Comments on: Philadelphia Airport displays Mac powered

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:53:55 +0000

The displays at DFW look the same, but based on an error message on one, use a Flash-based application.

By: Jethris

Jethris — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:27:24 +0000

Breaking news. Computerized displays run of Windows/Linux/Mac. This justifies everything right about Windows/Linux/Mac.

Sorry, these stories are old. It happens.

By: FlyingShawn

FlyingShawn — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:10:43 +0000

I’m not sure Apple really wants their logo on display like that, considering how poorly that system works (I’m an airline pilot and fly through PHL on a regular basis, so I see these screens a lot). It seems more often than not that those screens show corruption, such as blank areas where multiple sections of information are missing (although it seems clear that it’s not blank because the data isn’t up to date, but because the system is having problems), entire screens are on and show the PHL logo but all of the actual information is missing (with the screens on either side working properly, so you can tell it’s missing big sections like Harrisburg through Minneapolis), or other random little problems like screensavers being on when the other screens in the terminal (especially the ones that show the same terminal maps all the time) are working normally.

James or Kevin, drop me a line if you find yourself connecting through PHL again; I’ll buy you a coffee if I have a break between flights.

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:57:09 +0000

nope, it seems thats its the screensaver…

By: Lorie Ghamy

Lorie Ghamy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:55:47 +0000

So, a screen with the Apple logo on a black background is as the Microsoft BSOD seen in others airports ?

Funny !

By: Judi Sohn

Judi Sohn — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:15:23 +0000

I noticed that too when I was at the Philly airport last week. http://www.momathome.com/2008/11/apple_fail_whale/ Not sure it's a good thing to show the Apple logo when what I really wanted to see was whether my flight was on time or not. ;-)

By: Eric S. Mueller

Eric S. Mueller — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:12:48 +0000

That’s new. Last time I flew out of Philly was in September. They had the older displays in Terminal B.

One time when I was stuck in Portland Maine due to weather, I walked around and saw a Linux error message on one of the Arrival/Departure displays.