Brian

Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?

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On 11/4/2011 5:05 AM, Brian wrote:
> Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?
>


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Davoud

Brian:

> Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?

Internet.

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Brian wrote:
> Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?
>

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Wes Groleau

On 11-04-2011 05:05, Brian wrote:
> Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?

iNstigate iNteresting iNternet iNquiries

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David Empson

Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:

> Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?

Apple's use of the "i" prefix means "personal" ("my").

That naming convention started with the "iMac", in 1998. In general,
Apple used it to identify products for personal/home/educational use as
opposed to professional use:

iMac vs Power Macintosh (for a while there was a cheaper "eMac" aimed at
educational use, while the "iMac" was a more expensive model for home
use).

iBook vs PowerBook
iTunes for managing personal music collections
iPhoto for managing personal photo collections (vs Aperture)
iMovie for home movies (vs Final Cut Pro)
iDVD for making simple DVDs (vs DVD Studio Pro)

(iSync, iCal, iChat, iBooks are others that come to mind).

iPod is a personal music player.

The personal vs professional aspect is blurred somewhat with the iPhone
and iPad since there the same device covers both personal and
professional use. The iPhone is clearly intended for use by one person,
and some features of the iPad are best suited to having a single user.

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Jolly Roger

In article <1ka8bhv.f0olt11emg8s1N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

> Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> > products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?
>
> Apple's use of the "i" prefix means "personal" ("my").

<http://www.cultofmac.com/20172/20172/>

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Michelle Steiner

In article <jollyroger-78D0FC.18283304112011@news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> > > Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> > > products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?
> >
> > Apple's use of the "i" prefix means "personal" ("my").
>
> <http://www.cultofmac.com/20172/20172/>

I like the last paragraph of that article:

³Dell and Apple: It¹s night and day,² Segall says. ³It¹s a
transactional world Dell lives in. It¹s all about numbers. Everything
they say about Apple making products for themselves is true. Apple ‹
it¹s about changing the world. For everyone else, it¹s about the
money.²

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David Empson

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <1ka8bhv.f0olt11emg8s1N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>
> > Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
> > > products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?
> >
> > Apple's use of the "i" prefix means "personal" ("my").
>
> <http://www.cultofmac.com/20172/20172/>

Thanks for the pointer. So it really meant several things as first
envisioned (including "Internet" and "Individual").

Since then, it seems to me that Apple's usage has mostly leaned towards
the "individual" meaning, or keeping the convention to emphasise the
association between related products (e.g. iPod/iPhone/iPad/iOS/iTunes).

The "Internet" concept was an important point at first (e.g. the six
step pictorial instructions that came with an iMac showing how easy it
was to set up and get it on to the Internet) but was by no means
specific to Apple products following that naming convention.

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Brian

David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Brian <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Out of interest does anyone know why there is an i in front of apple's
>> products?. Does it stand for something like integrated maybe?
>
> Apple's use of the "i" prefix means "personal" ("my").
>
> That naming convention started with the "iMac", in 1998. In general,
> Apple used it to identify products for personal/home/educational use as
> opposed to professional use:
>
> iMac vs Power Macintosh (for a while there was a cheaper "eMac" aimed at
> educational use, while the "iMac" was a more expensive model for home
> use).
>
> iBook vs PowerBook
> iTunes for managing personal music collections
> iPhoto for managing personal photo collections (vs Aperture)
> iMovie for home movies (vs Final Cut Pro)
> iDVD for making simple DVDs (vs DVD Studio Pro)
>
> (iSync, iCal, iChat, iBooks are others that come to mind).
>
> iPod is a personal music player.
>
> The personal vs professional aspect is blurred somewhat with the iPhone
> and iPad since there the same device covers both personal and
> professional use. The iPhone is clearly intended for use by one person,
> and some features of the iPad are best suited to having a single user.

Thanks David.
It was interesting to read. Apple have been wise to give their products
easy to remember names.

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