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Didn't they use that name (Also PowerPC) because they used a PowerPC CPU?

No because the PowerBook name existed long before they actually had PowerPC processors. It just implied that it was a book that ran on electricity. And it was a good name. The first PowerBooks had the Motorola 68k series processors. Not PowerPC.

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MacBook Pro. Seriously. It was called the PowerBook before they went Intel and that was a much better name. Same goes for the Macbook. That used to be the iBook. And the Mac Pro used to be the Power Mac. All better than they are now.

 

Apple needed to diffrient the product lines as they were 2 different platforms as the 2 different microprocessor architecture had different instruction sets.

 

What Apple needed to do was make it easy for consumers to know what platform they were on so changing the names was logical. 

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It's gotta be Microsoft's console naming convention. You might have thought that the next iteration of the Xbox 360 would be Xbox 720 or similar, but no, it's the Xbox One. In my opinion that could cause some kind of confusion. 

Are you pointing towards the fact that people can mistake it for the original Xbox? Yeah, that happens all the time.

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Are you pointing towards the fact that people can mistake it for the original Xbox? Yeah, that happens all the time.

Yes. It's not uncommon for an upcoming product to break its usual naming scheme. For instance, smartphones like HTC's flagship of 2012, the One X, was replaced by the new flagship of 2013, the HTC ONE.

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No because the PowerBook name existed long before they actually had PowerPC processors. It just implied that it was a book that ran on electricity. And it was a good name. The first PowerBooks had the Motorola 68k series processors. Not PowerPC.

Ah yeah that's right. Well I like their naming scheme

I always liked Apple anyways, but I don't own a mac anymore.

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Because its one of the most poor brand name companies out there with motorized toys. By far in my book, the worst tech name ever.

Check out their site:

http://www.erector.us/

 

Note: No, I can assure you this isn't a porn site. Its 100% completely safe.

 

Edit: I'll elucidate "motorized toys" because I got PMs asking if I meant vibrators...... 

By motorized toys, I meant toy cars for little kids. LOL

What was the person thinking when he came up with that name

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Because its one of the most poor brand name companies out there with motorized toys. By far in my book, the worst tech name ever.

Check out their site:

http://www.erector.us/

 

Note: No, I can assure you this isn't a porn site. Its 100% completely safe.

 

Edit: I'll elucidate "motorized toys" because I got PMs asking if I meant vibrators...... 

By motorized toys, I meant toy cars for little kids. LOL

Reminds me of the TF2 Engie line.

 

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Reminds me of the TF2 Engie line.

 

"Erectin' a dispenser"

I only just started playing TF2 when is that said?

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I only just started playing TF2 when is that said?

Sometimes when the Engineer deploys a dispenser.

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"Gamer" oriented products turns to have bad names.

Ex: G1 Killer, Fatal1ty x Killer, L337 GANK DRONE, K|NGP|N, Sieran (and the names of most bad "high performance" cases), etc.

Also plenty of overclocking products have shot names but I can't think of them.

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Any brands to immediately scroll past when looking at electronics? I'm talking about phones, tablets, computers (store bought brands or PC parts), TV's, even stuff like dishwashers and washing machines. ANY BRANDS OF ANYTHING ELECTRONIC.

 

Personally, I've never had a Mad Catz or LG product that's never crapped out on me. I also avoid Toshiba laptops like the plague (ALL of the crapware).

 

 

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ECS ELITEGROUP, I had a bad experience with their motherboards.

Edit: Also Acer

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I will have to add razer to the list

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Here's a list on the top of my head. They contain every component.

acer

lenovo (getting better now)

Biostar

ECS

Foxconn

Jetway

Apevia

Azza

Apex

Diablotek

Raidmax (never in my life I will trust them)

Rosewill (getting better, still quite crappy though)

Zalman (getting better)

 

LG microwaves are great, I have one that is 7 (almost 8) years old and still working. Just a little louder than before and occasionally heats up too much or too little.

 

 

I'll keep adding more. 

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Razer, Mad Catz and Acer. I have never had a good product from Acer. 

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A Mad Catz product that hasn't broken? I call BS. Those things die on me so quick I feel possessed.

Sorry, maybe I didn't make sense. I've never had a Mad Catz product that lasted more than a week... Same goes for LG but maybe a year of use outta them.

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Here's a list on the top of my head. They contain every component.

acer

lenovo (getting better now)

Biostar

ECS

 

 

I'll keep adding more. 

I love your username...

And I actually only have store bought PC's by Lenovo. Their older stuff is actually better in my opinion. My old IdeaCentre had the sh*ttiest PSU ever though.... 

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I really don't like Razer, Biostar and ECS.

 

 

but I never had a problem with any Acer product before

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Toshiba 2'5" HDDs

 

Shit there is one in my PC right now...

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Whats with you people hating Razer? They might be pricey compared to other things but they're by no means a bad product or company. I've been using Razer products almost exclusively now for almost 5 years now and have never had problems with the hardware. 

I am whatever I am. 

 

 

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Here's a list on the top of my head. They contain every component.

acer

lenovo (getting better now)

Biostar

ECS

Foxconn

Jetway

Apevia

Azza

Apex

Diablotek

Raidmax (never in my life I will trust them)

Rosewill (getting better, still quite crappy though)

Zalman (getting better)

 

LG microwaves are great, I have one that is 7 (almost 8) years old and still working. Just a little louder than before and occasionally heats up too much or too little.

 

 

I'll keep adding more. 

i agree with you on Raidmax, i bought a case that i regret buying and shoulda bought a 300r instead

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