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Lack of "acceptable high end" Zen 2 laptops is my gripe too. From what I understand, it is following 2 reasons; 1. Intel/nVidia Contracts have OEMs their hand
by kushalpandya 6y ago
Lack of "acceptable high end" Zen 2 laptops is my gripe too. From what I understand, it is following 2 reasons;
1. Intel/nVidia Contracts have OEMs their hands tied (which explains capped GPU in most Zen 2 laptops).
2. Lack of widespread Thunderbolt 3 support on AMD.
While I'm fully bought on reason 1., reason 2. is still hard to digest as one can still ship laptop with USB-C port supporting PD and DisplayPort (w/ alternate mode) and call it a day, and most users won't mind. I hope Zen 3 causes the power shift on laptops.
- johncalvinyoung 6y agoI also noticed that the current Ryzen mobile 4000 series tops out at 32GB of memory supported, which sadly excludes them from even possibly being in the 2020 16” MBP since Apple’s already been selling 64GB systems. :/
- chupasaurus 6y agoAll desktop Ryzen CPUs as well as mobos with 4 DDR slots support 128GB of memory (and there are reports that dmidecode shows the support of 256GB on some) but sadly there is no info on that for the laptops.
- dlevine 6y agoHave been thinking strongly about the ROG Zephyrus 14 (cheaper and better than the 13" MBP in almost every way). But don't think I can stomach not having the webcam built-in (do way too many Zoom calls).
- zihotki 6y agoLack of Thunderbolt is caused solely by Intel not sharing it.