Macintosh SEx

Weaselsnake:

Fun fact: in the old days of Macs, when the faster 68020 processor came on the market, it was put in the new Mac II. When the the 68030 processor was later introduced, Apple dictated that an “X” be added to the end of the model number. So the Mac II became the 68030 Mac IIx. Well, that naming scheme worked fine until Apple decided to upgrade the SE to a 68030. I guess Apple didn’t want to try and explain the Macintosh SEx.

1. [gabrielm]

   Fun fact #2:

   Everyone knows Pentium as name given to Intel’s successor to the 486 processor. The name is meant to sound cool and also suggests the number five (as in 586).

   However, Intel ran into trouble when it tried to use the same convention for the P6 processor. Obvious choices would have “Hexium” or “Sexium”.

2. [technogeek]

   IBM would have just called that model the xSE and refused to admit that calling it anything else ever crossed their minds.

   Fun fact #3: Hackers originally referred to base 16 as “sexidecimal,” with the obligatory grin about “sex digits”. When IBM started using it, they renamed it hexidecimal and that name stuck. (I’m told that neither is officially correct; the proper term should be “sedinary”.)

3. [bkofford]

   @2 senidenary

4. [Anonymous]

   Another one where Apple suddenly changed up the pattern. iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and then suddenly … Safari. Where’s iBrowse?!

5. [error404]

   I recall seeing a DVD player in Diamaru department store in Melbourne which revelled in the designation

   DVDa

6. [Anonymous]

   â„–4, imagine the bushy icon!

7. [technogeek]

   #3: That’s what I get for posting in a rush. Thanks for the correction.