Name your computer :)

[drumpat01]

Hey guys, I have decided on a computer name for my FIRST Mac, a 12" iBook. For you to fully understand why I'm naming it this, let me first tell you my name is Patrick Stewart, yes just like the actor, and no I'm not related to him as far as I can tell anyway. Let me also say that many vessels have been named this through out history. A british ship in the late 1800s had this name, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier is named this, the first prototype of the space shuttle was named this, and of course the first starship from the United Federation of Planets is named this :) Yes thats right, it will be called...

Enterprise

Have you guys ever named your Macs or PCs? If so what did you name them? Feel free to comment on what you think of my idea.

[cleanup]

I named my old Windows PC "desk" for sharing purposes. I also named its workgroup "WORKGROUP." :)

I think officially naming a computer is a little overboard... o_O

Do you greet it in the morning? Hello, Enterprise. And do you woo it to sleep? :rolleyes:

[drumpat01]

yes and then i sing it a lullaby at night before I tuck into bed. :D

[WeeShoo]

well, whenever i put a CD in my mini it blows alot of air, so i always tell it, that it blows good, so i guess an appropriate name would be ''bl0wah''

[Deepdale]

I think officially naming a computer is a little overboard... o_O Do you greet it in the morning? Hello, Enterprise. And do you woo it to sleep? :rolleyes:

I see nothing wrong with naming a computer. If the practice is good for ships and pets, why not for computers? For assorted reasons, it may very well be viewed as a frivolous waste of time according to those who judge such things, but we do find a way to tolerate some of the endless threads that appear before our very eyes here.

Let me think ... oh yes: "My Powerbook can kick your iBook's ass."

The name of the game is tolerance and a means for appreciating the attachment for our computers that makes some want to give the personal touch. Most women would be flattered to have their partner name one after them. One cautionary note, however ... do not - under any circumstances - take it to bed with you. :)

[CorvusCamenarum]

Do you greet it in the morning? Hello, Enterprise. And do you woo it to sleep? :rolleyes:

<Insert James Doohan voice here>

Hello, computer.

[Lopez.T.H.]

I named my computer "Kyles Comp The Best Friggin' Computer in the house yo" so every time my dad checked the network I would rub it in his face :)

[terriyaki]

I've got a Futurama theme going on..

My Linksys WRT54G is Professor Farnsworth
My Personal Desktop PC is Fry
The Desktop PC in the family room is Leela
My 12" iBook is Zoidberg
And my SSID is Planet Express

I was thinking of changing the names of my iPods to match the Futurama theme but iPornMini and JuicyFruit are just too cool.

[Merf]

since I have a dual 867 I call my computer Dualie.

Merf

[PlaceofDis]

i have a tendency to call my Powerbook Tiki, why you may ask? because my Tiki man shotglass is always next to it, i use it to hold my shuffle or jumpdrive and not to take shots, because its of the ~2.5 shot size..... so i just started calling my 'book Tiki

[mjstew33]

I Call my new iBook Whisper

I just thought Wisper was a good name, AND it's whisper quiet :D

:D

[goodtimes5]

iMac and iBook.

Oh, I'm just spewing of originality.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

My iBook is named ono-sendai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_brands#Other_products).

My last computer, a Pismo, is called treskjegg (Norwegian for Treebeard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard)). I think it's a nice name for someone old, reliable and still quite powerful, but my girlfriend, who owns it now, dislikes the name, but not enough to bother finding out how to change it... ;)

My 12" iBook is ZoidbergLove the theme, but why being so mean to your iBook...? :confused: :p

[furryrabidbunny]

hot and tired.

[Lopez.T.H.]

The Futurama theme is awesome. Zoidberg has to be the best furturama character.

[swiftaw]

15" Powerbook 1.67ghz: Kananga
MacMini 1.42ghz: Zorin

Guess the theme?

[godbout]

Mine is named diskOs3 :) that is the partition where I placed OSX. I guess mine has dual personalities becuase when it is booted in yellowdog it is called diskOs2 :D Yeah I know I have to rename it ... but I sorrta have come to like little diskOs3!

