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Mulattabianca · Oct 5, 2002, 10:16 AM

How do you call or have named your computers and/or hard disks??

My iBook is LoZen... it's HD is Tao.

The older laptop (a P2, Acer travelmate) is LaKalsa and it's HD is Che. Though it has it's 'huge' 4,6 G HD divided to 4 and runs Redhat 7.3 AND Win ME (of which I practically never use Win) it's C has just that name .. and it still has only one name - I have tried to change it 2 years ago but I guess the computer got pissed off the other name cos I remember I ended formatting it again after 2 days after changing it's name. So it'll be - I think forever? - LaKalsa.

Also.. Why have you given those names then?

macvillage.net · Oct 5, 2002, 10:21 AM

B&W G3 - Yosemite
Gateway P3 - Everglade
IBM A31 (P4M) Laptop - Bricky or Cindy (because it weights as much as a Brick or Cinderblock)

pixelghetto · Oct 5, 2002, 10:28 AM

Been there, done that; http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=125747

Sven G · Oct 5, 2002, 10:39 AM

My scheme (here I must say that my Swedish, "hyper-rational" part prevailed!):

- Power Mac G4 AGP:

Computer name: G4. Master (40 GB) hard disk partitions' names: 1, 2, 3, 4. Slave (30 GB, backup) hard disk partitions' names: 1+, 2+, 3+.

- iMac rev. B (networked with the G4):

Computer name: iMac. Master (20 GB) hard disk partitions' names: 5, 6, 7, 8.

Anyway, it's a quite simple and effective naming scheme, as the HD icons always line up in the correct order (sorted by name), and the iMac becomes a natural extension of the G4 (and vice versa); and, of course, I rely on custom HD icons to easily distinguish between them (System, Apps, Users, Web, etc.).

deekay1 · Oct 5, 2002, 10:44 AM

g4 powermac (OS X 10.1.5) 30gig = "yin"
bondi imac (OS 9.2.2) 5gig = "yang"

next week:

80gig fw hd = "one"

rjenkinson · Oct 5, 2002, 10:52 AM

iBook OS 9 and iBook OS X. i like to know what's what.

-r.

OreoCookie · Oct 5, 2002, 10:54 AM

Computer: Einstein
HD: MacOS X

I'm a physicist, what else do you need as an explanation.

Zimphire · Oct 5, 2002, 10:58 AM

I have a HD into 2 partitions

One says "OS 9"

The other "OS X"

rjenkinson · Oct 5, 2002, 11:12 AM

this is for you, zimphire...

-r.

nonhuman · Oct 5, 2002, 11:25 AM

My Pismo is called Peyote.
My Athlon XP 2200+ box (running Linux, no Windows has ever touched any part of it) is called Shambler.

Zimphire · Oct 5, 2002, 11:25 AM

Er, I am not the one that posted the topic. ?

tpitts1 · Oct 5, 2002, 11:46 AM

As many computer and network administrators do, I follow a theme. All of my machines and networks have a name from the Stephen King Dark Tower series of books.

So far I have machines named:

roland
blaine
kimba
tepachi

I have two network names:

eld
lud

G4ME · Oct 5, 2002, 11:47 AM

but you are the one with such creative names for their had drives. Mine are 34.7 gigger, MP3, Games, OSX (i actually don't have OSX on this one because its only a 5400 RPM drive, Mac HD, 4.86 gigger.

a total of 6 partitions and 2 actual hard drives.

scaught · Oct 5, 2002, 11:48 AM

Originally posted by pixelghetto:
Been there, done that; http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=125747

wow. it was surely an aptly named thread....

my powermac is called powermac.

my ibook is called ibook.

my ipod is called ipod.

rjenkinson, you got something for me too?

