The Coming Mac-Centric Name Change
It’s probably worth it to state the obvious: Apple is changing the names of all of it’s machines to make sure the word “Mac” appears in each and every available model. If Mac is already in there, it probably won’t change. If it’s not, then be prepared for an awkward shift.
- iBook will change to MacBook
- Powerbook has changed to MacBook Pro
- Mac Mini will probably stay Mac Mini
- iMac will probably stay iMac
- PowerMac will change to Mac Pro in order to drop the “Power” prefix and be consistent with the Powerbook name change
It makes sense from a long term marketing standpoint as “buy a Mac” will clearly be referring to the entire product line, but as shuddering geeks have already registered publicly, giving up well established names like Powerbook is not going to be easy.
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