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Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by smacktoward on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @02:14PM (#21587349)
> I don't full get why not even an option of an AMD-based system is available.

Intel has been mired in an anti-trust lawsuit in the EU for a decade now, on charges that they offer deep discounts to OEMs on the condition that they don't ship products from competitors (read: AMD) in volume. Such a program would put substantial pressure on OEMs to avoid AMD, since they'd still need to ship a large number of Intel-based products, and losing those discounts would mean their Intel-based products would end up substantially more expensive than their competitors'. The only way to get out of the trap would be to ship nothing but AMD-based products, and demand for Intel is still strong enough that doing so would essentially be committing suicide.

All of which would explain why you don't see many AMD-based products from OEMs on the shelves, despite AMD's clear superiority in the latest generation.

Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by mcv on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:32AM (#21593771)
> "AMD's clear superiority in the latest generation."

IS that true even for laptops? For my new desktop I did indeed get an AMD, also because of Intel's recent technical problems and backdoors, but for a laptop I could really not find anything good that used AMD, and I was lead to understand that for laptops, Intel is still best for some reason. (Do AMDs run too hot? I don't know.)

Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by basilgohar on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:26PM (#21590910)
This explains the dearth of options with other OEMs. This should not be a major factor for System76 who, with all due respect, arguably should hardly be a blip on Intel's radar.
Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by MikusR on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:05PM (#21587896)
When AMD manages to release a laptop chip from the latest generation (zen2) then it will be found in laptops. And there is no AMD superiority, they simply finaly managed to catch up to Intel