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The original was posted on /r/amdlaptops by /u/darkbasic4 on 2023-09-07 14:25:11.
I'm looking for a laptop to be used as a developer workstation. Here are the requirements:
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A good quality 16" screen that can render crisp text
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Horizontal resolution must be around (or a multiple of) 1920: that means either 1920 or ~3840 if the screen is HiDPI (meaning that the scaling factor must be 2, not a floating point value). The aspect ration should ideally be 3:2, but 16:10 or 16:9 might be fine as well.
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Powerful 35W+ Phoenix APU (7940HS/7940H)
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At least 64GB of ram (or the possibility to upgrade it to 64GB)
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No Nvidia bricks whatsoever: I'm using Linux and they don't provide open source drivers. I could make use of a discrete AMD GPU but I don't need one: the APU alone would be enough for me.
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The bigger the battery, the better. Battery life is important.
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The slimmer the better, but I would rather pick one with an RJ45 rather than a slightly slimmer one with no useful connectivity.
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At least one USB4 port with full Thunderbolt support (laptop charging, PCIe lanes, etc). I'm pretty sure every Phoenix laptop has at least two of them so that shouldn't be a problem.
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Good Linux support. I'm on the bleeding edge (Arch Linux) so that shouldn't be too hard to accomplish once you rule out Nvidia GPUs.
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Available in Italy now or soon (which leaves out the Framework).
What do you think would be the laptop to better match these requirements?
So far the only ones that I like are the ThinkPad T16 Gen 2 (but ram is soldered and the 64GB of ram variant is not being sold in Italy) and the Hp EliteBook 865 G10. The latter would be perfect: it's cheap and I can upgrade the ram, but unfortunately only the 51 Wh variant is being sold in Italy with no sign of the 76 Wh variant ever being available. I would be willing to upgrade the battery myself but it's unclear whether it is possible to do so or not:
Maybe someone did a similar battery upgrade to another HP laptop and can share his experience or maybe you can suggest a better alternative altogether.