Did Apple Predict The Future?
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Check out this 1987 Apple (“prediction”) video that talks about the future of computers. We may not have “The Knowledge Navigator” but we do have Siri, Alexa, and Google Now. They were pretty accurate in this video considering that this was before the release of the internet.
Highlights from 1987:
- Average income per year: $24,350
- Average cost of a new house: $92,000
- 1 gallon of gas: 89 cents
- Biggest movie of the year was Three Men and a Baby
- Biggest songs of the year included The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian,” Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On a Prayer,” Whitney Houston’s ” I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” and Heart’s “Alone”
- The Simpsons made its series of shorts debut on The Tracey Ullman Show.
- Spud debuted as the spokesdog/mascot for Bud Light
- Nintendo released Mike Tyson’s Punch Out
Here’s the video or read the story on Business Insider