What to call the new Intel Macs?

[jayscheuerle]

Why in the world would Apple, one of the worlds' most recognizable brands, give Intel free advertising in terms of incorporating its name with theirs? And doing so would rule out any AMD chips in the future. I'm guessing that whatever they're called won't have a processor reference at all because other PCs are going to be using the same processors and processor speed is generally irrelevant these days. They might as well name them after their generation or year and focus more on the OS inside.

Xmac07
Xbook06
Ximac06, etc...

 

[cube]

If you are implying that Apple will now simply be producing yet another Windows machine minus the Window please check the threads in the technical section.

Do you prefer "PC with DRM"?

 

[chibianh]

Do you prefer "PC with DRM"?

too many syllables..

 

[whocares]

As long as it's not a standard PC motherboard, but an Apple specific logicboard, the Mac lives on. Hence:

iBook
iMac
eMac
PowerBook
PowerMac
Xserve
...

the i/e indicates consumer level, Power the pro level, and X the server level. Why should this change? Just a new suffix to replace the G3/4/5.

 

[chibianh]

What about pulling a 'Prince' maneuver and call it the Apple 'insert symbol here' and then each lineup can have a different symbol.. lol

the i/e indicates consumer level, Power the pro level, and X the server level. Why should this change? Just a new suffix to replace the G3/4/5.

But the question is, what will they replace the suffix with? a symbol!

 

[jayscheuerle]

As long as it's not a standard PC motherboard, but an Apple specific logicboard, the Mac lives on. Hence:

iBook
iMac
eMac
PowerBook
PowerMac
Xserve
...

the i/e indicates consumer level, Power the pro level, and X the server level. Why should this change? Just a new suffix to replace the G3/4/5.

Wasn't "Power" a reference to the PowerPC chip?

 

[whocares]

Wasn't "Power" a reference to the PowerPC chip?

As pointed out above, it was first used in the early PowerBooks before the PowerPC era, but were first used on desktops for the PowerPC. So I guess yes and no. It now clearly identifies the pro machines, whatever the chip.
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On a lighter note, I suggest
Granny Smith
or
Golden Mac

Remember, Macintosh is a type of apple (the fruit ).

 

[whocares]

What about pulling a 'Prince' maneuver and call it the Apple 'insert symbol here' and then each lineup can have a different symbol.. lol



But the question is, what will they replace the suffix with? a symbol!

How 'bout: PowerMac Dual P5 EE DualCore 3.5GHz SSE3 w/ HT

Is that enough suffix?

 

[jayscheuerle]

As pointed out above, it was first used in the early PowerBooks before the PowerPC era, but were first used on desktops for the PowerPC. So I guess yes and no. It now clearly identifies the pro machines, whatever the chip.

If that's the case, I'd stick with the same names as well. Give the "business as usual. move along folks" nod to the transition, especially since they can't point to the processors as being special.

 

[Doctor Q]

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