[iEdd]

G5 -> "the g5", "G5-ee" or "computer in the study"
Powerbook G3->"my laptop", "old laptop" or "slow laptop"
Powerbook G4-> "mum's comp"

Nice, and original :D

[PaRaGoNViCtiM]

My 15" Powerbook's name is: Muse
I think its very fitting.

[zach]

my powerbook's name is Disaster Area, because my files are about as well organized as a filing cabinet hit with a bomb.

[drumpat01]

Wow these are awesome! At the first couple of posts I was begining to think I was some kind of nut for naming my computer, but now I know that all of you are crazy too :) :p ;)

[supergod]

My computer is named THE BEAST.

[kasei]

I named my 17" PowerBook pingguo which mean apple in Mandarin Chinese. I call it Ping for short.

[EGT]

My computer is called "Powerbook" funnily enough. It seems to fit its description. Well, if only it were a little less book and a little more Power!

Intel! Intel!

[iDM]

well, whenever i put a CD in my mini it blows alot of air, so i always tell it, that it blows good, so i guess an appropriate name would be ''bl0wah''

Naming your mac is not even in the same ballpark as this dude

[dubbz]

Mine are called Selune (AMD64/XP), Shar (PBG4/Tiger) and Sharess (PMG4/Panther).

Named after D&D deities. They tend to keep the name even if I replace them. My old 32-bit Athlon desktop, which I sold, was also called Selune.

Some years ago, I used the name Athena for my PC, but only when I had Linux installed on it. Never bothered to change the default name in Windows.

Struggled awhile to find a name for my PM. It was nameless for a while, but I eventually came up with something. There's plenty of names to pick from, but I wanted a name that I liked, and something that was fairly easy to pronounce (not that I say them aloud often, but hey...)

[camomac]

i use to call my windows box names that i can't post here.
does that count?

[zflauaus]

My iBook is named Mac Flauaus instead of Zach Flauaus. My iPods name is iZac Newton. My PCs name is P.O.S. :D

[Graeme A]

Dual 2Ghz PM: Jupiter
17" PB: Ganymede
12" PB: Leda
iPod Photo: Callista

I followed a theme from when I worked for ICL and all the machines had planet names. I chose Jupiter and the moons based on the size of the machines.

[fartheststar]

I've got a Futurama theme going on..

My Linksys WRT54G is Professor Farnsworth
My Personal Desktop PC is Fry
The Desktop PC in the family room is Leela
My 12" iBook is Zoidberg
And my SSID is Planet Express

I was thinking of changing the names of my iPods to match the Futurama theme but iPornMini and JuicyFruit are just too cool.

I call mine "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass" in the spirit of Futurama. Also, as another poster mentioned, to let everyone else know that this computer is superior to any Windows one.

[barneygumble]

my mini is called 'my precioussss....'

[DanMacTR]

I named my first Mac Aiken (from a Julian May novel) and I am up to Aiken V now. (Performa 630, Blueberry iMac, TiBook 867, P3 750 ( 200$-sorry), 1Ghz iMac 17 inch)

[AJ Muni]

I named my first Mac Aiken (from a Julian May novel) and I am up to Aiken V now. (Performa 630, Blueberry iMac, TiBook 867, P3 750 ( 200$-sorry), 1Ghz iMac 17 inch)

Dont lie, you just love Clay Aiken... ;) :p

[fitinferno]

Mine usually only has a name when I'm upset with it...and when that happens, it's either "computadora" or "ordinateur" since being upset always sounds better in something other than English :)

[jmufellow]

I named my eMac Roy. I think it's a good name for my trustee old brick sitting on my desk.

[OnceUGoMac]

My iBook's name is Booker T. Macington and my iPod's name is Sir iPod.

[risc]

Have you guys ever named your Macs or PCs? If so what did you name them?

If you're on a network of course you'd name them, my 3 Macs are named in order of purchase:

darwin
huxley
wallace

There is also my GFs iMac G5 which has the oh so original name "imac".

[invaLPsion]

My sig: Trinity

Old iMac : Cami (You'll be trippin' when u found out how i got thought that one up.)

