Laptops in some Movies

[BJ_M]

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
One of the stars of Mission Impossible was a Macintosh PowerBook
540C. I know this because I called Apple Computer, and they were
positively giddy to tell me about all the Apple computers used in films
this summer. They'd probably still be talking to me right now, if I
hadn't come up with an excuse to end the conversation.
In this film, the Macintosh advantage is clear. Whereas the
Unknown Laptop was unable to open classified files, Tom Cruise's
PowerBook did not have the same problem. It easily handled classified
information. Nevertheless, the PowerBook 540C did display some flaws.
For example, many of the most popular lists of classified information
take several months longer to be released for the Macintosh platform,
but the PowerBook 540C's superior ability in opening classified files
makes it well worth the wait. One can only hope this will persuade
developers to release more lists of classified information for the
Macintosh.
Another interesting feature of this PowerBook is its superior
acting ability. For example, in several scenes the PowerBook managed to
outact Cruise. True, this is not that difficult an accomplishment. (In
one scene, the leg of a table in the corner of the screen outacted
Cruise for several seconds). Nevertheless, it is always impressive when
a portable computer manges to outperform the lead actor.
You may have mixed feelings about this. If you're the type of
actor who likes to be surrounded by superior actors in the hopes that
this will make the movie that much more successful, then the PowerBook
540C is for you. However, if you're at all worried about being upstaged,
you might want to consider another model.



INDEPENDENCE DAY
Independence Day (or: How I Saved the World From Destruction
With a PowerBook) featured a Macintosh PowerBook 5300. This movie is
where the Macintosh really shines. While the other computers performed
adequately in their films, no other portable computer was able to save
the world from alien desruction. Therefore, the PowerBook 5300 is our
selection as the best portable computer of the group.
Remember the old days when connecting to alien spaceships by
modem took hours of confusing configuration, and was sometimes
impossible because you lacked the proper drivers? With the PowerBook
5300, that era has come to an end. Everything on it is preinstalled.
Just point and click, and you are all set. Thanks to Apple's new
technology, you can even use your modem to play Doom against alien
lifeforms.
Equally impressive is the fact that Apple seems to have
eliminated the problem of screen freezes. Not once in the entire film
did the computer freeze, forcing Jeff Goldblum to reboot. For me, this
was even more unbelievable than the concept of aliens rom another planet
coming down to Earth and trying to destroy the human race.
If Goldblum had had to use my Macintosh, instead, the scene near
the end in which he and Will Smith fly to the alien mothership to upload
a computer virus may have turned out entirely different:
GOLDBLUM: Okay, all we have to do is wait for it to upload the
virus into the alien mothership. Oh, damn! It's stopped! The screen
froze!
SMITH: Don't be giving me none of that freeze stuff! I told you
we should have used a PC!
GOLDBLUM: It'll be okay. We just have to restart the computer.
SMITH: We got three minutes.
GOLDBLUM: Three minutes! I can't restart a Mac in three minutes!
Aaaargh! We're all gonna die!
At this point, the human race would have been destroyed, the
movie would have ended, and audiences across the nation wouldn't have
been as pleased. But the PowerBook 5300 in Independence Day saved the
day, proving that Apple has again become a serious player. If you find
yourself in a big-budget film in which the existence of the human race
is in your hands, you have no choice but to buy the PowerBook 5300.

[Noahtuck]

LMAO!!!!!!!
you really are nutz huh :P

[yoda313]

Hello,



Or how about that handy dandy COUNTDOWN on the laptop in INDEPENDENCE DAY!!! Really hightech feature there... :P

Kevin

[pacmania_2001]

I liked how the human and alien technology were compatible.

[hoyboy]

maybeeee- bill gates is an alien!!!!!. (explains how he gets dressed sometimes)

[BJ_M]

I liked how the human and alien technology were compatible.

cross platform virus extraordinary

[HatchetMan]

I liked the wood laptop in The Final Cut

[BJ_M]

I liked the wood laptop in The Final Cut

they are called “legnatile" laptops and you can buy them ...

they are not just covered in wood - but built of wood completly ..

I also seem to recall another company selling wood laptops ...

[Kunta Kinte]

I liked how the human and alien technology were compatible.

cross platform virus extraordinary

Since the aliens were using our satelllites, they had to use our programs to relay the positioning cues to the rest of their fleet in order to coordinate their attack. Once they started using our programs, their systems became vulnerable to Goldblum's malicious logic, silly wabbits.

[BJ_M]

they come all the way across the galaxy at lightspeed speeds and they have to OUR satellites to communicate?

One of the big holes in that movie (though still very entertaining)

[flaninacupboard]

maybe it was just coincidence that our satellites and their signals operated on the same frequency.

[yoda313]

they come all the way across the galaxy at lightspeed speeds and they have to OUR satellites to communicate?

One of the big holes in that movie (though still very entertaining)

Hello,



Didn't they explain it???

LINE OF SIGHT.

Or would the super advanced hyper technical aliens have figured out how to beam a signal THROUGH a planet????? Seems to make sense to me

Kevin

[BJ_M]

they couldnt drop one or two repeaters in space ? or use the moon ? ... or ULF (like what they installed for sub communication in the upper pen. of Michigan in the 70's and 80's) ?


or hell - they had telepathic abilities anyway ...

[yoda313]

Hello,

or hell - they had telepathic abilities anyway

Yeah but can they send 10 terabytes of data through their brains??? Be kind of hard to send a work order in the form of a spreadsheet and print it out that way for a hard copy!

Kevin

[BJ_M]

they used collective organism organic construction techniques.

they dont need a purchase order or work order for that .. its self replicating, pre-programed stem type construction ..


i should patent this - cus it makes sense to me totally ..

[lumis]

anyone remember the specs of angelina jolie's laptop in the movie hackers?

i remember the queer brazillian guy oozed his pants when he said "twenty eight point eight modem!".

that was probably the stupidest movie ever, but the brief glimpse of angelina jolie's tits was kinda nice..