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I named my own RevA Ti500 (bought in Feb of 2001) Atrus, after said named character in the MYST series of games and books. I figured he was a master of books and this was (at the time) the 'book of all 'books.

I still use him, he's my only personal Mac although I do have an eMac at work. His name is Vivi (from FF IX fame)

At my old job we had a collection of servers named after dead rock stars and another of Olympian gods.

I believe slashdot had a good story on names as well (last 3 months I'm guessing)

I name all the computers on my network after character classes in D&D. Thus far I have ranger (iBook 700/14.1-inch), bard (self-built Athlon 1.4GHz running FreeBSD), rogue (busted IBM Thinkpad 365XD running GNU/Linux), enchanter (old Packard Hell given to my mother-in-law), sorcerer (Indigo slot-loading iMac), and paladin (P166MMX soon to be given to my nephew).

I'm saving necromancer for something really special.

Well, I would have to say that I generally name desktops male names, and I would name laptops after females (at least the latest G4 and iBooks).  Unfortunately, I don't own any Apple laptops yet, though I hope to in the not too distant future    If I had one, I would name it after comic book characters, as is my tradition for all my Macs.  If I had an iBook, I would name it Domino after the X-force character...white skin, mysterious, lucky.  If you know who she is or see a picture of her, I think you will find that it fits.  For a TiBook, I would go with Velocity, the character from Cyberforce...also white skinned with special cybernetic enhancements and a brain chip to allow her to run at incredible speeds...'nuff said.

400 Mhz iMac DV : Gabriel - Fallen Angel from "The Prophecy" (Yes I know the real story... 
800 Mhz iMac G4 : Hunnin - One of Odinn's Ravens
667 Mhz TIbook  : Sleipnir - Odinn's Horse with 8 legs

I think I go with whatever mythology is closest at hand, Star Trek, Movies, etc... all good sources for names...

Good Luck with your new family member and finding it's name!

I tend to go with computer/robot names.

My first Mac, a Performa 400, was HAL 9000 (from 2001), with two externals, Tom Servo (from MST3K) and Marvin (From HHGTTG).

The one I'm on now, a 6500/300 which is partitioned 8 ways, has Gort (From "The Day The Earth Stood Still"), Maria (From Metropolis), Robbie (From various '60s sci-fi stuff), Preston (From "A Close Shave"), R2 D2 (From Star Wars), Ro-Man (From "Robot Monster"), Deep Thought (From HHGTTG), and Crow (from MST3K).

My PowerBook, a 5300 CS, is B.O.B. (From "The Black Hole")

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

G4 Powerbook 867 - "Hatfield"

My TiBook 400 is known as The Mac, which i would assume to be masculine.  I'm not very creative when it comes to names.

I call it the PIP Boy 2000(tm)

I fully recommend the name "ToiletBacon"

To all of you out there naming your Macs:  I would like to introduce you to a world beyond your computer screen.  I though computers were merely tools, not additions to the family.  Do you all name your screwdrivers, power drills, hack saws, and vacuum cleaners also?

touche

In that case, when my G4 PB comes in, I shall name him/her/it...PowerBook!