It is a deliberate decision to make confusing model names for mediocre products.

Unsuspecting consumers will find it difficult to look up reviews.

For more decent product lines (e.g. ThinkPads) the problem is less pronounced.

This is an article that describes real problems that we the consumers are facing. I hope that the companies take this article seriously because the current naming pattern is really very bad, I think the phones too are slowly creeping in this direction.

"It's not easy trying to name a whole family of laptops when there are so many models and options to categorize"

You hit the nail on the head right there. Crux of the issue is there are simply too many unnecessary and redundant laptop models produced by these manufacturers. Marketing of the laptop market is in dire need of a complete overhaul.

Quote from: Repne on October 19, 2020, 23:14:09
The Lenovo thing really confused me. I was reading a review of a new Yoga and was getting pretty interested, then I realized it was just a laptop (I want a convertible). Thanks for explaining the S, C, D thing.

Same here. I've been really frustrated by this, since it's made it so much harder to find a convertible, looking at many clamshell models and reading reviews only to find halfway through it's not what I'm looking for. Never even realized the connection to the C in the name, good to know. These companies--and many other product categories are guilty of this as well--are not doing themselves any favors. I suspect many consumers just give up trying to make sense of it all and just buy whatever's cheapest.

Well, this stands for all electronics with a decently diverse selection nowadays AFAIK...

hp naming convention is trash

The Lenovo thing really confused me. I was reading a review of a new Yoga and was getting pretty interested, then I realized it was just a laptop (I want a convertible). Thanks for explaining the S, C, D thing.