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davecom · Jun 24, 2006, 05:05 PM

But I was just thinking that maybe the new Powermac's may just be called Mac and Mac Pro. Similar to MacBook and Mac Pro. Perhaps the simple Mac will be a box form and the Mac Pro a tower form. I'm sure somebody has already thought of this.

Mister Elf · Jun 24, 2006, 05:26 PM

I'm thinking no on the "Mac" front.

Point A - iMac's brand recognition is among the best in the world.

Point B -"Do you have a Mac?"
"Yes"
"What kind?"
"I told you, a Mac!"
"But what KIND?!"

It'd be freakin' Abbott and Costello, except modernized.

Mac Pro is a pretty good possibility, though...

fesdds · Jun 24, 2006, 07:15 PM

I don't think they would call one just Mac, but there may be a lower or smaller version named different (Mac Medium, I'll leave the naming up to apple).

ajprice · Jun 26, 2006, 06:46 PM

Mac Pro and Mac Pro Extreme!!

I WAS the One · Jun 26, 2006, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by ajprice

Mac Pro and Mac Pro Extreme!!

Mac Tower and Mac Tower Pro?

imitchellg5 · Jun 28, 2006, 07:12 PM

iFast, iSlower.

dimmer · Jun 28, 2006, 07:40 PM

If they are the same family, they'll have the same name: Mac Pro. "Tower" is an awful, awful name that turns people off - you'd be as well saying "well, they have dual core CPU's, let's call them the Twin Towers!".

The low end is covered: Mac Mini. The middle ground? The iMac. The pro line? The Mac Pro. Given the low numbers of units Apple ships, a Mac Pro Mini (oh, I like that name!) doesn't make much sense.

Still, it's a better idea than the bull!@#$ that MacOSRumors would have you believe about a "Gamers Mac". Oy vey, and they kiss their mothers with those mouths?

slugslugslug · 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by dimmer

Still, it's a better idea than the bull!@#$ that MacOSRumors would have you believe about a "Gamers Mac". Oy vey, and they kiss their mothers with those mouths?

Easily the funniest line around here in weeks. I hope you have a long and illustrious posting career here, youngster.

edit: btw, I think they were actually talking about Apple using "MacBook Gamer", which is even more fabulously stupid.

Gossamer · Jun 30, 2006, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by dimmer

If they are the same family, they'll have the same name: Mac Pro. "Tower" is an awful, awful name that turns people off - you'd be as well saying "well, they have dual core CPU's, let's call them the Twin Towers!".

Tuoder · Jul 1, 2006, 05:07 AM

Power Mac Mini?
I like the ring, although I think that the word power is now forever gone from Apple's marketing vocabulary.

7200-RPM HDD, Core 2 Duo CPU, Firewire 800?
Maybe make it a little bigger to accomodate a user-serviceable desktop style HDD and SuperDrive.

I don't know, it's just one of those weird ideas I have sometimes.

The Ancient One · Jul 3, 2006, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Tuoder

Power Mac Mini?
I like the ring, although I think that the word power is now forever gone from Apple's marketing vocabulary.

7200-RPM HDD, Core 2 Duo CPU, Firewire 800?
Maybe make it a little bigger to accomodate a user-serviceable desktop style HDD and SuperDrive.

I don't know, it's just one of those weird ideas I have sometimes.

And they could make it cube-shaped!

Tuoder · Jul 4, 2006, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by The Ancient One

And they could make it cube-shaped!

The Cube was awesome. Except for the USB speakers and complete inability to use the vast majority of video cards. Those both sucked. But the whole rest was awesome.

masugu · Jul 4, 2006, 11:30 PM

Let's see... The old desk top was the PowerMac. The "Power" moniker with the notebooks vanished. I'd say that it makes no sense for the "Power" designation to stay - anywhere. Maybe Apple will simply call the new Macs - Macs and keep calling the consumer desktop version the iMac

slugslugslug · Jul 5, 2006, 08:50 AM

They've trademarked "Mac Pro" in several countries. I think the only way they'd go with just plain "Mac" would be if they came out with 2 new form factors, one of which is somehow less "pro" than the big tower, but not as small as the mini. But I don't think that's likely. If they want to cave in to the people who've been hollering for a lower-end desktop (which they probably thought they were doing with the mini, but they missed that folks still wanted expansion), they could keep the same case and cheapen the innards. Also, it seems like if, after all these years, they went back to plain old "Mac", it would make sense for it to be an all in one, like the original. And that's already called the iMac, a brand they probably want to milk for a few more years.

My guess is Mac Pro, 3 models, 2 dual-core and one dual-dual.