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[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've been on AMD and ATi since the Athlon 64 days on the desktop.

Laptops are always Intel, simply because that's what I can find, even if every time I scour the market extensively.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly I was and am, an AMD fan but if you went back a few years you would not have wanted and AMD laptop. I had one and it was truly awful.

Battery issues. Low processing power. App crashes and video playback issues. And this was on a more expensive one with a dedicated GPU...

And then Ryzen came out. You can get AMD laptops now and I mean that like they exist, but also, as they actually are nice. (Have one)

But in 2013 it was Intel or you were better off with nothing.

[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Indeed, the Ryzen laptops are very nice! I have one (the 4800H) and it lasts ~8 hours on battery, far more than what I expected from laptops of this performance level. My last laptop barely achieved 4 hours of battery life.

I had stability issues in the first year but after one of the BIOS updates it has been smooth as butter.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah I never really considered them before Ryzen, but even afterwards, it's been very difficult to find one with the specs I want.