It looks like there was some validity to those Ryzen-powered Surface rumors. https://www.amd.com/en/processors/ryzen-surface-edition https://community.amd.com/community...e-position-in-laptops-based-on-amd-technology
Curious to see the differences with some of the components. The 13 Inch edition with the Intel 10 CPU is using Intel's built in WiFi - is the 15" AMD variant getting the same? What about battery life? I'm probably going to end up getting the 15" but I don't want to be stuck with yesteryears wifi. Also it sucks that the Type-C isn't thunderbolt - was kind of hoping for a 90hz screen as well.
If they wanna be in the real mobile market again, they need a Surface Pro model. The upcoming pro model will be power by Intel, the "non-pro" model by qualcomm... C'mon AMD, do something!
I think a 90 Hz screen would be too extreme for a thin-and-light laptop (battery power and all). I also feel iffy about having yesteryear's hardware, although with regard to the CPU - it'd be nice if this was a 7nm Zen 2 APU (I already have a 2400G and I'd like something a bit more next-gen for my next big purchase). I'll wait for official benchmarks and reviews to decide if it's worth it.
Looks good; I'll wait for now. I'm keen on the upcoming Surface Book 3; if it includes AMD+Thunderbolt, Ryzen Zen+ µarch/Zen 3. I'd be all over that!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-laptop-3/8vfggh1r94tm/tfmz?activetab=techspecs&atc=true Yeah the AMD variant has worse WiFI - that's really annoying.
I still find hard to see real consumer situation where devices saturate in real life an 802.11ac connection.
Honestly the bandwidth isn't much of a concern for me - the question is if it still uses a Marvell controller. The WiFi in both my Surface Pro 4 and multiple SB Gen 1 & 2's I've configured have been horrific. Plus it's just annoying that you're essentially paying more money but getting older technology. Also neither model have thunderbolt despite the Intel processor supporting it natively.
Yeah consumers don't do things like, idk, transfer files over WiFi or anything. AC can't even saturate the most basic gigabit NIC you can find.
CPU/GPU performance looks good compared to the SL2 with i7 but the WIFI and battery are terrible. The WiFi in particular is something I can't put up with - every surface device I've used has a god awful marvel wifi controller. I'm hoping the Intel variant fixes this as the Gen 6 WiFi is built into the SoC. Microsoft continues to drop the ball on these devices.
Well, these are premium devices; at early stages of production could have defaulted Intel AC 9260 160MHz. Prior to launch thrown in an upgrade path to Intel AX200 Cyclone Peak. No idea on the disassembly of these devices but if they're M.2 I'd recommend asking MS if swapping your WiFi will void your Warranty. When I worked for Razer; I wouldn't void a customer's Warranty if they'd sent me a unit with swapped HDDs/SSDs/RAM/M.2 devices, WiFi NICs etc... company policy supported that. We'd honor/cover whatever hadn't been "modified" or "touched" but warn about the rest.