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10-22-2003, 11:29 AM
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Steve Jobs is the guy who had the logo flipped when he noticed someone using a G3 Powerbook and saw the logo was upside down with the display up, so he asked it to be flipped.
And as the above poster said regarding paid or not usage on TV, the vast majority of the time I see Macs on TV, the logo is covered, so it was the doing of the art director or other production personel of the show to include the Macs. Since they didn't likely ask Apple, they cover the logo.
Regarding the good verse evil usage of computers, there's a print and TV ad for Comcast which they show the speedy internet access of Comcast on Macs, and the slow access on Windows machines.
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10-22-2003, 11:50 AM
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In "2010" you can see Roy Scheider typing away on an Apple IIc while on the beach. Now that 2010 is only 6+ years away its amazing how "modern" that machine still looks.
Disclaimer: The Apple IIc was my first computer.
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10-22-2003, 12:16 PM
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so it was the doing of the art director or other production personel of the show to include the Macs.
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You may have just uncovered the key without even realizing it. Since art driectors and set designers are the ones to decide what computers a scene needs, they may get Macs because most creative people (i.e. designers) use Mac and will lean toward Apple.
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10-22-2003, 02:50 PM
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After all, who wants to see Sarah Jessica Parker use a crappy Dell laptop?
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That would be impossible seeing as there is no such thing as a "crappy Dell Laptop". 
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10-23-2003, 08:10 AM
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That would be impossible seeing as there is no such thing as a "crappy Dell Laptop"
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Crappy looking.  Face it, PCs are butt ugly.
I mean, LOOK at this thing:
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10-23-2003, 08:37 AM
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Also, movie characters are far more likely to be creative types (like the above mentioned Carrie Bradshaw) who usually have Macs, rather than say accountants, who tend towards PCs.
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Translation: Also, movie characters are far more likely to be creative types (like the above mentioned Carrie Bradshaw) who usually have Macs, who like macs because they are shiny and baubley, they also dont mind paying twice as much for less functionality rather than say accountants, who tend towards PCs becuase they actually have a job and need to run applications like ACL, Monarch, and documentation version control applications and other software that mac users havent ever heard of.
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I mean, LOOK at this thing:
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Maybe you're joking but I happen to like that laptop. I guess I'll call apple when I need bright orange toy computer for my 5 year old niece.
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10-23-2003, 09:12 AM
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Apple Computers actually run a real operating system (Unix) not a cobbled together piece of crap. So, Macs can run just about any robust Unix app. I choose Mac and I manage an enterprise of 16,000 people. Imagine that! (Oh, we use the unix shell to do most of our work on servers - servers that are industrial strength and secure - not accounting nonsense.)
Funny, Apple hasn't made a colored computer in years - but Dell is putting cute teal colors on theirs now (see above). But Dell is always following apple's lead since they have no R&D or design staff of their own. Apple invents, Dell buys commodity parts.
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10-23-2003, 09:32 AM
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they also dont mind paying twice as much for less functionality
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Not to start another Apple vs. Mac war, but if you're going to argue, please get the facts straight.
The reason why Macs cost more is because they are virtually 99.99% compatible with everything related to Mac, unlike PC's which run into nightmarish problems with 3rd party software and hardware.
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10-23-2003, 09:53 AM
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not to mention apple laptops cost LESS than equivalent PC laptops (IS there an equivalent?). desktops on the other hand are more...but I'd personally rather pay more for a better user experience and NO VIRUSES.
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10-23-2003, 02:13 PM
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Translation: Also, movie characters are far more likely to be creative types (like the above mentioned Carrie Bradshaw) who usually have Macs, who like macs because they are shiny and baubley, they also dont mind paying twice as much for less functionality rather than say accountants, who tend towards PCs becuase they actually have a job and need to run applications like ACL, Monarch, and documentation version control applications and other software that mac users havent ever heard of.
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I should stay out of it, but since you "quoted" my post here goes:
Your statement that PC users "actually have a job" is about as absurd as it gets -- to use myself as an example: I am software developer, have been for the last 20 years and happen to work on Wall St. I think that qualifies as an "actual job". I also have owned Macs since March of 1984 and have never, ever owned a PC.
The fictional Carrie Bradshaw is journalist: since when is being a journalist not a serious profession? Or a sound engineer, graphics designer, film maker, etc, etc. -- very serious professions all. Can you share with us which jobs you consider to be "actual" and which are not?
If a Macintosh user wanted to run the programs you mention they would simply get VPC software. If a PC user wanted to run Final Cut Pro 4 or an equally functional program they would have a choice of either spending 5 to 6 figures on a full blown Avid setup or buying a Mac...
Your implication that Macs are are more expensive or less functional than Wintel PCs is simply wrong. The new Macintosh based Supercomputer at Virginia Tech, is already in the top 5 of the world's fastest Supercomputers -- it cost 10 to 100 times less than most of its competitors and was built in a fraction of the time they took to be assembled.
Computers are tools: I use Macs because with them, I can devote my time to doing my job, rather than fixing my computer due to the latest Microsoft only virus attack or DLL or what have you conflicts.
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