Part of the problem is just raw TDP. There’s only so much horsepower you can squeeze out of 45-65w laptop chips. The brand new Ryzen 9 7945HX is damn fast thoug

Part of the problem is just raw TDP. There’s only so much horsepower you can squeeze out of 45-65w laptop chips. The brand new Ryzen 9 7945HX is damn fast though, with 16 real cores on a way better node size than Intel is using for their 13th gen parts that, at most, get you 8 real cores plus a 16-core Atom on the same die. Stuff like the Asus Zephyrus Duo have RAID-capable m.2 (and that one has two screens, one of which is a 16:10 with high refresh). Get something with a dedicated GPU as well, as that makes a huge difference even for desktop compositing. Despite what Intel says, integrated graphics continue to be a joke compared to even budget dedicated graphics. These mobile workstations are not going to rival 1kw desktops, but they get within 40% or so. The Intel stuff, 12th and 13th gen in particular also get bad battery life, like 4ish hours. Blame the FAA for their 100wh limit on batteries — not many laptop mfgs want to make something that you can’t technically take on a plane, even if the mall cop TSA agents wouldn’t ever notice.