MacBook… what else could it have been?

by Chris Howard Jan 12, 2006

Ok. Heaps people don’t like the MacBook name but NO ONE has been able to suggest anything better. So lets hear your suggestions. Only two criteria:

1) Must contain the word “Mac”
2) Must make it obvious the product is a notebook/laptop

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  • My suggestions are:

    Mactop

    Lapmac

    zanzina had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • “Bookmac” sounds better.

    The Immigrant had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • Err why must it contain either the words ‘Mac’ or make it that obvious it’s a laptop?  The iPod doesn’t, and no one has problems understanding it.

    Apple succeed when they are bold, and think differently.  As has already been pointed out, MacBook is horribly similar to QuickBooks, that ‘orrible accounting software way back. 

    I’d have gone for something like iBook.  Oh, wait…

    pod0 had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • Off topic a little… something I haven’t seen suggested yet for the PowerMacs… Mighty Mac! Ouch that hurts! But the Pro Mouse did become the Mighty Mouse… scary. (I’d switch to Linux if they ever called it Mighty Mac)

    Chris Howard had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1209

  • Steve is obviously looking to clearly define the difference between the competitions Intel-based PC’s and his. How many people call all MP3 players “iPod”? (I certainly know a few people who think that all MP3 players are called that!).

    I hated MacBook Pro at first but it does the job given Steve’s reasoning - I don’t think of Quickbooks any more than I think of Quickbooks when I hear iBook.

    However, what on earth do they call the iBook and the new desktops? Can’t have iMacBook, MacDesk sounds awful and something like MacTower sounds like fast food!

    Marc Jones had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 14

  • MacAside

    MacAlong

    MacWithme

    pMac

    lMac

    MyMac

    MacTakeAlong

    UnWiredMac

    MacUnplugged

    MacUPi

    don.antonio had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • Mac on the Move

    MobileMac

    Roberto Avanzi had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • I think my problem is more with the “Pro” than the first part of the name intself. It’s just the sort of verbal garbage that’s added to names of Windows software that doesn’t actually mean anything. I don’t mind “MacBook” by itself. Maybe the iBook will just be “MacBook” and the PowerBook will be “MacBook Pro”?

    Bart had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 23

  • Why not just keep calling it a PowerBook? Apple called its laptops PowerBooks even before they used the PowerPC processor—i.e., all the models with three numbers in their designation (PowerBook 160, etc.). I remember when the first PowerPC Powerbooks came out, some people (whimsically) wondered if they’d be called the PowerPowerBooks.

    Scott_R had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 17

  • Because non-Apple-devotee types are seemingly not associating “PowerBook” with “Apple Mac” I assume (?).

    Marc Jones had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 14

  • I think the reason “MacBook Pro” sounds so strange to everyone is because it has come out before the iBook replacement which most likely will simply be called “MacBook.”  If you look at it in the context of the MacBook and the MacBook Pro it seems to make more sense.  The Pro part of the name is in line with other Apple products like Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro.  Let’s just hope that the iBook replacement isn’t actually going to be “MacBook Express” and the PowerMac replacement isn’t “iMac Pro.”

    Asron had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • Macintosh Portable!! Oh wait, nevermind…

    brofkand had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 6

  • MacDualie
    MacSolo
    LeBigMac
    RoyaleWithCheese

    g5u1 had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 9

  • I believe they missed the boat on “Intelintosh.”

    Ha. I kid.

    MacBook Pro
    MacBook
    iMac
    MacPro (for desktop)

    tek1 had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 1

  • PortaMac is way too funny, but I wouldn’t want to pee in one!  Might get a iFireBall.

    SirGeorge53 had this to say on Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 27
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