From MacFixIt:
Intel using iBook in commercial? MacFixIt reader Brian Fountain reports that Intel is using an iBook in one of its more recent TV spots:
“I was watching the SciFi channel last night (Wed. June 16) and an Intel commercial came on. Here we see a young couple exploring some ancient ruins in Sicily and they are carrying a small laptop. The narrator is espousing the Intel wireless capabilities. They attach a camera to this laptop and we see several shots of the desktop, showing what the little Intel cameral sees. […] It struck me how the blue desktop background looked a lot like the default OS X background. A few frames later you can clearly see the Dock at the bottom of the laptop’s screen!
“I immediately Tivo’d the commercial. Since playing it back. It is clear from the start the they are using a 12 inch iBook, although it is modified to not look too much like an iBook.”
You know, I’ve seen that commercial. I didn’t even notice it was an iBook — instead, I was concentrating on the incredible liberties they were taking with reality. This commercial basically gives the impression that you can carry an Intel laptop anywhere — like, the steps of some ancient ruins — and still be connected to the internet. These people are wandering around Roman ruins and surfing the web. People who expect to be able to do this are going to be sorely disappointed.
