cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/20181517

That’s a lot of layoffs.

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    3 months ago

    That's good to know about Ryzen as portability and battery life are my priorities too. Thanks! I'm going to seriously consider them for the next laptop.

    • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      I'm sure intel battery life is still better optimized at this point, but my ryzen laptops do probably 8+hrs idle and 2+hrs intense (i.e. gaming, video calls, etc.). Which is good enough for me.

      I forgot that back in 2018 there was a kernel bug where ryzen couldn't sleep or wake from sleep, but that's been fixed for so long I'd forgotten about it. Haven't seen sleep/wake issues in probably 2-3 years at least.

      • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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        3 months ago

        That sort of battery life is fine for me. I don't need to do much heavy work on the road, I just want something that will last a day of fairly frequent web-over-wifi use at a reasonable brightness. I don't do much gaming while travelling, and if I think I will be, I just take my Switch.

        I also pick my laptops based on being able to charge by USB-C, and I travel with a big PD-capable power bank. So I'm never really stuck for power.