+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted January 14, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 14, 2010 The "Blood-Curdling" Name Steve Jobs Wanted for the iMac Back in November, former TBWA\Chiat\Day creative Ken Segal said that Steve Jobs' original name for the iMac would "curdle your blood." I guessed Macternet, but according to this account, that wasn't blood-curdling enough. Jobs' alleged proposal was a lot worse: Our sources claim that the name that Steve Jobs wanted was... MacMan. At the time, the name was being used by another company, called Midiman. They manufactured the MacMan, a serial-to-MIDI adapter with one input, three outputs, a serial passthrough switch, and MIDI indicator LEDs. According to this account, Apple came to them with an offer for the name, but Midiman's owner thought they didn't offered enough ruby rupees. He declined Apple's offer. If this is true?and it rings real to me?I'm glad the owner declined. Just imagine if they called that bondi blob the MacMan. We would still be hearing the echoes of the worldwide laughter. For the same reasons, I hope they don't go with Apple iSlate (Apple Is Late?). It's not as bad as MacMan, but it's almost there. News source: Gizmodo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiHu Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Oh god the "MacMan" would have been a horrible name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmz Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 It would have grown on you and become normal, just like the Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiHu Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 No...really, its just a really bad name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted January 14, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 14, 2010 No...really, its just a really bad name. No...really! They would have sucessfully marketed it nonetheless. Marketing is what Apple does best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 im the MacMan! deeee da-da dada daa, deee da-da dada daa..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted January 14, 2010 Member Share Posted January 14, 2010 I'm so tired of the iEverything that even Macman is starting to sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 14, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 14, 2010 Maybe it was in response to Sonys Walkman-type naming of things way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreKe Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Our sources claim that the name that Steve Jobs wanted was... MacMan. I fail to see what's so "blood-curdling" about that compared to many other household names today, such as "PlayStation", "Wii", "Firefox", "Microsoft", "Google" and other silly names at the time. I particularly remember how a lot of people were crying about how terrible the name "Wii" was, and now everyone uses it as if it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I fail to see what's so "blood-curdling" about that compared to many other household names today, such as "PlayStation", "Wii", "Firefox", "Microsoft", "Google" and other silly names at the time. I particularly remember how a lot of people were crying about how terrible the name "Wii" was, and now everyone uses it as if it never happened. I'm posting this message from my MacMan while syncing my PodMan with the fabulous TunesMan software. And while doing all this, my MacMan is also sorting all my photos in my PhotoMan library, searching my appointments made in CalMan and exporting the movie I made using MovieMan. Now, if you'll excuse me, there's someone I need to call using my amazing PhoneMan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoomKid Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm posting this message from my MacMan while syncing my PodMan with the fabulous TunesMan software. And while doing all this, my MacMan is also sorting all my photos in my PhotoMan library, searching my appointments made in CalMan and exporting the movie I made using MovieMan.Now, if you'll excuse me, there's someone I need to call using my amazing PhoneMan. If that were the current devices and softwares names by Apple, it would've been a FailMan! Its just a bad name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 15, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm posting this message from my MacMan while syncing my PodMan with the fabulous TunesMan software. And while doing all this, my MacMan is also sorting all my photos in my PhotoMan library, searching my appointments made in CalMan and exporting the movie I made using MovieMan.Now, if you'll excuse me, there's someone I need to call using my amazing PhoneMan. That would've gone down well with the feminists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phot0nic Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm posting this message from my MacMan while syncing my PodMan with the fabulous TunesMan software. And while doing all this, my MacMan is also sorting all my photos in my PhotoMan library, searching my appointments made in CalMan and exporting the movie I made using MovieMan.Now, if you'll excuse me, there's someone I need to call using my amazing PhoneMan. Ha! Being an Apple fanboy would be like playing a Megaman game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreKe Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I'm posting this message from my MacMan while syncing my PodMan with the fabulous TunesMan software. And while doing all this, my MacMan is also sorting all my photos in my PhotoMan library, searching my appointments made in CalMan and exporting the movie I made using MovieMan.Now, if you'll excuse me, there's someone I need to call using my amazing PhoneMan. And if all those names had been real, no one would have been bitching about it, just like no one is bitching about "Wii" anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted January 15, 2010 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 15, 2010 Sounds pretty funky, but in a world where Google, Twitter, Facebook and Wii are considered normal household names, it wouldn't bat an eyelid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirisX Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Steve has always wanted a "MacMan". Meet Mr. Macintosh: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?proje...p;detail=medium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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