Quote from: The Captain on May 26, 2020, 22:11:12Uh, no. The 4700U is indeed 8c8t, but the 4800U is 8c16t, the 4600U is 6c12t, etc. The 4700U, 4500U (6c6t) and 4400U (4c4t) are SMT-less.Quote from: systemBuilder on May 23, 2020, 10:32:56
I cannot fathom the stupidity of building an 8-core/16-thread laptop with only 8 GB of ram. These days the minimum should be 1GB per thread in any laptop. There is no indication on Lenovo's website that this laptop has a ram expansion slot; all the RAM is soldered on the motherboard. Therefore, Lenovo is not selling a laptop, it's selling a brick.
The Ryzen 4700U is an 8C/8T processor. if you want 8C/16T you have to use the 4700H or HS processor or the new Ryzen Pro 4700. The U series they turned off multithreading to save power.
Quote from: systemBuilder on May 23, 2020, 10:32:56
I cannot fathom the stupidity of building an 8-core/16-thread laptop with only 8 GB of ram. These days the minimum should be 1GB per thread in any laptop. There is no indication on Lenovo's website that this laptop has a ram expansion slot; all the RAM is soldered on the motherboard. Therefore, Lenovo is not selling a laptop, it's selling a brick.
Quote from: The Scott on May 23, 2020, 14:47:19There's definitely a lot of weird stuff going on, but there's no way to tell what is causing it. Intel? Covid? Something else? Reporting on it would require sources able to comment on a cause for this after all, which would be near impossible to come by for far less sensitive stuff than this. And any reporter willing to editorialize on something like this without proper sourcing should be fired immediately and never trusted again.Quote from: systemBuilder on May 23, 2020, 10:32:56
I cannot fathom the stupidity of building an 8-core/16-thread laptop with only 8 GB of ram. These days the minimum should be 1GB per thread in any laptop. There is no indication on Lenovo's website that this laptop has a ram expansion slot; all the RAM is soldered on the motherboard. Therefore, Lenovo is not selling a laptop, it's selling a brick.
The lack of RAM and the inability to upgrade past 8GB is a complete deal-breaker for me too.
It seems to me that Intel (and perhaps NVidia) has exerted a lot of pressure on OEMs to:
1. withdraw pre-announced AMD designs (IdeaPad 500, T14, etc.),
2. limit AMD designs (loss of TB3 [Lenovo], poor displays, limited RAM, unavailability of higher-end dedicated NVidia GPU options in the equivalent OEM model, etc),
3. delay AMD designs (AMD-based systems coming out months after updated Intel systems).
Am I reading too much into this? Why is no one reporting on this?
Quote from: systemBuilder on May 23, 2020, 10:32:56
I cannot fathom the stupidity of building an 8-core/16-thread laptop with only 8 GB of ram. These days the minimum should be 1GB per thread in any laptop. There is no indication on Lenovo's website that this laptop has a ram expansion slot; all the RAM is soldered on the motherboard. Therefore, Lenovo is not selling a laptop, it's selling a brick.
Quote from: Lnon on May 22, 2020, 13:45:30
Sadly driver issues plenty with AMD
Quote from: A on May 22, 2020, 21:03:40As the article states quite clearly, the same laptop has different branding in different regions, but it's still the same laptop. IdeaPad Slim 7 in the US, Yoga Slim 7 everywhere else. I entirely agree that this is idiotic though, and using the Yoga name on something that isn't convertible borders on misleading marketing (given that the ability to bend a lot is what the name alludes to in the first place...).Quote from: Alessio on May 22, 2020, 18:24:36
Wasn't it supposed to have the 4800U? Lisa Su personally presented it at CES..
This is the "Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7" which should not be confused with the Yoga Slim 7. While they are technically the same laptop, and despite it being called yoga it isn't a 2-in-1. It was the Yoga Slim 7 with the 4800u.
I know confusing as hell. To be honest I don't understand laptop manufacturers at all, it's like they are on purpose trying to mess up their naming scheme.
The naming schemes have become so convoluted, we need special chart to keep track of all of them.
Quote from: Alessio on May 22, 2020, 18:24:36
Wasn't it supposed to have the 4800U? Lisa Su personally presented it at CES..
Quote from: Lnon on May 22, 2020, 13:45:30
Sadly driver issues plenty with AMD
Quote from: Lnon on May 22, 2020, 13:45:30a) Most driver issues reported on in the media are regarding Navi. This is a Vega iGPU, based on the well established and known GCN architecture. As such, none of said issues apply.
Sadly driver issues plenty with AMD