Comments on: The Secret of a Good Product Name…Free Pizza

By: Eros

Eros — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:37:52 +0000

Mike – 100 people working on Final Cut Studio? Wow. This includes Marketing folks etc, right? I was expecting it to be more like 15-20 programmers – too many folks and you are not getting anywhere, in my experience. How many people did actual full-time programming on something like FCP?

By: Mike Evangelist

Mike Evangelist — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:03:52 +0000

Carlos – Caffe Macs wasn’t open in the evening, so we had to order the pizza from a nearby place (definitely NOT Pizza Hut.)

By: Jesper Josefsson

Jesper Josefsson — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:28:59 +0000

Speaking of the iBook/MacBook. Any rumour as to when the new models are to be introduced?
I’ve got a PC-using friend in dire need of a portable Mac, but the current iBook isn’t ageing gracefully any longer. I wouldn’t be comfortable having her buy an iBook before I know what’s on the horizon.

By: Carlos Alberto Pinto Peixoto Bastos Santos

Carlos Alberto Pinto Peixoto Bastos Santos — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:14:53 +0000

Were the pizzas from Caffe Macs or Pizza Hut?

By: Mike Evangelist

Mike Evangelist — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:39:45 +0000

Ivo – It was above a hundred while I was there; I’m sure it’s much larger now.

By: Ivo B.

Ivo B. — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:08:24 +0000

How big team is behind the Final Cut Studio?

By: brett

brett — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:49:07 +0000

no matter what they tell me I “should” call it, when my MacBook Pro arrives in a short time, I will call it my PowerBook.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:27:44 +0000

I guess so. But ‘PowerBook’ was just an awesome name.

“Is that your laptop?”
“No, it’s my PowerBook!”

By: Verbose

Verbose — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:54:27 +0000

The name MacBook Pro is completely logical. It fits in.
Mac mini
iMac
Mac Pro (replace Power Mac?)
MacBook (replace iBook?)
MacBook Pro

Sure MacBook Pro doesn’t flow off the tongue like Powerbook does, but I like the logic behind the new name more than the old. When I tell someone I have a Powerbook, unless they are familiar with Apple’s products, they might just assume Dell, Gateway or IBM made it. I think Apple will get better brand recognition with the new “Mac” name scheme. It just makes sense.

By: Jesper Josefsson

Jesper Josefsson — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:47:50 +0000

Wow, I’m glad none of the other suggestions made it

MacBook Pro does take some getting used to…