EU fines Intel $400M for blocking AMD's market access

Re:EU fines Intel $400M for blocking AMD's market access by INTPenis on Sunday September 24, 2023 @03:49AM (#37630983)

I can attest to this. I've been hunting like a mad man for a good Ryzen laptop ever since Zen 3 first came out.

It was eventually OK for Windows users but for Linux users you had to settle for a cheap wifi chipset in any AMD laptop. I finally managed to at least find a mediatek chipset instead of qualcomm, but I really would like an intel wifi chipset with a Ryzen CPU.

And don't even get me started on high resolution, or touchscreen monitors.

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Re:EU fines Intel $400M for blocking AMD's market access by codedokode on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:26AM (#37631152)

What's good in Intel WiFi chips? They don't work in access point mode.

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Re:EU fines Intel $400M for blocking AMD's market access by INTPenis on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:48AM (#37633081)

The driver. With qualcomm I had signal issues, connectivity issues. With mediatek it works well so far at least but I think the intel Linux driver is the most mature one.

Unless you want to run an access point of course, I have no idea abou that.

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Re:EU fines Intel $400M for blocking AMD's market access by noelwelsh on Sunday September 24, 2023 @04:44AM (#37631242)

Framework laptop?

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Re:EU fines Intel $400M for blocking AMD's market access by theodric on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:18AM (#37631406)

I recently picked up a ThinkPad E14 gen 2 with a Ryzen 7 4700U for €200. The gen 3 version has Zen 3 CPUs. The Wi-Fi card is M.2 A+E compatible, and although it shipped with Intel Wi-Fi 6, I upgraded it to a 6E card for €20. It is a cheap but nice-cheap laptop that seems like it matches what you're looking for.

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