G"X" term term getting old?

[eric_n_dfw]

PPC Generations

I know this has been posted before, but, for clarity, here's Motorola's PowerPC roadmap and the "G" assosiated with each chip: http://e-www.motorola.com/collateral/PPCRMAP.pdf

In brief:
G1 = PPC 601
G2 = PPC 603/603e & 604/604e
G3 = PPC 750
G4 = PPC 75xx
vvv-- future --vvv
G5 = PPC 85xx
G6 = PPC 86xx

To see what Mac's ran on each, go to http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_processor/index.html

 

[cleo]

Re: Re: Re: Re: ???

Originally posted by AlphaTech



I vote that they put an X into the name... powered by the X1 processor... or a Gx (make the X superscripted over the G).

Can you imagine the poor Apple Store employees trying to explain that one to hapless PC converts?

"Well, see, when 'X' comes after 'OS' you say 'ten.' When it comes after 'G' you say 'ex.' And if there's three in a row you say 'porn.'"

 

[AlphaTech]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ???

Originally posted by cleo


Can you imagine the poor Apple Store employees trying to explain that one to hapless PC converts?

"Well, see, when 'X' comes after 'OS' you say 'ten.' When it comes after 'G' you say 'ex.' And if there's three in a row you say 'porn.'"

Actually, I was thinking that the X could also stand for eXtreme or eXcellent or eXperimental, just like the military does all those years ago with the prototype jets... X22 just to name one. Later, when they are in production, they receive a F designation (if a fighter at least).

Just a few thoughts... take them with your drink of choice.

 

[mc68k]

Funny how we end up calling them by their codename anyway. I guess they could go on with the GX term indefinitely. I wasn't as "into" the mac scene when they introduced the G4. If I recall correctly, they started out as almost the same thing as the G3/350 then gained some muscle later. Wonder if history will repeat itself?

They can't improve too much on the case design so this will probably keep any wildy different nomenclature to a minimum. The naming seems to have been after elements lately:

Quicksilver
Mercury
Titanium
G4^3 -> Trinity (Strange!)

What's the next element/diety for it to be named after?

 

[PCUser]

A wild guess about those names...

Quicksilver is actually another name for Mercury (Edit: I'm talking about element names... "Quicksilver" is another name for the element "Mercuy"...). Titanium and Mercury are both silvery in color. Trinity (also called 'triunity') means any group of three related members. (Not the theological definition.)

Therefore, Quicksilver, Mercury, and Titanium all refer to elements that are silvery in color, so the next name was Trinity, to signify this fact.

Logical progression has unveiled to me the deeper meanings of Apple's naming scheme. Or, more likely, I need sleep.


(BTW, what the heck is "G4^3"? I hadn't heard of any mac being dubbed 'trinity'...)

 

[kevine]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ???

Originally posted by cleo


Can you imagine the poor Apple Store employees trying to explain that one to hapless PC converts?

"Well, see, when 'X' comes after 'OS' you say 'ten.' When it comes after 'G' you say 'ex.' And if there's three in a row you say 'porn.'"

That reminded me of how if Apple maintained their naming conventions, the SE/30 would've been named SEX.

Apple could probably come up with a better sounding name, but I wonder if that in of itself is old...the new 2000-X1-Pro

Personally, I think Apple should've named the Quicksilvers with the newer revision of the G4s as G5s, and the upcoming G5 should've been called a G6. This was in marketing-speak, Apple would've leapfrogged Intel still struggling with it's puny little "4".

 

[tortus]

Tits

I am all for the new High End Macs to be called "Tits."

 

[AlphaTech]

Re: Tits

Originally posted by tortus
I am all for the new High End Macs to be called "Tits."

Hmmmm... interesting code name for a Mac... and what would you call the low end systems???

 

[mc68k]

Originally posted by PCUser
A wild guess about those names...

Quicksilver is actually another name for Mercury. Titanium and Mercury are both silvery in color. Trinity (also called 'triunity') means any group of three related members. (Not the theological definition.)

(BTW, what the heck is "G4^3"? I hadn't heard of any mac being dubbed 'trinity'...)

G4^3 -> G4 Cube (shorthand - carat to symbolize superscript 3)

Titanium I guess is not an actual codename for the powerbook g4. I heard it was code-named Mercury becuase the Mercury capsule that they found and salvaged was made from Titanium— for anyone who cares.

 

[astronun]

QuickSilver refers to the case design. The Powerbook does not go by "titainum powerbook" it's call the PowerBook G4 and the PowerBook G4 (gigabit Ethernet)

Before you had the quicksilvers you had the digital audios and the gigbit eithernet. PowerBooks were the powerBook G3 firewire and the bronze before that they were the G3 series

 

[Rower_CPU]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ???

Originally posted by AlphaTech
Oh, my favorite SNL commercial is for 'colon blow' the breakfast with more dietary fiber then raw wood.

Don't forget "Quarry"!

I think a rock based name would be appropriate...how about the new Motorola PowerPC Granite...slow as hell but very stable

 

[alex_ant]

Re: Re: Tits

Originally posted by AlphaTech
Hmmmm... interesting code name for a Mac... and what would you call the low end systems???

Hmm.... if you mean "low-end" literally, I can come up with a few names.

Alex