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The Walmart "Motile" Cheap Laptops

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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 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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  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:42AM

    by hendrikboom (1125) on Tuesday February 11 2020, @12:42AM (#956628) Homepage Journal

    Thanks for that link. Good, if somewhat predictable story. The editor's afterword is interesting.