:)

[me_94501]

My iBook is named "MiBookG4," an obvious merger of "my" (or the Spanish word "mi") and "iBook G4". My iPod goes by the name "Cheap as Free" (a Homestar Runner reference and reference to the fact that I didn't pay anything for it since it was a Christmas gift. :p).

[stevietheb]

The iBook is named "Gordo" and the iMac is named "Gus" after Mercury astronauts Gordo Cooper and Gus Grissom.

I inend for all computers in my network to take on astronaut names. What is the name of my network? "Mercury", of course.

[sambo.]

well, whenever i put a CD in my mini it blows alot of air, so i always tell it, that it blows good, so i guess an appropriate name would be ''bl0wah''

my SE30 was called Plato and my G3/PB is Socrates

[RacerX]

Well, the concept of naming computers has a long tradition in both the Mac and Unix communities. So it isn't that unusual to find Macs with names.

The names of my systems are the following:Milnor (PowerBook Wallstreet)
Euclid (iMac)
Fermi (PowerMac 8100)
Ricci (PowerMac 7500)
Maric (my wife's PowerBook Pismo)
HAL 9500 (Quadra 950)
Phillips (PowerBook Duo 2300c)
Bonnet (Quadra 700)
Feynman (IBM ThinkPad)
Gauss (SGI Indy)
Morse (SGI IRIS Indigo)
Euler (SGI IRIS Indigo)
Archie (Sun SPARCclassic)
Riemann (DEC Celebris)I actually have more systems than that, but those are the ones that are named.

[Nermal]

The Futurama theme is awesome. Zoidberg has to be the best furturama character.

When I was at polytech, we got to name our computers. Mine was Zoidberg :)

[Mechcozmo]

My iPod is named "DONOTEAT"
Guess what model it is.

PC is called Frankie or FrankenBox. It is like Frankenstien's monster... bunch of random parts. But it has gotten more powerful over time....:D

Quicksilver is for the server... kinda duh name for those in the know. (Codename).

That's it really.

[ajwitte]

At work we have a convention that Macs get female names, while Linux and Windows boxen get male names. I liked it so I started using it at home too.

My Mac mini is 'vera'.
When I get a PB (when the bus speed increases) it'll be 'torry'.

I suppose the obvious name for a Mactel given this rule and my current naming theme would be 'layne'.

[Eluon]

My iMac G5's name is Zeus (GF named it)

My iBook G4's name is Ethel.

My iPod 4th Gen 20 Gig's name is Zimri - which is Hebrew for "My Music"

My iPod Shuffle's name is Baby Pod.


I did have an older iMac G3 that complemented my iBook G4 that was named Fred. I have since upgraded to the G5.

Everyone at school makes fun of me for naming my mac's... but I find that all the mac owners at my school name theirs too.

[kalisphoenix]

At work we have a convention that Macs get female names, while Linux and Windows boxen get male names. I liked it so I started using it at home too.

My Mac mini is 'vera'.
When I get a PB (when the bus speed increases) it'll be 'torry'.

I suppose the obvious name for a Mactel given this rule and my current naming theme would be 'layne'.

Interesting. I always gave iStuff female names, and Power/non-Mac stuff male names. All deities or subdeities. My iBook is Lilith, my PMG3 Neptune, and I've also had most of the Greek/Roman/Middle Eastern pantheons ;-)

[Chrispy]

I named a dead pixel... him name is Chalmers.

[ITASOR]

I named my sometimes squeaky left palm rest "Lucy".

[joecool85]

All the names are in my sig. Except for the first dual 2ghz that came in DOA (I named it before it came in), that was Eleanor. The next one is Titan AE (After Eleanor)

[jihad the movie]

Dual 1.8 G5 (Rev A.) - Orso (other HDs are named Gazelle and Toro)
12" Powerbook - Pickles
Quicksilver G4 - Roma (Other HD is Calcetto)
400mhz Pismo - Olive
120gb WD FireWire HD - Volpe
20gb EZQ FireWire HD, Broccoli
30 GB iPod Photo - Tripoli
20GB U2 iPod (color) - Loro
10 GB Rev. B iPod (Stolen)- Samoa
128mb Flash - Corno

[paleck]

This computer's name is MoneyPenny (from 007 fame). I've used Wonders of the world theme for a group of servers(citadel, monolith, stonehenge, etc.)

