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The Walmart "Motile" Cheap Laptops

Journal by takyon

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance On A $199 AMD Ryzen Laptop

This $210 AMD Ryzen laptop may well be the best-value business notebook ever

Motile 14" Laptop: Ryzen 3, 1080p, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD ($199)
Motile 14" Laptop: AMD Ryzen 5, 14" 1080p, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD ($299)

MOTILE 14 Review $299 RYZEN 5 3500U Performance Laptop Amazing Value! (10m40s video)
$299 MOTILE 14" Performance Laptop Emulation Test - RYZEN 5 3500U (11m50s video)
External GPU On A $300 Walmart Laptop! MOTILE 14 + Radeon RX590 (10m52s video) (lol)

These $200-$300 laptops have a stellar reputation compared to the $80 landfill-tier EVOO 10.1 tablet that Walmart is associated with.

The main problems are probably single-channel RAM (although at least it can be upgraded), apparently a crappy Wi-Fi card, no USB-C charging, and they are Zen+. It's possible that Zen 2 "Renoir" could allow 4 or 6 cores in place of what is currently 2 or 4 cores, although it would take a while for prices to drop down to these levels.

Personally, I might take a break from laptops and try building a small form factor PC using Zen 4 (AM5 socket), which may be released in 2021. AM5 should support "mainstream" CPUs with at least 24 cores, possibly 32 cores.

Also, @krishnoid, Lenovo 100e is at $99.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:59PM (9 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 05 2020, @04:59PM (#954289) Homepage Journal

    Girls und Panzer?

    Careful, now. You wouldn't want to offend Keith Laumer, or certain members of his Dinochrome Brigade.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 06 2020, @01:57AM (8 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday February 06 2020, @01:57AM (#954551) Journal

    I have no idea what either you or the GP are talking about.

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    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:20AM (5 children)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:20AM (#954564) Homepage Journal

      I'm very much accustomed to that fact of life by now. Nice that you admit it for once.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Laumer [wikipedia.org]

      Tanks and tanker crews figure in a lot of futuristic stories. Laumer put women into tanks, and he made some tank AI's feminine. Laumer was an Air Force kind of guy, and that comes through in his writings. The Dinochrome Brigade should have been the Dinochrome Corps, TBH. David Drake does a better job of portraying tanks and tankers, but Laumer stands alone with his exploration of AI in war machines. Others have emulated him, but he still stands alone. 'Big Boys Don't Cry' by Tom Kratman is probably the most worthy attempt to go where Laumer went.

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      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:29AM (4 children)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:29AM (#954573) Journal

        ...you masturbate to some odd material. Just sayin'.

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        • (Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:38AM (3 children)

          by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:38AM (#954578) Homepage Journal

          You, calling me odd? Irony at it's finest. You are the poster child for dysfunction, after all. The world watches, as you explore the world of pharmaceuticals.

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          • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:59AM (2 children)

            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday February 06 2020, @02:59AM (#954589) Journal

            I don't even drink alcohol, you stupid motherfucker. That's *why* I make a good pharmacy tech, because I'm a straight-edge lifestyler and have a healthy respect that borders on fear for these chemicals.

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    • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Monday February 10 2020, @12:24PM (1 child)

      by deimtee (3272) on Monday February 10 2020, @12:24PM (#956317) Journal

      I would recommend starting with one of his Bolo short stories. "The Last Command."
      It's available free online.

      The Last Command" [freedoors.org]

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