PX41CX

[carey]

(10-31-2024 11:14 AM)LinusSch Wrote:  

(10-31-2024 02:20 AM)carey Wrote:  Thanks Bob! I appreciate your thoughtful explanation!
Just to play Devil’s advocate, is there a counter argument that even if an enhanced hardware DM41X would not be of much greater value to the consumer, it might still be likely because it would benefit the manufacturer to consolidate production on one hardware platform for their top 3 flagship models?

In the long term, it may happen that the firmware development starts to feel the need for such consolidation. But I would not be surprised at all if this doesn't happen until the DM42n platform is showing its age and a third one has appeared... that is to say, rather far into the future!

Sure, firmware development is yet another reason hardware consolidation benefits manufacturers. But isn't hardware consolidation its own advantage to manufacturers (fewer parts to order and being able to order more parts of the same type at volume discount)?