[X4U] Macs in movies and TV...

[Geoffrey Loeffler]

Oh yes, indeed they pay for product placement, in movies and T.V. It is 
a big money maker. I have seen computers that I know is the form factor 
of a Pismo but the Apple is blanked out, on the front and back, so 
sometimes they put one in as a prop but no pay no play. The West Wing 
shows a lot of Macs
GSL

On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:47 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.