Frustrated here. May have to break down and buy a laptop with Intel inside. Taking too long to find that glass slipper that fits my particular foot, and of course good reviews for Intel’s latest CPUs are tempting me.
Frustrated here. May have to break down and buy a laptop with Intel inside. Taking too long to find that glass slipper that fits my particular foot, and of course good reviews for Intel’s latest CPUs are tempting me.
So caromero, it’s now two months later: did you succumb to the Dark Side yet? I’m still looking for the best bang for the buck in a 15" or 16" AMD laptop with an excellent display, with the latest generation chip architecture, for around $1300 (or less). My needs aren’t very performance sensitive, but of course it would still be nice to get as much performance as possible.
Ok, I’m leaning toward a Ryzen 7 5800H-based Lenovo Legion 5 or Legion 5 Pro, which can be configured from about $1000 to $1800 depending on RAM, SSD and graphics card choices.
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So caromero, it’s now two months later: did you succumb to the Dark Side yet?
Nope. Ryzen 6000 laptops are starting to show up, which should get me off the bench.
https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/04/16/amd-ryzen-6000-lenovo-…
Something like this with 32GB RAM could be my machine for a good five years or more. But I’d like a convertible. Watching for one.
Honestly I find I mostly run Chrome, though 
I actually did buy a cheap Chromebook tablet from Lenovo.
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/lenovo-10e-chromebook-tablet-…
Previously $349 I think + $69 for keyboard, I got it for $99 + $29 for keyboard. It’s TOO DAMN SLOW but reminds me of the subnotebooks I used to buy 20 years ago when I was in graduate school. I could totally see this becoming a constant companion if it were faster and more stable with a bit more memory. Runs Android apps as well as Chrome, weighs nearly nothing. Keyboard is adequate. Takes a bluetooth mouse if you want.
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That was quite a deal on that chromebook! And thanks for the heads up on the forthcoming AMD 6000 based Lenovo. Yeah, that now looks like the one I might want 
But I can probably make due with 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD and a 1920x1200 display.
If price is relatively unimportant, my ASUS gaming laptop with RAM drive does EVERYTHING faster. Downloads, uploads, booting, rendering images, loading programs (I refuse to call them apps), et al. Mine is heavier because of the large screen size, but lighter and longer battery life rigs are available per your needs. I’ve bought a LOT of computers since the 80s and if there is a universal rule I’ve learned, it is buying the best you can afford will always pay off in much longer functional lifespan. We have no idea how much power the next killer app or Windows version will demand and since you invested in AMD, I suspect you can afford a better rig that will save you time. In the long run you will be happier.
Fool on,
Richard
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If price is relatively unimportant, my ASUS gaming laptop with RAM drive does EVERYTHING faster.
RAM is generally what forces me to step up to a new machine. My current machine, which really does deserve to shuffle off to buffalo or at least get a refurb (sixth generation i7 dual core w/ HT) is still mostly serviceable and needs to go because it has a dead keyboard and dead touchpad. I live with an external mouse and laptop sized keyboard that cost me $25 altogether. I run Chrome, occasionally Office, occasionally a video editor for recorded demos for work. If it had less than 32GB I think I’d feel its other limitations a lot more. I’d consider trying to find a modest step up for a few hundred dollars that could still use the RAM and the 2TB SSD I put in it, but GPUs/APUs have improved so much I feel like I should just bite the bullet. The thing that keeps stopping me from pulling the trigger on new machines is that so many of them now have soldered RAM on the motherboard and can’t be upgraded. And almost none of them come with 32GB and if they do it costs an absolute BOMB. I hate that.
I still remember running some business critical apps that claimed to need a P4 1.5GHz on outdated systems with a Celeron 433 because they could take a lot of RAM for the desktops of the period (I think 2GB?). Rock stable, never a hiccup. Operator had to wait an extra two or three seconds for financial computations from time to time, but nothing that mattered given that there would then be 5+ minutes of laser printing of the results. Squeezed another few years out of the machines beyond what we originally expected. (Family business, every penny saved was worth it.)
RAM expandability is king.
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I run Chrome, occasionally Office, occasionally a video editor for recorded demos for work. If it had less than 32GB I think I’d feel its other limitations a lot more.
Those don’t really seem like demanding use cases. I would think 16 GB would be plenty, unless your video editing is fairly involved? Of course, being able to upgrade to 32 GB in a few years is a worthwhile feature.