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woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Well, the idea is that you can upgrade components without replacing everything, so the initial cost is higher but the long term cost is lower.

That said, they took their time. The 1st generation is old now. The Radeon dGPU is probably weaker or on a similar level than the new Ryzen iGPU. There is no Radeon dGPU upgrade path other than “just use the old one”. They have a better upgrade cadence with the 13 inch model.

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iopq@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Not their fault, Radeon mobile parts are not out

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DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Oh i know, and i agree. Im in talks with my boss to maybe upgrade the mainboard pre-maturely to the latest. Im using the lower costs as an argument haha

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- woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Surely there will be a desktop case for the old mainboard, as with the case for the 13" mainboard. Then you can to a little yoink and have yourself a good desktop PC.
  
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  - DacoTaco@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The yoink is not needed. We have a policy to get a new laptop every 4 years. After that the laptop is all ours once formatted on site ( to make sure no company or customer details get leaked )
    
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