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Re:I/O 2022 by Hasu on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:51PM (#31345601)
> The numbering there is pretty straightforward compared to e.g. the Macbook namings

I'm confused, while Apple has silly naming conventions for their operating system, the Macbook line doesn't have that at all. It's just the Macbook (and the Macbook Pro and the Macbook Air), Apple doesn't even give them different names or years.

Am I missing something that isn't incredibly straightforward about the Macbook naming?

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Re:I/O 2022 by i2shar on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:04PM (#31345739)
Yes, you are missing the sillier "Late 2014", "Early 2019" naming of MacBook Pros and others :)
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Re:I/O 2022 by hobofan on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @06:25PM (#31346714)
> It's just the Macbook (and the Macbook Pro and the Macbook Air)

Just that it isn't. The "(new) MacBook" (without any addition) most recently existed 2015-2019, and I personally found it very confusing, as it was thinner than a MacBook Air and with that breaking the previous expectations that were set up by the product line naming.

Placing all the blame on the naming of the MacBooks is probably overblown, but I feel like the individual lines of MacBooks have had a expectation/consistency problem for 10+ years now and throwing in the "new MacBook" into the mix for some time didn't help it.

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