** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender ** And Apple calls itself a technology company! I recently had to replace an laptop. The one from HP that I bought was advertized at 15.9 inches. Obviously the screen was 40 cm. Why didn't they just say so! As a purist, it annoys me when units are mixed, some metric, some legacy.
============ On Sat, 21 Jun 2025, Metricmike via USMA wrote:
Hello All, I notice frustratingly that Apple the electronics company, has screen sizes in inches only (probably rounded to the nearest inch) worldwide on their websites and in the stores, despite the fact that few people outside North America and the UK use inches. I was in Australia earlier this year getting a iPad for my brother and all the screen sizes were in inches only, all over the store. I asked why? It's an Apple policy apparently. Might as well have been in cubits for all it meant to everyone under 60 in Australia. The person in the store had no idea what the size was in millimetres nor how to convert it. Submit your thoughts on this to Apple.com/feedback. Mike Payne
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