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Naming Your Mac
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First question: Do you name your Mac?
If so, do you name your actual Mac as a whole or do you really name the Hard Drives.
And finally, how do you go about naming?
I named my external 250gig hard drive "Brandon", after a cute baby cousin of mine. I got a train icon from icon factory because Brandon loves trains.
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My MDD is 'Speed Holes' cause they make the Mac go faster… oh well, nevermind…
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I named mine after my gf, HYJ if anyone cares.
In the past I used to name it after myself.
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My lap top (space intentional to keep Unintellitxt from linking to a rival manufacturer) is named Blender, and my desk top (sic) is named Spatula.
My brother's are Jason HD (desk top) and Mini Me (lap top).
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My PowerBook's called Antimony and the internal drive is called Alpha. The externals Beta and Gamma.
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My PowerBook's name is Margery Kempe (late 14th-century female mystic) and my hard drive is called "Penitence". My external LaCie backup hard drive is called "Salvation".
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Initially, I named mine Computer (think Star Trek), then I just went utilitarian and named it PowerBook G4.
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I named my iBook Shinitama, after talking with the actress who provided the voice for the character in Oni. Her and her boyfriend are big Mac fans, and she did the vocal recording for the game in Chicago
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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"Barwaraaawww"
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Originally Posted by macaddict0001
the black mac
Racist.
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"Barwaraaawww"
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my pbooks HD is named 'Built To Last'
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Oregon
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Laptop = Masamune
Cube = SIlver Utopia
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You reap what you sow.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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iMac = Fred, long name Fred the Killer iMac
iBook = Kathy long name Kathy the Deadly iBook
PowerBook = Vicky long name Vicky the Homicidal PowerBook
When I get a MacBook Pro I'll probably call her Anna the Serial Killing MacBook or something...
I don't know what is really with the whole death thing... it just started out funny with my iMac and is more a tradition than anything...
Really my dream setup is a PowerMac named Samuel with an Xserve RAID named Chronicles, and a set of three Xserves in a rack, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah respectively
Personally I just think those'd be great names.
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PowerBook is Lappy G4
mini is mini HD
iMac G3's partitioned drive is New School and Old School
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I should also mention my mom's Mac mini, I named Timothy.
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I have two 250 drives on my PowerMac. Bombay and Sapphire.
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i have never seen a thread like this on macnn before....
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"I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's."
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So how do you go about naming your hard drives?
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I have a pretty standard Marathon/Halo universe naming scheme.
PowerBook: "Boomer"
Internal HD: "Durandal"
External HD (Partition 1): "Cortana"
External HD (Partition 2): "Foe Hammer"
Airport Base Station: "Leela"
Airport Network: "Marathon"
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"One ticket to Washington, please. I have a date with destiny."
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Hostname (Computer Name): "torry"
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Originally Posted by production_coordinator
I have two 250 drives on my PowerMac. Bombay and Sapphire.
*makes himself a Martini*
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iMac 20" C2D 2.16 | Acer Aspire One | Flickr
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I've gone the LOTR geekdom route. I named my iBook 'kheleparf'; elvish for 'ice book'.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Sydney
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PB = bender (cause it's made of titanium)
FWHD = Nibbler (cause it's little but holds alot)
PC = Flexo (cause it's benders evil opposite)
MM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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My laptop's name is Lappy, named after the greatest laptop of all time. The internal HD is Alpha, and my iPod is Israfel (named after the archangels of water and music, respectively).
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Any ramblings are entirely my own, and do not represent those of my employers, coworkers, friends, or species
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Originally Posted by TheoCryst
My laptop's name is Lappy, named after the greatest laptop of all time. The internal HD is Alpha, and my iPod is Israfel (named after the archangels of water and music, respectively).
I was disappointed you don't have a desktop named Desky.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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My current eMac is named "Hector" just because it fits for some reason.
My old iMac had two partitions, the sub-8gig one named "Panther" and the other 30gig one named "Kegger."
