On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 03:22:31PM -0500, Joseph Fannin wrote:
> On Friday 02 November 2001 00:24, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 12:17:00AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:36:25PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 06:55:32PM -0800, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > > > > Chris Tillman wrote:
> > > > > > +OldWorld
> > > > > > + - Performa 4400, 54xx, 5500, 6300/160, 6360, 6400, 6500
> > > > > > + - Power Macintosh 7300, 7600, 8500
>
> Do you want to list the PowerMac 5400 as well, or assume people realize
> it's functionally identical to the Performa 5400?
For a resource such as this, I suggest naming the models as they are on
their nameplates, where this is possible (sometimes manufacturers call
two very different products the exact same thing -- I don't know if
Apple is guilty of this). So I'd go ahead and list functionally
duplicate models that were named differently.
Beyond that, I would organize the list like this:
Manufacturer
Model {OldWorld, NewWorld}
Most newcomers are simply not going to know what we mean by these terms,
so it's confusing to group the list that way. Instead, we should help
them to look up what their model is and give them a brief explanation
that will help them to make decisions later in the install process.
My two cents...
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G. Branden Robinson | If you make people think they're
Debian GNU/Linux | thinking, they'll love you; but if
branden@debian.org | you really make them think, they'll
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