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Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by Tade0 »

hu3 wrote: post #2

> Those results were a game-changer. They’re miles better than I got running the same load on the HP Envy x360 (around eight hours), the Dell XPS 13 (seven and a half hours), the Asus Zephyrus G14 (almost nine hours), and even low-power stuff like Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet (11 and a half hours) for which battery life is a major selling point. I’ll be blunt — this is the longest battery life I’ve ever seen from a lapto…

I have an ASUS G14 with an R7 4800HS and while nine hours are possible (at ~100% it shows exactly 10 hours), you'd have to set the brightness to a pretty low level and forget about doing anything challenging.

But six hours with your IDE open, brightness at the default level for battery mode and compiling a Node.js + TypeScript project from time to time is something you can reasonably expect to be able to do.

Currently, even though I have my charging set to max out at 80%, I don't look at the charge indicator too often because I know that I have a good few hours before it's time to plug in.

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Post by Havoc »

megak1d wrote: post #142
Havoc wrote: post #134

Just ordered a Ryzen 4800U minipc for home server use. Think it might play in that role. Decent number of cores yet modest TDP seems like a good fit

I am on the look out for a replacement for my HP ProLiant home server with something that has this chip. What minipc did you go for?

Asus PN50. On pre-order (early oct) but I gather the Aussies already got theirs. If you do go that route google RAM carefully...there seem to be compatibility issues (JEDEC vs XMP).

Also, I think the Ryzen 5 is probably better value ratio but wasn't available for buy so went for a 7.

I believe Asrock is also gonna bring out similar stuff but don't know details.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by BenjiWiebe »

3np wrote: post #112
mushufasa wrote: post #92

How does it work with linux? My colleague got last year's x395 with the AMD 3000 series. It only lasts 3.5 hours battery with web browsing and moderate coding, whereas it's supposed to last ~7 hours real-world on windows.

I can’t speak for the new series, but I have a couple of Ryzen 3400G and I’m not sure if I got the iGPU working and being utilized 100% properly yet. The drivers are a huge mess of confusion (what goes into user space vs kernel? What do you really need? What even goes into host OS vs containers if you run Docker? What if anything can you actually get out of it without installing the proprietary non-free closed-source…

My ryzen laptop has a 3500u cpu. I did the normal install with fedora 32 kde, and everything works, though with one annoyance. Occasionally a single pixel wide line, maybe 10-50 pixels wide, won't update.

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by nobleach »

driverdan wrote: post #71
nobleach wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have both a 15" MacBook Pro (2018 model) and a Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 open in front of me right now. I have 20/20 vision and it really is not striking me as that much better. I spend quite a bit of my day in a terminal and the remainder looking at the web, so font rendering definitely matters. Even with Linux's abysmal font-rendering, the mac really doesn't feel like it has the edge.

Your vision may be worse than you think. It's easy to distinguish between those resolutions, especially when looking at smaller text.

Hmmm, as an engineer, I have my vision checked every year. While a difference is discernible, it's not enough that I'd "miss it" if I didn't have a retina display. (I just ordered a Dell XPS 15 this weekend, I purposely left if at FHD as I didn't see the need for 4K on a laptop)

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Post by 3np »

BenjiWiebe wrote: post #173
3np wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can’t speak for the new series, but I have a couple of Ryzen 3400G and I’m not sure if I got the iGPU working and being utilized 100% properly yet. The drivers are a huge mess of confusion (what goes into user space vs kernel? What do you really need? What even goes into host OS vs containers if you run Docker? What if anything can you actually get out of it without installing the proprietary non-free closed-source…

My ryzen laptop has a 3500u cpu. I did the normal install with fedora 32 kde, and everything works, though with one annoyance. Occasionally a single pixel wide line, maybe 10-50 pixels wide, won't update.

How’s hardware acceleration?

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Post by notatoad »

hajile wrote: post #138
notatoad wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

my thinkpad X1 with soldered-in RAM and dead non-replaceable battery disagrees. i only paid $100 for it on ebay, so i can't really complain, but it doesn't seem much different to the average consumer laptop to me.

Which X1 has a non-replaceable battery? I've had a couple different models and batteries in both were easy to replace. In contrast, there's NO way to replace the keyboard without basically buying a whole new system which is incredibly stupid.

i am apparently mistaken, and the battery is replaceable. so thanks for that. just ordered a new one.

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Post by [deleted] »

httpsterio wrote: post #164
SahAssar wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> With a 13"-14" screen, you would have to scale a 4k display I use a 13" 4k at native scale. I've heard this statement so often and it's always told as a fact when clearly it isn't so for everyone.

I'm pretty confident you're in the minority as reading text on that thing will be very straining on your eyes in almost no time. I have a 20/20 vision and sure I could use a 4k on the same size for a few hours but it wouldn't be comfortable.

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Post by toastal »

jarym wrote: post #22

So Intel... Lost their lead in consumer desktop CPUs and said ‘oh we have mobile and server’ But now AMD prove that Intel’s lead in mobile has been squandered. And then the largest buyers of server grade stuff are cloud vendors who are waiting for ARM to come of age.

The new upgrade in the Xe integrated graphics chip is still compelling to many users

Re: Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 7 is a showcase for AMD’s exceptional new processor

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Post by toastal »

boogies wrote: post #170
andymoe wrote: post #135

I bought two for the kids and while they are fine and I’m happy with the value I still despise windows home edition (had to block one from my router during set up so I did not have to make a windows account for instance). I really really wish Apple would make a reversible 2 in 1. I can’t tell you how much of a better experience that form factor is for young kids. iPads are not a replacement for this.

Linux Mint (Windows-like) is free and elementaryOS (macOS-like) is pay-what-you-want, $0 if you so desire ( https://elementary.io/ ). It takes less time to flash a drive and boot from it than to endure one Windows update on my desktop (although you can also get GNU preinstalled on fairly Thinkpad-comparible laptops from eg. “Laptop With Linux” https://elementary.io/store/#devices , and Thinkpads themselves will likel…

If it wasn't for the GNOME lock-in, Pop_OS would be a great recommendation in the space for this sort of user
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