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Apple Trademarks 'Mac Pro'

Peace said:
The full line-up is getting clear now.

Laptops :

iBook--For students etc..13"--coming soon
MacBook--little more umph--15"--coming soon
MacBook Pro--high end laptop...17" coming soon

Desktops :

Mac Mini Media--for the home
iMac--little more umph
MacPro--high end desktop--superduper 12 quad dual dual quad cores 😛
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I don't think the next Intel based power macs are going to be called MacPro's. I think there is going to be a whole new name for this line that no one has guessed yet that will set it apart. Sure, it will contain the word Mac, but it won't be something as simple as MacPro.

I know this sounds silly, but the name of this line HAS to be longer or more exotic than the name of the top end laptop.

No idea what this name will be, but I just don't think it will be MacPro. I suspect they will try and tie in some sort of affiliation with the processors used as they did with the G5.
 
uaaerospace said:
What about the desktop line? The iMac name is the same. Why do you think the notebook lines will be different?
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Does this have anything remotely to do with my point? lol

My point was, that Apple created a product called Macbook Pro. In order to justify its 'pro' status, there needs to be a product below it without the pro designation, but WITHIN the Macbook line.

Desktop strategy isn't completely clear yet with regard to names, but the argument would be the same if Apple had released something called 'iMac Pro'. I would expect them to follow up shortly thereafter with a regular 'iMac'. This of course didn't happen, because the new iMac is no more a pro machine than the previous ones were (i.e. not expandable, etc)
 
Roller said:
Well, they're certainly covering all the bases. ("All your Mac Pro bases are belong to Apple.")

So we'll have MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro. I wonder how long iMac will stay around.
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I believe they already released the intel version of the iMac. They called it iMac. It's not going anywhere. iBook will most likely be MacBook like you said so they have the name Mac in it. Although, to be consistent and logical, it should be the iMacBook. That's gonna be my guess.
 
Why not just make it a "Mac iBook." I don't think it has to be consistent - otherwise, they would have changed the "iMac" name.
 
Why am I not surprised?

But really, I think these names might actually work out better. I have a friend who can't figure out the differences between "PowerPC" and "Power Mac." - I must have told him hundreds of times, but I guess the names are just too similar for some to handle.
 
Mac Pro will be announced on April 1st (30 year anniversary) and displayed and shipping during the NAB show in Vegas.
 
Now, I'm not one to just b1tch and gripe, normally.
But, I take exception here.

This would-be insider whisper is glaringly predictable. Apple only added the prefix of "Power" onto their products to identify the presence of a PowerPC spec CPU on board. It was product differentiation through branding. And it cost them rather dearly at first. Now that they're migrating away from PowerPCs all together -- and on a 2 year roadmap that we're about 6 months into already, at that -- and we see the beginnings of new names for machines that have been relieved of PowerPC processors... And anybody finds this new name floating about even the slightest bit surprising? Friggin' of course the Power Macs will be renamed Mac Pro or something to that effect. For my own part I was kind of hoping we might get back to a simple name like Macintosh. But, I did know better than to expect that simplicity. It would only appeal to a minority -- that being romantically inclined users that remember when "Power" was just the word for the switch that you flipped to turn your Apple Macintosh on with.

And iBooks are not apt to be renamed just because of this, either. If that were really going to be the case, we wouldn't be seeing a pair of iMacs running the CoreDuo. iBooks will still be iBooks. As above, so below. Obviously, Power Macs will become Mac Pros. It's not too inventive. But, it hated the name iMac for 2 or 3 years. I also thought iPod was a dopey name with no indication of what the product was or did. In both cases, the rest of the world didn't really care or have a problem with this and I got over the annoyance. I'll get over this naming convention as well. And so should anyone else fretting over this. As for any of you that were genuinely caught flat footed with this revalation of nomenclature, you might consider getting a helmet for everyday use.
 
Now, I'm not one to just b1tch and gripe, normally.

artisan002 said:
Now, I'm not one to just b1tch and gripe, normally.
But, I take exception here.

