[G4] G4 nomenclature

[John Gilbert]

You wrote:  Thank you.

> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:07:13 -0500, John Gilbert wrote:
>> Yikes, and Sawtooth.....
>> Curious.....
>> What do they mean, relative to the speed of the computer of course,
>> but what is the source of their names? Anybody?
>> How do you tell which one you have? Anybody?
> 
> They were originally code names that Apple used.
> 
> Cut&Paste from source:
> 
> Apple has the habit of giving several of its fine products the same name. The
> result is that each product ends up with several nicknames.
> 
> Power Macintosh towers have generally gone by their development code names:
> Gossamer, Yosemite, Yikes!, Sawtooth, Quicksilver, etc.
> The Titanium PowerBook G4 has the almost universally understood nickname,
> "TiBook". It's cute, it gets the point across, and it produces a nice parallel
> with the iBook. Before its release, the TiBook was known by its mysterious
> code name, "Mercury".
> There are no less than four products that go by the name, PowerBook G3. These
> are known by their development code names, as well: Kanga, Wall Street,
> Lombard, Pismo.
> The newer iBook enclosure has been named the iceBook by users, for its frosty
> clear/white design. Official Apple documents, however, call it the iBook(dual
> USB), as if the addition of an extra USB port is the primary characteristic
> that sets these models apart from the original "space clam" iBook.
> The old, circular, wind-up AC adapter that came with iBooks and PowerBooks for
> a while is often called the "yo-yo", for obvious reasons. The new, square
> white adapter is sometimes known as the "chiclet". The much-maligned circular
> mouse that came with the original Bondi Blue iMac, and later spread across the
> whole desktop line, is known as the "puck".
> 
> 
> 
> <http://lowendmac.com/roadapples/yikes.html>
> 
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> 
> O'Brien
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