• stoy@lemmy.zip
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          7 months ago

          I mean, Microsoft at will give different versions of windows different names, Apple just keeps reusing the same name.

          Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows CE, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11.

          Apple just use the same name for so many different models in the same series that customers have to invent descriptors:

          iMac (G3) - 1998-2002

          iMac (G4) - 2002-2004

          iMac (G5) - 2004-2006

          Polycarbonate Intel iMac - 2006-2007

          Aluminium iMac - 2007-2009

          Unibody iMac - 2009-2012

          Slim iMac - 2012-2015

          Retina iMac - 2015-2021

          Apple Silicon iMac 2021-

          They are all called “iMac”…

          • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            Win 98.
            Win ME.
            Win 98 SE.
            Win XP.
            Win Vista.
            Win 7.
            Win 8.
            Win 8.1. Win 10. Win 11.

            At least server is more consistent 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022.

            • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
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              7 months ago

              Wasn’t abomination known as ME (millennium edition) after all the 98 versions? At least I don’t recall hearing about it until well after using 98 SE for a while.

              It is odd though that they switched from version numbers in 3.1 to years for a bit and random names, then just kind of picked up the version numbers again like nothing happened between.