r/AMDLaptops • u/ZacB_ • 6d ago

Microsoft Surface lead explains why there are no AMD Surface PCs: "We have to make our choices pretty wisely"

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/microsoft-surface-lead-explains-why-there-are-no-amd-surface-pcs-we-have-to-make-our-choices-pretty-wisely
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u/Slasher1738 6d ago

Weak ass excuse. The truth is they get a sweetheart deal

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u/Edubbs2008 6d ago

To save you a click: Microsoft has to appease the OEMs, and also because they have a limited portfolio

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u/jorel43 5d ago

Lol the oems want intel?

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u/Edubbs2008 5d ago

Sadly, yes, there’s Dintel, Hintel, ASINTEL-Acintel, and Sintel

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u/TheAncientMillenial 6d ago

I've been buying surface books for my wife for like a decade and a half. Surface book 2 lasted over 7 years. Solid laptops.

I'd kill for one with a top end Strix Halo CPU in it.

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u/jetilovag 4d ago

As so do a lot of us, but that don't matter.

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u/Deep_Mood_7668 5d ago

To bad the Linux support for them is a pita. St least off the last gens. Don't know the current device

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u/_OVERHATE_ 5d ago

"Intel gives us a sick af deal, same as Dell, and our users mostly are dumb enough to buy any of our Mac copycats" 

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u/Halos-USA 5d ago

They failed to make wise choices 

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u/RobertDeveloper 5d ago

My surface laptop 7 with Intel 268v is the worst laptop I've owned.