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OwlBoy · Jun 6, 2005, 05:43 PM

Powermac = PowerPC. Thats where the term came from.

Don't seem right (to me) to use Powermac any more.

What will they call it? I asked in #macnn and no good answers came up.

Any ideas?

Will we call it a 'P4' for short? etc etc.

-Owl

mac freak · Jun 6, 2005, 05:46 PM

I'm pretty confident it'll remain "Power Mac." There's no clever combo of "Intel" and "Macintosh" I can think of.

Intellimac?
Macintel?
Intellitosh?

All of Apple's line has used PPC processors for years, yet only the pro line gets the "power" naming scheme. It's really come to mean pro-line more than uses-a-PPC.

brapper · Jun 6, 2005, 05:47 PM

good freakin' question.
I shall ponder.

iBorg · Jun 6, 2005, 05:51 PM

Apple will call it whatever they deem marketable.

I think that the common/press term will be Mactel (Mac + Intel), just as they term the Wintel variety.

BTW, I'm sure as hell not going to buy my PowerBook upgrade this winter, as I'd planned. Had I known about this "news" a month ago, I would have waited to upgrade from my G4 FP iMac to my 2-week-old G5 iMac. I hadn't planned on obsolescence in just 2 short years .....

iBorg

ort888 · Jun 6, 2005, 06:02 PM

Intellivision

Person Man · Jun 6, 2005, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by iBorg

I hadn't planned on obsolescence in just 2 short years .....

Except that Apple said they'd support PPC for 5 more years.

In two years your iMac will run the then current software about as well as it would had Apple stayed PPC.

turtle777 · Jun 6, 2005, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by mac freak

Intellimac?
Macintel?
Intellitosh?

I kinda doubt that there is a single combination that doesn't sound ridiculous...

-t

:dragonflypro: · Jun 6, 2005, 06:11 PM

iMac?

His Dudeness · Jun 6, 2005, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by iBorg

Apple will call it whatever they deem marketable.

I think that the common/press term will be Mactel (Mac + Intel), just as they term the Wintel variety.

BTW, I'm sure as hell not going to buy my PowerBook upgrade this winter, as I'd planned. Had I known about this "news" a month ago, I would have waited to upgrade from my G4 FP iMac to my 2-week-old G5 iMac. I hadn't planned on obsolescence in just 2 short years .....

iBorg

Your iMac won't be obselete in two years. If it continues to turn on, it won't be obselete. I have the same iMac and plan on using it for at least 7 years.

His Dudeness · Jun 6, 2005, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

Intellivision

I feel old. I used to have one. I remember ripping the box open on Christmas day.

DeathMan · Jun 6, 2005, 06:25 PM

Mactel sounds stupid. Don't say that.

finboy · Jun 6, 2005, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

Powermac = PowerPC.

After a while, Apple's first name will be "Remember". As for the actual machine, who knows?

MacManMikeOSX · Jun 6, 2005, 06:39 PM

I'll say Mactel stupid name for stupid arch. CISC what are they going to do with all the apps that utilize RISC for advanced equations and such at Universities, looks like Sun and SG might be in business again.

ManOfSteal · Jun 6, 2005, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

Powermac = PowerPC.

ManOfSteal = MacOfIntel.

Ω · Jun 6, 2005, 06:53 PM

The IntelliMac?

JoshuaZ · Jun 6, 2005, 07:00 PM

Mictel

Intosh

Or just keep the names the same.

Visnaut · Jun 6, 2005, 10:45 PM

I'm sure the names (iMac, iBook, PowerMac, PowerBook) will remain the same.

What will be curious to know is what they will suffix it with. P4 perhaps? But then a PowerMac P4 would sound inferior to a PowerMac G5, would it not? I doubt they'd call it P6 or G6, that would simply create confusion for consumers. Hmm, I truly wonder what Apple's marketing team will come up with.

Kerrigan · Jun 6, 2005, 10:48 PM

Macintel is the only good name, every other one sucks

Wiskedjak · Jun 6, 2005, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by Person Man

Except that Apple said they'd support PPC for 5 more years.

Please. Apple may support it in 5 years, but it'll be barely. Apple barely supports machines from three years ago.

Wiskedjak · Jun 6, 2005, 11:14 PM

iNtel

PHoynak · Jun 6, 2005, 11:15 PM

Who knows....with OS X being ported to X86 and PPC if IBM gets their act together they can always go back. Or maybe produce both systems. I thought I would be upset today but once I watched the keynote I came to realize. As long as it is a Mac, and OS X runs the way it should who cares what CPU is in it...Intel,IBM or AMD for that matter. It's like what I tell my friends all the time.....its a Mac and it just works.

As for the name....maybe Powermac P4?

rhogue islander · Jun 7, 2005, 12:09 AM

PentiMac?

MaX86?

Hehe...

chabig · Jun 7, 2005, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by Wiskedjak

Please. Apple may support it in 5 years, but it'll be barely. Apple barely supports machines from three years ago.

What are you talking about. My son's 600 MHz iMac from early 2001 runs Tiger just fine. That's a four year old machine.

JHromadka · Jun 7, 2005, 12:35 AM

Mactel.

storer · Jun 7, 2005, 12:50 AM

The "power" in "PowerMac" can just represent power users.

Kenneth · Jun 7, 2005, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

Powermac = PowerPC. Thats where the term came from.

Well.. the first PowerBook features the 68k. I don't know why Mac users link them together.

