Microsoft makes the Surface Laptop 4 official, offers choice of AMD or Intel

1 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 14:19 ID: mq379x

Microsoft makes the Surface Laptop 4 official, offers choice of AMD or Intel

2 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 15:49 ID: guds0zj

Not much of a choice when it is just recently released Tiger Lake if you go intel and last gen Renoir if you go AMD. Although tbf, AMD doesnt seem to have released its Cezanne U parts yet sooo...

Edit: I also find the clear value hierarchy interesting.

13.5-inch CPU RAM SSD PRICE AMD R5 4680U 8GB 256GB $999 AMD R5 4680U 16GB 256GB $1,199 Intel i5-1135G7 8GB 512GB $1,299 Intel i5-1135G7 16GB 512GB $1,499 Intel i7-1185G7 16GB 512GB $1,699 Intel i7-1185G7 32GB 1TB $2,299 15-inch

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CPU RAM SSD PRICE AMD R7 4980U 8GB 256GB $1,299 AMD R7 4980U 8GB 512GB $1,499 AMD R7 4980U 16GB 512GB $1,699 Intel i7-1185G7 16GB 512GB $1,799 Intel i7-1185G7 32GB 1TB $2,399

ID: gudtenv

of you want more than a quadcore your only choice is AMD

ID: guecvap

And what if you want 32GB RAM, 1TBSSD and more than quad core?

ID: gudy9ty

Well the problem is that in its 28W configuration, the 1185G7 has pretty much matching nT performance as the 4800U.

ID: gufojqk

Amd has been value king for a while and Intel never seemed to lose its grip on the premium end of the market so this doesn't surprise me. I wish these were available about 5 months ago when I was considering these for a school laptop. That base model would have been killer.

3 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 16:27 ID: gudxa46

Interestingly they don't advertise how many cores the CPUs have on the product listing. In fact they don't tell you what CPU is in the intel models at all.

ID: gue4v5e

AMD models all with lower RAM and storage options and fewer color choices.

ID: gue0qnb

In fact they don't tell you what CPU is in the intel models at all.

I wouldn't either. Of course, I wouldn't use Intel at all.

4 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 16:04 ID: gudu1cm

What's the Linux comparability prognosis on these things?

ID: gudzn19

Depending on the Surface, pretty usable, but each model tends to have a couple issues with feature support.

https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supported-Devices-and-Features#feature-matrix

ID: gufnnlg

That quite ironic

5 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 22:40 ID: guf9wbc

Wait why are the AMD chips cheaper options only with no larger storage and ram options when they have more CPU grunt?

ID: gufvhth

Microsoft tech just isnt there yet, apparently. lmao

6 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 19:25 ID: guel81s

sheesh. wtf are you doing MS?

7 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 20:59 ID: guexqpo

Any idea if they're going to be greater than 60hz displays?

ID: gufo9bq

They can barely hit 60 fps in games. Whats the point of going beyond 60hz and sacraficing battery life?

ID: gufol7m

Because once you’ve gone to 120hz+ it’s hard to go back even just for productivity.

8 ： Anonymous：2021/04/13 23:36 ID: gufgi2u

Got 14" Lenovo with 4800u with 16GB RAM and 2 x M.2 for ~$785 and that in EU where prices are higher than US dollar prices.

9 ： Anonymous：2021/04/14 01:11 ID: gufrdj8

13 inch Up to AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition R5 4680U (8 cores), Up to Intel Core i7-1185G7

15 inch Up to AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition R7 4980U ( 8 cores), Up to Intel Core i7-1185G7

10 ： Anonymous：2021/04/14 01:42 ID: gufv395

were the surface laptop 3s this expensive at launch? this seems like a lot of money

ID: gufx7qy

Basically. I worked in a store that sold them and I'm pretty sure they started at $999 for an i5/4GB RAM/128GB variant.

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