Have You Given Your Mac a Name?

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #1 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 02:15 PM

Just curious... Are my wife and I the only Mac owners to actually name our Macs? I call my PB "Tanto".... and She calls her iBook "Lappy"... Is this a normal reaction to our love for our Macs.... or have we lost our minds?

ciaran.mooney · ciaran.mooney #2 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 03:00 PM

Tangerine Clamshell iBook has become.......

The ITANK!

Reckon I could overthrow governments with the ruggedness of the thing

jhelm007 · jhelm007 #3 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 04:49 PM

I used to name my macs, but right now the only one that is named is an old power tower pro called 'The Projects.' In the Center for coastal and physical oceanography at my school all of the 'puters are named after major ocean currents.

mraya · mraya #4 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 07:09 PM

It identifies itself as Omaikane...

sevenhelmet · sevenhelmet #5 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 08:18 PM

I plan on naming mine when it comes, but of course I won't know what until I use it.

iNAP · iNAP #6 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 08:41 PM

I call it "Mine" lol

witeshark · witeshark #7 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 08:59 PM

I just call mine "the Mac"

rs2sensen · rs2sensen #8 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 09:26 PM

Lappy for now. although I've been thinking about Vanessa or Veronica...lol

rs2sensen · rs2sensen #9 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 09:27 PM

oh, and occasionally "My Precious" (in a Gollum voice)

livatlantis · livatlantis #10 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 09:49 PM

lol!

Yep, I call my mini "Valkyrie" on the system, and "April" on the network (since that's the month I got 'her' lol).

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #11 (**permalink**)

05-29-2005, 10:05 PM

I call my Mac Mini SCRATCH because of my friend who hates Mac Minis saying the Mini scratches easily, so I named it Scratch to bug him.

Seriously though I just call the Sawtooth Dennis Travis Mac and the Mini Dennis Travis Mini. My name. Simple and easy to find on my network! :spook:

Dexter1912 · Dexter1912 #12 (**permalink**)

05-30-2005, 07:54 AM

my ibook is called my baby or fac-6 depending on what mood im in occcasionally it gets called the ****ing mac

Murlyn · Murlyn #13 (**permalink**)

05-31-2005, 03:50 AM

Mine is "Enigma" because I like oxymorons

sarahsboy18 · sarahsboy18 #14 (**permalink**)

05-31-2005, 11:02 AM

I haven't been able to come up with a name that suits my iMac yet... "Brutus" or "The Beast".... are my current nominees... But I don't think either of them quite work for it... Plus both seem like they should be saved for a Powermac... Or something with a little more bite.

Oh well... It took me 3 months to get the "perfect" name for my PB. As long as I don't resort to using names of charactors from the Waltons or Hee-Haw, like my Dad. LOL

iNAP · iNAP #15 (**permalink**)

05-31-2005, 04:17 PM

How about just "Mac" lol

sarahsboy18 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	05-29-2005, 02:15 PM Just curious... Are my wife and I the only Mac owners to actually name our Macs? I call my PB "Tanto".... and She calls her iBook "Lappy"... Is this a normal reaction to our love for our Macs.... or have we lost our minds? "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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sevenhelmet #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 12, 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 538 Mac Specs: Aluminum Macbook 2.4Ghz; Powermac G5 2.3Ghz dual	05-29-2005, 08:18 PM I plan on naming mine when it comes, but of course I won't know what until I use it. "Luck favors the prepared"
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iNAP #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 1,802	05-29-2005, 08:41 PM I call it "Mine" lol www.idadgraphics.com I started using PS from finding this forum and all the help I have gotten here thru the years is immeasurable thank you MacForums and all it's members
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dtravis7 #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2005 Location: Modesto, Ca. Posts: 25,823 Mac Specs: iMac C2D Late 2007 20" with 10.8.3, Macbook Santa Rosa 4GB Ram OSX 10.8.3	05-29-2005, 10:05 PM I call my Mac Mini SCRATCH because of my friend who hates Mac Minis saying the Mini scratches easily, so I named it Scratch to bug him. Seriously though I just call the Sawtooth Dennis Travis Mac and the Mini Dennis Travis Mini. My name. Simple and easy to find on my network! :spook: ...Dennis Mac-Forums Community Guidelines Last edited by dtravis7; 05-31-2005 at 04:05 AM.
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Murlyn #13 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 11, 2003 Location: Mount Vernon, WA Posts: 4,905 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB RAM OS 10.5.2	05-31-2005, 03:50 AM Mine is "Enigma" because I like oxymorons ---> Join the Mac-Forums Folding team: use 37954 as your team number. View Mac-Forums Folding team statistics (More Info) Don't forget to use the User Reputation System
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ciaran.mooney #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-29-2005, 03:00 PM Tangerine Clamshell iBook has become....... The ITANK! Reckon I could overthrow governments with the ruggedness of the thing
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mraya #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 27, 2005 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 942 Mac Specs: MacBook C2D 2.4 2GB	05-29-2005, 07:09 PM It identifies itself as Omaikane...
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witeshark #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	05-29-2005, 08:59 PM I just call mine "the Mac"
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rs2sensen #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 20, 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,416 Mac Specs: 1.67 Ghz 17" PB w/1 GB Ram; 400 MHz PM G4, 366Mhz iBook Firewire, Nano 4GB Black	05-29-2005, 09:26 PM Lappy for now. although I've been thinking about Vanessa or Veronica...lol
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rs2sensen #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 20, 2005 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,416 Mac Specs: 1.67 Ghz 17" PB w/1 GB Ram; 400 MHz PM G4, 366Mhz iBook Firewire, Nano 4GB Black	05-29-2005, 09:27 PM oh, and occasionally "My Precious" (in a Gollum voice)
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livatlantis #10 (permalink)
Member Since: May 28, 2005 Location: Kathmandu, Nepal Posts: 51 Mac Specs: Mac mini (1G)/ 1.42 GHz PPC / 512MB Crucial RAM / 80 GB HDD / 160GB LaCie mini	05-29-2005, 09:49 PM lol! Yep, I call my mini "Valkyrie" on the system, and "April" on the network (since that's the month I got 'her' lol).
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Dexter1912 #12 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	05-30-2005, 07:54 AM my ibook is called my baby or fac-6 depending on what mood im in occcasionally it gets called the ****ing mac
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sarahsboy18 #14 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 30, 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,069 Mac Specs: Mac Pro, 8-Core 2.8Ghz, 10GB RAM, 2x1TB HDDs, iPod U2 Edition	05-31-2005, 11:02 AM I haven't been able to come up with a name that suits my iMac yet... "Brutus" or "The Beast".... are my current nominees... But I don't think either of them quite work for it... Plus both seem like they should be saved for a Powermac... Or something with a little more bite. Oh well... It took me 3 months to get the "perfect" name for my PB. As long as I don't resort to using names of charactors from the Waltons or Hee-Haw, like my Dad. LOL "If you had a friend who was a tightrope walker, and you were walking down a sidewalk, and he fell, that would be completely unacceptable." -Mitch Hedberg
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iNAP #15 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 20, 2005 Posts: 1,802	05-31-2005, 04:17 PM How about just "Mac" lol www.idadgraphics.com I started using PS from finding this forum and all the help I have gotten here thru the years is immeasurable thank you MacForums and all it's members
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