[X4U] Name of MacBook (was G4 Lifespan)

[Peter Apockotos]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Matt Gregory wrote:

> I don't know anything about Apple's past naming conventions and I  
> agree that if the "Power" part of the name coincided with fact it  
> contained a PowerPC chip (although so do iBooks and iMacs, but no  
> "Power" there...) that the renaming was in order.  I just think the  
> name "MacBook" sounds a little lame.  Quite honestly that is the  
> first thing I noticed when I hit apple.com to check out the news  
> and I'm sure it affected how I received the information after  
> that.  I'm happy with my decision to buy my 1.67 G4 last year ...  
> I'm not yet convinced I didn't get more for my money.
>
> matt.
> _______________________________________________


Matt,

In the days before the PowerPC there were Powerbooks.

Peter Apockotos
http://www.apockotos.com
http://www.macmariner,com
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