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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
⬐ tracker1About 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.
⬐ slantyyzWhile 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.
⬐ tracker1I 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.
⬐ tracker1I 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 powerfulMore at LTT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGUESEq75ZI
⬐ wyoh> with RTX2060 (mobile) graphics cardswish they had chosen a more Linux friendly card. Going full AMD would have been nice.
⬐ libertineCame here to post this, ASUS went from 8 to 80 on AMD.