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Computer trademark names that are "long in the tooth"

Rubycon

Rubycon

Madame President
I'll start with Pentium. Come on, that needs to die already! 😀
Geforce and Radeon are already a decade old. (nearly 11 years for Geforce)
 
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Newbian said:
Microsoft...

So it's tiny and soft at the same time. 🙁
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LOL that's like saying Monopoly is one and many at the same time. 😀

Intel calls hyperthreading HT technology. Have not really heard much mention of it with its return on Nehalem. Not that it's really even needed with multiple core CPUs. With Netbust Xeons it was really weird with multiple socket servers since 2000 did not know the difference between a core and a socket like a modern OS.
 
RAID is one I was thinking about just yesterday.

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk.

Even when RAID came around the disk were crazy expensive and at least on the enterprise side of things they're still much more expensive.
 
Acronyms aren't trademark names - let me edit that OP. 😉

RAID normally (now) means Redundant Array Of Independent Disks.

Inexpensive was used in the day because you could use cheap(er) disks to build a storage array with speed and capacity (as well as availability) that was usually reserved for datacenter solutions that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

What's funny is people mis pronounce RAID. (RYE-ADD) yeah I'm serious yet they probably have used a can of Raid spray for six legged bugs! 😀
 
Rubycon said:
What's funny is people mis pronounce RAID. (RYE-ADD) yeah I'm serious yet they probably have used a can of Raid spray for six legged bugs! 😀
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I thinking you have it wrong. Paid, laid and normal meaning for raid sound the same. This isn't like silent letters (solder) or anything like that.

Raid = Rād.

The only wait I can see it being pronounced something different is something similar to said. Sĕd = S-ed , R-ed, like the color. If the I and the A were switched that would make sense. Ex. Triad. Just because it's a computer term doesn't mean it gets to defy basic English pronunciation. If they wanted it to sound like RYE-Add, they should have made the acronym RIAD.

In certain circles, entire groups of people mispronounce words. Like when Celeron came out. Even in Intel-heavy Beaverton Oregon, it sounded like people were saying Seel-E-Run until it was officially pronounced what we know as Celeron in their advertisements.
 
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I agree. Pentium needs to die. And so does Core. I think Radeon should go too. GeForce sounds kind of okay, it can stay. And Windows needs to go too. Surely you have to start calling it something different when having windows goes from being a defining feature to a de facto inclusion.

I think you have it wrong. Paid, laid and normal meaning for raid sound the same. This isn't like silent letters (solder) or anything like that.

Raid = Rād.

The only wait I can see it being pronounced something different is something similar to said. Sĕd = S-ed , R-ed.

In certain circles, entire groups of people mispronounce words. Like when Celeron came out. Even in Intel-Heavy Beaverton Oregon, it sounded like people were saying Seel-E-Run until it was officially pronounced what we know as Celeron in their advertisements.
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I don't get this. You're Americans, with American accents, yet you still manage to pronounce products with American-branded names wrong?!
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
I don't get this. You're Americans, with American accents, yet you still manage to pronounce products with American-branded names wrong?!
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Not everyone in the US has the same accent. For example, a person from Alabama is probably going to sound very different from a person from New York.
 
I once used "Long in the tooth" during a meeting, and the whole room went silent and stared at me like I had an alien attached to my forehead.
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
I agree. Pentium needs to die. And so does Core. I think Radeon should go too. GeForce sounds kind of okay, it can stay. And Windows needs to go too. Surely you have to start calling it something different when having windows goes from being a defining feature to a de facto inclusion.





I don't get this. You're Americans, with American accents, yet you still manage to pronounce products with American-branded names wrong?!
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As said, not all americans sound the same.

Where i live (Pacific NW, US) there is really no accent at all. People from the south, texas, and the east coast have distinct accents.
 
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Sound Blaster.

Creative doesn't need to use that name as part of their X-Fi and Audigy product naming scheme.
 
Scholzpdx said:
I thinking you have it wrong. Paid, laid and normal meaning for raid sound the same. This isn't like silent letters (solder) or anything like that.

Raid = Rād.
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I'm just telling you what I've heard people (two unrelated incidents) have called it. They pronounced it that way. 😀


Crono said:
Sound Blaster.

