As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 1996
Registration No. 33-______

													

				Form S-8

			REGISTRATION STATEMENT
				under
		      THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

			  APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
	  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	CALIFORNIA				    94-2404110
(State or other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 Incorporation or Organization)

			    1 Infinite Loop
			Cupertino, California 95014
		(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

			1990 Stock Option Plan
		       (Full title of the Plan)

			SUSAN L. THORNER, ESQ.
		       Director, Corporate Law
			Apple Computer, Inc.
		     1 Infinite Loop, M/S 75-7CL
		     Cupertino, California 95014
			   (408) 996-1010
 	(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, 
		including area code, of agent for service)
					





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		      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

				    Proposed         Proposed     Amount of
				    maximum          maximum     registration
  Title of  	  Amount to be    offering price     aggregate     fee (3)
securities to    registered (1)    per unit (2)    offering price 
be registered					       (2)
						
Common Stock	  4,200,000	    $20.1875 	    $84,787,500    $29,237.07
issuable under    shares	
the 1990 Stock 
Option Plan	
  
 
(1)	Pursuant to Rule 429 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, 
	as amended (the "Securities Act"), the prospectuses relating to this
	Registration Statement also relate to shares registered under Form S-8
	Registration Statements Nos. 2-70449, 2-85095, 33-866, 33-23650, 33-
	31075, 33-47596 and 33-53895.  A total of 47,000,000 shares issuable
	under the 1990 Stock Option Plan and its predecessor, the 1981 Option
	Plan, have previously been registered under the Securities Act.

(2)	Pursuant to Rule 457(c), represents the average of the high and low 
	prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on June 26, 1996, as reported
	by the Nasdaq National Market for such date.

(3)	1/29 of 1% of the maximum aggregate offering price.
















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		Incorporation of Previous Registration Statement


	Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration 
	Statement is filed solely to register an additional 4,200,000 shares
	under the 1990 Stock Option Plan (the "1990 Plan"), which increase in
	shares was approved by the shareholders at the Company's Annual 
	Meeting of Shareholders on January 23, 1996.  Pursuant to Instruction
	E, the contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statements
	Nos. 2-70449, 2-85095, 33-00866, 33-23650, 33-31075, 33-47596 and 33-
	53895 are hereby incorporated by reference.

































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			     SIGNATURES


	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
registrant, APPLE COMPUTER, INC., certifies that it has reasonable grounds 	
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and 
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by 
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, County
of Santa Clara, State of California, on this 28th day of June, 1996.

			APPLE COMPUTER, INC.



By:	/s/ Gilbert F. Amelio		
	Gilbert F. Amelio, Chairman and
	Chief Executive Officer 


POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Gilbert F. Amelio and Edward B. Stead,
and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in 
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration 
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and 
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully and to all intents 
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or 
their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		   Title				Date

/s/ Gilbert F. Amelio	   Chairman and			   June 28, 1996
(Gilbert F. Amelio)	   Chief Executive Officer
			   (Principal Executive Officer)
			   and Director
				II-2	
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/s/ Jeanne Seeley	   Vice President, Finance and	   June 28, 1996
(Jeanne Seeley)		   Corporate Controller 
			   (Principal Accounting Officer)


/s/Bernard Goldstein	   Director		   	   June 28, 1996
(Bernard Goldstein)


/s/ B. Jurgen Hintz	   Director			   June 26, 1996
(B. Jurgen Hintz)


			   Director			   June   , 1996
(Katherine M. Hudson)


/s/ Delano E. Lewis	   Director			   June 27, 1996
(Delano E. Lewis)


			   Director			   June   , 1996
(A. C. Markkula, Jr.)


/s/Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.   Director			   June 26, 1996
(Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.)














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		SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

		    Washington, D.C. 20549


		______________________________



			   FORM S-8 

		   REGISTRATION STATEMENT

			   under 

		 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


	       _______________________________



		     APPLE COMPUTER, INC.


	      ________________________________



			  EXHIBITS


	      ________________________________



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			INDEX TO EXHIBITS

								Sequentially
Exhibit								Numbered
Number 	Note 	Description					Page	
	

	4.1	(1)	Common Shares Rights Agreement dated
			as of May 15, 1989 between the Company 
			and the First National Bank of Boston, 
			as Rights Agent.

	10.A.5	(2)	1990 Stock Option Plan	

	5.1		Opinion of counsel as to legality of 	E-3
			securities being registered.	

	24.1	(3) 	Consent of counsel.	

	24.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, 		E-5
			independent auditors.	

	25.1	(4)	Power of attorney.	
________________
Notes:

(1)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration 
	Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
	on May 26, 1989.

(2) 	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.A.5 to the Company's Quarterly
	Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 29, 1995, 
	filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.

(3)	Contained in Exhibit 5.1

(4)	See Pages II-2 to II-3. 





