XMG scraps plans to upgrade the VIA 15 Pro laptops with Ryzen 5000H APUs due to limited supplies

[Redaktion]

Originally, XMG was estimating the release of the VIA 15 Pro with Ryzen 7 5800H could occur in early 2022, but, after a recent reevaluation of the Cezanne supply, this upgrade plan was scrapped. Subsidiary Tuxedo is also scrapping upgrade plans for the Linux-based Pulse 14 / 15 models.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/XMG-scraps-plans-to-upgrade-the-VIA-15-Pro-laptops-with-Ryzen-5000H-APUs-due-to-limited-supplies.575795.0.html

[teren]

terrible time to buy a computer

[richardnpaul]

I was just on the site yesterday. This is not just a loss of the upgrade of the CPU, this was also supposed to fix the HDMI port so that it was 2.0 rather than 1.4.

There's an opportunity there if they want to come back and take it, but the laptop needs some further refinements. Part of the reason for some of the issues is that they would have had to add more layers to the PCB to support DP Alt Mode on the Type-C port, I think that the HDMI 2.0 might have also have been in that boat.  Weight and cost seem to have been factors but I think people would happily pay the difference especially as there would be far fewer downsides in reviews.