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I have an idea about model numbers involving gross overgeneralization: Asian cultures have a fetish for numbers. When working with a Korean company in the past
by nihilocrat 16y ago
I have an idea about model numbers involving gross overgeneralization:
Asian cultures have a fetish for numbers. When working with a Korean company in the past, they would list their questions/answers in email in numbered lists; never bulleted or simply segmented in paragraphs, always numbered. In Mandarin, not only are the months simply numbered (it's not "June", it's "Month 6"), but extended family get the same treatment ("13th Aunt"). Goku and Vegeta (yeah, great example) keep blathering about numbered Power Levels.
Like I said, overgeneralization, but it's just a thought.
As for the original question; as most people say, the other laptop manufacturers provide a wider set of choices, and they offer them at prices people can actually afford.
- hugh3 16y agoOut of curiosity, how does the numbering system for aunts work? I'd love to be able to assign integers to my aunts.
- Splines 16y agoNot a native speaker, but how I refer to my Aunts/Uncles in Chinese is by referring to them in birth order in their family. E.g., "1st Aunt" is the first sister born in my mom's family. IIRC, her husband gets a similar moniker (i.e., Husband of 1st Aunt).
- hugh3 16y agoBut what if your father had a sister who was older than your mother's oldest sister? Or does Chinese use different words for "mother's sister" and "father's sister"?
- comatose51 16y agoYes Chinese use different words for the two sides of the family. Also, depending on which part of China you're from, first cousins whose fathers are brothers (thus having the same surnames) would refer to each other as brothers and sisters. That part is rather confusing sometimes but otherwise Chinese is very precise in enumerating your relationships.
- PebblesRox 16y agoWow, by that reckoning I'd have 23 siblings!
- elblanco 16y agoThere's also the whole Confucian family numbers to. Sort of a degrees of separation metric in a way.
- mrtron 16y agoIn several dialects there is also a variation of the word for oldest and youngest aunt/uncle/cousin/child/etc. The middle ones just get referred to by number.
- apu 16y agoThis is quite similar to the way things work in India as well (or at least the parts of Northern India I'm familiar with).
- rglovejoy 16y agoI always thought that they did this as a courtesy to their dealers, to prevent price comparison. This has often been the case with stereo components. You might go into Store A and see that the Brand X 5667 preamp is going for $499. The photo store in New York's catalog has the Brand X 56672 preamp costing $449. "Wait a minute," you ask the salesman, "this preamp is fifty dollars less if I order it from the photo store catalog." "No, no, no," the salesman replied smoothly, "they're selling the Brand X 56672. This is the 5667. It's better."
- joshwa 16y agoMattress manufacturers are even worse about this-- they create entirely separate model names for each retailer-- Macy's sells the Serta Supreme but Sleepy's sells the Serta Deluxe and 800-MATTRESS sells the Serta Max, all of which are exactly the same mattress. Of course, mattress manufacturing is a swindle on a whole other level...
- zimbu668 16y agoBuild your own mattress, it's cheaper. http://www.ehow.com/how_4809580_own-foam-mattress.html http://www.ehow.com/how_4809580_own-foam-mattress.html And it's a fun geek project.