Computer names.

[Arbystpossum]

Everyone names their computers, I'm sure everyone also has a lot of computers. They're like pets in a way, sometimes their name is just what's on the faceplate, sometimes it's named after a characteristic of the machine that was seen later. So, what are some of the names of your favorite or least favorite machines?

I have a Powermac 6360 chassis with a 6500 logic board in it, and it has everything. G3 upgrade card, Voodoo2, Comslot 2 Ethernet, the only thing it's missing is that little Video out board. It's one of my favorite systems, because it's garbage on steroids, named PerformaX. 2000's edge.

I also have a G3 beige mini tower, also with a bunch of crazy. 500Mhz G4 upgrade, Radeon 7000 PCI, as well as an OrangePC 660 PCFx card in it, named Titan. Titan because it's an absolute monster for doing anything in its age range, even on the Windows side with the PC Card. As long as it's in the MacOS9 and Windows 98 area, this machine just destroys it. It has OSX 10.2 but it's not good.

 

[phunguss]

Obviously if you look at my avatar, my G4 Rubik's Cube! My iMac 27" 2011 with Xeon processor and upgraded Radeon 4GB video card, I simply call BigMac. I have a Xeon E5-2696 18C/36T in a hackintosh with an R9 Nano that I call "MacPro Jr." because it is a mini-itx in a hand built case and water cooled.

 

[PentaxEnthusiast]

I've typically named my custom-built machines after things from video games, like my 10900K build is *Hyperion*, after one of the flagship battlecruisers in StarCraft, and this machine I'm on I've named *Nocturne* after the homeworld of the Salamanders in Warhammer 40K. Everything else typically gets a name involving model name or OS if it's a testbox or something for a specific purpose. My old Sumuri Talino DFIR machine is named *Tortellini*, derived from Talino.

My 2011 MBP is named SnackBookPro, and the awful 2018 MBP is named the CrapBookPro.

 

[KennyPowers]

A few years ago when I was gaming on an old work laptop after my aging primary gaming rig finally died, my friends nicknamed it "potato" because of how it struggled to play many of the games we were playing. So, when I built a new top-of-the-line everything rig a few years ago, I named it "Mechapotato"

My wife's gaming PC, which she had me begrudgingly rainbow-RGB the crap out of, is named "Sparklefarts".

 

[Arbystpossum]

Obviously if you look at my avatar, my G4 Rubik's Cube! My iMac 27" 2011 with Xeon processor and upgraded Radeon 4GB video card, I simply call BigMac. I have a Xeon E5-2696 18C/36T in a hackintosh with an R9 Nano that I call "MacPro Jr." because it is a mini-itx in a hand built case and water cooled.

I had no idea that your icon was a G4 cube, that is insanely cool. Also, a Xeon in a 2011 iMac? I have never heard of this, that also sounds insanely cool. How's the heat on that thing?

I've typically named my custom-built machines after things from video games, like my 10900K build is *Hyperion*, after one of the flagship battlecruisers in StarCraft, and this machine I'm on I've named *Nocturne* after the homeworld of the Salamanders in Warhammer 40K. Everything else typically gets a name involving model name or OS if it's a testbox or something for a specific purpose. My old Sumuri Talino DFIR machine is named *Tortellini*, derived from Talino.

My 2011 MBP is named SnackBookPro, and the awful 2018 MBP is named the CrapBookPro.

My introduction to the Salamanders was some dudes on tricycles burning me off of the board. The Tau empire can not sustain these losses.

As an aside, my MArchintosh iMac G4, named "Whizzer". A cat marked/urinated in/on it heavily, killing the hard drive and optical drive, making it reek. I took it apart down to its bits and cleaned every part with an enzyme cleaner. I put it down in front of my cat for a smell test, and it passed little mans test. Peefour was its original name, but Whizzer was better.

 

[PentaxEnthusiast]

My introduction to the Salamanders was some dudes on tricycles burning me off of the board. The Tau empire can not sustain these losses.

Ouch! That's rough! Always only ever been a spectator when it comes to tabletop, never had the time to get into it.

 

[luminescentsimian]

All of my computers are named Something-Bob, because long-long ago in the before times I saw the Trekkies card from the illuminati card game. The Trekkies card has a nerd with a cheap prosthetic Klingon forehead and a paper name tag that says "Hi, my name is: K'Bob". The stupid gag stuck with me, so since then everything has been Bob, starting with my K6/233: K6Bob

 

[phunguss]

Also, a Xeon in a 2011 iMac? I have never heard of this, that also sounds insanely cool. How's the heat on that thing?

Yes, you can put a compatible Xeon into an iMac, you just lose sleep capabilities. I run Macs Fan Control to keep it mild, low 30s idle, and it gets noisy when I am crunching Handbrake. 4 cores/8 threads.

I assume that is something in the ROM because an intel MacPro with Xeon seems to sleep fine. Also with my replaced GPU, I have an HDMI dummy plug so I get boot screen, otherwise its kind of a mess (Radeon Pro WX4130).

 

[Arbystpossum]

Yes, you can put a compatible Xeon into an iMac, you just lose sleep capabilities. I run Macs Fan Control to keep it mild, low 30s idle, and it gets noisy when I am crunching Handbrake. 4 cores/8 threads.

I've never seen or heard of this, and the only downside is it can't sleep? That is wild. Love Macs Fan Control, Full Blast can vent a system out in minutes.

In addition, I love a Quadra 605 with then resistor overclock called LCIV+ because reasons.

I also have a Performa 520 that I did a Takky upgrade on to fit a 6400 logic board into. The sound keeps cutting out after 10 minutes, and I'm not sure what's going on with it, but all of its names have been naughty because it has been an absolute nightmare to do and all its given me is problems. :[