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Still no AMD options in case anybody was wondering. I've heard several explanations circulating on the internet, some from purported people "in the know", like
by close04 6y ago
Still no AMD options in case anybody was wondering. I've heard several explanations circulating on the internet, some from purported people "in the know", like Intel or OEM employees.
- OEMs assume Ryzen was a fluke and don't trust that AMD can maintain the position so they'll wait "1-2 more years" - they've been offering great performance at lower price points for ~4 years now, enough time to make a decision.
- 2nd gen. Ryzen "failed ISV certifications" so it can't be delivered in workstations lines, even if some of those very lines ended up having i5+iGPU based models - no comment.
- It's so expensive to design a new model based on AMD that it doesn't make sense for OEMs - no comment.
- Thunderbolt controller comes for free with Intel chipsets but has to be payed for with AMD - it's an $8 chip presumably on laptops costing thousands.