[Deepdale]

This computer's name is MoneyPenny (from 007 fame).

I like your Mac's name. Now that a character from the Bond films has made an appearance here, how much time will elapse before someone informs us that their Mac is named ... ***** Galore? :)

[swiftaw]

This computer's name is MoneyPenny (from 007 fame). I've used Wonders of the world theme for a group of servers(citadel, monolith, stonehenge, etc.)

I use the same theme:

Powerbook: Kananga
Virtual PC on Powerbook: Scaramanga
MacMini: Zorin
ipod: Goldfinger
Shuffle: Domino
PDA: Oddjob
Palm PDA: Nick Nack

[drewel]

I named mine "iBook."

It's actually a Powerbook, but I don't want it to get a big head.

[Lukasha]

My main computer is called E.V.E. from the Japanese Anime "Megazone 23". She's the computer-generated personality that protects the people. My server is called Bahamoud which is also from Megazone 23. My AluBook 15" is called T-X from Terminator 3 because she's sexy and silver.

Jeff

[velocityg4]

My mass storage computer is always named "File Vault" I'm on the third one so far. And I came up with this name years before it appeared in Mac OS X. My music server is always called "Music Machine", on number 3. My main computer is called "Megatron". My network SSID is "Optimus Prime". My roomates G5 dualie is "Monolith". And my other roomates PC is "troublesomePOS", since it is a windows machine that I have reformatted three times.

[ephex]

I've always just named my boxen whatever I feel like, who needs order? :p

PowerBook - gravity
FreeBSD server - perfectspiral
and my now defunct PC - quicksilver [yes, it was silver :p]

[mcmillan]

I'm gonna name this one ZookD. Can anyone guess why. Hint: It's related to HAL-9000 :D

[aznsal612]

15" 1.5 Powerbook - Scarlett (Johannson)....*swoon*

:p

[Mechcozmo]

I named a dead pixel... him name is Chalmers.

Not Lazureas? :eek:
:rolleyes: :p

[WeeShoo]

My iPod mini's name is

*~~Kitty~~*
































lol, j/k.

[DesignIt]

I just got a powerbook so I have yet to name it...although the guy that was here before me (at work) named the dell laptop, "piece of crap pc". I thought it was quite fitting. :D

[simon-says]

I name all my stuff after Something Corporate songs.

Noelle - Powerbook
StrawDog - Windows Desktop
Caldecott - 40GB iPod
Little - iPod Shuffle
Hurricane - Router
Astronaut - USB Thumb Drive

[LFrascogna]

My macs are...
Big Mac - iMac G5
Little Mac - Powerbook G4
Spritle - iPod
Chim Chim - iPod Mini

No real theme, but I really did like the iPod names I came up with, following the Speed Racer theme.

[e²Studios]

My mac names are

Koguma - Mac Mini
Shirokuma - iBook
Saru - iMac

Ed

[clayj]

Once again, here are my machine names:

Logic : Sony 3.0 GHz Windows 2003 Server with Exchange 2003 (used for my mail and, soon, for some personal web hosting)
Synthetic : Sony 3.4 GHz Windows XP MCE 2005 SP-2 desktop (where I do most of my work)
Atomic : Sony 850 MHz Windows XP SP-2 notebook (used mostly for troubleshooting now... also it's a work of art (http://www.clayj.com/html/BRVAIOBoy.htm))
Xenophobic : 1.42 GHz Mac mini (used mostly for playing Internet radio and managing my iPod)
Kinetic : 1.5 GHz 15" G4 PowerBook (my new portable, replaced a 2.2 GHz Sony notebook named Nucleic)

as well as other devices (Sony PSP = Microscopic, Sony LocationFree TV = Euphoric, Maxtor attached network storage = Mnemonic)

