On: Steve Jobs Presents His Ideas For A New Apple Camp...

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I grew up in Ontario, where McIntosh are king (and deliciously awesome!). I was surprised, when I moved, that a lot of people didn't know that the MacIntosh computer was actually named after this apple (trademark, or something, prevented them from using "McIntosh")

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It was probably the trademark for McIntosh amplifiers (http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Pages/Home.aspx).

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"Macintosh" was also chosen because it's acronym-proof

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Still doesn't stop people from writing MAC instead of Mac; its an abbreviation, not an acronym!

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Things like these help separate the clueless from those you should pay attention to. It's a Good Thing.

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Also, McDonald's like to sue people for using Mc-, kinda like Apple likes to sue people for using i-.