Released in 1977, this was Apple's first commercially successful computer, and one of the earliest and most successful home computers. It was widely used in American schools and some remain in use in classrooms to this day.
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• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) • Evilspeak (1981) • Knight Rider - Season 2, "Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend" (1984) • Lost - Season 2 (2005) • The Thing (1982) • Vacation (1983) • Spies Like Us (1985) • Simon and Simon - Season 1, Episode 3, "Trapdoors" (1981) • Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) • TJ Hooker - Season 1, Episode 3, "God Bless the Child" (1982) • Klatwa doliny wezy (1987) • Micro Men (2009) • Creepshow (1982) • Terminal Entry (1986) • Las Vegas Weekend (1986) • Knight Rider - Season 2, Episode 19, "Mouth of the Snake" (1984) • Take This Job and Shove It (1981) • Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) • Bird of Prey (1982) • 3-2-1 Contact (1980) • The Facts of Life - Season 5, Episode 10, "Store Games" (1983) • Miami Vice - Season 3, Episode 11, "Forgive Us Our Debts" (1986) • Iron Man (2008) • iSteve (2013)
Chas uses the Apple to run his childhood business, although he still uses it in adulthood.
The only slight shortfall on realism - could one really still use an Apple II to run a modern business?
Coopersmith uses the computer for his schoolwork initially, but his extracurricular uses of it include translating Latin texts and raising the devil.
The Apple plays a pretty central role in this film, and even appeared on the advertising poster.
The CAD works seems quite reasonable, but it goes downhill from there.
Bad-guy Bernie uses the Apple to discover that Kitt has transferred all of the funds out of his numbered bank accounts.
The colour display doesn't look quite right to me.
The Apple is in the Swan research laboratory and it is required that a sequence of numbers be entered on it every 108 minutes.
The machine is of the right era for the Dharma Initiative, but the Apple II keyboard does not have an EXECUTE key that is so prominent here. They also appear to switch on the machine using the monitor's power button.
Nice shots of the Apple with the lid off, here!
The Apple II is disguised as a "Chess Wizard" computer that MacReady plays, destroying it by pouring a glass of whisky into it after the computer wins the match.
It's a mock up, and there's some unnecessary voice synthesis, but other than that the capabilities of the machine are realistic.
Clark uses the Apple II to show the kids the route he plans to take.
There seem to be some extra keys stuck on to the Apple.
Austin uses the Apple II to decode a Chinese military radio message.
It is, allegedly, a simple code and therefore within the Apple's capabilities.
Terry uses his Apple II to hack the bank's computer system. There is another II in the computer shop he visits.
Hunter has an Apple II in his Colorado ranch but does not use it, preferring his typewriter.
This part of the film is set in 1977, and the Disk II was not released until 1978.
Captain Sheridan uses his Apple II to show Hooker how badly the department was being run before his tenure.
Professor Tarnas uses the Apple II to scan the manuscript.
The Apple II appears in a couple of adverts, including one in a magazine read by Clive as he prepares to enter the computer business.
In the story entitled "They're Creeping Up On You!", Upson Pratt has an Apple II in his apartment that he uses to monitor stock prices.
The kids use the Apple II to hack into the terrorist network.
Percy uses an Apple II in the university lab to test his blackjack research.
David breaks into the house of one of Eduardo's associates and transmits vital data about the weapons that Eduardo is planning to steal to KITT.
Frank uses an Apple II in the offices of the brewery to decide which employees to reassign, and which to let go.
Apple's first great success is the Apple II that they display at a computer fair and use extensively in the Apple offices.
Henry enlists the help of a journalist who owns an Apple II. In order to avoid being killed by le Pouvoir, he later used the machine to implant all he knows about the affair into several computers to be released on his death.
The gang often use their Apple II to solve puzzles.
The girls use their Apple II to break into Pete's computer and tamper with his recipes.
The DA has an Apple II in his office.
At a prize-giving ceremony, a childhood photograph of Tony is shown. In it, he stands between Bill Gates and an Apple II.
An Apple II appears in a TV report about the success of Apple Computers.