[Aaon]

My names are

Home Desktop: Fourier
Thinkpad: Laplace
Mac @ Work: Feynman

Mathematicians and physicists....I'm such a nerd :rolleyes: .... :D

[dornoforpyros]

although my g5 doesn't have a name I've decided when I finnally buy a laptop it shall be called Lappy386 in reference to everyone's favourite internet cartoon :D

[biohazard6969]

stupid question. how do u change the name of your computer? its just the usesr account right? cause i got a name i wanna name it. "the punisher" :D

[MacTruck]

i have a tendency to call my Powerbook Tiki, why you may ask? because my Tiki man shotglass is always next to it, i use it to hold my shuffle or jumpdrive and not to take shots, because its of the ~2.5 shot size..... so i just started calling my 'book Tiki


I'll bet that tiki shot glass is plenty pissed. :eek:

[ouphe]

A friend of mine named my PM (before it arrived, in fact), Jaffar. It has stuck.

-Colin

[homerjward]

how do you rename a pc? :confused: i just renamed my ipod "vincent vega" and want to name my pc "jules winnefeld" but all i can do is figure out how to rename the hard drive...same with my mac. :confused:

[PlaceofDis]

I'll bet that tiki shot glass is plenty pissed. :eek:

he comes out on the rare night when i need to get trashed..... hes a good companion, and this fate is better than letting him get dusty on the shelf.

[ph0rce]

My MacMini is called: - Monty :D

My iPod is called: - Jeff's iPod

My iBook is called: - Jeff's iBook

Still need to think of a propper one for my iBook. iPod is ok with just "Jeff's iPod" i feel :D

laters friends,

[MacRy]

My iMac is called Benny - he's so white and 70's looking I thought of Abba

My PowerBook is called Roger - Solid and dependable name. He gets things done.

My old iBook was called Carl - A bit gay looking like the name ;)

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

stupid question. how do u change the name of your computer? its just the usesr account right? cause i got a name i wanna name it. "the punisher" :Dhow do you rename a pc? :confused: i just renamed my ipod "vincent vega" and want to name my pc "jules winnefeld" but all i can do is figure out how to rename the hard drive...same with my mac. :confused:
Mac: Look at System Preferences -> Sharing. :)

PC: Cannot help you since I don't have a working PC... ;)

Edit: Or maybe I can help after all. Google is a friend, and came up with this page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q295017/) on how to change the name of a PC using XP:To change a computer name and to join a domain or a workgroup, on the Computer Name tab [in the System Properties dialog box], click Change, and then type the information in the Computer name: dialog box. When the domain membership changes, click More to change the primary Domain Name System (DNS) suffix.

[Waragainstsleep]

I had a few machines named after characters from Tron (for sharing purposes). Master Control, Tron, RAM, Flynn, etc....

Have re-organised since then though. Though not entirely, so nothing has names at the moment.

[MovieCutter]

Power Mac = Maximus
Powerbook = Max
iPod 60GB = Melody
iPod 3G 10GB = Harmony
iPod 4G 40GB = NatPod (signed by Natalie Portman)
Silver iPod mini = Bullet
Treo 650 =Da Vinci
3x250GB LaCie d2 = Discovery, Columbia, Challenger
500GB LaCie d2 = Atlantis

[clayj]

how do you rename a pc? :confused: i just renamed my ipod "vincent vega" and want to name my pc "jules winnefeld" but all i can do is figure out how to rename the hard drive...same with my mac. :confused:In Windows XP:

1. Right-click "My Computer" on your desktop or in the Start menu. Click Properties.

2. Click the Computer Name tab.

3. Click Change next to "To rename this computer, click Change."

4. Type a new computer name and (optionally) a domain name or workgroup name.

5. Click OK three times. You don't have to restart right away, but the machine name and workgroup/domain name changes will not apply until you do.

