71. AMD & Intels Laptop Revolution: Renoir, Ultrabooks, Thermal Design | OEM Product Manager

Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 1 p.m.

A product manager at a MAJOR Laptop OEM joins Tom to discuss the past 15 years of Laptop Innovation\u2026and where we will go in the next 5 years. The Ultrabook Revolution, Ryzen 4000, Zen 3, Ampere Mobile, Tiger Lake, and the trade-offs in laptop design are all discussed.\n\n[SPONSOR: https://www.cdkoffers.com/]\n25% software discount code: brokensilicon\n3% discount code for everything: dieshrink\nWin10 pro oem key 13$: https://bit.ly/2Wdfghh\nWin10 Home oem key 11$: https://bit.ly/3dsbSFi\nWin10 pro oem key FOR 2PC 20$: https://bit.ly/36DFHAB\nOffice 2019 key 29$: https://bit.ly/2WdfBAz\nWin10 pro oem+Office 2019 41$: https://bit.ly/3ea83Vo\n\n0:11 Who is our guest? What is a Laptop Product Manager?\n6:11 How COVID-19 affected IT Businesses \n9:11 Do businesses find Desktops useful anymore? Docked Laptops?\n17:59 When did laptops stop being so awful?\n26:33 Was the \u201cUltrabook\u201d movement important, or just buzzwords?\n31:13 Trade-Offs in Laptop Design: Batteries, cost, weight, perf, etc\n37:53 \u201cGaming Ultrabooks,\u201d or \u201cCreator Laptops.\u201d Is this a threat to AMD\u2019s APU initiatives?\n43:41 Can we have more USB ports? Where are the 1440p laptops? \n58:10 Did AMD Renoir surprise OEMs? Intel's advantages over AMD?\n1:10:10 Why do OEMs use cheap thermal paste?\n1:16:45 How will laptops innovate over the next 3-5 years?\n1:33:05 What type of laptop do we recommend? External GPUs?\n1:41:00 Will windows continue to dominate OEM laptops?\n1:44:05 OLED Screens in laptops\n\nPutting Renoir Performance in perspective: https://www.techspot.com/review/2018-amd-ryzen-4800h/\nThe Laptop Tom will evaluated (not recommended YET): https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-envy-laptop-15-ep0098nr\nMini LED doesn\u2019t sound cheap: https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-unveils-pg32uqx-4k-144hz-mini-led-hdmi-2-1-gaming-monitor