Did you know that Apple has already used the term GS in another product?

When Apple released the latest iPhone model, it added a new letter to its smartphone name to differentiate it from the previous one: iPhone 3Gs, with the “S” meaning "Speed" (velocity).

Apple IIGS

But this is not the first time that the Cupertino firm has used the term GS to name one of its products. In 1986, it released a “spicy” version of the then Apple II, the Apple IIGS. At that time, however, the “G” meant "Graphics" (graphics), and the “S” referred to "Sound" (sound system).

Built to face direct competitors like the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST, the new computer gained colorful graphics with up to 4,096 colors so far, Apple products were monochrome and stereo sound with 16 channels. Because it is considerably cheaper to just $ 1,000, the Apple IIGS has become a top seller. In its first year of life, more units of it were marketed than all of Ma's other products, including the Macintosh itself.

To celebrate the Apple II's 10th anniversary, the company also launched a special edition called Woz, in which the initial 50,000 units came out with a signature from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

(Via: Gizmodo.)