[GTALUG] ThinkPads on special

[Nicholas Krause]

On 1/22/20 12:11 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 07:38:35AM -0500, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
>> This seems to be a yearly event: RedFlagDeals points out that
>> ThinkPads are on special (many 45% off).  Given their popularity on
>> this list and their known compatibility with Linux, I hope it's okay
>> to post this:
>>
>> https://www.redflagdeals.com/deal/computers-electronics/lenovo-up-to-50-of-select-pcs-extra-15-off-monitors-with-desktop-purchase/
>>
>> The cheapest model (ThinkPad X395) has an AMD chip (yay! About time
>> with Intel's endless stream of security botches) and soldered-in
>> memory (boo).  Oh - and is currently ~$1000.
> I don't understand why they have T490 intel and T495 AMD, but only T590
> intel and no T595 AMD models.
Lennart,
Amd has no CPUs that are powerful enough in terms of performance and power
in RYZEN to compete with i7s currently for laptops. It will be fixed in 
the 4000
series to my knowledge and is the last area for AMD to become truly 
competitive
again outside of AVX-512 support in the data center.

Maybe that explains it better as Asus as started switching over their 
end high laptops
to Ryzen with the 4000 series at CES this year,
Nick
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