Kevin Fox is a bit of an Apple historian and a self-professed digital packrat.

Last week I happened across a blog post showing the history of Apple.com over the past 17 years, complete with screenshots culled from the very earliest days of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. It’s a serious trip down memory lane, but it didn’t go back far enough.

I remember a very different, more playful Apple.com homepage. I remembered a page that was more Fractal Design Painter and less grids and columns. I remember taking a screenshot of that page because I liked the look of it. But where would it be today?

Follow along as Kevin’s archaeological skills kick in and he finds the earliest known image of Apple’s home page. Great read, great work.

[Via 512 Pixels]