Interesting how the APU is called the 2500U, rather than 1500U. I can't imagine AMD made that many changes to the CPU architecture to bump it up as a next-gen product.
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostInteresting how the APU is called the 2500U, rather than 1500U. I can't imagine AMD made that many changes to the CPU architecture to bump it up as a next-gen product.
So, it pretty much makes sense. There should be a lot of space for improvement. Also, Ryzen didn't have any APU version, and no low power variants. So, few (or lots of) changes might have been needed.
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An ultrabook with an AMD CPU! Can't wait to see the future models!
I do agree about the lack of dual channel though. It really makes a difference nowadays.
Originally posted by Veerappan View PostMake it dual channel, and preferably 13-14", and you've got a sale.
I'm still rocking a 2009 macbook pro 13", and I just discovered yesterday that the aluminum shell on back of the screen is coming off. I'll probably epoxy it back on, but I've been waiting for raven ridge to replace it anyway.
I'm sick of being stuck with 4GB RAM and a GeForce 9400M on the binary drivers. Whatever I get will be running an AMD graphics chip, I just hope it gets decent battery life as well.
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Originally posted by kravemir View PostRyzen is a new CPU architecture written from scratch, instead of improvement of the previous one from AMD. (if I'm not mistaken)
So, it pretty much makes sense. There should be a lot of space for improvement. Also, Ryzen didn't have any APU version, and no low power variants. So, few (or lots of) changes might have been needed.
Historically, I don't recall either Intel or AMD bumping up the number when creating mobile chips of the same generation. For example, you can find Haswell parts that are in the 4000 series for both laptops and desktops. The mobile parts are still a bit different in architecture but they're similar enough that they're considered the same generation.
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Originally posted by oooverclocker View PostThat's very good news. But the question is why the AMD-version gets 1x8GiB Single Channel while the Intel equivalent seems to have a 2x4GiB Dual Channel configuration.
I like this approach:
If your budget is tight, than you can make a little compromise. Otherwise you can go all the way and get performance and size...
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Originally posted by wdb974 View PostThe website everymac.com lists the following Macbook Pro: MB990LL/A - MacBookPro5,5 - A1278 as supporting 8 GB of RAM.
But a few years ago one of the DIMM slots started getting flaky, and the laptop would no longer wake from sleep with that slot populated. So I pulled one of the 4GB sticks, and the laptop has been stable since then.
Really, a 2.5Ghz Core2Duo, 256GB SSD, a GF9400M, and a 13" LED-backlit screen are pretty decent for browsing and light work... But Nvidia shunted the GPU off to legacy driver status years ago, which made OpenCL stuff a PITA to develop on it (dual-boot Mac and Linux, I used to triple-boot with windows as well), and Apple officially killed support starting with Sierra. There's a 3rd-party hack that lets you upgrade it anyway, but that causes iCloud sign-in issues from what I can tell.
I dumped my iPhones a few years ago, and I'm planning on retiring my macbook soon. I'll probably leave windows installed on the new laptop, but it'll get a minimum amount of drive space allocated to it, and a Linux install will get the majority, since that's what my machines spend most of their time running in these days.
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Originally posted by Veerappan View Post
It does, and that laptop used to run with 8GB, which was the minimum I needed to do a single VM for working from the couch in the evenings.
But a few years ago one of the DIMM slots started getting flaky, and the laptop would no longer wake from sleep with that slot populated. So I pulled one of the 4GB sticks, and the laptop has been stable since then.
Really, a 2.5Ghz Core2Duo, 256GB SSD, a GF9400M, and a 13" LED-backlit screen are pretty decent for browsing and light work... But Nvidia shunted the GPU off to legacy driver status years ago, which made OpenCL stuff a PITA to develop on it (dual-boot Mac and Linux, I used to triple-boot with windows as well), and Apple officially killed support starting with Sierra. There's a 3rd-party hack that lets you upgrade it anyway, but that causes iCloud sign-in issues from what I can tell.
I dumped my iPhones a few years ago, and I'm planning on retiring my macbook soon. I'll probably leave windows installed on the new laptop, but it'll get a minimum amount of drive space allocated to it, and a Linux install will get the majority, since that's what my machines spend most of their time running in these days.
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Originally posted by vein View PostIsn't Raven ridge on Zen+ that is anyway going to be released in q1?
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Originally posted by vein View Post
Isn't Raven ridge on Zen+ that is anyway going to be released in q1?
There's mobile (laptop) och there's desktop, mobile is released the year before like BR was on mobile last year and on desktop this year.
Mobile might take a bit longer after release before it can be seen in final products since that's up to the notebook manufactures.
RR will come to laptops this year and desktops next year.
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