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This sort of language is routinely abused in a confusing manner. Usually when someone means "200% more/bigger/faster", they say "3x more/bigger/faster", instead
by DavidSJ 12y ago
This sort of language is routinely abused in a confusing manner. Usually when someone means "200% more/bigger/faster", they say "3x more/bigger/faster", instead of "3x as much/big/fast" like they should. At least in this case there's not really any ambiguity unless you think it's possible to spend negative energy.
- ewzimm 12y ago3x more would definitely be interpreted as 4x the original value. If a product was advertised as three times faster when it was only three times as fast, there would be legal issues with false advertising.
- DavidSJ 12y agoAt http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/performance/ http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/performance/ , Apple advertises Thumderbolt 2 as 25x faster than FireWire 800. Thunderbolt 2 has bandwidth of 20 Gbps, which is 25 times FireWire 800's 800 Mbps.