HP OmniBook Ultra launches with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, USB 4 and 21 hours of battery life

[George]

Intel likely has a backroom agreement with HP to get a wider range of processor options when they sell with higher-end parts, versus AMD. HP sells in such volume they are looking at margins and this makes the most sense. Probably not legal/Antitrust. But enough evidence has come out over the years to support it.

Everybody probably loves Snapdragon X coming on the field, because it puts pressure on Intel to lower their prices. The issue is that nobody cares about support for legacy products/devices.
The customer gets screwed, if they are ignorant.

The assumption is/was that while Apple was using Intel chips, some models were seemingly reserved for THEM. When Intel stopped delivering anything really 'innovative' and/or started letting other OEM's make 'ultrabooks' with the same parts Apple was purchasing, Apple went off with their OWN silicon.

Yes, while it would be difficult to prove however ALL the major (and minor) OEM's appear to have a Intel Bias, be it with purchasing agreements (qty/volume) or with exclusion agreements (can't sell %xx AMD).

Surely while minor surfing, media consumption & email/texting can be easily done (and for longer) on a modern cell phone or tablet (ALL ARM powered) for those that need/require "light office" IE: keyboard+mouse+minor/light office applications the newfangled Qualcomm powered devices might be just the ticket.

Any serious work or "gaming" is where AMD and Intel come into play.

IMHO: It still boggles my mind the low spec crap that OEM's are halking for insane high prices these days.

[LL]

I am about to buy a good android tablet for office due to crap laptop screens and also the advantage of just taking it ou of the bag and it is ready to work.