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Serious question - is there any reason why naming things with consecutive simple numbers isn't the best approach? WiFi 1, WiFi 2 ... MacBook Air 1, MacBook A
by aurbano 7y ago
Serious question - is there any reason why naming things with consecutive simple numbers isn't the best approach?
WiFi 1, WiFi 2
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MacBook Air 1, MacBook Air 2
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MacOS 10, MacOS 11
I know some of these are already named this way, they're just examples.
Using the year would also be a good (or even better) approach, as it gives you two pieces of information.
I understand that it may not be the best marketing approach, but it would make life so much easier for consumers - if I need a new anything I want to know exactly which is the latest, if I look at second hand items I want to know how far behind it is quickly, without requiring extensive research.
When buying an iPad for instance it took me ages to figure out how far behind the models I was looking at in eBay were...
- elicash 7y ago> if I need a new anything I want to know exactly which is the latest If so, then month/year would be better than a number. (There are flaws to both approaches, though.) 2021-01 Wi-Fi.
- WorldMaker 7y agoThat is what the WiFi Alliance is trying with WiFi 6. They just have the baggage of the old names (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) to deal with. (It is a lot of baggage. Everyone can agree that n/ac are WiFi 4 and WiFi 5 respectively from a consumer standpoint, but between a/b/g there a lot of interesting debates on how you can possibly number any of them 1-3 in any order for both technical reasons and consumption reasons.) This story is interesting because even in trying to keep to consecutive single numbers, the WiFi Alliance hit a detour in the consumer expectations. "6E" doesn't make sense as a "6.1" or a "7", but still needs to be differentiated from "6 only" to sell it to consumers.