# Movies or TV shows in which a real OS or website is shown on the screen

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-in-which-a-real-os-or-website-is-shown-on-the-screen/852777 "2020-04-29T00:40:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-in-which-a-real-os-or-website-is-shown-on-the-screen/852777/21 "2020-04-30T16:41:37Z")

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In _True Lies_, when Arnold hacks into the billionaire’s PC, it boots up with a pretty accurate-looking Windows 3.1 splash screen (localized into Arabic).

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-in-which-a-real-os-or-website-is-shown-on-the-screen/852777/22 "2020-04-30T18:49:44Z")

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> [@Kamino\_Neko](#):
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> Not possible. The last Tobey Maguire Spider-Man came out in 2007, two years before Bing launched.
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> The Andrew Garfield movies, from 2012 and 2014 could have Bing product placement, though. (And googling…the first one did.)

Ah, ok, I stand corrected. And I love how you Googled to find Bing product placement!

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-in-which-a-real-os-or-website-is-shown-on-the-screen/852777/23 "2020-04-30T19:57:44Z")

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Lois Griffin from **Family Guy** uses [Facebook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XZ2lv-WUp4)

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-or-tv-shows-in-which-a-real-os-or-website-is-shown-on-the-screen/852777/24 "2020-04-30T20:20:40Z")

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Were the operating systems in the John Cho movie \*\*Searching \*\*obvious? I don’t remember.

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