Thread: Software differences between 4th, 5th, 6th, & 7th generation Touch/Paperwhite Kindles
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Old 06-01-2017, 08:36 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by avid01 View Post
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From this, we can conclude that at least the 6th and 7th generation Paperwhite devices are identical from the inside.
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Version 5.8.9.2 is also current for the 8th generation devices.

No, you can't conclude that they are identical from the inside or from the outside.
They are not.

Even when you extend your comparison to include same version, same build number, you can not conclude that they are identical in any way.

All you can conclude is the firmware is written to be flexible enough to detect what it is running on and adapt accordingly at run time.

For instance:
The version of Linux running on your e-book will (and does) run on Cray supercomputers.
Are you saying that those two devices are "identical inside" ?

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Please define how you would like to differentiate between a feature and a bug?
One person's bug is another one's feature.
What is your position on such points?
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