New System76 Darter Pro Coming Soon With Intel 8th Gen CPUs, 1080p Display

[mastermind]

Non-hidpi ("retina") display? No, thanks.

[Sonadow]

You have to weigh the pros and cons. Do you want a replaceable battery? Do you want to primarily use Windows, but also use Linux on a separate drive? Do you want a machine you can get a lot out of? Many of the common OEM config options are very bad for the money you spend and that's where S76 has them beat. On the other hand, the OEMs like HP and Dell have easy service and repair options across the globe.

Look at the first statement in my post again.

[moriel5]

So Lenovo's AMD laptops (including their new Ryzen line-up!) are a lie? And HP's laptops as well? And the next MS Surface will still have an Intel processor despite the Surface Team hinting at AMD? In fact, AMD in notebooks is on the rise: https://pocketnow.com/more-and-more-...ips-in-laptops
"A true testimony to this is the fact that more and more notebooks manufactured by the two companies were announced at CES 2019 with AMD CPUs and Radeon GPUs. AMD’s penetration is on the rise since the second half of 2018, from a 10-15% penetration to close to 20%, states the report. "

I did not realize this earlier, but it turns out that he had meant the ODMs that manufacture laptops for the smaller OEMs such as Origin, Best Buy (OverPowered), System76, and more.