Re: Naming Standards clearly designed to confuse...
"unless you have a particular pressing need to optimise power / space"
I think that you will find that the design philosophy behind the Raspberry Pi is just this... a mixture of low power and small size, with improvements along the way so that the models get more powerful or more features. What you get is what they can put in for the targeted low cost.
You don't buy an A+, that is only half of the model number. Many internet sites only offer the latest models.
If you want a small board that does more, buy a different brand of board.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
