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MacBookAir.com Clarification
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Guys, let's all take a deep breath for a sec...
If Apple had decided to call this the MacBookAir, don't you think they would've registered the domain MONTHS ago...??
My thoughts exactly.
If Apple decides to use the MacBook Air name, they are welcome to the domain.
For an undisclosed amount of hard cold cash i bet your as will.
How did this horrible name came to be anyways?
macbook air?
I think apple would rather continue a trend like the ipod line.
Macbook nano etc?
MACBOOK AIR? come on people slap yourselfs and ask why would would apple name his think laptop ..MACBOOK AIR?
macbook slim, macbook touch, macbook nano etc.
For an undisclosed amount of hard cold cash i bet your as will.
How did this horrible name came to be anyways?
macbook air?
I think apple would rather continue a trend like the ipod line.
Macbook nano etc?
MACBOOK AIR? come on people slap yourselfs and ask why would would apple name his think laptop ..MACBOOK AIR?
macbook slim, macbook touch, macbook nano etc.
Apparently you weren't hanging out on the web the night before the iPod was announced. There were a ton of people hating on the name. Many people thought the iPod was actually going to be a tablet and the name was actually going to be the iPad. There were others who were searching across the net for references to ipod and found out that Intel actually had a product of some sort named ipod and thus declared the name of the now famed-mp3 player to be false. Yes, it was an interesting night on the forums.
Arn you should give yourself a time-out for upsetting all the newbies
Sigh, he didn't upset me I just thought it was worth noting.
Anyways I am really excited about the upcoming keynote. I just hope Apple can keep the prices low and maybe lower the prices of some of their current offerings. With the dollar being so weak I don't foresee it happening...
Months? How 'bout most of a decade? I think they registered iPhone.org in December 1999.
But they always risk exposing the name of the product earlier than necessary if they register before they need to, so perhaps they see the point of waiting.
Guys, let's all take a deep breath for a sec...
If Apple had decided to call this the MacBookAir, don't you think they would've registered the domain MONTHS ago...??
My thoughts exactly.
i doubt it. that'd just give new product launches away too easily. it wouldn't make sense, considering apple's secrecy.
Guys, let's all take a deep breath for a sec...
If Apple had decided to call this the MacBookAir, don't you think they would've registered the domain MONTHS ago...??
so true, so true
No, because selling a domain in such a fashion would be against the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
I trust that MacRumors purchased the domain in good faith (and with the suspicions that the name "MacBook Air" will never be used by Apple).
Somebody registered MacBookFeather.com
and is asking $49,999 for it. Was that you ARN?
https://www.tdnam.com/trpItemListing.aspx?ci=6711&domain=macbookfeather.com
Seems you had a little lapse in judgement regarding this whole thing. even if it was just the "air" name. I say you buy us all a beer
and is asking $49,999 for it. Was that you ARN?
https://www.tdnam.com/trpItemListing.aspx?ci=6711&domain=macbookfeather.com
Seems you had a little lapse in judgement regarding this whole thing. even if it was just the "air" name. I say you buy us all a beer
Guys, let's all take a deep breath for a sec...
If Apple had decided to call this the MacBookAir, don't you think they would've registered the domain MONTHS ago...??
Hmmm... then why don't macbookpro.com and macbook.com point to apple?
iPhone was originally for an internet phone device, not the current handset. The name was recycled later by Jobs.
Let's see, they didn't want:
http://www.macbookpro.com
http://www.macbook.com
http://www.macpro.com
http://www.imac.com
http://www.macbookpro.com
http://www.macbook.com
http://www.macpro.com
http://www.imac.com
I think some people are missing the point.
Apple lists all of its products in subdirectories under the http://www.apple.com domain. They don't have a need to start reserving top level domains for every single product, version, etc. Just about all companies work that way. If you go to http://www.nissanusa.com all the different models of cars are in subdirectories under the main. Same goes for just about every company out there. You think the Ford f150 is under that domain? Of course not. It's under the main http://www.ford.com site. That's just normal business protocol. The times they differ from this is if the product is a site itself to ease navigation such as http://www.itunes.com. This way you don't need to go hunting for itunes under the apple directory..it just makes it easier, especially for a company that tries to make things simple for people. But for a product it doesn't make sense because usually you want to compare the numerous offerings within a product line anyway.
Go look at google...if you want to go to the widgets you don't go to googlewidgets.com....you go to it under the subdirectory...so as a rule, new services that are in and of themselves complete new business models get their own top domain. Individual products don't.
Apple lists all of its products in subdirectories under the http://www.apple.com domain. They don't have a need to start reserving top level domains for every single product, version, etc. Just about all companies work that way. If you go to http://www.nissanusa.com all the different models of cars are in subdirectories under the main. Same goes for just about every company out there. You think the Ford f150 is under that domain? Of course not. It's under the main http://www.ford.com site. That's just normal business protocol. The times they differ from this is if the product is a site itself to ease navigation such as http://www.itunes.com. This way you don't need to go hunting for itunes under the apple directory..it just makes it easier, especially for a company that tries to make things simple for people. But for a product it doesn't make sense because usually you want to compare the numerous offerings within a product line anyway.
Go look at google...if you want to go to the widgets you don't go to googlewidgets.com....you go to it under the subdirectory...so as a rule, new services that are in and of themselves complete new business models get their own top domain. Individual products don't.
Yeah! Why protect your own brands and brand images... let some kid on the internet do it. I'm sure that'll work great. Apple doesn't need ipod.com because apple has apple.com/ipod!
Registering a domain name has nothing to do with protecting a trademark.
To use a previous example, if Toyota does not register "tundra.com" and Nissan does, Nissan cannot then produce and sell a pickup truck called "tundra" by claiming that Toyota failed to protect their trademark by not registering the domain name.
Was missing the blatant opportunity for a Dr. Evil quote intentional or just plain oversight?
you intentionally mislead. that is not responsible seeing as you have control of this site. You lost credibility
Agreed. It would have been OK if you had written we registered the domain in white or something...
It'll be nice to be on the 'we owe you one' side rather than the 'we're gonna sue your ass over some product we're never going to release' side.
Guess, not, eh?
Yeah, but we're going to be making 'Arn must've registered it' jokes for years here now.
He did, you just didn't notice it...