Macs (in movies or tv shows)

[joe01]

I was wondering are macs ever used in movies or tv shows etc ?

[ceezy3000]

seinfeld, he always had one in the corner, first he had a se/30, then a powerbook duo, then a twentieth anniversary macintosh

[doubleohseven]

I was wondering are macs ever used in movies or tv shows etc ?

Macs are commonly used in Movies and TV shows. From what I remember in the movie Bedtime Stories, an iMac, BlackBook and 1st gen. iPhones appeared in various scenes throughout the movie.

[zachplaysguitar]

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If you really look they are in most popular tv shows/movies

[ceezy3000]

oh yea, theyre also on every show on nickelodeon

[hatehereyes]

There's a picture thread here..

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=483546

[Melrose]

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If you really look they are in most popular tv shows/movies

...to the extent the producers want a snappy computer but don't want to flaunt Apple products so they put a sticker over the logo. LAME!

[raggedjimmi]

It's against the larw to show macs on TV.

[MarcBook]

I've seen Macs in loads of films and TV shows. A few off the top of my head:

- Entourage (all the way through the series, almost like a Mac history)
- The Devil Wears Prada (all Macs in the Runway offices)
- House (seen a MB Pro in a laboratory, House himself has one at home)
- Constantine (Rachel Weisz's character has a PowerBook G4)
- Knocked Up (several Macs throughout)
- I Am Legend (Mac Pros with Cinema Displays, MacBook Pro used by Will Smith)
- The OC (several throughout)
- The Omen (the photographer uses a PowerBook + Cinema Display)
- 24 (I think the good guys use them sometimes, bad guys get Alienwares :p)

The list could go on forever. It's not so much that Apple pays for product placement - it's more that Apple Macs look the best so they're used more often on TV and film.

[AbsurdGenius]

I see Macs on TV all the time, I reckon its because they look nicer than PC's. :D

[KingYaba]

Embedded marketing.

[K3mp]

Macs are commonly used in Movies and TV shows. From what I remember in the movie Bedtime Stories, an iMac, BlackBook and 1st gen. iPhones appeared in various scenes throughout the movie.
They could not watch TV, But they could have a 24" Alu iMac.

[doubleohseven]

They could not watch TV, But they could have a 24" Alu iMac.

LOL that's exactly what I was thinking while watching the movie. Owning a computer (particularly in a 5 year old's bedroom) is even worse than owning a TV, especially with the vast possibilities of Internet these days....

[Melrose]

I've seen Macs in loads of films and TV shows. A few off the top of my head:

- Entourage (all the way through the series, almost like a Mac history)
- The Devil Wears Prada (all Macs in the Runway offices)
- House (seen a MB Pro in a laboratory, House himself has one at home)
- Constantine (Rachel Weisz's character has a PowerBook G4)
- Knocked Up (several Macs throughout)
- I Am Legend (Mac Pros with Cinema Displays, MacBook Pro used by Will Smith)
- The OC (several throughout)
- The Omen (the photographer uses a PowerBook + Cinema Display)
- 24 (I think the good guys use them sometimes, bad guys get Alienwares :p)

The list could go on forever. It's not so much that Apple pays for product placement - it's more that Apple Macs look the best so they're used more often on TV and film.

Tack on Chuck, 30 Rock, and HIMYM. This topic is interesting only to the extent that we all like Macintosh computers - but they're used so often it's not like finding the needle in the haystack when you see the Apple logo on TV.