As well as the one in iTunes, etc.?

it does'nt represent anything that I know of. Wikipedia doesn't have an answer either. Apple just has an obession with using an i as the first letter of every product name. Although I and E are usually used with respect to the Internet, and Information Technology.

Idiot?

Idiot?

Idiot Tunes? Don't think so. It could also be said as Intelligent but that's not it either. No one knows.

iNTERNET?

lolz.

-C a n d aii

I agree with the second poster, the word I probably has to do with the internet. So it is Internet Tunes. It does make sense, because you go to the internet tunes store to buy the songs you want off the internet.

Internet Tunes.

it does'nt represent anything that I know of. Wikipedia doesn't have an answer either. Apple just has an obession with using an i as the first letter of every product name. Although I and E are usually used with respect to the Internet, and Information Technology.

There are products that aren't made by Apple that have the "i". I believe the iRiver is one example...

Internet Tunes.
No, stfu.



It's just what Apple and a few others do.

I thiink it has something to do with i=you

an internet pod? an internet mac? dont think so. its just one of those special letters people use like "X" in lots of things too

it was called itunes before the itunes store opened wasnt it?

"i" has been used before Apple product names for a very long time.

I think it's like iPod! ...youPod? iMac :D ...youMac too?

i=you as in, "my". Not in a direct sense, think outside of the box here.

There are products that aren't made by Apple that have the "i". I believe the iRiver is one example...


I never said there was'nt. Apple just seems to have the biggest fetish with it.

It stands for Internet, as it was a branch of the iMac (iMac being the first usage, and the i Standing for Internet). The reason the iMac got it's name was because it came with an RJ45-phone jack cable and an easy wizard (as in, easier than the "Internet Connection" wizard that comes with Windows) that would support PPP connections [being the most common Internet connection of the time] out of the box.

I would have thought "it" as in "It tunes"

But yeah, Internet sounds more likely.

i = internet
e = electronic

In all seriousness, I don't believe it stands for anything. It is just a product line targeted at the home consumer.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac

The eMac is a G4-powered Macintosh that resembles the original iMac G3 with the egg-shape encasing a flat 17” CRT in an all-in-one design. It was initially sold only to the educational market (the “e” stands for “education”), but Apple started selling it to the general public a month later to make inroads into the low-cost part of the home and business markets.

Well, that takes care of the "e"...

Well if anyone really remembers back when the iMac was first released they had those commercials that would "introduce" the iMac, using cavemen "I, [am] Mac".

Ah, likening an iMac to a caveman. Beautifully accurate. Big and powerful, but really can't do many worthwhile things.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac

The eMac is a G4-powered Macintosh that resembles the original iMac G3 with the egg-shape encasing a flat 17” CRT in an all-in-one design. It was initially sold only to the educational market (the “e” stands for “education”), but Apple started selling it to the general public a month later to make inroads into the low-cost part of the home and business markets.
Ok, nice try.


But the question was a little bit different. Keep it up though! :D

I know what the original question is. There was some discussion about what the "e" in eMac stood for.

The 'i' in 'iMac' stood for 'Internet,' as mentioned in this 1999 iMac
Update newsletter from Apple:

"The Ultimate Internet Appliance
When we first announced iMac, we explained that the 'i' in iMac stands
for Internet. iMac, we said, is the first computer to bring the ease
of use long associated with Macintosh computers to the often arcane
world of the Internet."

Advergence: iMac Update - January 21, 1999
http://www.advergence.com/newspage/imac-update/iMac_Update_19990121.shtml

Although the 'i' was originally short for 'Internet,' Apple never
placed great emphasis on this. Today it could be said that the 'i'
doesn't necessarily stand for anything in particular, but is simply a
designator of Apple's consumer-oriented line of products.

"All of these iDevices are consumer devices. They are not 'top of the
line', expensive, professional products. They are mid-line, less
expensive, consumer products. Take the iMac for example. It has a big
brother, the PowerMac G4. The iMac is a consumer machine, while the G4
is a professional machine...

I'll do a partial quote from Steve Jobs at the MacWorld 1999 Expo in
New York: 'Well, all of our portable machines end with the word
'Book,' and our consumer machines start with the letter 'i', so
naturally, we named it the iBook.' Straight from the horse's mouth
(with a little leeway on exact wording). So, obviously, Apple meant
for the iStuff to be marketed towards consumers, and non iStuff to be
marketed towards professionals."


http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=515863

is it really internet tunes

No, they made it up to confuse you. You have a xanga, get off the tech boards.

No, they made it up to confuse you. You have a xanga, get off the tech boards.

Would you prefer him/her to get a blogspot, Firefox, and an installation of Gentoo before they're allowed back on?

If it wouldn't be too much trouble :(

No, they made it up to confuse you. You have a xanga, get off the tech boards.
Xanga just got cool again, a hot girl just commented on mine. :pink:

I abandoned mine a long time ago. Speakinawhich, I wonder if anything's happened since then?

If it wouldn't be too much trouble :(

Have you ever even installed Gentoo before?

Have you ever even installed Gentoo before?

Ooh! Ooh! I have! Just ask the ghost of my mp3 colletion.

On-topic, I always assumed it was "internet", seeing as how computers and other electronics seem to be becoming so internet-centric. Now I know!

And knowing is half the battle.

aye, a while ago, twas somewhat of a bitch >.> had to print out many-a-guide lol Ubuntu was 1000x easier lol.

I know what the original question is. There was some discussion about what the "e" in eMac stood for.
ALL LIES! ;]

Thanks for finding both of those answers though. Pretty interesting stuff.

aye, a while ago, twas somewhat of a bitch >.> had to print out many-a-guide lol Ubuntu was 1000x easier lol.

So if you had such a problem with it why ask the person with a Xanga to do it?

Well, you suggested it, I just felt like going along with it. Also a little Linux in your life puts a nice little spring in your step :)

Since this is an apple topic i thought i'd let you know think pad about some new results about that wireless thing.

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/17/wirelesshack/index.php?lsrc=mwrss

There is always some little thing that people like to add just to try to put the mac to shame.

It stands for Internet, as it was a branch of the iMac (iMac being the first usage, and the i Standing for Internet). The reason the iMac got it's name was because it came with an RJ45-phone jack cable and an easy wizard (as in, easier than the "Internet Connection" wizard that comes with Windows) that would support PPP connections [being the most common Internet connection of the time] out of the box.
i would have to strongly agree with him.

No, they made it up to confuse you. You have a xanga, get off the tech boards.
ouch... truth hurts thought :D