Mac Spotting

[Royksöpp]

Sex and The City had a few Mac sightings, and not just the G3 laptop.

 

[Royksöpp]

Ab Fab! Staring G4 Cube and Dalmatian iMac!

 

[reddrag0n]

stumbled across this site. has mac and many other computers shown in movies and tv shows.

Starring the Computer

 

[Amethyst1]

The Net also prominently features Macs - especially during the climax which was filmed at Macworld.

 

[netsrot39]

¿Quién mató a Sara? (Who killed Sara) – Spanish Netflix series, images are from the seventh episode of the first season

I watched this series a few months ago (I highly recommend it btw) and was surprised to see an iBook G4 in a series from 2021 whose story is also set in the present

 

[TheShortTimer]

From a 1999 1998 episode of Coronation Street: the world's longest running TV soap opera.

I can't identify the model - perhaps the experts among us will be able to name it.

 

[netsrot39]

I know the series "Fringe" has been mentioned here before. Well I've started to watch the series for the first times a few days ago (pretty good so far) and couldn't help but to notice a Cinema Display, an aluminum Apple Keyboard and a Mighty Mouse in a scene at Massive Dynamic's HQ (ending scene of episode 3, season 1). Unfortunately there is no way to tell if the Cinema Display is actually connected to a Mac.

 

[Amethyst1]

Unfortunately there is no way to tell if the Cinema Display is actually connected to a Mac.

The windows' blue title bars don't look Mac-like to me, but it may just be a mock-up UI designed just for the series.

 

[eyoungren]

From a 1999 1998 episode of Coronation Street: the world's longest running TV soap opera.

I can't identify the model - perhaps the experts among us will be able to name it.

PowerMac 6100. There was a small amount of time when I was first married and my PC was stolen that my mom let me borrow this same model. Unfortunately, I was a PC person at the time so I didn't do much with it.

 

[TheShortTimer]

PowerMac 6100. There was a small amount of time when I was first married and my PC was stolen that my mom let me borrow this same model. Unfortunately, I was a PC person at the time so I didn't do much with it.

Thanks @eyoungren for the identification and for sharing the personal context.

An expert indeed was able to shed light on this matter.

 

[eyoungren]

Thanks @eyoungren for the identification and for sharing the personal context.

An expert indeed was able to shed light on this matter.

My mom is a retired teacher. She used to teach computer science as one of her classes. So from 1983 to when she retired there were computers that came and went in the house. In the 90s she was all Mac (she had a 7200 I think) so the 6100 being in the house would not have been out of the ordinary.



This would have been around 1998. Can't see it really well, but that's the 6100 in the pic.

*Cats are Daria and Mr. Newman. We got them as kittens, brother and sister, only to find out years later that they had wandered off from a neighbor. Both passed on several years back.

PS. Yes, that is the same gold chair that is currently out in my garage.

 

[B S Magnet]

From a 1999 1998 episode of Coronation Street: the world's longest running TV soap opera.

I can't identify the model - perhaps the experts among us will be able to name it.

Ah yes. Arguably the most dreadful, painful PowerPC Mac on the entire planet.

I know the series "Fringe" has been mentioned here before. Well I've started to watch the series for the first times a few days ago (pretty good so far) and couldn't help but to notice a Cinema Display, an aluminum Apple Keyboard and a Mighty Mouse in a scene at Massive Dynamic's HQ (ending scene of episode 3, season 1). Unfortunately there is no way to tell if the Cinema Display is actually connected to a Mac.

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Good catch! I’ll need to re-watch for that scene, because by the look of it, I would have thought this was from the first season after Olivia’s first partner died and MD tried to extract data from his brain.

 

[TheShortTimer]

Good catch! I’ll need to re-watch for that scene, because by the look of it, I would have thought this was from the first season after Olivia’s first partner died and MD tried to extract data from his brain.

Spoilers! ?

 

[B S Magnet]

Spoilers! ?

Sorry. It’s early first season stuff I was referring to and it isn’t spoiling much other than, well, the first episode.

Things get really good beginning with season two and stay that way until the end.

Also, it being a series which ended eight years ago, I hadn’t thought I might be spoiling for anyone here. Thanks for pointing out that I was.

 

[Amethyst1]

Paycheck (trailer) features an acrylic ACD in the scenes where Jennings' memories are erased. And, curiously, despite his brain overheating in the process (which is said to be fatal), he seems fine. The wonders of science fiction I guess...

 

[Macbookprodude]

Have you had a look in here:

Starring the Computer

Computers in movies and television shows

www.starringthecomputer.com

This listed in

Web 1.1: Building The New Old Web​

Amazing, no love for the TI-99/4A which at that time was 1000's times better than atari, trash 80 and commodore.

 

[Wild Hare]

(RIP Walter)

 

[B S Magnet]

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(RIP Walter)

Walter lives on forever and that is canon.

 

[pakra]

In The Sopranos S3E6 (2001) a blueberry clamshell is used for a shot or two.

And in the 70th episode of the Monster anime, there is a scene with OS9.

Spoiler

 

[Amethyst1]

And in the 70th episode of the Monster anime, there is a scene with OS9.

Considering the anime is set in Germany, the screenshot being in German makes sense. (I was surprised by this and looked it up.)

 

[eyoungren]

Commercial for localsteals.com.

15" PowerBook G4s. Of course the short clip shows both typing away with the screens off.

?‍♂️

 

[Amethyst1]

Of course the short clip shows both typing away with the screens off.

Maybe they’re blind and don’t need no stinkin’ screen.

 

[mortlocli]

Maybe they’re blind and don’t need no stinkin’ screen.

Maybe they need 'three amigos' to show them how to switch it on..?

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Season one Americas test kitchen - Adam Reid’s gadget segment includes an iMac g4 on the counter.

 

[B S Magnet]

Commercial for localsteals.com.

15" PowerBook G4s. Of course the short clip shows both typing away with the screens off.

?‍♂️

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My instant reaction to this pic was, “Womp, womp…”