This laptop: 16GB RAM max, AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 3700U (Passmark 8897, 1862/thread [1]) Thinkpad X1 carbon 2017 model: 16GB RAM max, Intel Core i7-7600U 2.80GHz (Pa

This laptop: 16GB RAM max, AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO 3700U (Passmark 8897, 1862/thread [1]) Thinkpad X1 carbon 2017 model: 16GB RAM max, Intel Core i7-7600U 2.80GHz (Passmark 8301, 2141/thread [2]) Those laptops are not identical, and I am sure that each of them has its own best use case. I am not trying to say that the new laptop is bad, I just want to lament the fact that the CPU speed no longer grows. My C++ programs take way too long to compile! [1] https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+7+PRO+2700U&id=3258 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+7+PRO+270... [2] https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-8550U+%40+1.80GHz&id=3064 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-8550U...