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Jan 07, 2020 · rb808 on AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile APUs
"ASUS DITCHES Intel" - yesterdays vid from LTT about Asus at CES 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUESEq75ZI
This might not be so true after CES is done.

I was watching Linus Tech Tips[1] video yesterday, and Asus had a new array of nice laptops (albeit, gaming laptops) that were AMD based, including a 13" one with decent AMD CPUs

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUESEq75ZI

tracker1
About the only big shortcoming is good Thunderbolt support with AMD. I think that will gain parity eventually, but will probably be in the USB4 timeframe over the next couple years.

I watched the same videos, and will be looking at laptops over the next few months, so may well go the AMD route myself.

slantyyz
While I hear what you're saying, I think YMMV with Thunderbolt as a hard requirement.

When I bought my laptop a couple of years ago, I made sure that it had TB3 for future-proofing, but I have yet to use it, and I suspect that I'll never use it over the course of the laptop's lifetime (and I have a tendency to keep my laptops in use for a long time).

I think having USB-C is good enough for the majority of "normal" users, although I can appreciate that TB is probably a must have for some power users.

tracker1
I mostly agree... I use a TB/USB3 dock at work, it works in either/or mode, though USB mode graphics sucks, it's okay for getting work done (web platform development, mostly text/terminal).

I was only pointing it out as pretty much the only thing that's likely to be a significant issue for many, especially if you're doing any kind of casual gaming while wanting to dock, vs plugin a few separate items. I use a desktop at home, so not as concerned personally.

Marsymars
> I mostly agree... I use a TB/USB3 dock at work, it works in either/or mode, though USB mode graphics sucks, it's okay for getting work done (web platform development, mostly text/terminal).

Not sure if you're aware, but you're presumably using your dock in a config where it's using DisplayLink for the display output. Configurations exist that do HDMI/DisplayPort passthrough over USB/TB, which have native performance.

tracker1
I know.. I had to use it via USB for a few days when the USB-C/TB port failed on my laptop until it was repaired.
Good timing! ASUS are showing off a pile of their ROG-branded gaming laptops at CES, which have 7nm, 8 core, 16T Ryzen 4000-line CPUs with RTX2060 (mobile) graphics cards, with fast screens, all in a 14" form factor. Certainly not workstations but still, considerably more powerful

More at LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUESEq75ZI

wyoh
> with RTX2060 (mobile) graphics cards

wish they had chosen a more Linux friendly card. Going full AMD would have been nice.

libertine
Came here to post this, ASUS went from 8 to 80 on AMD.
Jan 07, 2020 · zouhair on AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile APUs
Queue Canadian Linus[0]

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUESEq75ZI

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