The Mac and Movies (Score 1)

Actually the two most common computers for the big screen have traditionally been Macs and SGI's, not for (or just for) their graphics capabilities, but because of their refresh charecteristics. Ever seen a news report done from a PC based lab. You get annoying scrolling lines refresh lines as the refresh frames nearly synch with the frames of the camera. Sure they should be able to digitally edit anything on to the screens now, but they used to do that, and it looked even worse than it does now. (Remember the screens where the letters took up a quarter of the screen? I.E.

• The Highlander

.)

Just a little movie trivia now. Do you know what computer was used to save the midwest from

• Twister

. A SGI laptop. Now where can I get one of those?