How do you name your computers?

[Koharski]

For the longest time i've named my computers after what processor they use. I've come to realise this is boring and nerdy, so whos got a great naming scheme for their PCs?

When I helped set up a network at my highschool a few years ago I named all the servers after a fruit, and the routers after planets. I might stick with the fruit idea for my newer network.

 

[WT]

Processors.

Boring ? If you say so. I know where my print job winds up at least, instead of wondering where Zeus or Apollo are located. Every time someone gets a fancy naming idea, they are the only ones that know the names of each PC, so if you have other users (spouse, kids) they don't know a damn thing about your non-nerdy naming conventions.

 

[funkymatt]

used to be after the model of the motherboard. now im using lord of the rings characters.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: funkymatt
used to be after the model of the motherboard. now im using lord of the rings characters.

My network is called Moria

 

[DSF]

Back in high school all the computers in the comp arch lab were named after transformers.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: DSF
Back in high school all the computers in the comp arch lab were named after transformers.

Nice, did you get Skid-Z???

 

[Denithor]

Motherboard model.

That way if I ever have to work on it again I don't even have to open it back up to find out what's inside (and if CPU-z isn't easily available for some reason).

 

[Billb2]

Currently: DELL, D865GLC, and A8N32

 

[soccerballtux]

Blastoise, the P4 is Charizard, etc.

 

[MagickMan]

Alice in Wonderland characters

 

[WildW]

At home, Nintendo villians. My server is Motherbrain, my laptop is Andross. I've had Ganondorf, Bowser.

We bought a pair of shiny new widescreen laptops at work which ended up called Mary Kate and Ashley

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

I usually name them after the case theme. smoke (smoke gray), dragon (red and has dragonhead fan guards), bling (has all the fancy lighting from when I had the lighting bug), oldiron (old skool plain case for my server). laptops are names after their brand and model.

 

[Kailasa]

I don't have names for my work computers. But the ones at home I wasn't too creative with. The XP professional computer is named Monster because it's a Full tower(Antec) Thing is huge. It also growled and sounded like a jet plane due to a faulty case fan. That issue has since been resolved so now it purrs quietly again. Hmmm perhaps I need to rename it now.

My main computer that i built a year ago is called Monster 2 because it is also a full tower case.

My next one, I'll probably redo the naming scheme to something completely different.

 

[acheron]

currently the names are the hills of Rome. since there are fewer than 7 computers on the network, that works. (and even if there were more, I could extend it beyond the traditional 7 to some of the other surrounding hills). router is palatine, server is capitoline, desktop is aventine, wife's laptop is caelian. network name is "rome" of course.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Title: How do you name your computers?

A descriptive title tied to specific hardware and location.

Yeah. I'm no fun.

 

[lxskllr]

Whatever I think of in that particular moment. I've had Zoe, tux, dad, shuttle, lappy...A few others that aren't immediately coming to mind.

 

[Ika]

How about naming them after the CPU codenames (i.e. Atom would be Silverthorne).

 

[funkymatt]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: funkymatt
used to be after the model of the motherboard. now im using lord of the rings characters.

My network is called Moria

heh.. mine still join "workgroup"

 

[rasczak]

by case color.

blackbox, whitebox,whitebox2, greybox. laptops are by names of users, wife's laptop, my laptop.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

First build was navi second navi2 laptop is pnavi router is navinet

 

[Koharski]

Boring ? If you say so. I know where my print job winds up at least, instead of wondering where Zeus or Apollo are located. Every time someone gets a fancy naming idea, they are the only ones that know the names of each PC, so if you have other users (spouse, kids) they don't know a damn thing about your non-nerdy naming conventions.

your spouse and kids know what kind of processor you have in each computer?

lucky man

 

[zerogear]

My computers are named: Asura, Garland, Superion and Zard..

 

[Arglebargle]

I bought most of my new computer's components with money I got from selling my silver dime collection. So the computer's name is Mercury. Combined the old computers into one good backup, so it got named Caduceus. If I get another, I still have Hermes open.


Find a schtick you are comfortable with and use it to name away.

 

[jonesthewine]

Mine are:
Kidsrig
Familyroomrig
Livingroomrig
LianLirig
worklaptop

 

[DarkRogue]

I'm absolutely terrible with names, so it's usually the first feasible thing that I can think of.

I guess it's obvious what my current rigs are named.
My previous ones were a bit more computer-centric since I had some fun with that hacking-sim game "Uplink" (Main PC rig was some sort of made up company's Mainframe)
That phase kind of wore off though.