perfect name for 970 cpus

vox barbaravox barbara
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
yes, what would be the perfect name for the [oh well, confirmed ...er... existence of] new 970 based machines?



(a) drop entire gx scheme but leave "power mac" as a wellknown brand

(b) just g5 (business as usual)

(c) drop entire gx scheme and "power mac" AND adopt funky names from different sources (e.g. astrophysic)



go ahead, boys and girls ... er ... did I ever asked, where the girls are? OK OT;-)





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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Obvious, but apt, for now: Godot.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    lemon bon bonlemon bon bon Posts: 2,383member
    I think dropping the 'G' convention and going with the IBM chip number might be the way to go.



    Powermac 970

    Powerbook 970



    iMac 750FX

    eMac 750FX

    iBook 750FX



    Let the performance of these new chips speak for themselves and without the baggage/context of G3/4 or 5.



    Clean slate. Remove the negative connotations associated with the mhz drought (G4.)



    A new chip. A new OS. A new level of performance. I think that new plateau needs some special treatment. The media love that kind of 'relaunch'.



    I think it would be good PR.



    Lemon Bon Bon
  • Reply 3 of 5
    discocowdiscocow Posts: 603member
    Quote:

    Drop entire gx AND "power mac" and take some funky names from "different sources" (e.g. names from astro-physics)



    That's my vote. Something like "dumbass astronomer"





    ..wait, that was already taken





    Change is a good thing!?
  • Reply 4 of 5
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    "there is no G5"
  • Reply 5 of 5
    bodhibodhi Posts: 1,424member
    Please do not start duplicate threads about the same thing.
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