Those of you who were regular Seinfeld viewers know the loss the Mac world suffered when that show recently ended its nine-year career. Jerry, after all, pretty much always had a Mac on his desk in the last several seasons. That in itself isn't necessarily a huge deal, since most of the computers that show up in NBC sitcoms appear to be Apple-branded systems (has anyone else noticed the disproportionate number of PowerBook Duo 2300 users on TV?); however, in the show's final season, Jerry set himself apart from the rest of the Mac-using TV world by having the impeccable taste to display a 20th Anniversary Macintosh (aka Spartacus) on his desk.

Now that Seinfeld is no longer in production, we have to be content with seeing the reruns in order to catch glimpses of Spartacus on the tube. At least, that was the case until now. According to MacNN, a 20th Anniversary Mac graces the house used for the new season of MTV's Real World, which just premiered. We at AtAT aren't fans of the show-- to be perfectly frank, we find it absolutely godawful-- so we would probably never have known about that nifty product placement if no one had told us.

Since we missed the premiere to see the Mac for ourselves, we took to raiding MTV's web site for material. We believe you can see a small portion of the machine in one of the pictures here. And if you have either a fast connection or no real life, you can catch a tiny, quick glimpse of the 20th Anniversary Mac in this 2563 KB Quicktime tour of the new house's library. If you want to see the real thing, you can bet that MTV will rerun the premiere at least six times over this coming weekend. Yes, it's sad, but our lives have become so empty we've taken to spotting cool Macs in TV shows. Donations are gratefully accepted, as we're saving up to buy a life. Right after we buy more RAM, that is...