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8 SPOTS1980s–2000

YearSpotLen
1980s

Apple Computers - Vintage 1988 TV Commercial

A 1988 Apple Computer television commercial, from the Macintosh II / SE / Apple IIGS era - Steve Jobs was already gone (running NeXT), and Apple was at the peak of John Sculley's tenure.

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1990s

Apple Macintosh - 1997 TV Commercial

A 1997 Apple Macintosh computer commercial, from the year Steve Jobs returned to Apple as interim CEO following the company's acquisition of NeXT.

:30
1998

Apple 'Think Different' Ending on Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld Finale Night Commercial (1998)

'Here's to the crazy ones': the black-and-white 'Think different' icons montage, in the special finale-night version that ends on Jerry Seinfeld.

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1998

Apple PowerBook G3 'Steamroller' - Seinfeld Finale Night Commercial (1998)

A steamroller flattens a Pentium notebook: 'There's a time and a place for subtlety... this is definitely not the time or the place.' The PowerBook G3, up to twice as fast.

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1999

Apple Blue & White Power Macintosh G3 - 'The Most Powerful Personal Computer' Launch (1999)

The most powerful personal computer - and also the most open-minded. Presenting the all-new blue and white Power Macintosh G3. Think different. Captured in the Chicago area on Tuesday night, February 2, 1999 - the day Walter Payton announced his liver disease - between The Game Room's Payton coverage and CNN's Larry King Live, recovered from a donated VHS recording.

:24
1999

Apple HAL 9000 Y2K Ad - Super Bowl XXXIII Commercial (1999)

'It was a bug, Dave.' HAL confesses to the millennium bug — only Macintosh was designed to function perfectly. Apple's Super Bowl return.

:60
1999

Apple iMac 'Five Flavors' - 'She's a Rainbow', Think Different - Vintage 1999 TV Commercial

Five colors of iMac tumble across the screen to the Rolling Stones' 'She's a Rainbow' - the January 1999 launch of the five-flavor iMac. Think different.

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2000

Apple Power Mac G4 Cube - 'A Supercomputer in an Eight-Inch Cube' - Think Different (2000)

A super fast, super quiet supercomputer - in an eight-inch cube. The Power Mac G4 Cube. Think different.

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