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Okay, thanks

Okay. That makes sense that you can't tell if it's enough for me. My question basically is whether i5 10210U AMD Ryzen 7 3700U are performance wise equivalent, not if it's enough for this use. But definitely thanks for your answer regarding pen support. ?? Appreciated.

I noticed that chaos as well and yea. It sucks. But not from their business perspective… Oh wow. Leaving more confused with my choice than I originally came. But again. Already said that waiting is not really an option for those reasons. Edit: Oh I just read July or October. Yea, I'm definitely not waiting that long. So between my current selection Intel vs AMD, what are your opinions and recommendations?

Okay, good to know that they're indeed different things. Also I added to the original post links so that anyone can see the selection As I mentioned in the topic, waiting doesn't really make a ton of sense here, eventhough I understand that new CPUs bring a lot more power with better efficency, however it would be waiting for a new CPU then for the laptops to come, then for availability here. That could take half a year and the prices will be significantly higher as it's new hardware. Also when new CPUs come out, then if would be much better to wait for next CPUs which are going to be even better. But it's worth to ask: Is the release date of the new Ryzen 4000 series known? If it is known then waiting might not be such a pain and it actually might be worth waiting ? Also I don't think I really got the answer, if you'd rather go AMD or Intel in this case. I get that you say Ryzen beats Intel in performance in some way, eventhough those CPU benchmark databases say different thing, but is it really that much that you'd go team red? WIth all those problems Intel has with CPUs? Maybe? ?: Yeea, I heard that as well, but since it's not for art stuff, is it really something you'd pay the extra?

Hello everyone! I've been looking for a laptop that would replace my old Acer Aspire E1 with Intel i3 and 4 GB RAM with a new laptop that I could use mainly for a lot of programming and light graphics (so IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio, Node.js, Hyper-V and stuff as light graphics editing in Affinity Photo, maybe some light gaming like Minecraft, Terraria or Rocket League) that would also work as a convertible laptop because I'm planning to use the laptop for my university studies for taking notes in OneNote with pen (I used to use graphics tablet connected to my laptop and taking notes on that, because I needed voice recorded as I was writing. It was janky but it did its job ?) The laptop that would allow me to do all these stuff and that I personally really like because of its style and usability points is Surface Pro 7 (256GB i5 8GB) HOWEVER that is a pretty expensive solution especially when you have to add the keyboard and pen (and I'm not living in US but EU and Microsoft Surface is not natively sold here, so the price is a bit higher than usual, but we have localized keyboards ?). I was looking for solution and I found pretty interesting ones: Lenovo IdeaPad C340-14IML (Intel Core i5 10210U, 8 GB, 256 GB, 14") (https://www.alza.cz/EN/lenovo-ideapad-c340-14?dq=5686589) Lenovo IdeaPad C340-14API (AMD Ryzen 7 3700U, 8 GB, 1000 GB, 14") (https://www.alza.cz/EN/lenovo-ideapad-c340-14?dq=5638853) Lenovo Yoga C740-15IML (Intel Core i5 10210U, 8 GB, 512 GB, 15,6") (https://www.alza.cz/EN/lenovo-yoga-c740-15?dq=5686615) HP ENVY x360 13-ar0104nc (AMD Ryzen 7 3700U, 16 GB, 512 GB, 13,3") (https://www.alza.cz/EN/hp-envy-x360-13-ar0104nc-nightfall-black-metal-d5696009.htm) My question is not really which one would you recommend. I have two different questions: Is there really a difference between the Intel Core i5 10210U and AMD Ryzen 7 3700U CPU? From performance, iGPU standpoint, or which one is more powerhungry) Should the choice between those CPUs really matter or is for example Intel really the winner here? Would you rather choose one of these cheper options over the actual Microsoft Surface for those purposes? Or would you prefer buying the more expensive Surface Pro 7? (Also I'm more into the HP ENVY as it's 13,3", would go for it as well, or do you think that the other options are better in any way?) I'm kinda getting lost in selecting a new laptop, so any help is really appreciated. P.S.: I saw discussions saying that I should wait for new CPUs to arrive, however here my country (Czechia), it's not really a thing, that old models would get really cheaper in any way, so waiting for those older laptops or waiting for new ones could really take about a year or so, so waiting here is not really an option. Also refurbished laptop is not something I'm into as I want my laptop to last for about the same time as my currently 8 years old Acer lasted ? P.P.S.: I found out that the IdeaPad C340 might be called Flex 14? Don't understand that naming scheme and why it might be different in various countries… Edit 1: As I didn't have much success searching for those laptops on Amazon, I at least added links to our czech store that offers site in english, so that looking for that online shouldn't be much of a hassle

Kova (Are you guys giving out the White Kova as well? That's insane) And why? Well because you know… This giveaway was launched by Luke. And ya' know… (don't tell Linus but Luke rulez! c:)