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Do you name your Macs?
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I've always found it strange the way people name there computers, I see nothing wrong with it, I tried it for a while but it just felt strange. I name my devices like this.
iMac Ross
- Macintosh HD
- External Drive
- Lego Drive (It's a Lacie lego drive)
Laptop TBR (tbr is the name I use online)
- Laptop HD
- Darkside HD (Windows Partition... so I named 1 thing
)
iPod Ross
Mini Me (USB Key Drive... okay 2 things)
Ross W800 (Mobile Phone)
As you can see, I name things as what they are and so that I/people know they are mine.
I've always found it strange the way people name there computers, I see nothing wrong with it, I tried it for a while but it just felt strange. I name my devices like this.
iMac Ross
- Macintosh HD
- External Drive
- Lego Drive (It's a Lacie lego drive)
Laptop TBR (tbr is the name I use online)
- Laptop HD
- Darkside HD (Windows Partition... so I named 1 thing
)iPod Ross
Mini Me (USB Key Drive... okay 2 things)
Ross W800 (Mobile Phone)
As you can see, I name things as what they are and so that I/people know they are mine.
Is there a story behind that?I refer to mine as my wife sometimes, but nope, no names here.
I name everything after philosophers. iPod-iHobbes, 15" MBP-iMachievalli, 12" iBook-iCalvin and my thumb drive is iLocke.
That sounds fun. How about humanists? I'll start: My mighty mouse will now be known is Pico Della Mirandola.
Macbook 1.83 Intel: Toxic
iPod: Poison (I thought it went nicely with Toxic)
iBook G3 (may it rest in peace): Chimera
iPod: Poison (I thought it went nicely with Toxic)
iBook G3 (may it rest in peace): Chimera
My HD (and MBP): Nikita
My External HD: Josephine
I'm sure a few here get the reference, but given the low ratings (and eventual cancellation) I doubt too many do.
My favorite related quote, taken from a review: "It makes the X-Files look like a hug-fest"
My External HD: Josephine
I'm sure a few here get the reference, but given the low ratings (and eventual cancellation) I doubt too many do.
My favorite related quote, taken from a review: "It makes the X-Files look like a hug-fest"
How sad we are!
my iMac G5 is called charlotte
my external HD with music RINGOSTARR
my external HD with photo HERBRITTS
my external HD with video EDDWOOD
my ipod: bambu's other little precious (bambu being my other (and capoeira) nickname, and my little precious being my canon 20D)
my old pc laptop is called aquarium for the painting i did on it
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my iMac G5 is called charlotte
my external HD with music RINGOSTARR
my external HD with photo HERBRITTS
my external HD with video EDDWOOD
my ipod: bambu's other little precious (bambu being my other (and capoeira) nickname, and my little precious being my canon 20D)
my old pc laptop is called aquarium for the painting i did on it
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I name my computers after simpsons characters.
Moleman (my firewall box - Celeron 450 (apt name)), Marge (webserver), Grampa (webserver/old pc Should be Abe, but will rename after I sort my network out), Homer (temp machine (was a server) being used until my iMac 24" arrives).
Moleman (my firewall box - Celeron 450 (apt name)), Marge (webserver), Grampa (webserver/old pc Should be Abe, but will rename after I sort my network out), Homer (temp machine (was a server) being used until my iMac 24" arrives).
When I was a PC user mine was sometimes referred to as "That feckin pc" thankfully all is now peace since I went Mac just over a year ago.
Happy Dave
Hmm well at NHI (National Hispanic Institute) not many people had seen Macs before. And one girl saw it and was like wow... can I touch it? (very odd but gave me a few good laughs)
And then she went on to call it Manzana (which is the word apple in spanish) so from than on I refer to it, to those who know at least, as Manzana
And then she went on to call it Manzana (which is the word apple in spanish) so from than on I refer to it, to those who know at least, as Manzana
Clearly I do, as indicated in my sig.
I also name my hard drives. Hoshiko (internal), Hisano (external), and Hiroko (external) are the drives I had connected to my PowerBook, Yaseko.
Rakka (OS X) and Reki (Windows) are the names of the two internal partitions in my Mac Pro, Velocity. I'll probably add three more HDs eventually which will obviously be named Kanna, Hikari, and Nemu. My next iPod will be named Kuu. Yay Haibane Renmei!
I also name my hard drives. Hoshiko (internal), Hisano (external), and Hiroko (external) are the drives I had connected to my PowerBook, Yaseko.
Rakka (OS X) and Reki (Windows) are the names of the two internal partitions in my Mac Pro, Velocity. I'll probably add three more HDs eventually which will obviously be named Kanna, Hikari, and Nemu. My next iPod will be named Kuu. Yay Haibane Renmei!
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