Dell, Windows XP
Actually, it all started one Christmas Eve back in 1997.....
Steve and the gang had just put in a long day creating their first (what would be) i-Item. But they were all totally exhausted after pouring out all of their creative energy on the most cutting-edge machine that had ever been created up to that time, and they were stumped as to what to call this newest offering from Apple.
That Christmas Eve, they decided to take the night off and watch a movie adaptation of that most iconic Christmas story (and the grandfather of all the best Christmas stories ever) - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". They put the DVD in (of course they had a DVD player in 1997 - these guys were techno-geeks, after all), and all got cozy and comfortable, trying to put the niggling problem of a name for their new colorful Bondi Blue gumdrop-shaped marvel behind them. They were pretty sure that the "Macintosh" name, or some version of it would be a part of the new addition's name, but they wanted something special and catchy to go with it to celebrate their incredible and imaginative innovation with it's intuitive software and ingenious shape.
The movie version of "A Christmas Carol" that they watched that night was the Alastair Sim version made in 1951 - in black & white, and called "Scrooge". While watching the travels of Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas Past, they saw a scene that would change the history of Apple and provide a naming convention that is still used today.
It's the scene where Scrooge's intended, Alice, is "releasing Scrooge" from their engagement. She tells him that he has changed. That his ambition and constant striving for wealth has made him a different man. At this, Scrooge protests: "But I, I, I, I, haven't changed toward you!" he says. The scene ends with Alice giving Scrooge back the ring he gave her, Scrooge leaving the room in a huff, and Alice breaking down in tears.
But, for the team, their interest in the film ended with Scrooge's protest.
"That's it", they all cried in unison, dancing a giddy, celebratory, romp around the room. "I, I, I, I....it's perfect! That's the very thing we need to make this the most incredible, innovative, interesting, introduction of what will be the most iconic machine ever imagined by i-Man!!! WE WILL CALL OUR NEW INVENTION THE iMAC!"
So, that's how the "i" came into being - a gift bestowed one Christmas Eve upon the boys of Apple via an i-daptation of one of the most revered Christmas Stories of all time, written by a man as inventive, imaginative, intelligent, and idolized as Apple's own Steve Jobs.
The End.
😁
Well, one would have to be familiar with that particular movie adaptation. Although Dickens does have the same line in the actual story, it is the repeated "But I, I, I, I haven't changed toward you" that is burned in my brain, (annual tradition to watch as many versions of "A Christmas Carol" or "Scrooge" as possible, but the Alastair Sim one always gets watched), that caused me to make the connection.... It just came to me out of the i-onosphere.... 😝
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gracefrombridgewater wrote:
As an elementary teacher and technology teacher, my students always ask me. So I will let them know it means internet.
You can tell them that. It doesn't mean it's true. It would be more interesting if you had them come up with things they thought it might mean.
gracefrombridgewater wrote:
As an elementary teacher and technology teacher, my students always ask me. So I will let them know it means internet.
Thank you
The “i” in iPod does not mean internet as they were not internet capable.
So I have asked the store specialists about this, and this is the conversation (blue is me. I was chatting to an Apple specialist called Emer. she is the colour that this is highlighted with):
Hello.
This may be a hard question for you to answer, but:
What does the 'i' before the name of apple products stand for?
y'know: iPad, iPod, iPhone, etc...
Sure..
So this is a question I have aced before but there is no real answer..it's open to interpretation..
Some people think it's for innovation, some people think it's for "I" being mine...
But the simple answer is I don't know..what do you think it stands for?
Oh right..he also said the following:
"the "i" stood for "Internet, Individual, Instruct, Inform, and Inspire"
So it means a lot of things I suppose!
<Chat ends>
😝 How about injoyable
What does the "S" in "Harry S Truman" stand for?
Nothing.
I see a nor'easter is supposed to head your way Wednesday. You going to be all right?
Philly, I'm glad to see you had no damage from Sandy. I've been a bit absent from here lately, but I'll write you tomorrow.
So IPAD stand for Intelligent/Internet Personal Assistance Device?
It's actually not internet. In a keynote speech when Steve was Interim CEO, the slide showed iCEO.
It stands for Interim.
Amazing how this answer is nowhere to be found on the internet. 😎
i thing "i" stand for information.
what does "i" stand for in apple products
