I have 2 amd laptops now, both lenovo ideapads, one 5 years old (a8-6410), one bought in dec last year (r5 2500u).

Now I’m eyeing the ideapad s340 (nbplaza) for it’s slimmer profile and better battery life, but might just wait for ryzen2 next year.

Would love to get the ultrabook-ish asus vivobook now (techhypermart), but asus doesn’t offers the 15” version here

The problem with amd laptops now is not the performance or heat. Battery life also no issue now, ryzen gen2 greatly improved over gen1.

The problem is, manufacturers putting low end features for most amd laptops, and positioning them as low cost alternatives to intel i3/celeron. Getting a decent high end one is hard, there’s always a trade off somewhere.

Eg. single channel ram, soldered dimms, 1w speakers, usb 3.0 gen1 ports, no usb c (seriously asus tuf???), usb c not supporting alternate mode (dp/hdmi), wifi ac 1x1, BT 4.1, 720p 15” screen (seriously lenovo L340???).

And poor cooling & heavy throttling:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-laptop...r.427320.0.html

Actually i ordered the e585, but then something happened (can't remember what), and i cancelled it.

Either i changed my mind about spending 3k vs 2k, or i needed a laptop ASAP and the e585's delivery date was too long.

Yeah, was interested in the e585 previously, but the A series still had better specs & design than E at that time, but only E series had 15" screens.

For me the highlight of the amd thinkpads are the usb c PD, and the full keyboard/trackpad on the 15" models. Looks great to type on.