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By: Ben Dyer
with help from: CAST

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Macs Being Used

Who Uses Them
What It Is
What They Do

Aerosmith

Rock Band
Sound, Lights

American Recordings

Music Label
Recording, Distribution

Archie McPhee

Catalog
Layout

Babylon 5

TV Show
Post-Production Work

Bellsouth.net

Internet Service Provider
Uses Apple WebObjects

BMW

Automobile Manufacturer
Internet

Boomerang Plane

Experimental Plane
Navigation, Instrumentation, Communication

Bristol-Meyers-Squibb

Pharmaceutical Company
Sales Reps

Clancy, Tom

Best-Selling Author
Personal Use

Crichton, Michael

Best-Selling Author
Personal Use

Diamond, Neil Concerts

Singer
Lights, Laser Show, Sound, Mixing

Dragonheart

Movie
Computer Animation

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Museum System
Internet

Federal Express

Worldwide Package Delivery Company
Logo Design

Godzilla

Movie
Editing

Great Minds of Business

TV Show
Video Editing

Hanna-Barbera

Animation Company
StyleGuide Production

Hercules

TV Show
Post-Production Work

International Contemporary Furniture Fair

Large Furtniture-Making Conference
Registration on Mac Pluses and SEs

Japan's National Tourist Organization Offices

Self-explanatory
Everything

Kaiser Permanente

Health Insurance Company
Networking, AppleSearch

K-EYE 42 Witness News

CBS Affiliate in Austin
Anchors use them

Kinko's

Printing Company
Advertising, Marketing

Las Vegas Police Department

Law Enforcement Agency
Everything

Lockheed Martin

Defense Contractor
Intranet

Macy's

Department Store
Pre-Press, Publishing

Microsoft

Software Company
Animated GIFs, Graphics Design

Mitchell, Bill

Political Cartoonist
Personal Use

MVBMS

Ad Agency (does work for MCI, Club Med, Dunkin' Donuts, and--ironically--Intel ;-)
Everything

NASA

National Aeronautical Space Administration
Data acquisition, space shuttle test monitoring

National Institutes of Health-Outpatient Section

Government Health Agency
All sorts of things, even debugging WinNT problems ;-)

Netscape

Web Browser Company
Programming, Testing

New York Times

Newspaper
Pre-Press Work, Layout

Northwest Airlines

Airline
Jet Fuel Purchasing and Distribution

Park Plaza Hotel at Oakland Airport

Hotel
Room Keycard Encoding

Popular Mechanics

Magazine
Page Layout

Reel FX, Inc.

Video Editing Company (Designed Chuck E. Cheese Commercials)
Video Editing

Sinbad

Comedian/Actor
Uses a Powerbook 3400, Used to have a Mac Plus

Smithsonian

National Museum
Newtons used for Self-Guided Tours, PowerMac 8600s for Kiosks

Spawn

Movie
Computer Animation

Starfire Optical Range (SOR) Telescope

Strongest telescope in existence
Everything

Time

Magazine
Everything, including Graphics Design

U2

Concerts
Used Quadra 650s for MIDI, A/V Control, used to use SE-30s

Ullman, Tracey

Comedienne
Personal Use

View Askew

Movie Production Company
?

Walgreen's

Drug/General Store
Collaboration

WCAX-TV Burlington, VT

TV Station
Commercials, News Gathering, Everything Really

WXIA-TV Atlanta

TV Station
All Sorts of Things

Xena: Warrior Princess

TV Show
Post-Production Work


Created: 03/22/98
Updated: 11/09/02


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