Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-12 Thread Liam Proven
On 7/7/05, Gregg Eshelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no reason Apple couldn't call the Intel Macs G6s, although we wouldn't want Pontiac to get their undergarments in a dither. Er. Who are Pontiac and what's a G6? Is this a car company?

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-12 Thread Allan Hunter
Back when the '030 was going nose to nose against the '386, the conventional wisdom was our architecture is better, but never underestimate Intel. At 11:35 PM +0100 7/12/05, Liam Proven wrote: I fear there may well be an Intel Inside logo or sticker, though, since Intel hand out considerable

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-12 Thread Scott Baret
Talk about duplicates...how many things are called Classic, SE, or LC? (I actually have an electric razor called the LC!) I saw a line of appliances at Lowe's called Performa the other day...but I'm sure Performa (plus Classic, SE, and LC) aren't a big deal since none of them have been made for

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-06 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no reason Apple couldn't call the Intel Macs G6s, although we wouldn't want Pontiac to get their undergarments in a dither. What about the Kirby vacuum cleaner company? I dunno if their G3 series came before the Macintosh G3, but their G4

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-05 Thread Keith Johnson
There's no reason Apple couldn't call the Intel Macs G6s, although we wouldn't want Pontiac to get their undergarments in a dither. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-04 Thread Mark Benson
On 30 Jun 2005, at 21:44, Manuel Marques wrote: By the way, as Intel chips will power the new Macs, will the prices drop a bit? Finally I will get a Macintosh that will run my Window$ games and progs as well! Not initially as the cost of developing Intel-based technologies and

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-03 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Beniamino Cenci Goga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip While... how many PowerMag G4 do you know? How many Apple knowledge base articla have been published to explain what a PowerBook G3 is and what another PowerBook G3 is? The simplification of model names was an overreaction to the

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-03 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2005-07-03 10:19, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Here's the new G3! What? Again? This one has a Blue and White case! 'Plus', we've eliminated the ADB port! BW G3's have ADB ports. *some months later* Here's the new G3! AAHH! We changed the case color, but not the shape, and

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-02 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
Hi there, With these new Intel chips, Macs won't be called ever again as 'G5' or 'G4'. Will we return to names like those on the past? (Centris, Quadra, LC, etc...) Or will Macs be called as Mac D or PowerBook M? who knows! I liked the 6xxx, 7xxx, 8xxx, and 9xxx names: you can tell exactly

Re: new mac names designations

2005-07-01 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Manuel Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: clip By the way, as Intel chips will power the new Macs, will the prices drop a bit? Finally I will get a Macintosh that will run my Window$ games and progs as well! There is where Apple will pick up market share, from the power users who want to

new mac names designations

2005-06-30 Thread Manuel Marques
Hi there, With these new Intel chips, Macs won't be called ever again as 'G5' or 'G4'. Will we return to names like those on the past? (Centris, Quadra, LC, etc...) Or will Macs be called as Mac D or PowerBook M? I've heard the word 'Mactel'. I don't want to have a computer called Mactel! It

Re: new mac names designations

2005-06-30 Thread Darren
Manuel Marques wrote: Hi there, With these new Intel chips, Macs won't be called ever again as 'G5' or 'G4'. Will we return to names like those on the past? (Centris, Quadra, LC, etc...) Or will Macs be called as Mac D or PowerBook M? I've heard the word 'Mactel'. I don't want to have a