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Re: Apple ]['s on the big screen



Stavros Robert Karatsoridis (skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu) wrote:
: Michael Hrusovsky (en332@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:

: :  How about the movie Star Trek IV "The Voyage Home"
: : I believe Scotty uses a IIc to make a molecular model of transparent Aluminum.
: : Or something to that effect
: :                              /\/\ike

: No, He used an original model (as in 1984--128K) Macintosh. I still think
: it's funny to see him try to talk into the mouse to give the computer
: commands.  "Keyboards. How quaint!"

Actually I think it's a "Mac Classic" same thing but a bit newer box
What I find interesting is that he used the keyboard...
Graphic design on a Mac is done with the mouse...
most everything on the Mac is done with the mouse...

Much easyer to use than the keyboard....
Personaly I like the one button mouse...  Easyer on the user..
No need to say "left button" or "right button"... you'll always find
someone so fearful of computers they can not tell left from right...

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