Zimmerman · Oct 5, 2002, 11:51 AM

How does "Pandora" tickle your sense of irony? Hehe... <doubleclick>

Nimisys · Oct 5, 2002, 11:55 AM

Computers: ALpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo

HDD: System, Swap/Temps/Downloads, Programs, Txt Docs, Games, Media

MacGorilla · Oct 5, 2002, 12:17 PM

My G4 is Walt Whitman, my poet of choice.
My Be machine is Lurch
My wife's iBook is Lady Philosophy ($5 if you can get the reference)

Hinson · Oct 5, 2002, 12:25 PM

The disk that came with my Mac is now in two partitions. They are called

Old Fella 9

and

Old Fella X

The 30 Gig I bought later as an upgrade I call

Albion

Perhaps someone will know the somewhat obscure reference in that name?

-Jay

Kenneth · Oct 5, 2002, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by scaught:

wow. it was surely an aptly named thread....

my powermac is called powermac.

my ibook is called ibook.

my ipod is called ipod.

rjenkinson, you got something for me too?

Yea! Looks like she brought us some topics from AppleInsider.

She gets almost 40 posts after registered yesterday.

file · Oct 5, 2002, 02:27 PM

mine are

calvin

(osx partition)

and

hobbes

(os9 partition)

and lay off her....her topics are a lot more fun that "Christianity is like butter and Buddhism is like Margerine....Got to Hell " threads like i've been seeing lately

sek929 · Oct 5, 2002, 02:40 PM

G4 is just called G4.

The original 40 gig is H.A.L., the other 45 gig is 9000

MindFad · Oct 5, 2002, 02:50 PM

Never really had the urge to name them on any of my Macs.

ink · Oct 5, 2002, 03:27 PM

inconnu
desconocido
unbekannt
namonai

I'll let you figure it out.

pixelghetto · Oct 5, 2002, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by rjenkinson:

iBook OS 9 and iBook OS X. i like to know what's what.

-r.

ok this dood ownz!

AND I DID THIS TOPIC ALREADY! THREAD STEALER! HJAGDHGDHJAD!!! �$$^%$^%&*&^*&^! and your moms too!

Fallout · Oct 5, 2002, 03:53 PM

Comp. name - Deviant
Main 30GB partition: Icebox
5GB Classic/emergency partition: Ironsides

Fredo · Oct 5, 2002, 04:15 PM

400 DV SE - Grey Ghost
EZQwest 30GB firewire - Big Bertha
EZQwest 80GB firewire - Monster Magnet

MacManMikeOSX · Oct 5, 2002, 04:47 PM

UFS - HFS - HFS+ - EXT_2 - SWAP - HOME - ARCHIVES - MAC OS X - MAC OS

schep · Oct 5, 2002, 05:27 PM

OS X
OS 9
Downloads

ReggieX · Oct 5, 2002, 06:19 PM

pixelghetto · Oct 5, 2002, 06:23 PM

Hey did this already! Just cuz she is a berd! come on! DAMN YOU!

OwlBoy · Oct 5, 2002, 07:13 PM

-Owl

mrwalker · Oct 5, 2002, 07:22 PM

My powerbook is called powerbook, my cube called cube and both hard disks called Hard Disco.

Demonhood · Oct 5, 2002, 08:57 PM

witness my partition madness!

(these are all partitions, of varying sizes):

Dance with the Devil
Digital Ages
Hands On
Inflamed
Life's Core
Marks the Spot
Massive Frames
MP3 Overflow
MP3 Refuge
MP3 Stockpile
Not So Massive
Nude Poultry
Pain Factor Alpha
Ride the Wire
Touch of Random
Without Solace

i like partitions

schep · Oct 5, 2002, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
witness my partition madness!

(these are all partitions, of varying sizes):

Dance with the Devil
Digital Ages
Hands On
Inflamed
Life's Core
Marks the Spot
<snip>
Touch of Random
Without Solace

i like partitions

G4ME · Oct 5, 2002, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by ReggieX:

you gota tell me where you got the simpsons icons, i got a few but threw the folder away before i got all the ones i wanted

OwlBoy · Oct 5, 2002, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
witness my partition madness!

