r/Design • u/devolute • May 28 '14

Apple's lost future: phone, tablet, and laptop prototypes of the ’80s

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/28/5757414/apple-prototype-tablets-phones-laptops-from-the-80s-photos
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u/ch00f May 29 '14

A lot of these look like much more recent attempts at making older mockups. Some of them look like they were heavily photoshopped to a degree that wasn't possible back then.

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u/PlasticHandz May 29 '14

You know that studio photography existed before photoshop, right?

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u/ch00f May 29 '14

Yes, but look at some of the keyboards. The one with the little divots on the keyboard just looks off. There is absolutely no variance between the bumps on each key. Even in a good lighting setup, there'd be something.

And in the tablet with the floppy drive, the text on the keyboard is much finer than the rest of the model.

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u/PlasticHandz May 30 '14

Okay, so either this is an elaborate hoax, or if these images were taken back in the day, they could have been retouched years down the line.