Are the rank titles gonna change now that Apple has moved to Intel?

[dotdotdot]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the rankings (like 6502, 601, etc.) part of this PowerPC name thing, and the numbers are names for the processors?

If so, shouldn't there be NEW member names, like P4M or CM or Centrino, etc. but in number form?

Just wondering...

[mkrishnan]

601 is the first ranking that is a PowerPC (and, AFAIK, the first PPC in a Mac)...the rankings are the historical sequence of chips that Apples used, but it actually stops well short of anything used by Apple today, let alone when Intel comes in, FWIW. At least, assuming there aren't hidden titles beyond 601. ;)

[Applespider]

I thought it was established in this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=124128) that there were further rankings but no-one had hit them yet (or at least hadn't hit them without being a Mod/Demi-God/Contributor)

Since we're nowhere the 970s yet, I suspect it will be a long time before the need for a Yonah rank becomes critical...

[mkrishnan]

Oops, my bad. :o

[arn]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the rankings (like 6502, 601, etc.) part of this PowerPC name thing, and the numbers are names for the processors?

If so, shouldn't there be NEW member names, like P4M or CM or Centrino, etc. but in number form?

Just wondering...

It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn

[puckhead193]

It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn
I thought the numbers were just random.... o well i guess you learn something new every day!!! :o

[wdlove]

It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn

That is very interesting, I always wondered about the actual meaning of the rank numbers. Historical means a lot of sense. ;)

[Chip NoVaMac]

It's been answered already... but the 6502 was the processor used in the Apple I. so, the names are historical.

arn


Man, how many post s a day would we need to make the new Intel rankings? :D

[Mechcozmo]

Man, how many post s a day would we need to make the new Intel rankings? :D

Mr. Anderson might get close.... in 30 years.

[Mord]

damn logarithmic ranks, only 10,000,000 posts to yonah.

[themacman]

could someone please explain to me the whole name thing. I am a regular what would be next and

[WinterMute]

could someone please explain to me the whole name thing. I am a regular what would be next

Newbie = 0 - 29 posts
Member => 30 posts
Regular => 100 posts
6502 => 500 posts (with avatar)
65816 => 1000 posts
65832 => 1500 posts
68000 => 1505 posts
68010 => 2000 posts
68020 => 2005 posts
68030 => 2500 posts
etc....

Demi-gods/godesses and contributors have paid a subscription and their ranking is reflected as such.

[SpaceMagic]

I thought the numbers were just random.... o well i guess you learn something new every day!!! :o

Haha, this is just too funny. Don't worry, tis only funny cos it took me time to work out too.

[dsharits]

I say we just forget this whole thing and go back to the pirate names. :p

[mkrishnan]

I say we just forget this whole thing and go back to the pirate names. :p

Aye! :D

[MacAztec]

I want to have around 50,000 posts, then see what the ranking is!

[Doctor Q]

I want to have around 50,000 posts, then see what the ranking is!Here is a good place for you to make one of your posts. I wondered if you'd have a story to tell.

[ObsidianIce]

Newbie = 0 - 29 posts
Member => 30 posts
Regular => 100 posts
6502 => 500 posts (with avatar)
65816 => 1000 posts
65832 => 1500 posts
68000 => 1505 posts
68010 => 2000 posts
68020 => 2005 posts
68030 => 2500 posts
etc....

Demi-gods/godesses and contributors have paid a subscription and their ranking is reflected as such.

Interesting..i had no idea...only another year till i hit memeber status it seems. Thanks for the info.

edit...how ironic...this post made me a member i think...

[colocolo]

A little OT but had to ask... which Mac used the 68010 processor? I can't recall..

the 128k,512k,Plus and SE used the 68000, the Mac II that came out at the same time as the SE had a 68020 ... the Apple III had some modified 6502 on it IIRC

Either my memory is starting to play tricks on me or there was no Apple computer with a 68010 chip on it?

I know I could look this up, but I'd rather be enlightened by fellow Macrumor users

[yellow]

I say we just forget this whole thing and go back to the pirate names.

I be with ye!

[Mechcozmo]

A little OT but had to ask... which Mac used the 68010 processor? I can't recall..

Notice how you only get that ranking for 5 posts? ;)

[rainman::|:|]

IIRC the 68010 was a development chip that would have made it into a revised Plus except the 68020 came along and they scrapped the whole thing. it's been about a decade since i read that book so i might be wrong..

[cubist]

No, I had a 68010 machine, but it wasn't a Mac. BTW, can I stop being a "demi-god"? I thought that was supposed to expire after a year anyway. I'd like to have a processor ranking 8-)

[Mord]

yeah, one of my friends had one in his amiga, was always gloating it was faster than my 68000 :mad:,

and thats the one thing that annoys me about contributing, i want to keep my processor rating god damn it

[Applespider]

and thats the one thing that annoys me about contributing, i want to keep my processor rating god damn it

Contribute under another username as Hector2?

[Doctor Q]

Contribute under another username as Hector2?Slight problem - against the rules.

[Mechcozmo]

Slight problem - against the rules.

Just a minor, little, tiny, insignificant, trivial, trifling, petty, insubstantial niggling problem. :rolleyes: ;)

[dsharits]

Slight problem - against the rules.
Ok, now you just made me wonder. How could you tell if someone is using two user names? :confused:

[Doctor Q]

Ok, now you just made me wonder. How could you tell if someone is using two user names? :confused:Mark Felt lets us know. :D

Some members who double-register simply aren't aware of the rule. For example, they lost their password so they sign up again. They often explain this in a post, PM us about it, or another member points it out. Then we help them and close one membership to straighten it out.

If a member reregisters thinking to get around being banned, they are usually spotted quickly because they go back to whatever bad habits got them banned in the first place, so they get reported.

[dsharits]

Mark Felt lets us know. :D

Some members who double-register simply aren't aware of the rule. For example, they lost their password so they sign up again. They often explain this in a post, PM us about it, or another member points it out. Then we help them and close one membership to straighten it out.

If a member reregisters thinking to get around being banned, they are usually spotted quickly because they go back to whatever bad habits got them banned in the first place, so they get reported.
I see. So there's no way of knowing if it's the same person (without Mark Felt's help ;) ), if they change their habits and don't tell you who they are?

[Doctor Q]

I see. So there's no way of knowing if it's the same person (without Mark Felt's help ;) ), if they change their habits and don't tell you who they are?If they have become a completely different person, including a new personality and newly discovered manners and social skills, perhaps they aren't the same person anyway! I can say, however, that double-registration has not been a major problem here. Most people are aware of the rule and very few ever violate it.

[dotdotdot]

If they have become a completely different person, including a new personality and newly discovered manners and social skills, perhaps they aren't the same person anyway! I can say, however, that double-registration has not been a major problem here. Most people are aware of the rule and very few ever violate it.

I.E., Mac users (or Windows users who want Macs, like me) are smart enough to comprehend the fact that you register ONCE where as a Windows forum would be like, "Hey dotdotdot32, I thought you were dotdotdot13?" "I am... I lost my password." "Oh"

[Mechcozmo]

I.E., Mac users (or Windows users who want Macs, like me) are smart enough to comprehend the fact that you register ONCE where as a Windows forum would be like, "Hey dotdotdot32, I thought you were dotdotdot13?" "I am... I lost my password during my last Windows reinstall." "Oh"

Bolding is mine. :D