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Ended up getting an e595 thinkpad with ryzen several months ago, flashed it with pop-os. Originally there was all kinds of problems; opening chrome would comple

Ended up getting an e595 thinkpad with ryzen several months ago, flashed it with pop-os. Originally there was all kinds of problems; opening chrome would completely freeze the computer, the computer would not come out of suspend mode so I had to shut it down, battery life is probably less than 4 hours. With the latest pop-os everything is fine now. If I were to do it again I would probably get an intel cpu for any laptop just because good battery life ended up being much more important than any cpu power gain for me. I definitely would have spent a little more on getting one pre-installed with linux just knowing it would have good hardware support. Older laptops seem to always work great, but anything new always has a chance of having some hardware issues.

mikelward 6y ago
Ryzen 4000 laptops promise to improve battery life to match Intel. https://www.anandtech.com/show/15624/amd-details-renoir-the-ryzen-mobile-4000-series-7nm-apu-uncovered/3 https://www.anandtech.com/show/15624/amd-details-renoir-the-...
- ben-schaaf 6y ago
  If you normalize for performance the ryzen 4000 laptops should have considerably better battery life than comparable intel models, at least while under load if not idle.
  - analognoise 6y ago
    ... Who would do that? Most people want to know how long it lasts on a charge. If it lasted 30 minutes but was the cheapest, literally nobody would say "If you normalize for cost, it lasts the longest".
    - ben-schaaf 6y ago
      How long it lasts on a charge obviously depends on what you're doing with it. Normalizing for performance gives you the efficiency of the system for getting work done. Compiling/testing software is part of my job, so whether a laptop can complete 200 compiles on battery power or 500 is something I care about. If you only care about how long a laptop can idle for under battery you might as well take a screenshot, print it out and you've got yourself a couple thousand years of 'battery life'.
      - analognoise 6y ago
        Good point, but by context, wasn't GP talking about the same load? If somebody says "The battery performance is poor" I don't assume they go from compiling all day to writing in Notepad when making the comparison - I assumed they meant "For the work the laptop was purchased for".

mikelward 6y ago

Ryzen 4000 laptops promise to improve battery life to match Intel. https://www.anandtech.com/show/15624/amd-details-renoir-the-ryzen-mobile-4000-series-7nm-apu-uncovered/3 https://www.anandtech.com/show/15624/amd-details-renoir-the-...

ben-schaaf 6y ago
If you normalize for performance the ryzen 4000 laptops should have considerably better battery life than comparable intel models, at least while under load if not idle.
- analognoise 6y ago
  ... Who would do that? Most people want to know how long it lasts on a charge. If it lasted 30 minutes but was the cheapest, literally nobody would say "If you normalize for cost, it lasts the longest".
  - ben-schaaf 6y ago
    How long it lasts on a charge obviously depends on what you're doing with it. Normalizing for performance gives you the efficiency of the system for getting work done. Compiling/testing software is part of my job, so whether a laptop can complete 200 compiles on battery power or 500 is something I care about. If you only care about how long a laptop can idle for under battery you might as well take a screenshot, print it out and you've got yourself a couple thousand years of 'battery life'.
    - analognoise 6y ago
      Good point, but by context, wasn't GP talking about the same load? If somebody says "The battery performance is poor" I don't assume they go from compiling all day to writing in Notepad when making the comparison - I assumed they meant "For the work the laptop was purchased for".