"Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware" model names are ambiguous

Bug #1044441 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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Won't Fix
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Bug Description

1. Go to <http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/>.
2. Search for "thinkpad edge".

What you see:
* There are results for "Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 13 Laptop" and "Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 13 Laptop (with notes)".
* Judging by the component list, those two models appear to be completely different PCs.

What you should see:
* Model names should be distinct enough that you can tell models apart from different years. For example, "Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 13" (0221, March 2010)".

[Originally reported by "neon_overload" in <http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/z1j01/looking_for_the_best_marriage_between_ubuntu_and/c60r9sk>.]

visibility: private → public
affects: ubuntu-website-content → certify-web
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Daniel Manrique (roadmr) wrote :

Moving to the new project as this would be nice to have and reduce confusion. Note, however, that manufacturers use their model names quite poorly and it may be impossible to distinguish them :( (i.e. Dell has reused the "Inspiron 15" model number for at least 5 years).

affects: certify-web → hexr
tags: added: certification
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Ara Pulido (ara) wrote :

Marking as Won't Fix.

Those are the marketing names that the OEMs give us, and how we need to show those. We have little control over this.

Changed in hexr:
status: New → Won't Fix
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