how can I learn the "codename" of my Powerbook

, bad luck, you have to have usb2.0 to get a codename..

 

Good question - I've heard the name "Little Al" bandied about (as opposed to "Big Momma" for the 17" Rev A 1GHz Powerbook), but I don't know if it's the code name. As far as I know, it's simply the 12-inch Powerbook 867MHz (aka Rev A 12" Powerbook), but I'm as curious as you are... certainly it would be interesting if the different revisions had different codenames...

 

I beleive the codename for the original 12" powerbook is "Thresher".

MacTracker is cool free little program that gives all kinds of information on macs. (http://www.mactracker.ca/)

 

Yes, it is thresher.

Mac Tracker has the code names of all Macs in quotes under their description. It is an awsome program.

 

wow, there is really a code name. n i thought it was a fantasy post

 

http://www.theapplemuseum.com/codenames/

 

Wow, that's really cool!! Thanks for pointing me to that little program

 

No problem, it is such a neat/usefull program. It has even earned a place in my dock.

Oops, I forgot! I have been without 56k for almost a year now.

BTW, I was thinking thresher meant something like "small yet powerfull"

 

M-W.com says...

Merriam-Webster/my mom told me a thresher is:

"a machine for separating grain crops into grain or seeds and straw".
(No, merriam-webster is not my mother. lol. She grew up on a farm!)

Why that's a computer name, couldn't tell ya. My guess is "thresher" just sounds cool.

 

Thresher is also the name of a type of shark. Maybe apple likes to code name their powerbooks after sharks? (the 17" powerbook was code named "Hammerhead")