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> > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > O'Brien > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 -- John Gilbert gilbert2330 at earthlink.net 407-462-8673 - c 407-628-5856 - H