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2010-07-24 19:57 Apple Outbreak

Outbreak features a number of Apple computers including Macintosh IIs and Starring-the-Computer newcomers Macintosh IIxcs, as well and a Compaq LTE laptop. The Wedding Planner also offers an Apple, with another appearance for an iMac.

2010-07-19 22:51 Flatliners NeXT?

This is a pretty dodgy one. I have been told that there is a NeXTcube in Flatliners. I see a monitor and a printer that are definitely NeXT, and if the machine were a NeXTstation then you'd expect to see it under the monitor, but I'm not convinced that I can actually see the Cube at all. Normally this would disqualify this appearance from Starring-the-Computer but, mostly because I'd love to have a NeXT machine in the database, I'm going to allow it. Feel free to moan about my inconsistency!

2010-07-17 01:06 Apple Camp

A couple of Apple computers make brief appearances in Camp Nowhere, a Powerbook 1XX and a IIGS.

2010-07-15 22:41 Exported Beebs

There is a very rare (unique?) appearance of Acorn BBC Micros in an American feature — they appear fleetingly in Supergirl.

2010-07-10 21:12 Quantum of Solace

There's another appearance of a Sony Vaio UX in the latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace.

2010-06-20 13:19 Honeywell is Easy

Murder is Easy features Starring-the-Computer's first Honeywell 6000 Level 66 computer. This will be the last update (and comment approval) for two weeks as I'm away on holiday.

2010-06-12 00:36 Sony Vaio UX

The Sony Vaio UX makes its debut on Starring-the-Computer with appearances in two films: Paul Blart - Mall Cop and The Pink Panther 2.

2010-06-04 23:02 Cool Surfer

Be Cool has another role for a Panasonic Toughbook 29, and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer has some good shots of a Nokia 770.

2010-05-26 00:22 Some of these computers are Primeval

The fourth episode of the first season of Primeval has a couple of classics, a Commodore 64 and a Sinclair ZX81, alongside a newcomer — an HP iPAQ rz1700 in an important role.

2010-05-17 22:02 Cloaked Fame

Cloak and Dagger features a fairly prominent Atari 800 and an episode of Fame provides Starring-the-Computer with its first Tandy 1000SX.

2010-05-10 23:44 Alien Christmas

There's a brief appearance of a Apple Mac Plus in Christmas Vacation and the terrible B-movie Alien Species has a fairly important role for a Toshiba T4600 laptop.

2010-05-06 08:14 Denise Calls Up

Denise Calls Up is a haven for early 1990s laptops, all Starring-the-Computer newcomers. There are two Apple Powerbook 100s, a Toshiba T1000SE, and a Compaq SLT.

2010-05-03 10:54 Sahara Shooter

Sahara is awash with laptops. There is an Apple Powerbook G4, a Panasonic Toughbook 29 and two Starring-the-Computer newcomers, a Sony VAIO TR and a Samsung X30. Shooter has a Toughbook 51 and, another debutant, a Rugged Notebooks RNB230.

2010-04-30 00:32 Knight Rider Season 1

Two machines make their Starring-the-Computer debut thanks to Knight Rider. A Datascope from an Entrex 480 appears throughout Season 1. The episode The Topaz Connection offer a brief view on an IBM Displaywriter. Finally, there are two more Intertec Superbrain appearances to report in The Final Verdict and White Bird.

2010-04-26 22:46 MacGyver's NEC

The Ugly Duckling episode of MacGyver has a IBM PC XT and, more interestingly, two Starring-the-Computer newcomers from NEC: the PC8001 and the PC8801.

2010-04-21 22:30 Tough Luck

Three new additions feature Panasonic Toughbook Laptops: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Rendition.