At 3:40 PM -0800 2/22/2003, victoria brandon wrote: >on 2/22/03 9:22 AM, Drew wrote: > >> But my favorite are the LAPTOP code names: >> >> M2 for 5300, Cooper for the 3400, Kanga (sometimes Mainstreet) for >> the 3500/G3, Wallstreet for the PowerBook G3 Series, Lombard/101 for >> the PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard), Pismo for the PowerBook G3 >> (Firewire)... > > >Thank you, Drew! I've been wondering what some of these appelations >actually referred to for quite some time. Odd (or is it) that "M2" and >"Cooper" seem to have gone the way of the ivorybilled woodpecker, while >"Kanga" and so forth flourish. But another bit of idle curiosity: do these >names *mean* anything? Wallstreet and Lombard don't seem too far off the >wall, but Kanga (!) (as in Roo?) and Pismo (the clam or the beach?). Also >"Bondi" which AFAIK in normal-speak refers to another beach, but Apple has >co-opted not only for a model but also for a color.
Kanga, Pismo, Wallstreet, Lombard and others have become much better known as, unfortunately, Apple saw fit to simply call them PowerBook G3 or PowerBook G3 Series. Same problem with most everything since the advent of the G3. I don't mind them calling all those models "iMac" but I wish they had given some distinguishing alternate names buried in the corner. I thought "Bondi" was short for Bondi Blue, the name of the color on the original iMac. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
