To be fair, the x360 chassis is shared between AMD and Intel product lines.
Yes I noticed the GL702ZC’s crazy heatpipe arrangement. I’m speculating that was a last minute modification compared to the non-AMD version of that laptop to try to squeeze a bit more thermal headroom for the desktop Ryzen 7 CPU… with some usability compromise.
Oh, and btw, I’ve seen a MSI laptop “new, display” unit purchased from ebay that had a heatpipe going over ram making it impossible to upgrade without removing the heatsink. I don’t know if it was the default from MSI or if the store did some strange part swap.
They couldn’t have sold it with a minuscule battery compared to the one that’s in it? That would give a lot more heat surface area for example or use 2 larger fans instead of only 1. Even the motherbord design look’s like garbage compared to it’s intel counterparts.
TL:DR Supporting the industry on the expense of it user’s, now who would want that as a user. Most don’t want to deal with all that nonsense… But it’s neccesary to deal with, for competition, innovation and all that follows
A system with less than 1hr of battery life… is usually called a desktop.
I nearly bought the GL702ZC but after getting frustrated by the compromises decided to build a desktop. The relative compactness and “portability” of a DTR is appealing though.
Linux is not mature on Raven Ridge APUs. Lots of reports of trouble with 2200G/2400G. I wasn’t sure if the mobile APUs were also affected. Last I heard, kernel 4.17 is when better support is expected.
After playing with unreal editor 4 on my ryzen 7 1700… I am finding I need a new laptop/portable to take to work with me so I can continue building my game at work…But I am still undecided. I am unsure if more video card or more cores is important. I have been looking to the Asus one with the ryzen 1700 in it. I guess I want to make sure it will do what I need before I buy.
So many plusses though. (Check out the full review) Taken from the review:
Pros
Refresh of a good foundation
Easy storage upgrade
No PWM-adjustment for all brightness levels
Backlit keyboard
Cool and relatively quiet under high load
Anti-smudge exterior
Good battery life for a gaming device
Cons
Dim display, while on battery power
Very resistive touchpad buttons
It’s gaming capable, not a gaming device as such and portable, plus it has what 6+ hours of battery? The seller on the machine though, is it’s price 1059USD (EU price) and available very soon
Check out the review, it never throttled even under max load and the temperatue was under 70c? Also should be available with both Ryzen 2500U & 2700U. (Ryzen 7 2700U houses 4 cores and 8 threads, which work on 2.20 GHz Base Clock and have a Maximum Boost Clock of 3.80 GHz.) So many plusses in the full review and i see that machine as a better sell at it’s price point
Seriously doubt that, it’s msrp is very low so the price i showed is with eu tax. Don’t think canada can top that, if it can the 1700 is a no brainer though
That’s harder to argue with, they do make awesome models though they tend to be a lot more expensive, let’s see what happens once it’s released