Name the New PowerMac
The new powerbook got the awful name of "MacBook Pro". It's not even a book!
Does this mean the new intel powerMac will be named "MacDesktop Pro"??? Nothing could be worse. Maybe since it has an Intel processor it will be called InMac Pro. It all seems horrible.
Looking for suggestions.........
Does this mean the new intel powerMac will be named "MacDesktop Pro"??? Nothing could be worse. Maybe since it has an Intel processor it will be called InMac Pro. It all seems horrible.
Looking for suggestions.........
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I still dont see why the left the power name behind it was so much better (and its not because they were powerpc processors, the had the name powerbook before that!)
stu
If logic should prevail it should be named MacMac Pro but thats just silly.
iMac | Mac Pro
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iBook | MacBook Pro
I'm hoping they'll consider some kind of small form factor machine, either shuttle-like or like Dell & HP small machines. A bigger Mac mini perhaps.
Originally posted by Anders
Mac Pro
If logic should prevail it should be named MacMac Pro but thats just silly.
I was just thinking that. MacMac. Awesome. This just makes me believe even more than I did before that "MacBook Pro" is a stupid name. A placeholder name...
Originally posted by cubist
Anders' taxonomy looks good to me. All names contain "Mac".
'cept iBook...I think the iBook will be getting a name change.
The iMacBook perhaps?
And hopefully people will start writing iMac/iMacBook books.
Macintosh Mini -- MacBook Mini (subnotebook)
iMac(?? it would make so much more sense if it were just Macintosh) -- MacBook
Macintosh Pro -- MacBook Pro
Maybe the Macintosh name is being held for a new consumer-tower or something?
"The new ICAN-Mac... who needs electrons when you've got antimatter?
warning: ICAN-Mac may be unstable. If your ICAN-Mac and desk disappear, use the included CERN hotline for assistance."
http://www.engr.psu.edu/antimatter/images/ICAN-312.jpg
Powerbook becomes MacBook Pro
iMac remains iMac (eventually just 'Mac' when redesigned)
Mac Mini remains MacMini
PowerMac becomes Mac Pro
Accomplishes the goal of having MAC in all product names AND is actually more informative/descriptive than the older terms.
The 'mac' is good enough for most users (Mac, Mac Mini, MacBook), but the PRO's need the PRO models (MacBook PRO, Mac PRO).
Enough said...
iPod is iPod, too much at stake to ever drop the i there...
Last time that was seen was on a G3 iBook with the old font. Its so yesterlast year.
Originally posted by Sport73
iBook becomes MacBook
Powerbook becomes MacBook Pro
iMac remains iMac (eventually just 'Mac' when redesigned)
Mac Mini remains MacMini
PowerMac becomes Mac Pro
Accomplishes the goal of having MAC in all product names AND is actually more informative/descriptive than the older terms.
The 'mac' is good enough for most users (Mac, Mac Mini, MacBook), but the PRO's need the PRO models (MacBook PRO, Mac PRO).
Enough said...
iPod is iPod, too much at stake to ever drop the i there...
Agree
1.60: [Stays] PowerMac
3.10: Mac Pro
12.00: Macintosh Pro
51.00: MacDesktop Pro
67.00: MacStation Pro
101.00: MacMac Pro
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I never thought the Intel transition was a mistake until just now.
Reason. It put's the Mac name first, and you hear the full name again which we have not seen in a while, and has been missed.
ProMac I came up with first (AFAIK) over a year ago trying to come up with a name for new super highend workstation Mac. But as stated elsewhere. It rhymes withy ProZac which Apple will probably notice too. (I missed it when I thought it up)
Macintosh Pro, or Pro Macintosh I think sound the best. What Apple does is their choice. I do miss the full Macintosh name a lot though.
Originally posted by onlooker
I like The Macintosh Pro.
Reason. It put's the Mac name first, and you hear the full name again which we have not seen in a while, and has been missed.
ProMac I came up with first (AFAIK) over a year ago trying to come up with a name for new super highend workstation Mac. But as stated elsewhere. It rhymes withy ProZac which Apple will probably notice too. (I missed it when I thought it up)
Macintosh Pro, or Pro Macintosh I think sound the best. What Apple does is their choice. I do miss the full Macintosh name a lot though.
Heartily agreed. On another thread, this is the name I put forward, and probably several other people too.
I like just Macintosh, and I like Macintosh Pro.
This is a Macintosh:
This is a Macintosh Pro (You know, a macintosh with fenders):
And this is a mac:
Originally posted by Anders
What this new obsession with "Machintosh"?
Last time that was seen was on a G3 iBook with the old font. Its so yesterlast year.
I still use the term Mac, but I got tired of the way it became used, too. For example, "What about Mac? Is there no software for Mac?" It sounds like a person, like Mack, someone we know. That does show a closeness of heart to the platform, I realised, and so how can one quibble with that? And so the awkwardness of it passed. But is it nice to hear the original term, which Raskin coined. It relates back to Apple, so I find it refreshing.
the original post was by Anders
this variation is by me
In my world
This is a macintosh:
And this is a macintosh