nMP?

I name my computers after code names from the TV-show Alias... the nMP will be my new "Mountaineer".

calaverasgrande said:

This may be a can of worms.

As a dyed in the wool nerd I am having a hard time deciding whether to go for an obvious Star Wars reference for the name or something more obscure like a call out to 70's Doctor Who.
I've already grown out of a phase of naming everything for JRR Tolkien books.

What are your clever or silly names for your New Mac Pros?

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Yeah! 'K9' FTW

"Gary"

nevermind

If anyone calls it Candice don't ask me for any help!

The Desktop icon is more important.. sadly I won't be able to use this anymore... yeah, it's a G4, but it still sorta worked with the cMPs.. need a new one now.

wildmac said:

The Desktop icon is more important.. sadly I won't be able to use this anymore... yeah, it's a G4, but it still sorta worked with the cMPs.. need a new one now.

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I got the nMP trash can posted here a few weeks ago and it's great!

Since that ugly incident with a dead hard drive back in '93 (a Mac IIsi !), I've always used the name "the Abyss" for my main Mac.

I didn't realize people named their computers. I must really be old and boring...

Legion vs Dibbley. Legion gets it I think.

crjackson2134 said:

I didn't realize people named their computers. I must really be old and boring...

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You got there while I was typing.

In full knowledge that I am old and boring...I still don't get the whole naming-inanimate-objects thing.

Black Yoda.

I name my machines after Batman's rogues, and my current Mac Pro is "mrfreeze". The new one will replace the old, so it'll just inherit its name.

I pretty much leave mine at defaults. If I need an identifier to differentiate the machine, it will be the default name-location.

Stumpy The Shadowcan

Darth Vader because it looks a bit like his helmet

Shrink said:

You got there while I was typing.

In full knowledge that I am old and boring...I still don't get the whole naming-inanimate-objects thing.

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It's more about renaming the "Macintosh HD" for variety and security reasons..

wildmac said:

The Desktop icon is more important.. sadly I won't be able to use this anymore... yeah, it's a G4, but it still sorta worked with the cMPs.. need a new one now.

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how's this? haha

wildmac said:

It's more about renaming the "Macintosh HD" for variety and security reasons..

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OK...that makes sense to me.

Shrink said:

You got there while I was typing.

In full knowledge that I am old and boring...I still don't get the whole naming-inanimate-objects thing.

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It's useful if you have multiple computers (or other devices or VMs, etc).
You can use the name when configuring a machine's identity on a network or include the name in the name of a backup file, etc.

So I do name my devices, but because I'm old and boring too I use names like "iSee's iMac"... I just try to use the most obvious and straightforward name possible... basically what I would call it even if I never gave it a name.

If I got a new Mac Pro I'd simply call it "iSee's Mac Pro".

I'm keeping my oMP 8 core "mactopus" so I won't be re-using that name. I was thinking "nacelle" but I haven't decided for sure yet.