The let's-boycott-stupid-PowerBook-renaming thread

[ergo proxy]

Originally Posted by dmetzcher

I actually hate the terms "Intel Mac", "MacTel", and "MacIntel", and prefer "Intel-based Mac". Intel really has nothing at all to do with the machine. It's just the chip. I can't wait until they are all Intel-based, and the PowerPC machines have long faded, so we can just refer to them as Macs.

Those were the names floating around after the Intel announcement. So I was kind of glad they decided not to include the Intel name.

Originally Posted by dmetzcher

As far as AMD is concerned (and this is way off-topic, I know), I hope they do start putting their chips in the Macs after a while. A company like Intel should not have so much power.

Well, since were now on the x86 road map, that could be a possibility,
maybe in the high end PowerMac er I mean Mac Pro Systems.

[ScottW]

Why don't they just call it the PowerBook Duo?

Oh... that has already happened.

[dmetzcher]

Originally Posted by ScottW

Why don't they just call it the PowerBook Duo?

Oh... that has already happened.

They want "Mac" in the names of all their computers, according to Jobs at the keynote.

i.e. - iMac, Mac mini, PowerMac
Now we'll have the MacBook Pro (to replace the PowerBook), and, I assume, the MacBook (to replace the iBook.) The names stink, frankly. I think "iBook" and "PowerBook" were perfect.

[fryke]

While we _assume_ that they'll rename the iBook to MacBook or "MacBook mini" or something similar, it's not a done deal just yet. Maybe both the iMac and the iBook will keep their names? Then again, I truly *hope* we'll have a final lineup of this:

Mac (was iMac)
Mac mini (was Mac mini)
Mac Pro (was PowerMac)
MacBook (was iBook)
MacBook nano (flash-memory based super sub-notebook)
MacBook Pro (was PowerBook)

(I know, I sneaked my wish for a subnotebook in there, can't help it...)

[ergo proxy]

iMac is going to be called just Mac??

A: " I hear that you have a Mac at home, which model? "
B: " I have a Mac."
A: " I know, but which one?"
B: " A Mac, that all in one computer. They use to call it the iMac but now it simply called a 'Mac'."

Sub notebook? that's a good idea, I could definately use one.
8" screen w/ tablet functionality would be cool.

[fryke]

You're right. They can't really get rid of the "i" in "iMac" for that reason. ... Although I've heard _plenty_ of people referring to their iMac as "the Mac" already (even being puzzled when I called it the "iMac"...) and others who referred to their iBooks as iMacs... Hm...