Good Guys Use Macs, Bad Guys Use PCs

from the well,-duh dept

Someone with way too much free time has discovered that on Fox's popular TV show 24 (which I will admit being somewhat addicted to), all of the good guys use Macs, while the bad guys use PCs. Of course, in a show where you're not supposed to know who's good and who's bad until it's too late, that could be a very important (if inadvertant) visual clue. There was one "good" character using a PC, but then it turned out that she was really bad. Another (good) character recently switched from a Mac to a PC, so the theory is that she was good, but now she's turning bad. The writers of the show deny it - and bringing it to their attention probably makes sure that it's not much of an indicator any more. All I know is that I use a PC, so I'm obviously "bad".

1 Comments | Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 


 

Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

  1.  

    Good Guys on Macs

    identicon
    Fred Tourette, Feb 18th, 2002 @ 2:39pm

    Gosh. And I always thought it had something to do with whoever coughed up the most bucks for permission to provide the props. Ever noticed all those Gateway boxes lying around (not to mention, oversized logos on the gear) in "ER"? This puts a whole new twist on my shameless marketing theories. Further study needs to be done on the Macs v. PCs on [MS]NBC's "The West Wing"....

    reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]


Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>
A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
Essential Reading
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This