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What is/are your Mac(s) named?

topic posted Fri, July 23, 2004 - 4:02 AM by  macboyx
I have many friends who have bought Macs since I have made the switch and started proclaiming the word, my only complaint...most of them have never named their Macs, it's just so odd to me...what are yours named and why did u name it that?

Mine are

G5 - This Charming Mac (after the song This Charming Man by the Smiths)
PowerBook G4 - Lil' Bandit (after Snake's car in the Simpsons
iPod - Celestine (after a Kirsty MacColl song)
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  • Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Fri, July 23, 2004 - 2:06 PM
    ibook-Juice two reasons my desktop is water and second and a lot cooler Juice was a gift from my wife. Ze often brings me home juice squeezes from hir work and so when she came home and said she had a gift for me I though it was more juice. Then Ze pulled the ibook out from hir messanger bag!
    Hir Powerbook is Licorice, hir Desktop is Catnip and the server is Parsley.
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    • Joli(e)
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      Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

      Fri, July 23, 2004 - 5:01 PM
      Ooh, love the topic. i always make up special rituals for naming my Mac.
      i started out early with a Macintosh II ci - it was named Lingo Queen (because i did a lot of Director) and i called his printer Mrs. Applepie.
      So they were a gay male computer/lesbian printer couple.

      After that I got myself a 7200 Powermac, that I called Mr. Apple-pi (with 'pi' being the Greek sign).
      Now I have a G3 bronze/lombardi powerbook that has 3 hard drives. I gave them Dutch apple-fruit names:
      Jonagold Apple
      Elstar Apple
      and
      Rotten Apple
      the last one is the HD that has a PC emulator on it
      :-)

      This year i got myself a small art grant so i hope to be purchasing a second hand 15" G4 powerbook - I don't know a name for it yet, but I am thinking of making its naming into a competition.
      Like I do every time I get a new Mac - all my friends participate and he/she/it who thinks of the most wonderful name wins..... an apple!
      (the fruit)...!
      Fun!
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  • Stan
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Sat, July 24, 2004 - 8:25 PM
    mm.. my new powerbook is coming in the mail, and I will have to touch its sleek exterior before I name it. My last comp (an unfortunate PC) was affectioantely named Lisa.
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      Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

      Mon, August 2, 2004 - 11:17 AM
      Let's see, I've always named my computers. The last couple were Whoreus (the first Whore-us was a Blue I-Mac, and then I got a iBook, and dumped the hard drive onto Whoreus and kept the name) My Current iBook G4 was a replacement unit that Apple gave me when Whoreus died the many deaths of CPU hell... He became known as Ah-Men. Ok, so I have a thing for puns and Egyptian gods...

      Owen
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Thu, August 19, 2004 - 3:30 PM
    I have always called my iBook Pedro. Now why is that? I haven't a clue. Just a name that popped into my head. Being a Spanish teacher, I'm always hearing and seeing that name in class activities. It just stuck. The iPod hasn't ever been named. Maybe you could give me some suggestions? In speaking of names, my cars have some interesting names. My Miata has always been called Roxanne since the day I got her. She is named after the song "Roxanne, Roxanne" by UTFO. My Geo Metro is always called the Ghetro because it is just so ghetto. I mean I have to hit the dash just to get the a/c to work, plus it has a hole in the muffler. LOL
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  • Snozz
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Fri, August 20, 2004 - 8:19 AM
    <LOL>

    iMac: Clytemnestra (Mythology: Wife of Agamemnon, killed him and princess Cassandra of Troy following the Trojan war)

    G4/400: Quidjibo (Bart's scrabble word on The Simpsons)

    G4/733: Sydney (my neice)
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Sun, September 12, 2004 - 1:25 PM
    My current one is Adamantium, previous one was "Aluminum" Not sure what the next one will be...prolly another element.
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      Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

      Mon, March 21, 2005 - 8:24 AM
      Finally decided on names for my iPod and iShuffle. Decided to continue with the "phony element" theme. thus my iPod is Dilithum, and my iShuffle is Latinum.
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      • Fred
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        Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

        Wed, March 30, 2005 - 5:45 PM
        My iBook G4 is presently the "James L. Vaughn Memorial iBook" (since the payouts on a couple of my dad's insurance policies basically paid for it); however, corporate naming rights are just around the corner, and I'll listen to competitive bids. The "Jungle Fever Barbie Dream House" is a current possibility (on account of all the "Barbie clothes" I've bought for it in the space of less than three months.).

        My iPod is simply "the F-Word" (much like its owner is to some ex-boyfriends and their new boyfriends)

        BTW, this is my first post.
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  • Richard
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Mon, September 13, 2004 - 4:41 PM
    G4 with two harddrives, one partioned into two halves:
    PacBell Park
    McCovey Cove
    Willie Mays Plaza

    iPod: Giants' Dugout

    oh... did I mention I'm a Giants fan?
    (yes, I know it's now SBC Park. I'm one of those die-hards that refuse to call it anything but PacBell... well, that's not quite true. I've mellowed a bit over the season... now I call it simply The Park)
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  • Fredo
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Sun, September 19, 2004 - 6:14 AM
    The computers on my home network are named named after "Peanuts" characters -- I guess I'm just dorky that way.

    My Mac stuff is as follows:

    eMac: Linus
    iBook: Rerun (Linus' little brother)
    iPod: Schroeder
    ext. HD: Marcie
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  • Jeff
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Sun, September 26, 2004 - 6:42 PM
    I've named my iPod Astro, you know, like the dog on The Jetsons. We'll see if it sticks. (I'm still working on a name for my iBook. Heh, maybe it can be Rosie, if I'm sticking with the theme...)
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  • Jamison
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Sun, September 26, 2004 - 9:45 PM
    My iBook G3 is named Vestibule, the PowerMac G4 was Jed, but it just didn't fit so it recently became Atlas.

    The new work PowerBook G4 is Aquatic (I got it right as the swimming events were ending at the Athens Olympic Games). My iPod is named Rusty and it's the best boyfriends ever.
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  • Steve
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Sun, November 28, 2004 - 7:33 PM
    I run 2 networks. At home they are Anubis (Beige G3), Thoth (B&W G3), and Isis (Power Mac 7500 - G3). At work - Einstein (iMac DV) and Edison (Grape iMac). The PeeCees on the networks stick with the same naming conventions - gods and scientists.
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  • Howard
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Mon, November 29, 2004 - 11:19 AM
    Dual Processor G4 - HowieMac

    Previous Powerbook - MacHowie

    I was a big fan of hiphop music and ChrisCross had a line that went "Mackdaddy'll make ya, "Jump, jump". "Daddymack'll make ya, "Jump, jump")

    I like to make my Macs jump, jump :)
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  • macboyx
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Tue, November 30, 2004 - 5:33 PM
    Wow, I am so amazed at the legs of this thread!

    I am happy, I just renamed my PowerMac and PowerBook and the hard drives on both.

    PowerMac G5... Chaos
    Hard Drives...Hades, Eros, Tethys, Artemis, Erebus, Ares
    PowerBook G4 12"...This Charming Mac
    Hard Drives... Lilo and Stitch

    :)

    Keep it going!

    macboyX
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    Re: What is/are your Mac(s) named?

    Mon, January 17, 2005 - 3:36 PM
    G4 Cube - Trinity Named after my HS best friend's daughter they named Trinity.

    G5 iMac - Monolith Named after the big black slab in Space Odessy