A. Percy wrote:

> It must be a guy thing to give your computer a female name.  'Cuz I'm
> a woman, and I usually give my computers a male name.  Makes them
> that much more attractive to me.  <g>  I've had a James, a Vince, and
> a Harry.  It was particlarly fun when I had English Speech
> Recognition turned on and could order my iMac around ("James, close
> window.")  The rest of my computers have non-anthropomorphic names,
> like Blizzard, my new iceBook.
> 
> I've never particularly noted a connection between my computers'
> names and their tendancy to act up.  Although I suppose if I had one
> that was really annoying me, that might affect the name I chose for
> it.
> 
> OK, that's done it -- I've now decided on a name for my cranky PC at
> work.  Hello, Dubya.
> 
> ;-)
> Allie

I give Macs male names. They're idiosyncratic and I don't know how they work
inside. Also, they tend to wear black.

Ilene



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