Even when you can work out what they mean on one thing, there doesn’t seem to be any consistancy on other ones.
Huh?
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Well it’s better than GeForce 3.thisIsSpiffierThanTheLastOne
lol naw, I don’t know why it’s not consistent… if I had that many different hardware parts I don’t know what I’d do with em…
so geeks have the upper hand in one walk of life
Because if they just said, “Right Good Graphics Card” then none of the tech hungry will go near it.
It has to be a “GXUltraTurbo9000″ (Windows XP Certified with a whole range of beta drivers and limited Linux support) or none of the overclockers will touch it.
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Its a decoded program files.
They’re incomprehensible only for us mere mortals. Surely those in-the-know would comprehend the code behind it, thus making it easier for them to see the type/version/specs/whatever that’s coded in it, rather than calling the hardware something unmeaningful that carries no information whatsoever.
Then there’s also the problem that they’ve got so many variants and versions, after some time it would be an unfunny chore to remember which was named David, etc.
It’s sort of like what the car manufacturers do. There’s a year, a model and a trimline. You know, a 2002 Volkswagen Passat GLX 4motion. LOL! The companies just try and distinguish their products from each other and the competition. Intel does it and it actually makes some kind of sense I suppose:
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor (newer than one below)
Intel® Core™ Duo processor (better than the solo)
Intel® Core™ Solo processor
Intel® Pentium® M processor (M is for Mobile)
Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor (4 is better than 3)
Intel® Celeron® M processor (the “budget” line)
Intel® Itanium® 2 processor (super processor for servers)
Intel® Xeon® processor (not as good as Itanium, but better than a Pentium)
That is the invention of the manufacturers.
What exactly is so difficult about it? I could probably tell you 90% of the video cards out on the market right now and their exact specifications. Research your purchase before buying, look at benchmarks, ask for advice at good hardware forums such as Anandtech. I’m not saying model names aren’t confusing, because to your average consumer an “X1300 Pro” should be better than an “X800 Pro” right? But that’s not true, obviously.
Their use of model numbers and termenology goes hand in hand. Such as picking up the latest Video Graphics Card, three different models, but before that a generation number, Geforce 7xxx, v.s. 6xxx the 7 means the 7th generation of Video Card, so you know within this range would be latest, the 6xxx is last year’s models. A little more difficult then the auto-industry of the 1996 Lexus. Hard drives are easier, the more the better, 200GB vs your 250GB.
Processors, well now with dual-core and two different manufactures, it used to be easy to just say go with the latest intel, now it’s go with the latest intel or Amd. Intel will say one speed, AMD will say another. So there’s a little confusion there.
It’s all really done though to confuse the consumers everywhere, and it’s done intentional. Of course they can spell it out in plain English, but the manufacturers are appealing to the Computer Techies of the World, they don’t want clarity, they enjoy the confusion.
thats how i feel aou cars. wait what car do u have? oh a BMW G DX fourt edition. wait what?
because we didnt want to call them twinkies.
they want to confuse you…how else do you think they get their laughs? being in the computer buisness doesn’t sound like a thrilling job…
because heydont want to make repair user friendly, so you end up buying a new computer instead of fixing yours
of course this doesnt ring true for mechanically inclined people, like myself
i find them to be quite fine…
it is all about changes in the architecture,it shows updation
The names are quite understandable if you take the time to learn about them. Nothing is comprehensible until then, computer related or not.
This is what you get for picking on these computer geeks as a kid. Now they are telling what to say.
computer programmers are incomprehensible, reprehesible nerds that want to take our minds and trash them like this. That’s why! LOL. (They certainly are getting their revenge on us, now aren’t they?
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The numbers and letters are so incomprehensible because the computer checks for the hardware in the form of 1′s and 0′s and for you and me to remember these strings of 1′s and 0′s would be mind boggling at it’s best. it is easier to find out information about your hardware if you have a way to recognize what you looking for.for you to try to remember or type in a string of 1′s and 0′s like 1101001 11000110 1110110111 would be ? well I think that you might have the idea.
Because they are translated from Chinese.
I THINK ITS DONE SO THAT COMPUTER WHIZES OR GEEKS AS THEY ARE SOMETIMES CALLED CAN LOOK LIKE GENIUSES…. BUT ITS A TEMPORARY HEADACHE FOR CONSUMERS. AFTER YOU READ ALL OF THE INFO…..HUH….IS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN THINK OF FOR AWHILE
Because computer nerds make them up and everyone knows they speak their own language.
‘Cause nerdyness is cool these days.
Or, the incomprehensible characters are the talisman that makes the magic inside work.
Let me know if you find out? Thanks.
They have a meaning and are put to differentiate brands, types, models, years, etc…., they are important to put the equipment in its right place at once and are made for professionals. Some things like Celeron Windows, and many others do not have these characteristic words, but are made to differentiate for the public. Obviously the first are more explanatory but only for pros.
its to make it look difficult to fix and then you have to take tothe offical reipar shop and spend the money on getting it fixed
To specify model types.
so us ordainary folk cannot understand it and it makes the people who do know in demand and rather rich
Because of the logic
back in hardware setting you can name every thing as you like my Putter is named Hal 2000 all the drives have first names…..lol make it fun right Hal ..right boss
Intresting Question
I seriously don’t have a clue why
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How would you name them then?
First, if there is a seeming inconsistency in the name then that means something is really different.
Second, as with complex parts for any piece of equipment the number and letters and such mean things. The vehicle identification number on your car has meaning beyond it was the five million and twelth one of that make made. They can tell when it was made and where it was made. They can even follow the number components down a trail and tell you everyone who worked on assembling it.
When we name humans we have things like Erick. Erick has a boy named Lief. We know of Lief as Lief Erickson. But then there is this other person, Fred. Fred is not related to either Lief or Erick, so we don’t tie his name to anything other than a presumption that Fred is a male human just as Lief and Erick are. Your computer parts likewise have names. Some are related, some are not. Listen to what the techies call the pieces, they will give the short and convenient name and context carries part of the description. If I am talking about the cool 300 I saw drive down the road, then if I am talking about a Chrysler or a Mercedes or Lexus, these things set the context.
cuz if they were to be named with the full form of the letters and numbers the names would be too long n u wouldn’t understand it either way..
i think its to make geeks geeks!
Dude, the fact that there are so many people imitating others, and there are so many products imitating others make people think of weird names.
Anyone can ‘borrow’ a name. The numbers there are for recognition.
Like GeForce 6200 is a budget buddy, but its bigger brother the GeForce 7800 is a hardcore video card.
it can be simplier, agree withyou
to be show offs, trying to appear to be smarter than they really are
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