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What does the “H” and “U” stand for in intel processors? For Ryzen processors, why is the “7” repeated in “Ryzen 7 9700X”?
A logical person would think that 5Gbps would be USB 3.0, 10Gbps would be 3.1, 20Gbps would be 3.2, etc. But for some reason, some idiot decided it would be a good idea to have USB 3.0/3.1 Gen 1/3.2 Gen 1 as 5Gbps, USB 3.1 Gen 2/3.2 Gen 2 as 10Gbps, and appending “2x2” to the latter for 20Gbps. And USB4 is a mess, you’ve got 20Gbps (then what’s the point of 2x2) and 40Gbps (but there’s no consistent indicator whether it’s 20 or 40Gbps, not even their stupid “x.1 Gen 1” and “x.2 Gen 2” convention).
What is professional about “Pro” phones? Let’s see, usually they have an extra telephoto camera, and maybe a larger battery, but neither of those are professional features. It’s not professional anything!
Sony is weird. WH-1000XM5 is a mouthful, the “WH” stands for wireless headphones, which makes sense I guess, but why is it “1000”? I guess that goes with your other headphones, the WH-CH700N and WH-C500. But wait a minute, why is there a “CH” in front of the cheaper models? Hang on, the 500 model is a “C” instead, it’s not even consistent! Why does the 1000 end with an X, the 700 with an N (noise-cancelling? but the 1000 also has that), and the 500 with nothing. Then there’s the “M5”. It’s not a Roman numeral like their phones and cameras, and the “M” seems redundant. Also, the cheaper headphones’ newer models are 710N and 510, with no “M2” or anything like that. WHY???
And why is it that Sony’s cameras go up in number as you get more features/more expensive? You’ve got the a6000 (why the superfluous zeroes? bc it’s APS-C ig???), the a7 series, the a9 (why did you skip a8???), and then the…a1? What happened to the pattern, why are we down to 1?
Also, their “ZV” lineup is a whole nother can of worms. The ZV-1 (okay, small number for 1” sensor p&s), ZV-E10 (bigger number due to larger sensor, E bc emount, that makes sense), and then the ZV-E1. Why did it go back to 1? It has a full-frame sensor, so you’d think it would get the biggest number. But I guess it’s like a6000 vs a7, where APS-C has superfluous zeroes.
Also, the a6000 is like a6100, a6400, a6700, etc. But why is the newer ZV-E10 the “ZV-E10 II”? Why not the ZV-E11 or ZV-E20? It’s also got a lot more expensive, so giving it the ZV-E20 title aa well as leaving the ZV-E10 for purchase would make a bit more sense, but sony doesn’t do that.
Sony makes a lot more stuff with weird names (TVs, MP3 players, etc.) but I won’t get into those.
And monitors are basically (alphanumeric soup)(screen size)(alphanumeric soup), basically all monitors have terrible names. The only exception might be Apple, but their “Studio Display” is a small 27” monitor that’s IPS and 60hz, not very “studio” besides the 5K resolution and maybe colour accuracy. Then there’s the “Pro Display XDR”, which at least deserves its “Pro” branding, but the “XDR” is kinda dumb, and they haven’t updated it in like 5 years or something so why is it still sold at such a high price???
For the ryzen 7 9700x I have the answer. Ryzen is the brand name, 7 is where it stacks up, the 7 in the 9700 says where it lines up vs other ryzen 7s in the 9000 series.
USB can suck a fat one.
The pro title is like the 'performance' version of cars. Sometimes it matters and there's a lot of difference, Hyundai N is not the same as normal Hyundai. Sometimes it's just a slight aesthetic difference. The title is to sell it not to be clear and accurate, normally. Some pro phones are definitely higher performing, others are almost identical.
I have no answers for Sony, outside of my area of knowledge, same for monitors.