(these are all partitions, of varying sizes):

Dance with the Devil
Digital Ages
Hands On
Inflamed
Life's Core
Marks the Spot
Massive Frames
MP3 Overflow
MP3 Refuge
MP3 Stockpile
Not So Massive
Nude Poultry
Pain Factor Alpha
Ride the Wire
Touch of Random
Without Solace

i like partitions

I second that

and furthermore: is that safe?!

-Owl

ink · Oct 5, 2002, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
witness my partition madness!
MP3 Overflow
MP3 Refuge
MP3 Stockpile

Where do your normal MP3s reside?

Miniryu · Oct 5, 2002, 10:31 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:

-Owl

Where did you get that icon? It's awesome; can you put it on your iDisk so people can download it or give us a link to the site where you found it?

And going back to the thread...

I named my Hard Drive Tele-tran 3. The original Tele-tran 1 was destroyed when Tripticon came to Earth. I am assuming that Tele-tran 2 was destroyed in the 5th Cybertronian War.

Demonhood · Oct 5, 2002, 10:34 PM

Originally posted by schep:

yes. but i used to have MORE.

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
I second that

and furthermore: is that safe?!

all the partitions understand that they each have their place and purpose. they know i don't love any of them more than their brother/sister. and if, sometimes, it seems like i favor one, well, that's just cuz it contains my current favorite song or video. and i'm sure i'll get sick of it soon enough, and then i can get back to loving them all equally.

Originally posted by ink:
Where do your normal MP3s reside?

a bunker twenty miles from here. 1 mile underground. for their own safety.

btw, the partitions vary in size from 755MB to 27GB. i like to keep things in their own little world.

OwlBoy · Oct 5, 2002, 10:48 PM

http://iconfactory.com/Preview.asp?type=show&id=152

-Owl

scaught · Oct 5, 2002, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by Kenneth:

Yea! Looks like she brought us some topics from AppleInsider.

She gets almost 40 posts after registered yesterday.

please note. my response was pointed towards pixelghetto's moronic comments about his post being the first.

rjenkinson · Oct 6, 2002, 09:52 AM

Originally posted by scaught:

wow. it was surely an aptly named thread....

my powermac is called powermac.

my ibook is called ibook.

my ipod is called ipod.

rjenkinson, you got something for me too?

as requested! (i like this one the best.)

-r.

OreoCookie · Oct 6, 2002, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by ReggieX:

Who is Allyson?

siluni · Oct 6, 2002, 06:12 PM

my snow iBook is Smilla ...

OreoCookie · Oct 6, 2002, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by siluni:
my snow iBook is Smilla ...

OK, I get that one.

khufuu · Oct 6, 2002, 08:27 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
witness my partition madness!

(these are all partitions, of varying sizes):

Dance with the Devil
Digital Ages
Hands On
Inflamed
Life's Core
Marks the Spot
Massive Frames
MP3 Overflow
MP3 Refuge
MP3 Stockpile
Not So Massive
Nude Poultry
Pain Factor Alpha
Ride the Wire
Touch of Random
Without Solace

i like partitions

There's gotta be a name for this psychiatric disorder?!

The partitions on my book are boring but I did call me iPod Ariadne.

ReggieX · Oct 6, 2002, 10:53 PM

Those Simpsons icons can be downloaded from my site here: ICONS

Miniryu · Oct 8, 2002, 09:03 PM

hey, are we going to get an answer from you people who had us guess your obscure refferences made by the names you chose for your harddrive?

Cipher13 · Oct 8, 2002, 10:13 PM

G4 tower: Crunch: Crunch, Behemoth, Raven and Core (external SCSI)

iMac: Rhapsody

5500: Vex

5500: Sig

P233: Eros

Dell Latitude: Vertigo

iBook: Tacit

Miniryu · Oct 10, 2002, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by OreoCookie:

Who is Allyson?

She's Willon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the girl who stuck a flute up her pu$$y at Band Camp in American Pie.