I figured that Macs show up in the movies and TV shows allot because they look cool and artsy, which is what the characters are supposed to be. How many shows have a hacker surrounded by lots of obsolete equipment with flashing lights when a real hacker probably have a PC or 2 running a Linux variant and a stack of mountain dew cans in the corner? Some shows go the other way and show completely obsolete computers sitting on a desk probably not even plugged in.
As far as all the software on the shelf, I cant even remember the last time I actually got to hold the install media of the software on my machine at a job, its all installed by IT and kept in a safe or something so that during an audit they don't get stuffed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Klein-Hass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Mac Spotting > On Tuesday 13 July 2004 07:21 am, nathan wrote: > > The movie Duplex as well. With Ben Stiller and Drew Berrymore.. Ben has a > > Pismo that gets burned in a fire then run over by a truck. Drew had a 15 > > titiaum powerbook. As well as G4's and 23' cinema displays at her ad firm. > > > > But one that I've never understood is the classic of Office Space.. Where > > the main guy uses a Umax desktop the shows OS 8.? But when shut down goes > > to a glowing yellow c:\ As well as the 85/9500 that is used to copy the so > > called virus program from. .The monitor that the system is plugged into > > shows windows.... Hmmmm ( I know.. Don't berate me geekness to terrible > > much..) > > It's more complex than that. It seems to me like Mike Judge, who was a > Computer Assisted Drafter at an architectural firm before he chucked it in > favor of his hobby of making animated movies, had a specific plan in mind > when he specified the "OS" of the Initech computers. > > Usually, when you see a computer in action in a movie, it's running a > pre-designed presentation that is as scripted as the dialogue. Nobody wants > to redo a take because the computer a character is using freezes or crashes > and is not meant to do so in the script. > > It seems as if Judge wanted to come up with a system that would be instantly > recognizable to both Mac-heads and Windows users. If you look very carefully > at the shelves, the software manuals you see are from long-dead programs like > DBase III and Multiplan and WordStar, which is quite amusing in itself. > > BTW: usually those presentations for movies are designed, built and run on > Macs. Even those that are supposed to look like Windows. > -- > Michelle Klein-Hass > Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 > Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