[sakasune]

My G5 is HeyZeus (sounds like "Jesus" in spanish)
My 12" PowerBook is Defiant (like the ship in Deep Space 9)

My old 15" PowerBook was Silent Bob (cuz it was a hella lot quiter than my Dell which it replaced).
The Dell has had different names over time due to reformats. It used to be PowerHouse when I thought the Dell was cool. Now its Locutus (another ST reference).
And my old old desktop PC that I built long ago was Neo Bundy (Matrix and Married with Children reference).

...and my car is Penny. Because I bought her with an insurance check from an accident in my previous car. I didn't pay a penny for her, and that's her name.

[Silencio]

PowerMac G5: Skipskada
PowerMac G4: roygbiv
12" Powerbook G4: Katamari

[GroundLoop]

Here are the names of the computers in my home:

Hades
Acheron
Styx
Phlegethon
Cocytus
Lethe

Seems to make sense to me.

Hickman

[Silencio]

Here are the names of the computers in my home:

Hades
Acheron
Styx
Phlegethon
Cocytus
Lethe


No Malebolge? I'm disappointed! :D

[GroundLoop]

No Malebolge? I'm disappointed! :D

Well, if you buy me another computer I will name it Malebolge just for you, but for now I have to stick with Hades and its five rivers.

Hickman

[Silencio]

Well, if you buy me another computer I will name it Malebolge just for you, but for now I have to stick with Hades and its five rivers.

I was thinking you were covering the river motif, but the inclusion of Hades itself threw me and I forgot that Cocytus is also a river, not just the ninth circle of Hell.

We'll get it taken care of one way or the other. Dante's Inferno is one of my favorite books.

[MovieCutter]

Slightly off original topic: On the subject of mythic rivers, I can say that I have drunken from the River Styx, or the river that the Campania, Italy locals have considered the River Styx for over a thousand years...pic below...

http://homepage.mac.com/ericjmiller/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-08-03%2021.08.55%20-0700/Image-953F5814E5CB11D8.jpg

It was actually really cool as the tunnel we were going down was getting warmer and warmer as we progressed, creepy as hell... :)

[neoserver]

My PowerMac G5 is called Firestorm.
My 1.4Ghz Athlon is Thunderchicken.
My Thinkpad is called Hurricane.
My iPod is called Monsoon.

And my next computer will be called Cyclone.

[mad jew]

And my next computer will be called Cyclone.


Not keen on Willy Willy (http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s1059912.htm)? :p

[Ryon]

My PowerBook is Ethan, just because I like the name. If I get an iPod, it will be Ethan, Jr.

My sister's HP Pavilion is Pavlov.

My friend got an enormous 17"-screened Toshiba Qosimo that barely qualifies as a laptop (I wouldn't be able to stand the size, myself, but I'm SO jealous of the Harmon Kardon speakers, which sound quite amazing for a notebook). He dubbed it Gunther. I think it would funnier to call it Tina.

[MacTruck]

I like some of these names. I think I will steal a few. :cool:

[MacTruck]

Although I like my G5s name... "FireBitch".

[mcadam]

My old iBook was called Ib - named after my grandmothers cousin...

My pb is called Pok - the nickname of my uncle

Then I have an external disk...

The partition used for backups of pok is called Ding - my cousins nick', son of Pok

The other partition is Xlaus - another cousin of mine, with X instead of K

As you see I name everything after familymembers, making the names fit my machines.

A

[chaosbunny]

The powerbook in my sig is "Silverfish"
The cube is called "Würferl" which means "Cubie" in English.
The iPod is called "Jonesy" (the red cat in Alien)

[neoserver]

Not keen on Willy Willy (http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s1059912.htm)? :p

Ha ha... no not really :p

[xFU3Lx]

I'm gonna call mine....Bad Mother ********* :cool: hahahaha Gotta love Pulp Fiction.

[link92]

Liger = PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5GHz roars like a Lion with the fans spinning, and it's running Tiger :D

[ntg]

as previously mentioned, Unix admins often name the machines 'cause it makes it easier to admin.
mine were LOTR names like Ruaros, Orthanc, Orcrist, etc for the Unix boxes, and my macs have all been greek or Roman, like hercules (this 15" 1.5pb), icarus, romulus, remus, etc.
I then also named our novell and windows servers after gods, ie Zeus, Thor, etc.

