First things first, I think Wreck-It Ralph is an under-appreciated gem of a movie. Perfectly cast, beautifully animated. And lots and lots of eye candy and Easter eggs.
Yesterday, Disney released the trailer for Wreck-It Ralph 2, AKA Ralph Breaks the Internet. The trailer is embedded below. That little girl doing the screaming sure resembles toddler Moana. But I digress.
In the trailer, can’t miss it, about 21 seconds in, there’s a shot of a computer interface. In many movies, when they show a computer screen, they’ve mocked up some generic OS. Not sure why, but that happens all the time. Not so here. This is a beauty shot of Mac OS 9, AKA System 9, or at least I think it’s System 9.
There’s a color Apple icon. That launcher bar (that what that was?) at the bottom left, and the application menu on the upper right. That enough to pin this down as System 9?
No matter, I am incredibly excited about this movie. Enjoy the trailer.
Apple only used the “System” moniker through System 7. It was Mac OS for 8 and 9. Based on what is shown on screen, it could be Mac OS 8 or Mac OS 9. The fact that it is running on a faux iMac means 8.1 or later. It felt like Mac OS 8.6 when I saw it, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they got Mac OS 9 running in emulation and just captured it.
Dave, that’s the Control Strip anchored on the lower left corner; sort of the precursor to System Prefs and Menu bar Items. A lot of us really miss what it could do, and it’s ability to be anchored at any point on any screen edge. As noted by Anthony, it’s most likely Mac OS 8.6 on a faux (Bondi Blue) G3 iMac, with the ports on the wrong side. I thought the USB WiFi adapter was a great touch of accuracy, as AirPort (wifi) didn’t appear until the G4 iMac; I still have several of those and a few Bluetooth adapter lying about.
I was leaning 8.6, but I’m pretty sure only 9 had that divider bar in the top right menu bar to the left of macOS face, so I’m going with 9. Almost 100% positive it’s 9.
it would be fine if the movie used that system and targeted the appropriate internet era, but it seems like the characters pop into a ‘modern’ internet (note the kid playing a game on a tablet) so – OS 9 to connect to broadband internet and running what browser? Pedantic I know but…. 😀
The little girl looks very similar to the one in Toy Story 3 as well.
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111210172747/pixar/images/2/22/Bonnie_ts3.png
I stand corrected; yes, third generation candy iMacs were indeed slot loading and had optional AirPort cards. But we know this one is not Blueberry, but Bondi, as the front shows a tray loader and a hockey puck mouse. The logo on the tray door is too blurry to make out, but it’s definitely not an Apple logo, as it has horns. I suspect the rainbow menu logo is not an Apple, either, but it’s too tiny to make out, as well.
No, that divider was not on 8, but I think it appeared on 8.1; definitely by 8.6
https://www.google.com/search?q=images+mac+os+8.6&safe=off&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=insv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9yMrphczZAhVN62MKHWiCBTcQ_AUIESgB&biw=768&bih=899#imgrc=tUh9D9c3y1jVKM:
Remember, if you clicked on it, it toggled between app name or icon only. 9.1 introduced Multiuser, and user name appeared to the left, similar to OS X.
Whoops! Memory flash: that divider was actually a tear-off called the Application Palette. It displayed open apps as tiles and you could use it to switch between apps and had some additional tile arrangements you had to use AppleScript to change.
Wow do I love this community. Some great comments. Leaning to Mac OS 9 myself, but lots of great memories here. Nicely done folks!
— Dave
The menu logo is not only an Apple, it’s the multi-colored Apple.
Full screen mode on Youtube is your friend. It is definitely an Apple. Looks like 8.something.
Mac OS 8.5 or later, because of the wide application switch menu on the right. I don’t really see anything to help pin it down further, but maybe someone else will!
It’s been a long long time since I looked at a Mac running any version of the old OS..
Later G3 iMacs had wireless networking. Any slot-loading iMac has at least a slot for a wireless networking card, though there might not be a card in there. Access was through the back hatch.
I think all slot loading iMacs had integrated antenna. It was just taped up there and plugged into the card.
Me too. Fond memories, though.
When Mac OS X came out I started using it almost immediately. Even at its worse, rebooting Classic was faster than rebooting the whole Mac (even in Mac OS 9).
I think it’s Mac OS 9, too. I’m not sure when Apple introduced the collapsable application menu (instead of the always collapsed one in previous versions) but it was pretty late.
Edit: Wikipedia says this new application menu was introduced in 8.5. No reason to not believe them. 🙂
I missed the Window menu, nice catch!
not a ‘faux’ iMac. that’s a bondi blue CRT iMac. they were around for a year somewhere in the late 1990s. 97 I believe it was. ran Mac OS 8 to 10.2 ish, Power PC processor and a whopping 4 GB hard drive with 512 MB of Ram.
oh and they weighed about 50 powers and were a bear to fix. best part was trying to discharge them. took like 24 hours and you had to have a 2nd person around to bat you away with a wooden stick if you were being electrocuted. and no i’m not even joking.
Here’s a screen shot:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/txzromt5bowtf58/mac_os.jpg?dl=0
It could be 8.5 or 9. The interface didn’t really change much between those two. 9 added multiple users, which you wouldn’t notice after you log in, and the Network Browser could use FTP, but really, the GUI pieces were the same between 8.5 and 9.
It’s ‘faux’ because it’s not exact; it’s highly suggestive, but as pointed out in other posts, there are many things wrong with the case and shell. Power cord is wrong, base is wrong, ports on the wrong side, bezel too large, front logo incorrect, etc. All of that is very odd, considering they made a perfect replica of Mac OS onscreen.