What's up with Dell's model numbering? (sense...it makes none)

In August 2005, I bought an Inspiron 6000.
In 2006, my mom bought an Inspiron 1505.
This week, I bought an Inspiron 1570.

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your post doesn't make any ?

tey reset the numbers when they refresh them

 

My point is that generally (with just about every other company I can think of) when a model gets an upgrade, the model number increases sequentially. Thought that'd be obvious.

 

I guess you haven't taken a look at Nvidia's recent naming escapade? Or Intel's? Or hell, even AMD?

No one names consecutive models sequentially anymore. At least, not for more than a few years at a time.

 

Not familiar with NVIDIA or AMD but Intel absolutely names them sequentially based on the processor prefix, don't know what you're talking about...

 

Throughout the CD, C2D range, Intel's numbering goes from 2000 to 9000. Now, with the release of i7, they're starting over from 700 to 900. That's what I'm talking about.

 

Yeah, pretty sure we're saying the same thing...

 

I think Dell went in a different direction when they released the Studio and Studio XPS line.

Before, it was just Inspirons and XPS for Home/Home Office.

Since the new Studio's went to the 15xx and the SXPS 13/16xx, they decided to keep it similar, with the screen size the first 2 digits and the last 2 the increments.

 

This is not just restricted to computing though - take a look at a mobile phones, televisions, stereos, washing machines even. They all do it.

The purpose of a product name and/or code is to differentiate it from other products sold. It is not necessarily a reference to the performance of the product. Admittedly it actually is for some product lines, but the point is that you cannot rely on this - instead you should always find out the spec of whatever the product is and compare that.

 

The last five generations of Inspiron 15" models have been assigned model numbers in somewhat logical order-

Inspiron - (models ending with -1 or -6 are AMD-based)
E1505/1501- 1505- early 2006; 1501- late 2006 (Dell's 1st AMD laptop)
1520/1521- mid-2007 redesign
1525/1526- January 2008 nip-and-tuck; thinner, tapered wedge design
1545/1546- mid-2009
1570- Inspiron 15z, introduced in Sept. 2009 as a thinner, lighter companion the 1545, not to replace it.

Studio
1535/1536- original Studio 15 released in July 2008
1537- 1535 with "Montevina" refresh late in 2008
1555- mid-2009 redesign, transition from 15.4" to 15.6"'
1557- 1555 with Core i7 processors

Of course, they still screw up from time to time. For example, the current Inspiron 14 and Studio 14z both have the model number 1440???

But they're somewhat consistent usually....

 

Kidding, right? nVidia alone went from the 5 series to the 6 series to the 7 series to the 8 series to the 9 series. They only changed to the 2xx and 3xx for the most recent two generations. There is some confusion I'll admit, as some 9 series cards are renamed 8 series chips, and some 2xx chips are renamed 9 series chips.