And iBooks are not apt to be renamed just because of this, either. If that were really going to be the case, we wouldn't be seeing a pair of iMacs running the CoreDuo. iBooks will still be iBooks.
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I think you are dead wrong, and everybody else that thinks the iBook name will stay needs to wake up. There are two goals for the new names. Remove "Power" from all product lines because the PowerPC will no longer be used. The second is to add "Mac" to the entire computer line as Steve Jobs mentioned. iBook is gone because there is no "Mac". They will become iMacBook, I personally prefer iMacBook rather then MacBook to keep the i for consumer products i.e. iMac, iMacBook, iLife, iMovie, iTunes, iWeb, iPhoto, iWeb, iWork, iPod etc.

I love the new product line names!

Desktop:
Mac mini
iMac
Mac Pro

Portables:
MacBook mini (Oh Please 😀 10" Widescreen )
iMacBook (13.3" Widescreen)
MacBook Pro (15.4" & 17")
 
clayj said:
Sounds fine to me. "MacBook Pro", "Mac Pro", and (extrapolating here) "MacBook" when the iBook replacement is announced. "Mac mini" is fine the way it is.

Seems perfectly logical.
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Too bad Big Mac is already taken.
 
I have been stating all along that the real reason for the name changes is to get rid of the "Power" part of the name. I still maintain (as I have from the start of the naming debate) that the names will be:

Mac Pro, MacBook Pro
iMac, iBook

IMO, the "i" is more important in the names of the consumer lines than "Mac", because "i" is widely associated by the general public with consumer products made by Apple.

Of course, iMacBook would follow the naming pattern most consistently, but I think it's too much of a a mouthful.
 
The real complaint people seem to have is that the "Mac Pro" isn't as streamlined a name as "Powermac." It's harder to move your mouth from the "ac" sound to the "p" sound than it is from "er" to "ma," and the vowel sounds are in Powermac are more sympathetic than the new title.

Despite that the new names make sense, it's not as pleasing to hear or speak them.
 
MacinDoc said:
I have been stating all along that the real reason for the name changes is to get rid of the "Power" part of the name. I still maintain (as I have from the start of the naming debate) that the names will be:

Mac Pro, MacBook Pro
iMac, iBook

IMO, the "i" is more important in the names of the consumer lines than "Mac", because "i" is widely associated by the general public with consumer products made by Apple.

Of course, iMacBook would follow the naming pattern most consistently, but I think it's too much of a a mouthful.
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I don't think Steve will leave iBook though ...
Steve Jobs said:
"It's a new name because we're kinda done with 'Power' and because we want 'Mac' in the name of our products."
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Which really leaves two options "MacBook" or "iMacBook".
 
.Andy said:
Egads 😱. Google Image Search for 'Mac Pro'

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http://www.maccosmetics.com/
 
They should call it "Willy."

The iBook could be "Ted"

The MacBook Pro goes to "Maurice" with the Merom chip

Mac mini becomes "Howard"

iMac becomes "Janet"

That way there can be no confusion.
 
The name transition began with the Mac mini. However iMac just does not fit into the new scheme.
Mac mini -> iMac -> Mac Pro
It just doesn't work.

I speculate that the iMac is now becoming a name that will be synonymous with All-in-One devices. That there will be a full range of headless Mac boxes
Mac mini -> Mac -> Mac Pro and the laptop range will just be MacBook -> MacBook Pro. Of course a MacBook mini or MacBook nano would be nice addition to the range. It is probably very clear to Apple now as they expand their sales that there is a market for both a Mac mini, a Mac and a Mac Pro. The question remaining is will the Mac be single / dual core, 32/64 bit. I'd go for dual core 32 bit. The mini being single core 32 bit and the Pro being dual/quad core 64 bit.
 
Marble said:
I am still not sure they're going to get rid of "iBook." It's a very catchy name, not potentially misleading like "PowerBook," and the iMac name remains.
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People don't seem to understand the reasons behind the namechanges. Every third post seems to get it wrong.

Steve Jobs: "It's a new name because we're kinda done with 'Power' and because we want 'Mac' in the name of our products."

So PowerMac is gone because it has power in it. iBook is gone because it doesn't have 'mac' in it. Simple.
 
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