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Re:AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after ... by agumonkey on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @10:28AM (#15601408)
I don't have desktops, I'm waiting to see their laptop CPUs.
Re:AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after ... by digi_owl on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @10:40AM (#15601527)
Re:AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after ... by darklajid on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @01:50PM (#15603723)
I'm commenting on these things right now because I still didn't buy a laptop and need one soon/now.

There's no ryzen based laptop atm (regional limits might apply).

One Asus gaming laptop that is basically a desktop that you can carry around, with effort, and that has no battery life to speak of. Not available here.

Two Lenovo laptops (Thinkpad A series and Ideapad), both seem restricted in terms of CPU (aka not the 2700), don't come with the latest GPU or memory (single channel or unknown or limited to 8 GB). None of these is available.

The HP x360. Fancy, limited to 8 GB as it seems. Also doesn't come with the latest APU (only announced for 2500U). Not available yet.

The Acer Swift 3. Limited to 8 GB as far as I can tell. Aaaand not available.

Bottom line: You cannot get a laptop with either the mobile chips or the monster gaming thing now. They exist somewhere, but not here. Most of the announced devices have crippling limitations (memory) and are - for me, someone who deeply sympathizes with AMD - basically DOA. Which probably reinforces the manufacturer's opinion that they should just create Intel based products...?

I want one. I can't get any of these. All of these are kinda bad / quite limited / would be a "I want them for the AMD label, although they suck in some ways" decision.

Re:AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after ... by snvzz on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @03:49PM (#15604845)
I'm on a similar situation. I'm looking for a smallish, throw-into-any-backback-and-carry-everywhere laptop. The new chips are interesting, but the few launch devices all have one flaw or another.

Fortunately, I can live without such a laptop, for now. I'll just keep an eye out for updates.

Re:AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after ... by tyfon on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @10:56AM (#15601677)
I suspect this will go into the next generation of consoles too. Both xbox and ps4 (also pro and x version) contain the old jaguar core from amd.

But what's up with the single channel ram in the ibm one? Both of the others have dual-channel.

Re:AMD, which lost over $2.8B in 5 years, takes a hit after ... by digi_owl on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:29PM (#15604123)
Yeah that AMD managed to land the supply contract for both Sony and Microsoft is a big deal.