His Dudeness · Jun 7, 2005, 02:38 AM

BigMac.

alphasubzero949 · Jun 7, 2005, 02:50 AM

Intosh?

iDriveX · Jun 7, 2005, 03:00 AM

iMac P4
iBook Centrino
PowerMac P4
PowerBook P4
eMac
Mac Mini

That's my guess.

iDriveX · Jun 7, 2005, 03:01 AM

OR Think about this....

Apple used IBM for the G3 chip, Moto for the G4, and IBM again for the G5, wouldn't a chip made by Intel just be the next "G"eneration? G6?

Big Mac · Jun 7, 2005, 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by His Dudeness

BigMac.

Apple's in a marketing morass. They're not going to ditch the Power Mac or PowerBook name, and if they're using P4s they're not going to be able to call them G6s. Maybe they can call it a bad joke or Power Mac Nightmare Edition.

buggsuperstar · Jun 7, 2005, 03:20 AM

This should be interesting....

His Dudeness · Jun 7, 2005, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

Apple's in a marketing morass. They're not going to ditch the Power Mac or PowerBook name, and if they're using P4s they're not going to be able to call them G6s. Maybe they can call it a bad joke or Power Mac Nightmare Edition.

Lancer409 · Jun 7, 2005, 04:24 AM

lol ... they'll keep the same name.

just instead of G's it'll say something else.

or .. it might be modified enough to keep the "G" name

OwlBoy · Jun 7, 2005, 04:39 AM

Hmm I guess it does sound right to keep the Powermac/book part.

the G3/G4/G5 part is something that will need a new name.

I hope we don't go back to a weird ass numbering system.

-Owl

storer · Jun 7, 2005, 07:06 AM

Maybe we'll have a P5 by the time they release a Mactel and then they can continue with the names G5 and G4

jebjeb · Jun 7, 2005, 07:22 AM

I don't see any need to names to change. I suspect we will still see the i series and the Power series. As it is a new generation it will be a G6. I don't give a toss what the chip type/name/code/manufacturer is (although I find it interesting as a geek should) and I don't think it will influence the name of the machines other than incrementing the generation number up by one.

I think the last thing they will do with a product name is make it similar to something on the windows side. Sure, in the specs you will be able to see it has a 3.6 Ghz Intel Pentium IV of whatever but it doesn't need to be in the name.

Apple Pro Underwear · Jun 7, 2005, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by iDriveX

iMac P4
iBook Centrino
PowerMac P4
PowerBook P4
eMac
Mac Mini

That's my guess.

sounds legit to me here

Big Mac · Jun 7, 2005, 07:28 AM

Revolting.

OwlBoy · Jun 7, 2005, 07:34 AM

Originally Posted by jebjeb

I don't see any need to names to change. I suspect we will still see the i series and the Power series. As it is a new generation it will be a G6. I don't give a toss what the chip type/name/code/manufacturer is (although I find it interesting as a geek should) and I don't think it will influence the name of the machines other than incrementing the generation number up by one.

I think the last thing they will do with a product name is make it similar to something on the windows side. Sure, in the specs you will be able to see it has a 3.6 Ghz Intel Pentium IV of whatever but it doesn't need to be in the name.

As a new generation?

The G3/4/5 was the powerPC's generations.

So calling a P4 a G6 is very silly.

-Owl

:XI: · Jun 7, 2005, 08:02 AM

Power Mac G6. Because it's a sixth generation Power Mac.

:XI: · Jun 7, 2005, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by jebjeb

I don't see any need to names to change. I suspect we will still see the i series and the Power series. As it is a new generation it will be a G6. I don't give a toss what the chip type/name/code/manufacturer is (although I find it interesting as a geek should) and I don't think it will influence the name of the machines other than incrementing the generation number up by one.

I think the last thing they will do with a product name is make it similar to something on the windows side. Sure, in the specs you will be able to see it has a 3.6 Ghz Intel Pentium IV of whatever but it doesn't need to be in the name.

Whoops! I scanned right by that one.

OwlBoy · Jun 7, 2005, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by :XI:

Power Mac G6. Because it's a sixth generation Power Mac.

The processor is what is the G5, G4, G3. Not the computer.

-Owl

d.fine · Jun 7, 2005, 08:08 AM

PowerMac P6 (Intel Inside)

OwlBoy · Jun 7, 2005, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by d.fine

PowerMac P6 (Intel Inside)

Your sig is too big

-Owl

d.fine · Jun 7, 2005, 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

Your sig is too big

-Owl

Fixed

OwlBoy · Jun 7, 2005, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by d.fine

Fixed

cool

d.fine · Jun 7, 2005, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

cool

I know, haha, JK

BasketofPuppies · Jun 7, 2005, 08:29 AM

Power Mac will remain Power Mac. PowerBook was PowerBook before PowerPC.

The whole G# naming system will have to go; it's too tightly related to PowerPC generations. (Never mind what Apple calls a G5 is technically a G4.)

jebjeb · Jun 7, 2005, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by OwlBoy

As a new generation?

The G3/4/5 was the powerPC's generations.

So calling a P4 a G6 is very silly.

-Owl

Ah, but it depends which way you look at it. Is it now colloquially the generation number of whatever happens to power the Mac or is it the generation number of the PowerPC chip (which I admit it may originally have meant).

Meanings and interpretations change and my guess is that most people in the market would see this change as the next generation of Macs, therefore the G6.