The End of the Macintosh Line of Computers

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  • Reply 21 of 41
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    [quote]Originally posted by neutrino23:

    <strong>Actually, Apple currently doesn't sell a Macintosh. I just searched the hardware page. The only reference to Macintosh I found was this.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    which is why i absolutely abhor macintosh! i'm trying to do a google search, should i search for mac or macintosh. what a stupid computer! they should have foreseen the problem in '84! ugh!!!!!!!!



    (don't get upset, that was a joke <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> )
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  • Reply 22 of 41
    clonenodeclonenode Posts: 392member
    search for "mac" and all instances of "macintosh" will also be included.
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  • Reply 23 of 41
    tsukuritetsukurite Posts: 192member
    [quote]Originally posted by DiscoCow:

    <strong>no...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    not just no...H*LL no.



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
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  • Reply 24 of 41
    tsukuritetsukurite Posts: 192member
    [quote]Originally posted by Xidius:

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    WOW! that actually sounds really cool!!



    (but no one would know what it meant. )</strong><hr></blockquote>



    True, but it beats being the "Evil Empire"

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  • Reply 25 of 41
    falkolfalkol Posts: 59member
    [quote]Originally posted by Xidius:

    <strong>



    WOW! that actually sounds really cool!!



    (but no one would know what it meant. )</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Perhaps a sign near Cupertino.
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  • Reply 26 of 41
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    [quote] My favorite would be McIntosh. <hr></blockquote>



    Macintosh is actually just a respelling of McIntosh, if i remember correctly. They chg'd the spelling to avoid any possible legal issues.
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  • Reply 27 of 41
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    Now we've got John Dvorak spouting these same things on Silicon Spin...he must read these boards. What an @$$hole.
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  • Reply 28 of 41
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    [quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:

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    Macintosh is actually just a respelling of McIntosh, if i remember correctly. They chg'd the spelling to avoid any possible legal issues.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    They were afraid of being sued by a fruit?
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  • Reply 29 of 41
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    [quote]Originally posted by zaz:

    <strong>Mac and Macintosh are valuable brand items, yes.



    However, a shift in the nomenclature for its Pro Line may not be a bad idea. I don't have the market research on hand to say it would be a catastrophic move.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    No Mac, Macintosh, Power Mac or anything like that in Xserve.
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  • Reply 30 of 41
    colorclassicg4colorclassicg4 Posts: 224member
    [quote]Originally posted by JLL:

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    They were afraid of being sued by a fruit?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    In 1984 (and perhaps still today) there was an electronics company called "McIntosh".
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  • Reply 31 of 41
    xaqtlyxaqtly Posts: 450member
    [quote] No Mac, Macintosh, Power Mac or anything like that in Xserve. <hr></blockquote>



    Except that XServe runs Mac OS X Server.



    I agree that Macintosh is too powerful a brand name to change it.
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  • Reply 32 of 41
    jcgjcg Posts: 777member
    What would be the compelling reason to "Kill" the Mac, or Macintosh name? What would Apple gain by this? The general public would view Apple's computers no different, becouse they run a different OS, and Apple would have too add Millions to their Advertising budget on achieving brand recognition for the new product.
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  • Reply 33 of 41
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    Perhaps if Apple were to enter a totally new category of intelligent device (and still stay in the PC business), the Apple Core would be a good name.



    Just a thought . I thought of it a few months ago while staring at my Cube.
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  • Reply 34 of 41
    macubusmacubus Posts: 95member
    They should just change their name to Mikrosoft, get another 5-10% market share and change it back. Quick, easy, painless..........
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  • Reply 35 of 41
    voxappsvoxapps Posts: 236member
    [quote]Originally posted by JLL:

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    They were afraid of being sued by a fruit?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    "McIntosh" is a trademark of McIntosh Laboratories, which makes high-end consumer audio equipment. They've been around since the 1940s. See

    <a href="http://www.mcintoshlabs.com"; target="_blank">McIntosh</a>.
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  • Reply 36 of 41
    cablecable Posts: 76member
    Before Apple discontinues the PowerMac line, they would have to discontinue the PowerPC chips that they share with IBM and Motorola. There is too much invested in the PowerMac line to just get rid of them.



    They could make WINTEL servers running Darwin or Linux or BSD Unix, but without the easy to use GUI that OSX has, maybe later they can port it?
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  • Reply 37 of 41
    blackbird-lcblackbird-lc Posts: 6member
    You know, Macintosh wasn't originally going to be the name of the GUI apples. Granny smith was. I kid you not. It doesn't have the ring though. Oh, and they should call the next all in one the GUiMac
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  • Reply 38 of 41
    rogue27rogue27 Posts: 607member
    [quote]Originally posted by Xaqtly:

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    Except that XServe runs Mac OS X Server.



    I agree that Macintosh is too powerful a brand name to change it.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    Yeah, but the box for Mac OS X Server is:



    Giant "X"

    Large "Server"

    and in small light print between them, it says "Mac OS X"



    I think they're trying to make Xserve bear very little instances of the word "Mac".



    I think renaming the Power Macintosh line to something else might be a good idea if they had an interesting name to use. Still, it's unlikely.
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  • Reply 39 of 41
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Keeksy, what the hell does "nt" mean?



    You haven't switched to Windows NT? Nooo!!!



    I see this a lot, like N/T. What is it?
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  • Reply 40 of 41
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    [quote]Originally posted by Aquatik:

    <strong>Keeksy, what the hell does "nt" mean?



    You haven't switched to Windows NT? Nooo!!!



    I see this a lot, like N/T. What is it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    "No text," meaning that the headline/title is the entire content of the post.
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