[X4U] Macs in movies and TV...

[Jim Freeman]

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