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"This show is filmed before a live studio audience as soon as someone removes that dead guy!" - Stephen Colbert
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Big Mac
and Little Mac
I suck.
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
Big Mac
and Little Mac
I suck.
agreed
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Powerbook.
It was easier then trying to think of a super cool name, and is kind of pragmatic.
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Columbia and Challenger are my PowerMac Internal Drives
Discovery and Atlantis are External FireWire Drives
Endeavour is my PowerBook's Drive
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Professional Poster
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Location: Yamanashi, Japan
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Originally Posted by TailsToo
Columbia and Challenger are my PowerMac Internal Drives
Discovery and Atlantis are External FireWire Drives
Endeavour is my PowerBook's Drive
wow, now thats some cool naming.
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Senior User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Austin, Texas
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I'm not big on naming my Macs - both externally and internally. I'm sure that'll eventually change, though.
On the other hand, when I gave my friend an iBook for her birthday - the first thing she asked: "What are we naming it?" like it was our child or something. Quite bizarre. We settled on "Lucy" for her iBook (because I'm an I Love Lucy/Lucille Ball fanatic), and just to keep things balanced, we officially named my iBook Ricky. So apparently, our iBooks are married. Or something.
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Join Date: May 2001
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iMac is called Cheat Commando, Laptop is called Lappy 17" of course
Harddrives named:
Underbar
Tagbar
Åpenbar
Zanzibar
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Hmm... Macintosh HD and Local Drive (external) do it for me.
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MBP 15" C2D 2.2GHz 4.0GB 500GB@5400
iPhone 4 32GB Black
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My powerbook's name is "Fletch".
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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My PB is named Bond.
My PC is named Dr No
My mom's PC is named Oddjob
My 'dead' server was named Blofeld
My Mac is the Good Guy in my Computer Universe, and the PC's are the bad guys. That's probably why I can infiltrate the network at the office without an account, while no other PC laptop can. Bond does his job well, very well
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Apple Powerbook 17" 1,67 GHz, 2 gig RAM, 100 gig HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB, Superdrive 8X
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
Big Mac
and Little Mac
I suck.
Me too.
My 12 inch network name was Little-BigMac, Titanium is Rosebud and Thinkpad Deep-Thought.
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Originally Posted by production_coordinator
I have two 250 drives on my PowerMac. Bombay and Sapphire.
How do you partition your HD? (I'm on a PB G4)
And what are the benefits? just orgranization?
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
I was disappointed you don't have a desktop named Desky.
Compy.
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
My PowerBook's called Antimony and the internal drive is called Alpha. The externals Beta and Gamma.
Why take a metalloid as a nick for a computer?
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Originally Posted by I Bent My Wookiee
Racist.
I didn't mean it like that, I meant it as a network ninja, a hacker, invisible in the night, because its black. as in color. so don't assume I'm an asshole.
Originally Posted by euphras
Why take a metalloid as a nick for a computer?
the real question is why not.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Originally Posted by MrsLarry
How do you partition your HD? (I'm on a PB G4)
And what are the benefits? just orgranization?
There's no benefits to partitioning your HD.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
There's no benefits to partitioning your HD.
Thats not even remotely true. You can for example use one computer for dual booting either windows xp and your favorite distro of linux or mac osx and your favorite distribution of powerpc linux. you can also use one external drive to clone multiple internal drives so you can easily backup many computers on one drive(assuming it has the capacity), You could also use them to raid part of one drive with part of another drive assuming you don't want to lose the capacity or the reliability of one drive or if the drives are different sizes.
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Posting Junkie
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Originally Posted by macaddict0001
Thats not even remotely true. You can for example use one computer for dual booting either windows xp and your favorite distro of linux or mac osx and your favorite distribution of powerpc linux. you can also use one external drive to clone multiple internal drives so you can easily backup many computers on one drive(assuming it has the capacity), You could also use them to raid part of one drive with part of another drive assuming you don't want to lose the capacity or the reliability of one drive or if the drives are different sizes.
Sorry. I meant to add ...for normal people.
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