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Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by elAhmo on Thursday July 23, 2026 @08:48AM (#49020735)
You literally answered what is wrong with the name.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by izacus on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:00AM (#49020870)
They did not, can you explain what do you mean?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by VulgarExigency on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:04AM (#49020941)
For those of us with feebler minds than you or him, the name is just full of qualifiers that make no sense.
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by ethbr1 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:15AM (#49021087)
To expand, positional definition of adjectives tends to be a bad marketing scheme.

Nobody knows that pro and max mean specific things.

If AMD needs to create a full cross-product of their hardware feature set, because they intend to have a SKU for every possible combination, they probably need a better scheme.

Say what you want about Celeron/Pentium/i3/i5/i7, but it mostly got the idea across (except on the occasions Intel hijacked it to upbrand SKUs).

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by izacus on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:33AM (#49023252)
So why do so many of major successful product corporations use this kind of naming scheme?
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by lebca on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:46PM (#49026296)
It is possible to be successful in spite of one’s decisions
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by ethbr1 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @03:18PM (#49026706)
What other popular products use five separate identifiers in mass market products?

(Ryzen) (AI) (Max+) (Pro) (495)

Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by w0m on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:23AM (#49021194)
To be fair - I'd much rather the name be overwrought but clear (once you know or have the decryption key to translate) than to have to look up an even uglier chart that i have ~no chance of memorizing to go 'ok, the Tiberian has X, Y, Z and Q and the Cyrian has Q, Y, but Z is nerfed'
Re:New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 4... by Ancapistani on Friday July 24, 2026 @04:40PM (#49041311)
I’ve not been “plugged in” enough to current-generation hardware for over a decade to know what all that meant.

There’s a place for a “decoder” for this stuff, and that should tell you something.