Yes you can get equivalent spec'd laptops for cheaper but you're buying this for its light weight and long battery life. SSD is replaceable, RAM is soldered. Ryzen 5 with 8GB RAM is available for $649.99[lg.com].
A year ago this would have been a smoking deal. This year...still an OK price on a good laptop, but kinda dated. OEMs really need to get away from the "It's AMD so we have to sell it in the 'value' segment instead of making something balls-out awesome."
A year ago this would have been a smoking deal. This year...still an OK price on a good laptop, but kinda dated. OEMs really need to get away from the "It's AMD so we have to sell it in the 'value' segment instead of making something balls-out awesome."
'Balls out awesome' is clearly subjective, because this is what i have been waiting for. The only thing i might want is QHD, but i have been very happy with my FHD 13.3 experience.
And dated is...well a phrase. I don't remember the site, but a team compared the intel 14mm architecture and found that since they first introduced 14mm until now, intel has only gained 10% when comparing same clock/core count. Old processors are still wildly competent.
Also, value means something different to different people. I am a fan of Warren Buffets definition of it. I suspect you mean cheap, within context. But value and cheap are not synonymous in the strictest and denote different reasons for the low cost.
So while this might not be the laptop for you, I am happy that they put AMD in the inexpensive segment. This laptop solves every one of my needs without introducing new problems or compromises for me. This laptop is a balls out awesome value.
'Fake' 8 core. It only has 8 threads instead of 16, so be warned that this performs like a quadcore with hyperthreading, and not a true full 8 core. Also Zen 2 with Vgea 7 IGP.
For <$800 you would be better off getting a i7-1165g7 much better performance in single and quad core performance, slightly worse in multicore, better IGP, quicksync for editing and transcoding, Id wait for the Samsung Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha deals to come back, same or better specs, same weight and size class and $650 for the i7, samsung does these sales every few weeks so it will come back
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Old? Not really… 2020.
Zen 2 and 8 cores only. No Hyperthreading or whatever AMD calls it.
Still a beast. Here's gaming performance on the IGPU. Make your own decision.
https://youtu.be/3eirccxhhxs
Zen 2 and 8 cores only. No Hyperthreading or whatever AMD calls it.
Still a beast. Here's gaming performance on the IGPU. Make your own decision.
https://youtu.be/3eirccxhhxs
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Google my friend… I have no idea about that stuff. This is what I could find. Hope someone else can chime in…
https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDLapto...ame=
https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDLapto...ame=
https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDLapto...ame=
They're just comparing physical size… not pixel count. 😉
'Balls out awesome' is clearly subjective, because this is what i have been waiting for. The only thing i might want is QHD, but i have been very happy with my FHD 13.3 experience.
And dated is...well a phrase. I don't remember the site, but a team compared the intel 14mm architecture and found that since they first introduced 14mm until now, intel has only gained 10% when comparing same clock/core count. Old processors are still wildly competent.
Also, value means something different to different people. I am a fan of Warren Buffets definition of it. I suspect you mean cheap, within context. But value and cheap are not synonymous in the strictest and denote different reasons for the low cost.
So while this might not be the laptop for you, I am happy that they put AMD in the inexpensive segment. This laptop solves every one of my needs without introducing new problems or compromises for me. This laptop is a balls out awesome value.
For <$800 you would be better off getting a i7-1165g7 much better performance in single and quad core performance, slightly worse in multicore, better IGP, quicksync for editing and transcoding, Id wait for the Samsung Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha deals to come back, same or better specs, same weight and size class and $650 for the i7, samsung does these sales every few weeks so it will come back
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