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> 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 cha

> 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.

MikusR 7y ago
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
basilgohar 7y ago
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.
mcv 7y ago
> "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.)