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Intel Transition, MacBook Name, and Windows on Mac?

darrens said:
...or just drop Power and stick with with they have - Mac Quad
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That works. But it is a Pro machine....

Besides, Mac Quad sounds like a tabloid headline for a surprise birth of quadruplets in a fast-food chain.
 
I think we'll see

iBook become Mac Book
Powerbook is already Mad Book Pro

iMac is iMac (already has Mac in the name)

Mac Mini can remain unchanged

Mac Pro - may be the name of Powermacs.
 
Feeling no post-MWSF blues....

I admit that when I saw the keynote stream for Macbook Pro, I was at first a bit worried about the viability of my rev D 15" Powerbook. But, after some reflection, I realize that I don't really push the boundaries of my current machine, when running CS2 or Mathematica for work. So, while it would be "nice" to have a new machine (as always), I'm having a harder time staying away from the new iMac. That baby looks sweet.
 
you people have too much time on your hands to complain about the name of a product. who cares as long as the product is good thats all that should matter? its not like steve jobs named your first born kid. its just a computer?
 
macnews said:
If you are doing serious graphic design, then go with a power mac (or perhaps soon to be Mac Pro). The full desktop model, esp the new ones, are fast and rumored to perhaps be faster than the intel model which will replace them.

Not to offend you or anything, but if you are looking at a 20" imac and consider that good enough for the graphic design you want to do then running via rosetta should be just fine, just bump up your ram to max. I have an 8 month old imac G5 and run CS suite so they are fine for graphic design, but I am not a full time designer.
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Well I'm not a designer at all right now. I'm taking a class. I don't have the money or the need for a Powermac.
 
dogsbody said:
Well, doesn't Mac Mini sound like something from the kid's menu...:rolleyes:
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At least they got MacBook Pro right - doesn't fit on the menu at all. Can't see that particular fast food joint selling literature.

Night - I'm off to bed!

Hopefully there will be some more juicy details from those at MacWorld in the morning Aussie time! I was late to work this morning catching up with all the news. :eek:
 
Naming Stupidity

Look, guys - to be honest, there are some names that are better, and some names that sound worse. But in the end, all its used for is making sure the customer - and everyone around him - knows the product. It was imperative to change the name so that when Customer A goes into the store and some random dude asks "Is that a PowerBook," A can say "No, it's a MacBook" and turn random dude into Customer B. Frankly, I'm more bothered by the fact it looks like PowerBook, more than the name.

As for general likability, the word "Power" is only good because we KNOW it. We got used to it. If Apple had named their music play iPack in 1999/2000, then we would all be used to it, and think "Pod" was stupid.

If it bothers you this much, and continues to, I'm sure some genius is going to come out with business out of making thin re-appliable vinyl stickers that matches the silver tint of the notebooks - stickers that you can order with customizations to display "___'s PowerBook" or whatever.
 
wow. Apple just released a sweet laptop and people are saying they will stick with G4s because of the name? regaurdless of the performance of the new one?

I was shocked by the name change as well, but you know what? it works, its simple, and it is still an apple laptop. One with dual core and a slew of other features to boot. The name will be commonplace soon enough.

Can't wait till mine shows up. February can't come soon enough!
 
yea i wish i could get a new one haha. poor college kid here. had to get a G4 :rolleyes: oh well its my first mac and i get it in a few days so i'm excited.
 
jihad the movie said:
I couldn't agree more, in fact, I just was about to make the same post.
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DrEasy said:
I agree too! I came up with the same names as well.
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prefixes are the way forward, and can keep the Pro-aspect of it all....suffixes are clumsy.

as i said before, ProBook, i await you...
 
chibianh said:
All this talk about booting a Mac into windows is blasphemy! Why would you want to do that?!?!
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Yoh Dude! chill!

I'm a web developer. I need to test websites under windows, and under OSX. I don't give a rat's ass about games. It's all about testing, and using PC-only tools.
 
technicolor said:
But what are they going to call the Power Mac?
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Um, maybe "Macintosh"? I'm surprised only two other people have come to that same conclusion in this thread.
 
i own a powerbook myself, but i like the new name.
to anyone who isn’t very 'apple' the mac-part is explanation and advertisement at the same time, geeks will refer to nicknames like TiBook, AlBook etc anyways.

but wait - actually, i couldn’t care less about the naming.
i’m going for the right mix of functional+esthetical design, built quality, specs and price. i rather see the power in the benchmarks only than in the name only. :D
 
What a cheesy name

Too bad they had to name the new laptop the "MacBook Pro." Sounds quite cheesy to my ears. It would have been nicer if they had left the "Pro" out, but I guess they will need this little word to differentiate it from the renamed iBook, soon to come...

Fortunately names are not important.

Just my 2¢, for what it's worth.
 
k28 said:
If iBook change to MacBook, wouldn't it be odd that iMac is only product that has "i"?

I think iBook will not get the new name. There is only 2 way of products name that i can think of...

1st - keep "i"
Desktop - Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro
Notebook - iBook, MacBook Pro

2nd - get rid of the "i"
Desktop - Mac mini, Mac(odd?), Mac Pro
Notebook - MacBook, MacBook Pro

What do you think?
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Posted it for me, I think it's gonna be option 1.
The iMac & iPod are iconic now they won't get rid of the "i".
Apart from the iBook, they will call that the MacBook.
Although your option 2 does looker alot 'cleaner'.
 
jennysbelly said:
Here's my dilemna. I am currently MAC-less, with a cheapo HP desktop at home, and a wintel laptop at the office. I've been looking at getting a MAC for awhile, and had decided on the 20" imac. Although I didn't anticipate the imac being intel-ed so soon, I decided to wait for the expo. I currently do not own ANY Mac software, and am starting a graphic design online program shortly. I don't feel like buying the G5 is the good option, so should I just bite the bullet, by the Intel, and by the software and deal with rosetta until the binaries come out? Is there another option I'm not seeing?
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If you are taking classes, then the iMac will be fine. Buy the current software at a student discount, and get started with learning. In a year, when Adobe CS3 is out, and the ProMacs are out, then you can upgrade if it still looks like you will persue it as a career choice.
 
hola, hadn't got the time to go through the 8 pages yet, so sorry if this is a repost; but the new MacIntels boot under EFI.

Is this a problem for dual booting ( or emulation ) ?
 
jennysbelly said:
Well I'm not a designer at all right now. I'm taking a class. I don't have the money or the need for a Powermac.
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In that case, I suspect you will be fine with a 20" iMac. The speed bump by the intel processor may not make it faster running stuff under/through rossetta, but I think it will be good enough for what you want. If you can wait a few weeks, I would thus allowing all the mac pubs to get their hands on an actual imac and run some tests. I know many have looked at putting the CS suite through its paces to see how non-universal binaries compare to universal ones.
 
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