[X4U] Macs in movies and TV...

[John Richardson]

Hello,

I'm waiting for a new 20" G5 iMac to wash up on the shore of the TV series
LOST.

John F. Richardson

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I'm always happy to see macs on TV. My wife is getting sick of me. I
sit there and yell out: "iMac!", "PowerBook", "iBook". I see them a lot
on 24 and CSI, although there are some Dell's mixed in.

My brother's wife, who lives in LA and is connected to "the industry",
got a dual USB iBook a couple of years ago that had only been used as a
prop for what was then a fraction of the street price. I'm not sure
exactly how that transaction came about.

Jim

On 5-Jan-05, at 3:47 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I figured if anyone would know it would be the people on this list.
>
> I was watching TV at a friends house the other day and during a
> commercial (can't remember for what) I pointed out an imac in the
> background. Later that same evening while we were flipping channels I
> pointed out a PowerBook (I think is was on CSI). My friend (PC guy),
> knowing I was a Mac user, asked me why most of the computers shown on
> TV and in Movies (and other media for that matter), even if they're in
> the background and not being used, are Macs. Honestly, I didn't have
> an answer. Is Apple paying for all this product placement? Even my
> local Sears store has cardboard iMacs set up on the desks in their
> furniture showroom.
>
> Mark Des Cotes
> Systems Manager/Graphic Designer

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