Creative doesn't need to use that name as part of their X-Fi and Audigy product naming scheme.
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Well it still lives up to its name - blasts sound with no real concern about quality. 😉
 
Rubycon said:
LOL that's like saying Monopoly is one and many at the same time. 😀

Intel calls hyperthreading HT technology. Have not really heard much mention of it with its return on Nehalem. Not that it's really even needed with multiple core CPUs. With Netbust Xeons it was really weird with multiple socket servers since 2000 did not know the difference between a core and a socket like a modern OS.
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I'm not sure if this was a typo, but it made me laff.
 
Fritzo said:
I once used "Long in the tooth" during a meeting, and the whole room went silent and stared at me like I had an alien attached to my forehead.
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I remember when you said that! I even have the pic I took:

zombieben.jpg
 
Fritzo said:
I once used "Long in the tooth" during a meeting, and the whole room went silent and stared at me like I had an alien attached to my forehead.
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Better than the "Lobsters coming out of your ears" stare. 😛

Away said:
If Intel is going to ditch Pentium, it wouldn't hurt to lose Celeron too.
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Perhaps they can use "Pit" for their junk line. Of course both cores and pits come from apples - Steve Jobs may not like that. 😀
 
A shadowy figure walks through the doors of the Intel boardroom, leading its wretched and filthy chairman on a leash. The figure speaks.

Bill Gates: Well, people, it's time to replace the Pentium. The logical next step is, of course, Sexium. I have long awaited this day.

Engineer: Sir, that will never fly with the public. How about Pentium II?

Bill Gates: WHAT? Are you mad? Sexium is the greatest product name ever! Are you trying to destroy this company?

The engineer rips off his face mask and reveals his true identity.

Steve Jobs: Ha- I've already trademarked Sexium! You'll never have your nookie-sounding computers now! HA HA HA HA!

They fight.

Steve Jobs: You'll never catch me, Harvard boy!

Steve Jobs crashes through a window and lands on the back of a giant eagle which fades swiftly into the horizon. Bill Gates looks long out the window, simmering, seething...then, slowly, slowly, he turns to the board.

Bill Gates: How about Pentium II?
 
angminas said:
A shadowy figure walks through the doors of the Intel boardroom, leading its wretched and filthy chairman on a leash. The figure speaks.

Bill Gates: Well, people, it's time to replace the Pentium. The logical next step is, of course, Sexium. I have long awaited this day.

Engineer: Sir, that will never fly with the public. How about Pentium II?

Bill Gates: WHAT? Are you mad? Sexium is the greatest product name ever! Are you trying to destroy this company?

The engineer rips off his face mask and reveals his true identity.

Steve Jobs: Ha- I've already trademarked Sexium! You'll never have your nookie-sounding computers now! HA HA HA HA!

They fight.

Steve Jobs: You'll never catch me, Harvard boy!

Steve Jobs crashes through a window and lands on the back of a giant eagle which fades swiftly into the horizon. Bill Gates looks long out the window, simmering, seething...then, slowly, slowly, he turns to the board.

Bill Gates: How about Pentium II?
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Fail. Neither Bill Gates or Steve Jobs has anything to do with how Intel names their chips.
 
angminas said:
A shadowy figure walks through the doors of the Intel boardroom, leading its wretched and filthy chairman on a leash. The figure speaks.

Bill Gates: Well, people, it's time to replace the Pentium. The logical next step is, of course, Sexium. I have long awaited this day.

Engineer: Sir, that will never fly with the public. How about Pentium II?

Bill Gates: WHAT? Are you mad? Sexium is the greatest product name ever! Are you trying to destroy this company?

The engineer rips off his face mask and reveals his true identity.

Steve Jobs: Ha- I've already trademarked Sexium! You'll never have your nookie-sounding computers now! HA HA HA HA!

They fight.

Steve Jobs: You'll never catch me, Harvard boy!

Steve Jobs crashes through a window and lands on the back of a giant eagle which fades swiftly into the horizon. Bill Gates looks long out the window, simmering, seething...then, slowly, slowly, he turns to the board.

Bill Gates: How about Pentium II?
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Well done.
 
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