NeoFyle Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Okay I would like to know where the name for the Neowin website came from. I am seeing more Mac people lately and was wondering that staff have posted that they love Macs, so why Neowin? Just wanted to know and maybe others would like to know as well. Thank you in advance and look forward to the story :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Neo meaning new Win meaning Windows At the time, new windows was Codename: Whistler. You're talking 2000, so a lot of people have come and gone since then, and many people have changed their tastes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 the "win" is obviously windows, and at the time the matrix was very popular... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoFyle Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 the "win" is obviously windows, and at the time the matrix was very popular... Thats what I was thinking but was hoping for some party story or somthing that would have been funny :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_ Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 One of the founders, Steven Parker, went by "Neobond". Also, in the beginning they reported a lot of Windows-related news (esp. XP alpha/beta releases), so I'm sure that's where the 'win' part of 'Neowin' came. :) Do I know this for sure? No, but it's an educated guess from reading Neowin's Wikipedia entry. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Thats what I was thinking but was hoping for some party story or somthing that would have been funny :D it had potential, but i destroyed in my laziness. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDewCodeRedFreak Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 ... Hence the original 3 admins' join dates, July 9th, 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetix63 Veteran Posted May 21, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 21, 2008 Moved here from Software (Branding) Contribution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoFyle Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 Moved here from Software (Branding) Contribution Thanks bud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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