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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Should we use the name "AppleTel" or "MacTel" when describing Apple's new venture?
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  • Reply 1 of 38
    kiwi-in-dckiwi-in-dc Posts: 102member
    Neither, it's still just OS X...



    We don't talk about MacIBM or MacMoto do we?
  • Reply 2 of 38
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    MacIntel. Almost a Macintosh
  • Reply 3 of 38
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    I suggest IntelApple, as Intelligent apple
  • Reply 4 of 38
    oldcodger73oldcodger73 Posts: 707member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by kiwi-in-dc

    Neither, it's still just OS X...





    Or perhaps OS XI
  • Reply 5 of 38
    spyderspyder Posts: 170member
    Both of them are cliche and both of them suck.
  • Reply 6 of 38
    tidristidris Posts: 214member
    Neither. Apple has nothing to do with the Telephone company.



    It is just good old OSX. Think about LINUX that runs on PPC and X86 and nobody goes around trying to come up with silly names LINUXTel.



    When the new X86 machines start selling apple shouldn't even bother to say which CPU is inside. It doesn't matter anymore nor should anybody really care.
  • Reply 7 of 38
    wormboywormboy Posts: 220member
    Neither. These will be Apple powermacs, powerbooks, iMacs and iBooks. (oh and mac minis). The chip manufacturer has no place in those names.



    The "G" series names drifted away from moto/IBM nomenclature years ago. The G5/G4 monikers will be dropped almost for certain. Apple could choose to go with G6 (unlikely) or with another differentiator. It is a marketting decision. In any case, they will have to find someway for marketting to differentiate the power and i lines.
  • Reply 8 of 38
    kwsanderskwsanders Posts: 327member
    We should not use either one of those names. I like MacIntel, but tthis is nothing other than a slang description that people attach to something, nothing official.



    Let's call it what it really is... Apple using Intel processors in the Mac to run OS X.



    Yep... long name, but sounds good.
  • Reply 9 of 38
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I'm going to use DDMJ which stands for Derka Derka, Muhammad Jihad.
  • Reply 10 of 38
    onlookeronlooker Posts: 5,252member
    I have disliked all the suggested combo names I've seen for this until I saw Anders say "Macintel". That's not that bad. Better than anything I've heard yet anyway.
  • Reply 11 of 38
    macchinemacchine Posts: 295member
    THE DEFINITIVE NICK NAMES:



    Cool people:



    MacInt or MacIn or Maci -- all said as though its one syllable



    For those with NO Mogo:



    iMacntel or MacIntel or MacTel (Its not a telephone) or MacTeli



    For the Angry ones:



    MacHel or MacInHell



    For those who get the advanced universal runtime (coming):



    MacEverywhere or MacE
  • Reply 12 of 38
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Let's leave Intel out of it, for Windows and OS X.



    No mactel, macintel, xtel, wintel... nothing.



    Jobs bows to no processor maker! The Apple and OS X names shall do no such thing either!
  • Reply 13 of 38
    fallenfromthetreefallenfromthetree Posts: 338member
    I've been referring to them as "AppTel"



    But I guess you're right.



    It's still an Apple Computer



    But what do we do about the PowerMac series?



    Without the Power PC, will it still be called a PowerMac? PowerBook?



  • Reply 14 of 38
    spyderspyder Posts: 170member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by FallenFromTheTree

    I've been callig the AppTel, but I guess you're right.



    It's still an Apple Computer



    But what do we do about the PowerMac series?



    Without the Power PC, will it still be called a PowerMac?



    Yes.
  • Reply 15 of 38
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    put macintel on the list.
  • Reply 16 of 38
    power applepower apple Posts: 335member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by New

    put macintel on the list.



    Agreed. Macintel all the way...
  • Reply 17 of 38
    sybariticsybaritic Posts: 340member
    MacIntel indeed. Or MacIntents, with the pun implied.
  • Reply 18 of 38
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    What about i Mac ?

    Ah couldn't resist. I don't give a damn about

    the new name, as long as they

    avoid any variants or broken anagrams of intel .



    meaning: no Mactel, no Apptel, or any other fun-pun-tel.



    Am i the only one who feels, that Macintel,

    Telmac or whatever simply sounds el cheapo grande?



    Crazychester, your turn please.
  • Reply 19 of 38
    rageousrageous Posts: 2,170member
    Why are you folks so quick to throw Intel's name into the mix? Let us not forget, Wintel is predominantly a negative connotation used by Mac people when referencing "them".



    Maybe something more creative and/or original?



    Think Different.
  • Reply 20 of 38
    sybariticsybaritic Posts: 340member
    Quote:

    originally posted by rageous:

    Maybe something more creative and/or original?



    Think Different.



    You're right. No Intel. I'm sure the folks at Apple will kick derierre with the name. When have they not?
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