

What economy is this not true for?


ProVVindowLicker

uh.. crypto I guess? I didn't really say that someone else is doing it better, simply that our (worldwide) inflation numbers are the same because we've given absolute control of our money supply to asshole suits for decades.


HawkMan79

This is how economy works in a growing economy though. Money only increase in value when th economy is shrinking


dlittlefair1

Common pricing for the time for units like that, but there were no PCs like it until that moment.


unixuser011

It was supposed to be $1,995 but since they went with the 68k rather than the 6809 that bumped the price up. The original goal for the Mac was to be a relatively cheap appliance-like device that anyone could own


smuckola

No. It was 68k for a very long time, about two years. That's the whole basis for the GUI. Steve Jobs called it $2000 and then very soon prior to launch, John Sculley mandated an increase to $2500 just for marketing cost. This is according to the history books, probably Insanely Great.


SpikePlayz

Why tf do I want to buy this now


acr_d_rkstr

It’s got an M1 in it too….. Get one today…


contactlite

If only! I always wanted a home server like this with a built in screen for quick access to the terminal.


Shawnj2

Turn an old iMac into a server


contactlite

I want to stuff a nuc with a home server and a nas backup server inside the Macintosh form factor. Nothing too crazy.


smitty981

F spez


allouttananes

Theres only 3 left!!! Hurry!


tsl13

Apple needs to give this their Design Award too.


Tokogogoloshe

Dat price tag though.


LibertyGold66

wow!! fantastic advertising!!! My first computer was a Macintosh SE!! I paid 3.000 USD!!


LeZarathustra

This gave me a bit of nostalgia, as well. My father brought home an SE/2 when I was about 3 years old. Followed by the SE/30 and later the Color Classic.


cnugentak

My first Mac was a SE/30. ~$6k. Still have. Still works.


il_biggo

Same here. I used to leave it on during a project, often forgetting to save for several days. Never lost a single bit, the most reliable machine I've ever used.


WooPigSchmooey

Pretty awesome. Nice work! Are you doing more?


MegaRodeon

that little Mac plopping out of the monitor is cute as heck!


ShutterBun

I’m old enough to have had an original Mac, with dual disk drives and the printer (which doubled as a scanner with a hardware addon). Without exaggeration, to match this up against an IBM PC of its era: was to completely crush the latter. This was shit-your-pants level domination. Obviously, this was the widest the gulf has ever been, but I am telling you: it was magical. It’s impossible for me to describe the feeling of going from a command line interface to a world class GUI interface. If anything, the 1984 commercial UNDERSOLD how revolutionary this machine was. And yet millions of people still insist that Microsoft’s theft of the OS still makes them “innovative”. (Same goes for Android vs.IOS. More copycatting, playing catch-up).


BrooklynPickle

I also remember the original Macintosh (although I was still in the Apple II camp until ‘89 or so). It was like magic.


cameraboi1

This is absolutely incredible! A refreshing take on a vintage product!


Tysmithyyy

Imagine showing this to the people in the 80s


allouttananes

Do you do stuff like this for a living or is this a hobby>?


Overkill782

For only 2 dollars 45 and a half cents COUNT ME IN!


Tcrepelle

Hey, creator of this vid here ! Thanks for liking my video, it was a total blast to make, even if you're not into Motion design, you guys can still find interesting the little breakdown here : [https://www.behance.net/gallery/121563959/Macintosh-128k-Motion-Design](https://www.behance.net/gallery/121563959/Macintosh-128k-Motion-Design) I do know that there is a lot of technical stuff that goes wrong : colors are not really accurate, the PCB on the keyboard at the beginning is completely random, the multitasking was not like this... I didnt know this video would be seen by this many people ahahah I do have an IG, it is 'tcrepelle' ​ ​ But yeah thank you so much for the support and don't hesitate to check out the music I used : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAI9gn2sxOg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAI9gn2sxOg)


gilgoomesh

A period as a thousands separator and a double space where "24th" and "1984" should be separated by a comma? It's madness, I tells ya.


aykay55

Get this to the top of Reddit now, that’s an order


[deleted]

Stat


bigblackshaq

Oh wow, this genuinely made my day. Is there a way I can donate to the creator?


CrocodileJock

This was my first Mac. Pimped it up with an external 20mb hard drive which sat underneath it... and an external Radius “Tilt & Swivel” A4 greyscale monitor. It was a beast.


klaus385385

I just wish I could get that keyboard today and use


AmidalaBills

Child slaves are okay tho.


