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David Simon (“The Wire”) uses a MacBook Pro

While hunting through The Sun’s photo archives (in my design editor role) for something completely unrelated, I discovered this Associated Press photo taken March 5 in Los Angeles of David Simon working on his MacBook Pro.

EndofTheWire.jpg

Simon, of course, is the renowned creator of the acclaimed HBO television series
“The Wire,” which ended its five-year run March 9. Simon was a police reporter at The Sun during the mid-1980s and early 1990s, which inspired his first TV series, “Homicide: Life on the Street.”

I e-mailed Simon about his Mac use. Though he has a PC at home, Simon replied that because he travels a lot and has a relatively hectic work schedule, the Mac is his primary computer, used for “most of my work.”

However, “The Wire” was produced mostly with Avid video products according to Karen L. Thorson, the show’s producer (though Macs were used by many on the post-production staff for non-video support tasks).

In the photo, Simon is working on dialogue for next project, “Generation Kill,” a new miniseries based on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The seven-hour miniseries is scheduled to air on HBO in July. I haven’t gotten word on whether this show will be produced using Apple products, only this promising clue: the guy in charge of post-production has a .Mac e-mail address.

Note to flamers: I realize this isn’t news, but though some Mac fans would get a kick out of it.

Comments

I believe that's a Powerbook in the Photo..not a MacBook Pro.

This is off-topic, just a minor mystery for you.

I noticed that the email alert I got for this column does not show quotation marks well, ending up as different characters than quote marks in both my Safari and Firefox browsers, and different in Safari from those in Firefox!

But when I click on the link in the email alert and get the same column as part of the Sun's web page display, the quote marks show up just fine. Is the fix for my browsers needed on my end or yours? TIA. I enjoy this column and similar efforts to keep Mac users on top of things.

Congratulations David Simon and continue enjoying your Mac!

Daniel
http://www.palluxo.com

It's just like what I'm typing on, a 12" Powerbook, aka AluPB. You can see the pre-MagSafe plug and the plastic antenna ears on the upper sides of the screen.

Ooops, 15", as it's got speakers beside the keyboard, and a PC card slot. Sure looked narrow enough in the photo to be the 12".

I Got Some Ideas and know how to have some more seasons of The Wire and what they can be about but i would like to talk to the writers of the show about it do anybody here know how i can do that if so please contact me at my email
ewolf12002@yahoo.com or oaklandphenix@yahoo.com I have enough ideas for at least a full season and more but i also have some peoples of mine with ideas and given the oppertunity we can come up with at least 4 more seasons I wana pitch our ideas to the writer and producers of the show so if anyone happens to read this and knows how to contact them please E-mail Me Imediately at my e-mail .

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About David Zeiler
David ZeilerDavid Zeiler follows all developments related to Apple, Inc. Having spent his early computing years on the Apple II platform, he moved to the Mac in 1993.

At The Baltimore Sun he designs pages, compelled against his will to work on a Windows-based PC.
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