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The use of 'trashcan' to refer to the MacPro by multiple users in the link is pretty amusing. > Has anyone had their trashcans go down today out of nowhere?

by kalev 7y ago

shoghicp 7y ago
We have a bunch of Mac build servers here. They are also called trashcans by everyone that works with them.
Mindwipe 7y ago
Literally everyone in television and film production calls them trashcans. I've seen them called that in contracts even.
Austin_Conlon 7y ago
They threw the kitchen sink at the problem but just ended up buying cheese graters!
- tiborsaas 7y ago
  It's a level up, now it looks like a tool for processing ingredients rather then collecting the junk :)
- semi-extrinsic 7y ago
  Apple Cheese Grater CNC and performance testing on Pecorino: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s29YZqe9Cso https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s29YZqe9Cso
  - 52-6F-62 7y ago
    This is exactly what I was looking for in this thread. Of course it exists.
Havoc 7y ago
That must really be annoying someone over at apple. Spend all that time design something beautiful. And... Everyone calls it garbage
- dijit 7y ago
  Surely the implication is that what's inside is garbage. :P (which, these days is mostly true, a single socket CPU on a workstation of that grade is a poor design choice)
  - Crontab 7y ago
    Personally, I actually like the design of the current Mac Pro, but I can understand why many wouldn't.
  - dagw 7y ago
    Surely the implication is that what's inside is garbage. :P Not at all. Even people that love them refer to them as trashcans. It's just a cute nickname, since Apple doesn't give their machines any other distinguishable names.
- AceJohnny2 7y ago
  We also call them "trashcans" in conversation. It's an identifiable and memorable term, rather than "mac pro (original/2006)", "mac pro (cylinder/2013)" or "mac pro (cheese grater/2019)"
  - grenoire 7y ago
    Cheese grater will definitely stick just like trashcan. Both highly utilitarian tools, mind you.
    - that_jojo 7y ago
      Am I old? Everyone's talking about whether this new 'cheese grater' name will take off. But that's what we called the old aluminum case since the G5.
golergka 7y ago
Have never called them anything else even in Russian. It's truly an iconic design.

The use of 'trashcan' to refer to the MacPro by multiple users in the link is pretty amusing. > Has anyone had their trashcans go down today out of nowhere?

by kalev 7y ago

The use of 'trashcan' to refer to the MacPro by multiple users in the link is pretty amusing. > Has anyone had their trashcans go down today out of nowhere?

shoghicp 7y ago

We have a bunch of Mac build servers here. They are also called trashcans by everyone that works with them.

Mindwipe 7y ago

Literally everyone in television and film production calls them trashcans. I've seen them called that in contracts even.

Austin_Conlon 7y ago

They threw the kitchen sink at the problem but just ended up buying cheese graters!

tiborsaas 7y ago
It's a level up, now it looks like a tool for processing ingredients rather then collecting the junk :)
semi-extrinsic 7y ago
Apple Cheese Grater CNC and performance testing on Pecorino: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s29YZqe9Cso https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s29YZqe9Cso
- 52-6F-62 7y ago
  This is exactly what I was looking for in this thread. Of course it exists.

Havoc 7y ago

That must really be annoying someone over at apple. Spend all that time design something beautiful. And... Everyone calls it garbage

dijit 7y ago
Surely the implication is that what's inside is garbage. :P (which, these days is mostly true, a single socket CPU on a workstation of that grade is a poor design choice)
- Crontab 7y ago
  Personally, I actually like the design of the current Mac Pro, but I can understand why many wouldn't.
- dagw 7y ago
  Surely the implication is that what's inside is garbage. :P Not at all. Even people that love them refer to them as trashcans. It's just a cute nickname, since Apple doesn't give their machines any other distinguishable names.
AceJohnny2 7y ago
We also call them "trashcans" in conversation. It's an identifiable and memorable term, rather than "mac pro (original/2006)", "mac pro (cylinder/2013)" or "mac pro (cheese grater/2019)"
- grenoire 7y ago
  Cheese grater will definitely stick just like trashcan. Both highly utilitarian tools, mind you.
  - that_jojo 7y ago
    Am I old? Everyone's talking about whether this new 'cheese grater' name will take off. But that's what we called the old aluminum case since the G5.

golergka 7y ago

Have never called them anything else even in Russian. It's truly an iconic design.