Apple Macintosh II/IIx
Macintosh IIx machines appear in the SETI laboratory, David's office and the military base in Area 51.
Huge alien spacecraft enter Earth's atmosphere and hang menacingly about the world's great cities. Television engineer David Levinson discovered a hidden countdown signal disrupting satellite television and fears the worst.
•Apple Macintosh II/IIx •Apple Macintosh IIvi/IIvx •Apple Macintosh LC •Apple Powerbook 5300 •IBM AN/FSQ-7
Macintosh IIx machines appear in the SETI laboratory, David's office and the military base in Area 51.
The television station in which David works is equipped with Macintosh IIvx machines.
The television station in which David works is equipped with Macintosh LCs.
David uses the Powerbook to display the coundown to the alien attack, and later to infect the alien mothership with a virus, disabling the attackers' defenses..
The alien ships have indestructible shields. David's virus, delivered by the Powerbook, allows a successful attack.
Let's face it - it's one on the sillier movie plots involving a computer, isn't it!
The Pentagon's "Space Command" is equipped with a SAGE system.