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From: bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt)
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Subject: McIntosh <=> MacIntosh
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Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 23:52:11 EDT
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><<Stuff about my computer versus yours deleted>>
>
>...an Apple McIntosh... (where did they ever come up with MacIntosh
>anyway? Is the spelling of the edible type of apple copyrighted? :-)

I've seen an early "Mac" description that said "McIntosh" (McIntosh, as
in the edible apple)  since this later changed to "MacIntosh" (As in
the raincoat), one must wonder.  Apple computer selling Apples, yes.
Raincoats, no.

The rumor I heard (rumor, now, not fact) was that someone at Apple
misstyped McIntosh and it ended up sticking.  Hi... I own a "Mc". :-)
Or, some editor might have seen "MacIntosh" and corrected an obvious
mistake. :-| 


In the Apple //gs, the "gs" stands for another type of Apple...
the "Granny Smith". :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

     ( Ok, it really stands for "Graphics and Sound" :-|  )

  ( This backseat computerist and 6502 hacker feels that Apple should )
    ( have invested the ][gs money into the Macintosh II, instead )
 	( No flames on this point... it was just a joke, and )
	( I don't want to be convinced that the ][gs is a    )
	( technically neat machine [you can't do it, anyway] )
	( or even a marketing sucess... I don't care.        )