what does the "i" stand for???

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mr.w

macrumors regular

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• Jun 19, 2002

• #1

maybe I'm just slow or dumd, but I've been thinking, what does the prefix "i" stand for in the apple product line... ipod, imac, ibook, iphoto, imovie, itunes, etc. ???

 

britboy

macrumors 68030

• Jun 19, 2002

• #2

Originally it was used for the iMac. The "i" stood for "internet". The whole idea was that the iMac was a computer designed for easy access to the internet. Ironically though, the first ones shipped with a puny little 33.6k modem 😛

It's just caught on now, and is used as a suffix for consumer models (i know, suffix means 'at the end of the word', but you know what i mean 😉).

 

McFreggle

macrumors 6502a

• Jun 19, 2002

• #3

Internet, intelligence, ideology, interesting, illumunate, impact, implodable-when-needed, impotence-stopping, improving, independent, Indo-European, Iobs Steve, infinity, Inkwell, installable, interface, interior-decorating, irish, ...

(the list never stops actually)

k.

 

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mr.w

macrumors regular

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• Jun 19, 2002

• #4

i see... internetTunes. it does have a ring to it

 

McFreggle

macrumors 6502a

• Jun 19, 2002

• #5

Originally posted by britboy
(i know, suffix means 'at the end of the word', but you know what i mean 😉).

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Yeah, a prefix. ;-)

k.

 

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mr.w

macrumors regular

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• Jun 19, 2002

• #6

indo-europeanTunes does too 😉

 

britboy

macrumors 68030

• Jun 19, 2002

• #7

Originally posted by McFreggle


Yeah, a prefix. ;-)

k.

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That's the one 😀

Is that coffee i smell? Excuse me, i'll be right back when my brain's working again.

 

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iGav

macrumors G3

• Jun 19, 2002

• #8

Or maybe 'IDIOT' as they're so easy to use....... 😛

 

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mr.w

macrumors regular

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• Jun 19, 2002

• #9

Originally posted by iGAV
Or maybe 'IDIOT' as they're so easy to use....... 😛

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IdiotGAV has a very nice ring to it too 😉

 

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iGav

macrumors G3

• Jun 19, 2002

• #10

Originally posted by mr.w


IdiotGAV has a very nice ring to it too 😉

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*ouch* 😱 😛

So I can make one good guess about what the W in mr.w stands for then...... heh heh......😛 😛 😛

 

AlphaTech

macrumors 601

• Jun 19, 2002

• #11

Hey mr.w, you might want to fix your sig... Why anyone would want a terrabite... a bit is 1/8 of a byte... Come on people, you have to know this stuff... 🙄

As for the i in the software and hardware, how about innovative?? That works. 😛 😀

BTW, my vote is on the 'slow'... 😀

 

IndyGopher

macrumors 6502a

• Jun 19, 2002

• #12

Originally posted by britboy
Originally it was used for the iMac. The "i" stood for "internet". The whole idea was that the iMac was a computer designed for easy access to the internet. Ironically though, the first ones shipped with a puny little 33.6k modem 😛

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Nope. When Jobs announced it in May of '98 he said it would have a 33.6 modem, but the backlash took care of that before anything was sold. When the iMacs were released on August 15th of 1998, they did indeed have 56K modems installed. I should think an iMac with a real apple 33.6 modem installed (and therefore a pre-release prototype/demo model) would be worth quite a bit.