The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Wall -E Macbook bootup sound?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by BlackMac, Aug 10, 2008.

  1. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    240
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I work at a movie theater and I was checking the movie out. Wall e is solar charging and when it gets full it makes a sound exactly like the mac bootup one. Anyone else notice that?
     
    BlackMac, Aug 10, 2008
    #1
  2. trueintentions

    trueintentions Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    516
    Messages:
    540
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes it is. :)
     
    trueintentions, Aug 10, 2008
    #2
  3. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,686
    Messages:
    3,982
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Yeah. Too bad the rest of the film isn't as funny.
     
    Budding, Aug 10, 2008
    #3
  4. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    738
    Messages:
    3,811
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    106
    yea, one of the robots also uses a apple program to talk, like they typed his script and used the program.
    Steve Jobs owns a bunch of Pixar. That is why
     
    aan310, Aug 10, 2008
    #4
  5. trueintentions

    trueintentions Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    516
    Messages:
    540
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    As another random fact, Johnathan Ive helped design Eve. :)

    -nudges display picture-
     
    trueintentions, Aug 10, 2008
    #5
  6. cdnalsi

    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

    Reputations:
    433
    Messages:
    1,605
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yeah that's the sound alright.

    Loved Wall-E. In fact, I don't think there's a Pixar movie I hate...
     
    cdnalsi, Aug 10, 2008
    #6
  7. dkwhite

    dkwhite Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    72
    Messages:
    757
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Steve Jobs no longer owns Pixar, Disney owns Pixar. Steve Jobs sold Pixar to Disney after he got a seat on the Disney Board of Directors.
     
    dkwhite, Aug 10, 2008
    #7
  8. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    240
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Ah, that explains why his name is in the credits.
     
    BlackMac, Aug 10, 2008
    #8
  9. Sharkonwheels

    Sharkonwheels Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    45
    Messages:
    447
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    From the commercials, looks like an animated re-hash of Short Circuit, even to how the robot LOOKS. Number 5 has a distinctive head/face, even to the 'flaps' covering the eyes - Wall*E looks, um, identical?


    T
     
    Sharkonwheels, Aug 10, 2008
    #9
  10. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,686
    Messages:
    3,982
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Johnny 5 was a military war machine, Wall-E is a trash dispenser compressor thing. There is quite some difference.
     
    Budding, Aug 10, 2008
    #10