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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
 Posted - 13 May 2002 : 09:44:22
I was at a newsstand yesterday looking for Mac magazines (which there are never enough of!) and I noticed something odd about the cover of the current issue of "Troubleshooting Windows". On the cover is a familiar beige-box, a Mac! It's either a 7100 or a Q650, with internal CD-ROM. On top of it is an Apple 14" AV monitor. Both have their respective Apple logos and model names removed.So I'm wondering...dumb mistake, or tongue-in-cheek subversion by a Mac using designer who created the cover image?  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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SpaceBoy
Full Member
USA
631 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 10:00:41
You know, I see this all the time!
If you look through mags (computer and non-computer), at least 2/3 times you see a computer, it's either a Mac with a PC screenshot pasted over the desktop, or a wintel box with a Mac screen pasted over the desktop. Really, if you start looking, you'll see this everywhere! I usually see 'em in mags with lots of ads- Newsweek is a good place to start looking. Look at your local library/thrift store- dig around and you'll find millions of old copies of "PC World" and the like- I've seen thousands of these over the years. I'd say that they're just stupid mistakes, but there are so many of them! Must be some sort of inside joke. I've even seen them on TV... one in particular is an older "Ditech insurance" ad, where there's a windows screen with the logo and all, but it's on a Mac monitor and an ADB Mouse II is there as well... Maybe design people just know that Mac hardware is nicer looking then PC hardware....
Would these be considered 'rotten easter eggs'?
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 10:06:38
Oh yeah another story: I was in Bed, Bath and Beyond and saw a turntable device used for putting heavy objects on, and on the package it showed a LC 580 being used on it!666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 15:16:53
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I noticed something odd about the cover of the current issue of "Troubleshooting Windows". On the cover is a familiar beige-box, a Mac!
Well, the best way to get rid of your Windows computing problems is to get a mac.Wonko The Sane
Engineer-in-training
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2002 : 18:04:22
Yeah, you see this a lot. The newspaper here has a continuous ad for their computer section showing an ADB Mouse II with the Apple airbrushed over!~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 21 May 2002 : 18:48:16
I love it when it is advertising those comp tables and it has those fruity iMacs on them.....I just sit and laugh. Its funny how much mordorsoft and its allies bow down to us without even realizing it...~The Penguin |Captain, Intelligence Operations|
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Hikaru
Starting Member
16 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2002 : 01:02:38
I showed that mag to a PC user I know and he was ticked off, then he said "well that aint a Mac its a PC, I used to have one of these I think it was a Dell or a Gateway"
I told him if youre gonna lie to me at least lie to me about stuff I dont know about
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2002 : 09:09:41
Good job, Hiraku! Yeah, it was definitely a Mac, no way to tell whether it was a Quadra 650 or a 7100 without seeing the back panel, though.  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2002 : 23:02:26
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Good job, Hiraku! Yeah, it was definitely a Mac, no way to tell whether it was a Quadra 650 or a 7100 without seeing the back panel, though. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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What sort of floppy drive did it have? Quadra/Centris 650s have auto inject floppy drives, whereas PowerMacs have manual inject drives. Thats another way of finding out. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2002 : 03:02:38
Yes, but it might be a bit hard to insert a floppy disk into a advertisement... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2002 : 04:06:36
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Yes, but it might be a bit hard to insert a floppy disk into a advertisement... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
You don't have to. You just have to look at the picture. If the drive looks like the floppy drive in, say, a Colour Classic, then its an auto inject drive, and therefore either a IIvx or IIvi, or a 650. If it looks like a floppy drive in say, a PowerMac 7500, then its a manual inject drive, and therefore a PowerMac 7100. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2002 : 05:30:23
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Yes, but it might be a bit hard to insert a floppy disk into a advertisement...
You don't have to. You just have to look at the picture. If the drive looks like the floppy drive in, say, a Colour Classic, then its an auto inject drive, and therefore either a IIvx or IIvi, or a 650. If it looks like a floppy drive in say, a PowerMac 7500, then its a manual inject drive, and therefore a PowerMac 7100.
<rolleyes>~coxy - 1 point ml5 - 0 points HAR!™ you've been had, comrade! 'twas but a joke! jt  ™.
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2002 : 08:34:18
Wish I actually had the magazine in front of me (you didn't think I actually bought it, did you?) so I could look...'cuz I sure can't remember what kinda floppy it had. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it was a 7100, though, as they tend to be pretty common.666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2002 : 12:31:47
OMG! You're not going to believe the coincidence, but the new guy sitting in the cubicle next to me has the exact copy of Troubleshooting Windows sitting on his desk! Time to figure out which it is.... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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Regular Disappear! Edited by - cinemafia on 04 Jun 2002 12:32:22 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jun 2002 : 14:31:20
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<rolleyes>~coxy - 1 point ml5 - 0 points HAR!™ you've been had, comrade! 'twas but a joke!
*makes loud imitation of the "Wild Eep" alert sound* -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
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