When i did the y2k checks and produced compatibility reports to the CEO at the board meeting, I had a few comments made about the list, but everyone then tried to use the names when they had problems with the servers which made my life much easier (and more fun, too!).

Nig.

[Lord Blackadder]

I always name my computer after whatever I happen to be reading about at the time. Thus, my G4 tower is named "Oberon", after a character in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

My linux box is named "Darkstar II", after a prototype spyplane.

I have a Mac IIci running Debian that's named "Potato", which is the name of the Kernel version (imaginitive, eh?)

None of my pre-OS X Macs have names.

[hepcat57]

While we're on the subject...is it possible to change the computer name is OS X? I'm running Tiger. When doing the initial setup it said that this could not be changed. Please forgive me for being a newbie switcher if this has been discussed before. Did a Google search and came up empty handed.

[dubbz]

While we're on the subject...is it possible to change the computer name is OS X? I'm running Tiger. When doing the initial setup it said that this could not be changed. Please forgive me for being a newbie switcher if this has been discussed before. Did a Google search and came up empty handed.

System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer Name

Might have to press the Edit button and edit there too. Been a while since I changed it, so I don't remember for sure.

[ColoJohnBoy]

800 MHz TiBook - Orson Welles
1 GHz TiBook - Bernard Shaw
1 GHz 12" PB - Samuel Beckett
1.67 GHz 15" PB - Albert Camus
600 MHz Graphite iMac - J.D. Salinger
Green iPod mini - Pedro; originally Mr. Darcy

[ScruffyTheMac]

Dual 2.7 G5 = Scruffy the Mac (after Scruffy the Cat, legendary cowpunk band in Boston in the 80s)

15" powerbook = Titaniac

Alienware Wintel box = The Alien (exiled to the back of a closet over a year ago)

[tom_s]

iBook G3: LeBook
Linux/Wintel-Box: sancho

I think the iBook is my first computer i gave a name to.

It's interesting that some you have names even for Harddisks.

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

While we're on the subject...is it possible to change the computer name is OS X? I'm running Tiger. When doing the initial setup it said that this could not be changed. Please forgive me for being a newbie switcher if this has been discussed before. Did a Google search and came up empty handed.The computer's name is easy to change, like dubbz has already shown, but what you may be thinking of is the first (admin) user account's shortname. That is more or less impossible to change, since it's used deep down in the system (the user name can be changed, but do not mess with the short name). If you need another account name, make another account (or a clean install)... ;)

[hepcat57]

...what you may be thinking of is the first (admin) user account's shortname. That is more or less impossible to change, since it's used deep down in the system (the user name can be changed, but do not mess with the short name). If you need another account name, make another account (or a clean install)... ;)

Yes Mitt*, that's what I was thinking of. Thanks :)

[no_name]

I registered just to post this:
I have an iMacG3 named Glitch (as in Reboot, this made voice cammands more fun), a PowerMacG5 named Valentine, and my iPodmini is Glitch 2.0

[Dunepilot]

My Powermac is called 'Dual 867', unfrivolously.

My mate and his girlfriend both refer to his Powerbook 12" as Mollie, and my girlfriend calls her Powerbook 15" "Allie" as in aluminium.

My iBook is called 'Book' because I don't like to be reminded that it isn't a powerbook.
:rolleyes:

[bit density]

I have named my mac...

My Computer

heh.

[wako]

My PC gaming rig = pooter

My PowerBook = Lappy


:D

[terriyaki]

Guys I reinstalled OS X and forgot how to name my computer.

Help please.

It's not just to keep the whole Futurama theme going.. But it's kind of a security feature. I can check my router's DHCP clients table and see all of the names there. If a name doesn't fit the Futurama theme I know it's an intruding neighbor or something like that.

[DMPDX]

My PB usually goes by Le çedilla. And my mac mini usually calls itself El Pequeno Fuego. I dont know hwere they thought those up.:rolleyes:

[Seasought]

I named my Powerbook Daedalus after the mythological figure. :D

[Seasought]

Guys I reinstalled OS X and forgot how to name my computer.

