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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Pixar:

     We consent to incorporation herein by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-8 of Pixar of our reports dated January 30, 1998, relating
to the balance sheets of Pixar as of December 31, 1996 and 1997, and the related
statements of operations, shareholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, and the
related schedule, which reports appear or are incorporated by reference in the
December 31, 1997, annual report on Form 10-K of Pixar.



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August 17, 1998