Apple iPad as shown in 2001 (Zoomed HD Detail)

Zoomed HD detail of iPad-like Tablet shown in the movie 2001 a Space Odyssey.

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[omsv25]

8 years diference!!!!!!

[grainycinema]

Just to clarify, this movie was released in 1968 even

though it was named 2001. They tried to imagine a space mission to Jupiter 33 years into their future.

[allias nicolas]

what is that code displayed just before the transmition ?

[grainycinema]

Those codes are supposed to look like computer startup messages. Startup messages have always been useful for diagnostics in case a (tablet) computer has trouble starting. Today's computers typically hide these messages. Additionally, these messages are describing the details of the video transmission being received from Earth. You can force a Mac to reveal startup messages by holding down the COMMAND and "V" keys just when you hear the startup sound.

[Ross Stephens]

If you look closely it's an "IBM" tablet.  And of course the space clipper was "Pan Am"...

[David Hartley]

R.i.p. Kenneth Kendall.

[Ay Bee]

You must be kidding? This is not an iPad and shouldn't be considered one! It's a squillion times better than Jobs' controlling contraption....and has it's own name...if you bother to do some research!

[Oscar Navarrete]

They could just do a little photoshop work and change the logo to Lenovo.

[Petrooli]

Too bad the actual transmission gives away too much of the 60s aesthetics, while the film itself its surprisingly neutral in that aspect.

[garrypig]

it looks more like a portrait galaxy tab.

[ManuElite88]

APPLE SHOULD PAY TO CREATORS OF Space Odyssey

[Maxximo6445]

lol, isnt made by apple, is made of IBM