<strong>Actually, Apple currently doesn't sell a Macintosh. I just searched the hardware page. The only reference to Macintosh I found was this.
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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]" /> )
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>
<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.
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.
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?
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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<strong>Actually, Apple currently doesn't sell a Macintosh. I just searched the hardware page. The only reference to Macintosh I found was this.
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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]" /> )
<strong>no...</strong><hr></blockquote>
not just no...H*LL no.
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
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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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WOW! that actually sounds really cool!!
(but no one would know what it meant. )</strong><hr></blockquote>
Perhaps a sign near Cupertino.
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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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?
<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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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".
Except that XServe runs Mac OS X Server.
I agree that Macintosh is too powerful a brand name to change it.
Just a thought . I thought of it a few months ago while staring at my Cube.
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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>.
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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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.
You haven't switched to Windows NT? Nooo!!!
I see this a lot, like N/T. What is it?
<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.