Computer Geeks in Movies.

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If the client had used macs there would have been no data conversion charge.

So in 1995 Mac was the industry standard and not MS?

[Lady's Human]

So in 1995 Mac was the industry standard and not MS?

For graphic arts work? Absolutely, and in many cases still is.

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For graphic arts work? Absolutely, and in many cases still is.

I whole heartedly agree, and not just for graphic arts. From what I hear hear Macs are far and away better then Winblowz for audio and video mixing.

But in 1995 did Mac have a big enough market share to even be considered a industry standard? Mac dosent have more then a 10% market share today.

[Lady's Human]

In 1995 if you walked into any graphics shop there were Macs, and only Macs.

Remember, the "killer apps" for Macintosh were the early Adobe creative products and Quark Xpress. They weren't even in play in the PC world. In 1995 there was enough of a PC inroads in those areas to have to be considered (hence the data conversion issues), but Mac was it.

Jobs had left Apple, they were licensing Mac platforms, and life in the Mac world was good.

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I get it now. A week late but I get it. Next time try to be more obvious.

Macs are still the heavy hitter for graphics and video editing, Im sure if Im wrong someone will try and show their superior knowledge here.

Back on topic, I did some searching and if we jump in the way back machine to '96, movies show the good guys using Macs.

Im sure if we were talking movies made in the countries that have the Euro as currency Macs would be the PC of choice for the Evil doers.

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Much of this has to do with product placement fees, which apple has been happy to pay over the years.

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Much of this has to do with product placement fees, which apple has been happy to pay over the years.

Well "Duh". Thats probably the main reason this bothers me.

Apple was more then happy to give school districts free gear to suck them in for future sales.

On the other hand I would not object to movies using Unix users as the bad guy as it would get Linux into the minds of users as more versatile then W7 or OSX.

ETA: More Unix users would probably cut into Puck's bottom line, my boss's as well.