I am thinking of buying a relatively cheap laptop that is reasonably powerful. I am at loss when it comes to new CPU naming and its compatibility with Linux (from both Intel/AMD). I prefer Ryzen 5 or Core 5 above with atleast 16GB RAM.
Framework laptops are not available where I live.
I saw some Reddit posts claiming AMD being not optimized for Linux particularly for arch related distros (I use EndeavourOS). I am thinking of buying a Thinkbook from Lenovo, but confused b/w team blue & red.
Which of these CPUs are better for running Linux long-term with respect to optimizations, power management, thermals, track pad support etc. If anyone has a laptop recommendation, please feel free to comment down below.
Also, should I go for a high end Laptop like Asus Zenbook S14? A lot of reviews are picking it as the best compact laptop to buy this year. Its expensive. But if it keeps working for a long time, like 6+ years, then I don’t mind investing.
Edit: I use Gnome as my DE with EndeavourOS, but can also try Debian 12 with Gnome.
Don’t have one, so can’t say from experience, but big.LITTLE arch with e and p cores sound very good for laptops.
Newer cores have way better graphics, so even that gap has narrowed if not closed. Iris seems quite capable.
I have an AMD laptop, have no issues with battery life, works like a charm.
Intel even with their architecture had bigger power draw in desktop CPU than AMD. But dunno about laptops.
Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t arguing that AMD is bad.
The point was that Intel was not as bad as people seem to think. And innovation that was mentioned applies to three things in my opinion:
All 3 of these should be good for laptops.
And then there is this: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/testing-intels-next-gen-core-ultra-200v-cpus-ok-performance-great-battery-life/
They say battery life is comparable to Qualcomm.