I have one. The US version "only" has a 4800U, but it was still an absolute steal at US$800. It's a nice size, feels solid, and lasts all day <i>easily</i>. I've used it all day more than once and not seen the battery go below 50% yet. Then again, I haven't really pushed it that hard. I'm sure if I played some games it would "only" last five or six hours. And no, I haven't had any issues with the screen. In fact I turn it down. If you're staring at a 500nit screen at full brightness all day, you're probably not doing your eyes any good.<p>Unfortunately this model seems to be sold out or perhaps even discontinued (until the European 4900U version becomes available maybe). Meanwhile, the E14 Gen2 14 is very similar in both specs and price.
For people interested in ultrabooks with Ryzen 4800U processors, there is also another model, which for some reason doesn't get mentioned much, which is Lenovo S540 13ARE. It has a 13.3", QHD, 16:10 screen.<p>I bought this laptop after buying a Lenovo Ideapad/Yoga Slim 7 and returning it (because of some QA issues and 14" was a bit too big for me after using XPS 13 for a long time). I made a small review of the laptop here: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/ilcw5n/lenovo_ideapad_s540_13are_review_ryzen_4800u/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/Lenovo/comments/ilcw5n/lenovo_ideap...</a>
So Intel...<p>Lost their lead in consumer desktop CPUs and said ‘oh we have mobile and server’<p>But now AMD prove that Intel’s lead in mobile has been squandered.<p>And then the largest buyers of server grade stuff are cloud vendors who are waiting for ARM to come of age.
How does it work with linux?<p>My colleague got last year's x395 with the AMD 3000 series. It only lasts 3.5 hours battery with web browsing and moderate coding, whereas it's supposed to last ~7 hours real-world on windows.
> Those results were a game-changer. They’re miles better than I got running the same load on the HP Envy x360 (around eight hours), the Dell XPS 13 (seven and a half hours), the Asus Zephyrus G14 (almost nine hours), and even low-power stuff like Lenovo’s Chromebook Duet (11 and a half hours) for which battery life is a major selling point. I’ll be blunt — this is the longest battery life I’ve ever seen from a laptop. It’s astonishing.
IdeaPads still shipping with a TLS intercept ad injection proxy?<p><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/20/the-lenovo-superfish-controversy-what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow">https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/02/20/the-lenovo-super...</a>
I bought two for the kids and while they are fine and I’m happy with the value I still despise windows home edition (had to block one from my router during set up so I did not have to make a windows account for instance).<p>I really really wish Apple would make a reversible 2 in 1. I can’t tell you how much of a better experience that form factor is for young kids. iPads are not a replacement for this.
I have a HP ENVY x360 15-ee0002na. I like it a lot. Battery is ok, screen even is ok and it has 16gbof ram<p>Trying to find a Ryzen 4xxx with 16gb of ram in the UK is quite hard! Plenty of Intel's though, it's almost like Intel flooded the market or no one wants Intel
I have an IdeaPad S540 API. It's a Ryzen 3500U. It has 2 M.2 slots so you can had a second SSD if needed. I upgraded it to 32 GB and boy how this beast flies. And it's really cheap.<p>Under Pop_OS with minor tweaks the battery lasts about 5 hours, which is pretty good for a Linux laptop.<p>Think of turning of Wifi energy saving: Wifi speed went from 50Mbps to more than 300.
I wonder if they've improved the screen hinges? I've given up on slim Lenovos as they had this weak metal bonded to plastic hinges which are easy to break through regular use. The screen snaps off the base and the case just gets bent and twisted. They seem very poorly designed and are hard to fix.
Only 80.4% DCI-P3 coverage and no Thunderbolt.<p>These processors are great and OEMs <i>could</i> offer features users want, but they've still been offering only mid-range or gamer-oriented builds for everything else.
> Our reviews generally leave extensive synthetic benchmarking to others<p>That left a really bad impression - I get that they are too lazy to actually measure the performance, but the snooty "synthetic" was uncalled for and frankly disrespectful to the people doing the work they are too lazy for.