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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 1996
Registration No. 33-______

													

				Form S-8

			REGISTRATION STATEMENT
				under
		      THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

			  APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
	  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	CALIFORNIA				    94-2404110
(State or other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 Incorporation or Organization)

			    1 Infinite Loop
			Cupertino, California 95014
		(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

			1990 Stock Option Plan
		       (Full title of the Plan)

			SUSAN L. THORNER, ESQ.
		       Director, Corporate Law
			Apple Computer, Inc.
		     1 Infinite Loop, M/S 75-7CL
		     Cupertino, California 95014
			   (408) 996-1010
 	(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, 
		including area code, of agent for service)
					

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		      CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

				    Proposed         Proposed     Amount of
				    maximum          maximum     registration
  Title of  	  Amount to be    offering price     aggregate     fee (3)
securities to    registered (1)    per unit (2)    offering price 
be registered					       (2)
						
Common Stock	  4,200,000	    $20.1875 	    $84,787,500    $29,237.07
issuable under    shares	
the 1990 Stock 
Option Plan	
  
 
(1)	Pursuant to Rule 429 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, 
	as amended (the "Securities Act"), the prospectuses relating to this
	Registration Statement also relate to shares registered under Form S-8
	Registration Statements Nos. 2-70449, 2-85095, 33-866, 33-23650, 33-
	31075, 33-47596 and 33-53895.  A total of 47,000,000 shares issuable
	under the 1990 Stock Option Plan and its predecessor, the 1981 Option
	Plan, have previously been registered under the Securities Act.

(2)	Pursuant to Rule 457(c), represents the average of the high and low 
	prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on June 26, 1996, as reported
	by the Nasdaq National Market for such date.

(3)	1/29 of 1% of the maximum aggregate offering price.

				ii
2

		Incorporation of Previous Registration Statement

	Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration 
	Statement is filed solely to register an additional 4,200,000 shares
	under the 1990 Stock Option Plan (the "1990 Plan"), which increase in
	shares was approved by the shareholders at the Company's Annual 
	Meeting of Shareholders on January 23, 1996.  Pursuant to Instruction
	E, the contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statements
	Nos. 2-70449, 2-85095, 33-00866, 33-23650, 33-31075, 33-47596 and 33-
	53895 are hereby incorporated by reference.

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			     SIGNATURES

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 
registrant, APPLE COMPUTER, INC., certifies that it has reasonable grounds 	
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and 
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by 
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, County
of Santa Clara, State of California, on this 28th day of June, 1996.

			APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

By:	/s/ Gilbert F. Amelio		
	Gilbert F. Amelio, Chairman and
	Chief Executive Officer 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Gilbert F. Amelio and Edward B. Stead,
and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in 
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration 
Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and 
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully and to all intents 
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or 
their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		   Title				Date

/s/ Gilbert F. Amelio	   Chairman and			   June 28, 1996
(Gilbert F. Amelio)	   Chief Executive Officer
			   (Principal Executive Officer)
			   and Director
				II-2
4

/s/ Jeanne Seeley	   Vice President, Finance and	   June 28, 1996
(Jeanne Seeley)		   Corporate Controller 
			   (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/Bernard Goldstein	   Director		   	   June 28, 1996
(Bernard Goldstein)

/s/ B. Jurgen Hintz	   Director			   June 26, 1996
(B. Jurgen Hintz)

			   Director			   June   , 1996
(Katherine M. Hudson)

/s/ Delano E. Lewis	   Director			   June 27, 1996
(Delano E. Lewis)

			   Director			   June   , 1996
(A. C. Markkula, Jr.)

/s/Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.   Director			   June 26, 1996
(Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.)

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		SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

		    Washington, D.C. 20549

		______________________________

			   FORM S-8 

		   REGISTRATION STATEMENT

			   under 

		 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

	       _______________________________

		     APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

	      ________________________________

			  EXHIBITS

	      ________________________________

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			INDEX TO EXHIBITS

								Sequentially
Exhibit								Numbered
Number 	Note 	Description					Page	
	

	4.1	(1)	Common Shares Rights Agreement dated
			as of May 15, 1989 between the Company 
			and the First National Bank of Boston, 
			as Rights Agent.

	10.A.5	(2)	1990 Stock Option Plan	

	5.1		Opinion of counsel as to legality of 	E-3
			securities being registered.	

	24.1	(3) 	Consent of counsel.	

	24.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, 		E-5
			independent auditors.	

	25.1	(4)	Power of attorney.	
________________
Notes:

(1)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration 
	Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
	on May 26, 1989.

(2) 	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.A.5 to the Company's Quarterly
	Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 29, 1995, 
	filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act.

(3)	Contained in Exhibit 5.1

(4)	See Pages II-2 to II-3. 

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