Comments on: Mac On/Off Laptop Bag http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/ Gadgets for Geeks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:40:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Cooper http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-387422 Ryan Cooper Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:06:30 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-387422 With the circle around the 1/0 symbol, it really does looks a lot like the Xbox 360 power button. However, Mac has been using the 1/0 graphic on it's power buttons from before the original Xbox was even released. It was surely on the original iBook laptops, which came out a couple years before the first Xbox. In spite of all of that, the 1/0 graphical symbol is not something to associate with just Macs or Xboxes, as it is a standardized symbol from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Specifically it is a Stand-by symbol according to IEC 5009, JTC1 010: <blockquote>To identify the switch or switch position by means of which part the equipment is switched on in order to bring it into the standby-by condition.</blockquote> Technically the symbol is not for On/Off and does not mean power—it means stand-by. It does not cut the main power like a true power switch or On/Off switch. However, many portable devices only have a stand-by switch, and other devices (like game consoles and desktop computers) have a stand-by button up front, while the actual power switch is hidden in back where it is never used. As such, most people associate the stand-by button with being the power button. With the circle around the 1/0 symbol, it really does looks a lot like the Xbox 360 power button. However, Mac has been using the 1/0 graphic on it’s power buttons from before the original Xbox was even released. It was surely on the original iBook laptops, which came out a couple years before the first Xbox.

In spite of all of that, the 1/0 graphical symbol is not something to associate with just Macs or Xboxes, as it is a standardized symbol from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Specifically it is a Stand-by symbol according to IEC 5009, JTC1 010:

To identify the switch or switch position by means of which part the equipment is switched on in order to bring it into the standby-by condition.

Technically the symbol is not for On/Off and does not mean power—it means stand-by. It does not cut the main power like a true power switch or On/Off switch.

However, many portable devices only have a stand-by switch, and other devices (like game consoles and desktop computers) have a stand-by button up front, while the actual power switch is hidden in back where it is never used. As such, most people associate the stand-by button with being the power button.

]]> By: you FAIL http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-387391 you FAIL Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:52:09 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-387391 dude you have no idea what you talking about it's a green 1/0 if anything its more related to an xbox. In general ALOT of other electrical devices(see it more often on pc power supplies) USE 1/0 (binary on/off duh...) dude you have no idea what you talking about it’s a green 1/0 if anything its more related to an xbox. In general ALOT of other electrical devices(see it more often on pc power supplies) USE 1/0 (binary on/off duh…)

]]> By: Josh http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-27 Josh Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:31:05 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-27 Definitely more of a 360 thing than a Mac thing. Definitely more of a 360 thing than a Mac thing.

]]> By: Robert http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-16 Robert Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:19:54 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-16 That's very true, but in this case it was a design inspired by the look of the Mac button. That’s very true, but in this case it was a design inspired by the look of the Mac button.

]]> By: ponchato http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-13 ponchato Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:08:22 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-13 Uh, that isn't the power-on button just for the Mac. Pretty much everything electronic uses that design now. Uh, that isn’t the power-on button just for the Mac. Pretty much everything electronic uses that design now.

]]> By: Robert http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-10 Robert Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:58:30 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-10 They look <a href="http://www.geekalerts.com/u/mac-xbox.jpg" rel="nofollow">quite similar</a>. :) They look quite similar. :)

]]> By: wille http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-8 wille Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:31:24 +0000 http://www.geekalerts.com/mac-onoff-laptop-bag/#comment-8 It reminds me more of a Xbox 360 startbutton. :) http://www.t3.co.uk/reviews/games/xbox/xbox_360 It reminds me more of a Xbox 360 startbutton. :)
http://www.t3.co.uk/reviews/games/xbox/xbox_360

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