Apple Holiday Catalog, 1983

What says "Happy Holidays" better than a new computer? Trinkets of course! And there are some real beauties on the list. Personally, I can't decide between the possibilities of getting high off my love for Apple with their kite, or passing out in a drunken depression over Apple's newest lawsuit troubles with their tumblers. Either way it sounds like a fun night.

I'd kill for one of these t-shirts. And am I the only person here who would sit through a Where Are They Now? on these models?– Mark Wilson

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11:36 AM on Sun Dec 31 2006
By Mark Wilson
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Papercutninja at 11:51 AM on 12/31/06
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Ugh, totally fake. They didn't even list any iPods. Duh.
Lamont at 11:57 AM on 12/31/06
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I actually owned one of those Apple diskette files. As to the identity of the models, it's almost certain that it's an Apple employee and his family....
tr at 11:57 AM on 12/31/06
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ooooh...diskette files!
HawkWolf at 12:05 PM on 12/31/06
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Okay. When I say, "those tee shirts are gay," I don't mean that they're ... gay like when eminem says his friends are gay to imply that they suck.

I mean, you wouldn't be selling those now, because they're GAY. And you know what they say about apple users...
Paradise at 12:21 PM on 12/31/06
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I think PC should whip out Mac's old high school yearbook in the next ad.

"do do do dah dah do"
PingMaster at 12:48 PM on 12/31/06
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That may be the sexiest wall hanging I have ever seen.
Falconfire at 01:33 PM on 12/31/06
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Given that this was the early 80's, the two girls ended up likely doing porn.
mmr at 02:08 PM on 12/31/06
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I would fucking buy everything in that gift guide. And those MUGS! Gimmie gimmie!
Stephanie at 02:18 PM on 12/31/06
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Shows what you know about fashion, HawkWolf. Those shirts would do well today now that they are "retro". Girls are all over that!
Awesomist at 02:38 PM on 12/31/06
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Those t-shirts are ironic hipster GOLD!!!!
djdare at 02:40 PM on 12/31/06
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I would totally rock that t shirt, but I'm one of those indie hipster bastards that wears weird vintage clothing just because, also I'm not bothered by the rainbow, because I'm happily married, and secure in my sexuality. I say we petition Jobs to bring this stuff back.
infmom at 02:47 PM on 12/31/06
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Hmm. I still have a couple of Apple-logo key rings around here somewhere...
David Schloss at 02:57 PM on 12/31/06
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Oh my god. I had this gift catalog. (And the mug, and the diskette holder). Not to mention the Apple ][+ and the floppy drive. MMMMM. 16 sector booting.
Erzengel at 05:21 PM on 12/31/06
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@ HawkWolf
Yup, these shirts are totally gay, and for that reason, they could be a real hit if you sell them today... have you checked the world lately? we straigth guys are a minory. Of course is not bad, that leaves more chicks for us :D
Plus, you know, apple users are from venus, pc users are from mars.
Panhandler at 05:30 PM on 12/31/06
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With a bit of hair dye and a Carol Ann, that is pretty much the family from Poltergeist, right there.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH, YOU LEFT THE BODIES AND ONLY MOVED THE HEADSTONES!"
deusdiabolus at 05:58 PM on 12/31/06
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How much of that stuff do you think Steve Jobs not only owns, but still has on display in his house?
EricBrian at 08:31 PM on 12/31/06
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Dang... makes me wish I had a photo of my and my Apple IIc.
Penchum at 09:16 PM on 12/31/06
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That first post is a killer.
SquishyParts at 09:26 PM on 12/31/06
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Like hankwolf could get chicks...what a twat...no tell us what they say about Apple users, dickhole.
Paradise at 10:47 PM on 12/31/06
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they're hyper-sensitive? no wait that's women (DAMN YOU STRIKETHROUGH; WHY DO YOU NOT WORK? :D)

don't hurt me.
ez054098 at 11:04 PM on 12/31/06
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@hankwolf
No, those shirts are gay in the homosexual way.
Collins1990 at 07:50 AM on 01/01/07
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They aren't gay! They just support the GLBT...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLBT
PhatBoyG at 01:35 PM on 01/01/07
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I had one of those t-shirts when I was kid. Had I only been smart enough to keep it around for one of my daughters to wear when she's in middle school.

Nah, she'd probably get beat up by some jealous apple fan-boi gang so they could steal it.
ganjjjj at 03:17 PM on 01/01/07
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http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-t-shirt-80s-APPLE-MACINTOSH-ma...

ebay, duh
drumz0rz at 04:55 PM on 01/01/07
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I want one of those sweet wall rugs.
HockeyCzarina at 12:05 AM on 01/02/07
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I still have my IIGS....and it still runs....gads I'm a geek!
soft_guy at 12:42 PM on 01/02/07
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My mom has a bunch of this kind of stuff. She was an Apple campus rep at her university (she is a retired university professor) in the 80s. Students and faculty could order Macs (and Apple IIs) through her for a discount. I have a set of these mugs.
Cache at 02:49 PM on 01/02/07
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@Erzengel...

the T-shirts are gay in so many ways but espeicaly the sense with a man on a man relationship, and this is aimed at you becuase pc users are from earth and so are mac users, pc's just don't sport the homo colors
Cache at 02:50 PM on 01/02/07
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+++ didn't the apple used to be a rainbow too
phreakincool at 03:04 PM on 01/04/07
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Yeah, like the one pictured.
dotorg greg at 01:14 PM on 01/06/07
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Yeah, but what you're forgetting [!!] is that all this stuff was actually designed by Woz.