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The naming thing is such a big issue and I don't see why everyone just keeps on getting it so wrong. For an example, I bought a Sony Vaio laptop a few months a
by NickPollard 16y ago
The naming thing is such a big issue and I don't see why everyone just keeps on getting it so wrong.
For an example, I bought a Sony Vaio laptop a few months ago. Great piece of kit and I love it, but trying to work out what to get was bewildering - there's 7 or 8 categories with single letter names - 'S-series, Y-series, Z-series, F-series' etc.
What do they mean? Which should I be looking at? I had to scour through comparing until I realised which one I should be looking at.
Compare that to Macbooks - you've got:
Macbook (the standard, economical)
Macbook Pro (high performance)
Macbook Air (portable)
It's pretty clear to most people interested in buying a Macbook which one they should look at. Also relevant is the fact that Apple don't put too many versions out keeping things in well defined clusters.
- easyfrag 16y agoI'm not sure about Sony's Vaio line but a lot of computing/electronic manufacturers will build specific models for various chain stores, not sure why they do this but I guess it's to head off comparison shopping by consumers. Apple, of course, refuses to play by the rules of its retailing partners.
- alanfalcon 16y agoIt's easy to offer a 110% guaranteed price match guarantee when you know most of your products can only be purchased at your store (never mind that the same model but for a different screw type can be purchased down the street for $100 less, it's got a different SKU). I hate retail games like this.