I’ve been reading a bunch of tech sites for a while and talks of the Power Mac G5 successor have resurfaced. It seems as if Apple has registered “Mac Pro” and people think that this will be the new name of the Power Mac since Steve Jobs said that they were done with “power.”

I had another idea. Based on Apple’s naming convention with their new notebooks (MacBook and MacBook Pro), I thought that maybe “Mac Pro” won’t be the name. The MacBook is the notebook aimed at consumers. The iMac is the desktop aimed at consumers. The MacBook Pro is the notebook aimed at professionals. So, why not the “iMac Pro?”

I know that the Mac Mini throws off Apple’s naming convention and my idea a little. But think of it this way, Apple has already gotten people to understand that the iMac is a slick device. Why wouldn’t they capitalize on that by introducing an iMac Pro line? Power Mac G5 users who are looking to get the new desktops will get them no matter what Apple calls them. So maybe Apple will go after markets where the Power Mac didn’t. Imagine seeing the line up of computers on apple.com and seeing iMac and iMac Pro. The consumer who has heard of iMac may be inclined to look over to see what this Pro model is about.

Then again, maybe the iMac will be renamed the “Mac.”