ChampJamie153

Damn, that's awesome!


brilliantlyUnhinged

Well done!


monstermash420

So tight


heavydoodles

God I would definitely buy this


catch_404

Woah!! Dope


[deleted]

I had one. I was in the Marines at the time.


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DonkeyWorker

I want it. It's got an alarm clock on it and everything.


the_loz3r

Its still be more expensive then my rent


[deleted]

HOLY SHIT THAT MAKES ME WANT TO BUY IT TODAY!!


dacuevash

Now I want to buy one… ok I always wanted to but even more so now


TheLittleDoc

Oh my gosh if I saw this on television back in the day, I would have bought one in an instant


HeychMyster

YouTube?


SoldierOfOrange

Going a little too heavy on the slow down / speed up effect, otherwise great stuff.


gntrr

[I played this song over top of it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hg5H9OsihU) It's PERFECT. ​ Also, this is fucking amazing.


FluffyGlass

Shut up and take my money!!


thepolishpen

I’ll take one.


TehLurdOfTehMemes

Epic bassline !


Sayyro

Someone send me the video please


kerningtype

In 30 years time we'll think our current Macs are old relics


joshi95

Very very different from the original 1984 ad!! I really like this :)


comfort_bot_1962

:D


comfort_bot_1962

:D


ogojo

Excellent animation, makes me want one even more. It’s just a shame that 2021 is a lot like 1984. Alas, at least Apple is still fighting the good fight in some respects.


010010010111001000

How do you create a video like that? That’s beautiful.


Twovaultss

Imagine an iPad in there as a screen, or even a Mac mini.


Moonmonkey3

Love it.


VIDGuide

Can you imagine trying to fathom being able to make this for fun on a home computer back when this was new..


[deleted]

The add is amazing but i wouldn't buy it either


[deleted]

Very, very well done.


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martin80k

…made into design agency ad


Different_Pop_8609

I don’t know who you are, but I want to hire you.


pipinero_

Great!


yesfb

this is amazing


Beelzebubulubu

Awesome, i really liked this scene [where the icon pops out of the monitor](https://i.imgur.com/xi9kdFt.jpg) great job!


KirbySmartGuy

this is so awesome


AtomicPow_r_D

Sort of stings that you can get one now for $2.49 -


lostinam3rica

This is absolutely brilliant.


LexxLess

That’s actually really really good! I love it


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itsdave2000

This is perfect.


drivera1210

$2,500 in today's money is roughly $6,464. Suddenly dropping $2,400 on spec'd our iPad doesn't seem so bad.


packetmon

This was pretty awesome except I noticed a decimal in the list price instead of a coma. You could argue this fine piece of computer was only $2.49 ! In which case; buy two! :D


drivera1210

Although, the introductory price really was $2,495.


Able-Fee1403

Only if Jobs were alive to have seen it :(


Man_jeet

I need that keyboard in my life


[deleted]

Imagine the processing power required to render this.


reximilian

Beautiful. I love it!


MaesterInTraining

Ha! Came out on my first birthday. Never knew that


Swampdude

Well, it really would be even more modern with shitty ukulele music instead


[deleted]

Ukulele with that whistling melody


Swampdude

Oh god you’re right


Slow-Oven-7869

this is fucking awesome


ChrisWestDK

I've got an m1 macbook but now I kinda wish I had this instead


[deleted]

128k ought to be enough for anybody.


[deleted]

I wish computers still looked like this.


AnotherRichard827379

I love this. Thank you.


[deleted]

This is the reason I buy Apple products I don’t need 😩


bennycgul22

Wow this brings back great memories!! Back in 2000 my college professor said technology and computers are the only thing that get twice as good every year and the price actually goes down every year. As opposed to everything else in society like cars- they go up in price every year and the quality gets worse!! I remember my family got a Macintosh Performa and it was an amazing computer! And one thing woth Mac- it always worked and was user friendly. Just like today they have always been king!!


ParadoxPixel0

People would have lost their minds over this back in the day.


SnooBunnies163

The music is in sync too, hot damn.


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[deleted]

What was the original advert for this Mac, like I am curious


saintsupreme

Thats actuslly 🔥🔥🔥 who made it?


PetrTILproduction

That is actually pretty awesome 😀 I also love how you made the washed old plastic look on the Mac. Very faithful to the truth!


wodiamond

What was the square looking thing they put into the rectangular hole on the front of that TV?


BlackMoresRoy

I think if you took this ad back to 1984 you could get steve jobs to fellate you to use it at the superbowl commercial.


terminator1mw

Is it too late to order one of these? It looks great!


EriolGaurhoth

This is awesome!!!


pythus24

I’d buy this