> On a desktop you can always swap hardware, but on a laptop you're stuck with what you get. Raven Ridge is the same stepping as Ryzen, i.e. potentially subje

> On a desktop you can always swap hardware, but on a laptop you're stuck with what you get. Raven Ridge is the same stepping as Ryzen, i.e. potentially subject to the segfault bug. I'm really curious whether it will manifest there too or not. It's a pretty generic errata that manifests under load. Compiling happens to be one way that flushes it out pretty reliably (as with many errata), and nerds do a lot of compiling in Linux, but it can and does manifest as general OS and application crashiness even in other operating systems (including in Windows). It's a ticking time-bomb, sooner or later some OS or application update could hit the trigger conditions more regularly. There's nothing quite like being "the brand that randomly crashes all the time" to build a brand image with your customers. And I'm sure OEMs are going to love handling RMAs for AMD's defective processors.