Quote from: NikoB on April 02, 2023, 14:17:07There is no point in this review, because. people buying laptops with such solutions are guided by completely different criteria.
Secondly, 7x45 is a morally obsolete Zen4 with a poor built-in video card against the background of the latest Zen4 Phoenix, which has BETTER energy efficiency and a much better built-in video card. As well as support for 256GB of RAM, while the infamous 7945HX and all Intel only support 64GB of memory on 2 slots.
Everything will determine the price and capabilities of a particular laptop model and nothing more, in a particular country and place of sale.
What prevented AMD from releasing the 7945HX at "4nm" except that they could NOT physically release it on time? Another failure of AMD in mastering advanced technical processes, especially since "4nm" has long been obsolete - Apple is already working with "3nm" at TSMC.
As a result, whatever one may say - if the goal of a person is to get the most balanced solution - the entire x86 camp has been swallowing dust for a long time and was disgraced against the backdrop of Apple with ARM and M2 Max.
With just one memory controller, the M2 Max is officially 5(!) times faster than the best Intel/AMD solutions for laptops.
RIP x86.
Well, Apple fails to deliver decent touch/pen/flip capabilities since ages.
For me, this feature is crucial in order to get the best and fastest results on a small and portable Laptop. Sadly Apple failed to deliver decent repair or upgrade options/program, too.
Apple could be a great product, but falls short in upgradability/repair, features (touch, pen), Operating Systems (No Linux, Windows anymore) and price (but this could be ok, if the product would would be as good as it's promoted for the current asked sometime ridiculous price for small upgrades (512GB SSD vs 1TB SSD,...)).
So x86 will not be dead for a long time, but maybe Apple fixes this issues with the next Mac. Until then there is no way Apple will dominate the IT-World.