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MacBook slip up



It looks like Apple's web elves made a mistake earlier today. If you went to apple.com/ipod earlier today you were greeted not with iPod dancers, but rather the screenshot above. Notice the 'MacBook' sans Pro there. Does this mean that the rumor mill is right, and we will see Intel iBooks as soon as this Tuesday?

Who knows, but a boy can dream.

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It looks like Apple's web elves made a mistake earlier today. If you went to apple.com/ipod earlier today you were greeted not with iPod...
 

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Chris

Based on the naming scheme, shouldn't the new PowerMac be called a ProMac? Take a hard look at #8 and do part-for-part comparisons. Seems like ProMac sounds a lot more fluid than Mac -- Pro. I really doubt they'll call the new PowerMac a MacMac.

May 08 2006 at 4:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kyle

The eMac is not going to be a CRT, i read that apple has abandoned CRT because of the heavy metals in lieu of its new environmental programs.
As for naming, they want MAC in their names, which is why iMac didnt change. Why should Powermac or eMac?

May 07 2006 at 9:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
yes

YES! MAC MAC

May 07 2006 at 5:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JJ

Shouldnt they name the iMac the Macmac?

May 06 2006 at 8:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark Thomson

I think MacBook sounds about right, considering we have the Mac Mini. (what is to become of the eMac though?)
On the MacBook Pro, the name is growing on me and considering i have the 17" model on the way. I just get the feeling the next Pr desktop will just end up being called the G6 in froums and in casual conversation with my fellow geeks.

May 06 2006 at 10:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
R Muffet

Funnily enough, I like the name "MacBook" far more than "MacBook Pro." The latter has too many syllables and people don't know where to put the emphasis.

However, once the MacBook née iBook is released, I think it will make a lot more sense. I think the new naming scheme will be:

Old name............New Name
iMac...................iMac
iBook.................MacBook
PowerBook.........MacBook Pro
Power Mac..........Mac Pro

May 05 2006 at 9:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Raphael

Has no-one ever found the name "MacBook" to not really fit the naming scheme?
Think: If the pro portable is named MacBook Pro and the consumer desktop iMac, then the pro desktop should logicially be named Mac Pro and the consumer portable: iMacBook.
Kinda love that name: iMacBook. Just say it a few times. Logic above all!

May 05 2006 at 8:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mr Lizard

No, that's from a Windows machine. Deer Park looked no different from Firefox, way back when it was released.

May 05 2006 at 7:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CajunLuke

3: that's not Windows, that's how DeerPark looks.

May 05 2006 at 4:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Hood

A veritable PR panacea?

May 05 2006 at 1:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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