As dubbz pointed out above:

System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer Name

...unless I'm missing some sort of subtle sarcasm that you are implying with this post. :D

[yellow]

1) Qwoosh. (A.K.A. The Frinkiac 2005)
2) YellowMoblie
3) Stimpy
4) POSXP
5) POSXPLT

[Eevee]

G3 Powerbook--Einstein
G4 Powerbook--Einstein 2

I don't want to name my G5 PowerMac Einstein 3. Any suggestions?

[SoulBlighter]

My brother and I have several apple computers primarily at our house. With them being all networked, we've assigned 'designations' out of necessity to reference them, and thats just sort of become their names.


iMac 333 G3 -> i3 or Bondi ( in conversation we just say it like Bondy ) since she's Bondi Blue
iMac 400 G3 -> i4
iMac 500 G3 -> i5
iMac 800 G4 -> i8

My Powerbook 1.5GHz G4 -------> KPB ( my first name begins with a K )
My Bros Powerbook 1.5GHz G4 -> DPB ( his first name begins with a D )


But the linux servers just go by their function- like "Mail Server", "Audio Server"...

And last, but not least, my sisters PC is known as "crap".

[mustard]

Remebering those old childhood favorites

Dual 2 G5 = Johnny5
60GB 5G iPod = Batteries not included

[SpaceMagic]

My G5 has always been called Bertha :D

My iBook G4 is called Brenda

[terriyaki]

As dubbz pointed out above:

System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer Name

...unless I'm missing some sort of subtle sarcasm that you are implying with this post. :D
Whoops totally missed dubbz' post. My mistake. Thanks for the help, Seasought.

Zoidberg is back again!

[G5Unit]

Compy, short, sweet, and to the point

[Seasought]

Whoops totally missed dubbz' post. My mistake. Thanks for the help, Seasought.

Zoidberg is back again!

You're welcome.
:D

[Ultimate-Omen]

iBook: Apocrypha (look it up :D )
Old Dead Custom PC: Morthoseth (look that up as well :cool: )

[Jesus]

iBook: Apocrypha (look it up :D )
Old Dead Custom PC: Morthoseth (look that up as well :cool: )

Whaaa!!!

Your iBook is of little or no authenticity.

When did Apple continue the licensing of clone machines?? :)

[maz94protege]

Well the mac mini is labled "The King", and the Toshiba Laptop is named "B@$TARD CHILD"

[Eidorian]

Soja

After the battleship Soja. <.<

[umrdad]

got an old toshiba tecra i call doorstop and it does a darn good job at it too

[ortuno2k]

Of course I do name my computers, including my Mac.
Server: Helium
PC: Lithium
iMac: Cosma
Powerbook: Powerbook ('till I find a better name for it)

[h0e0h]

4g Black Nano - "Brown's Nano"
30g White 5gen - "The Beast"
Mac Mini - "Mini"
Powerbook - "The Mac"

I know they're original, but the people using my home network aren't that computer literate, so I have to keep them pretty simple.

[livingfortoday]

Powerbook - Galatea
Cube - Aphrodite
old G3 tower - Kronos

[EricNau]

I by far have the best computer name:
"Chip" ...get it? :D

[RedTomato]

Network names for my machines:

PB 15'' 1.5ghz: Excalibur (it's big, metallic, shiny and gets the job done)

iBook g3 400mhz: TinyTiny (it's tiny and belonged to my girlfriend who is 4'10'' and also calls herself 'tiny')

[was 'Excalibur Junior' formerly - who remembers the GrailQuest series of spoof choose-your-own-adventure mock D&D books?]

B+W PowerMac G3 350mhz - lives in the attic and serves files - 'Bluey'

300GB mobile firewire HD 'Mogadu'

When I was at Edinburgh University about 10 years ago, their servers were called after Scottish islands.

'Flugga' and 'Jura' (often called 'Jugga') - email servers i think.

'Islay' and 'Moray' - Account homes and fileservers.

Suprised I still remember them.. Guess I'm a real hardware geek :)

.. RedTomato..