Talk:History of the Macintosh

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Note on why this article exists[edit]

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This page is a split from Mac (computer), so that page could be cleaned out of old cruft that was leading to a big imbalance between old Macs and more recent history.

This article lacks sourcing; but that's how it was. It contains great detail, so please try to cite rather than delete; it would be a shame to lose correct historical content when sourcing may exist, even if hard to find. DFlhb (talk) 21:53, 4 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Name of article[edit]

(context: I posted this when it was still a draft)

I see two good names for the article.

First, there's the current one. History of the Macintosh, which is fine IMO.

Proposal:

I'd actually prefer naming this article Macintosh after the current move request is closed. Mac would be about the general lineup (including brief WP:SUMMARY of its early history), and Macintosh would be specifically about the 1984-1999 product line.

The advantage of calling it Macintosh rather than History of the Macintosh is that others could add non-strictly-history related things; for example having a list of all Macintoshes in one place (we could split off parts of Timeline of Apple Inc. products here, and then WP:SUMMARYze it in that article; or we could talk about the Macintosh brand and marketing, or its reception, or cultural impact, etc. Having this page at Macintosh seems optimal. DFlhb (talk) 20:53, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with calling it Macintosh. Aditoo17 [💬|✒️] 14:53, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]