News Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 Has Intel, AMD CPU Options, Starting at $999

[Admin]

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 will start at $999 on April 15.

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[ThatMouse]

That blows the AMD doesn't have a 1TB SKU. It's a $100 part. I got my Dad's 4500U Acer up to 16GB/1TB -- total cost of $700.

 

[Evil_Overlord]

I remember when AMDs mobile CPU offerings were so bad that nobody wanted to touch them. Manufacturers built a limited number of bottom-of-the-line AMD laptops with low resolution displays, tiny storage, and inadequate RAM just so they couldn’t be called out for anti-competitive behavior.

But now, everyone loves the Ryzen processors, so why give the Intel-based Surface 4 laptops the edge when it comes to RAM and disk? Surely there isn’t a technical reason for the difference. The sceptic in me smells preferential treatment in favor of Intel.