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What's wrong with having names that are public that doesn't match with a version number? Like you said, even model/sku numbers are mostly random. Why the expec
by barkingcat 7y ago
What's wrong with having names that are public that doesn't match with a version number?
Like you said, even model/sku numbers are mostly random. Why the expectation of a monotonically increasing version number if intel has almost never done it before?
- msla 7y ago> Why the expectation of a monotonically increasing version number if intel has almost never done it before? "Almost never" except for 8086/80286/80386/80486, you mean. But who remembers those obscurities?
- throw0101a 7y agoPentium 2/3/4: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium
- msla 7y agoAnd the "Pentium" itself, arguably, being a "penta-" name coming after the 80486. But the Pentium broke the numbering scheme to an extent, with the Pentium Pro wedged between the Pentium and Pentium II.
- throw0101a 7y ago> What's wrong with having names that are public that doesn't match with a version number? Depends if you want to reduce confusion amongst yours customers. Or if you want to put up a smoke screen. Imagine if instead of the iPhone 8/9/10 or OnePlus 6/7/8 there was the iPhone Xavier/John/Fred: how would people know what they're buying?