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I have an LG V60, and myself and other owners are just laughing all over the place. If you want a 2 screen phone, you can buy one that's pretty much better in every way, for *way* less money, today. There are more people out there who would love 2 screen devices than most people realize. The problem is nobody has really nailed the form factor. I think LG actually comes very close with the V60 in terms of hardware, the biggest shortcomings are in software.

It's been released to consumers, but is sold out everywhere I looked. All carriers had it priced around $900. the 60hz 1080p screen is a bummer, but that's not an awful tradeoff. I might get one of these to replace my Axon M. I'll be waiting for more consumer reviews.

Apple isn't going to make a car. But it wouldn't shock me if they partner with Ford, GM, or some other manufacturer to power the software of all their cars going forward. They hired Tesla's head of powertrains away from them, so this isn't just going to be UX stuff, Apple's software will likely become responsible for the entirety of a car's systems if they get their way.

You'll be able to tell that Nvidia really feels threatened if they're forced to respond by actually using leading edge manufacturing processes. It's sad how easily and quickly they can respond to AMD releases by farting out new SKUs of existing chips on a very mature manufacturing process. Based on what we know so far I don't have any hope for big Navi putting the screws to Nvidia, so I'm still hoping Intel can be a disruptive force at some point in the next couple years.

I see some outrage at option 3, I'm guessing what the OP means is that you'll wait 4 years until laptops like this match, or more likely beat the base Mac Pro, or comparable desktops are at or under $1,000 USD. I don't think you'll even need 4 years though, I'd say by the end of 2021. Linus nicely points out in his recent video that those base specs are just puny, especially for the price.

Come to think of it, the fact that AMD came out with Freesync 2 is a bit of an indictment of Freesync. It's unfortunate that manufacturers played fast and loose with the standard (tiny range, not working to spec or not even listing range, no LFC, etc). Though sadly this type of scenario is true all over the marketplace, not just in tech.

The other problem with Freesync is that monitors won't even necessarily perform the listed specs, as there's an element of silicon lottery. At least you can return it if it can't do its listed specs. But you can also get lucky and it'll do better than the listed range. Either way, there's still an element of getting what you pay for, you don't need to look hard to find reports of crappy Freesync monitors, and this is the kernel of truth on which Nvidia bases their Gsync marketing.

New pro/enterprise product with HBM. Volta is getting old.

Nothing to do with loyalty to one or the other. Anyone who's loyal to either is a fool, I cringe when I see people factoring loyalty into a purchase decision, even as a tiebreaker. I just appreciate the good business sense if this is in fact the case, no sense in them leaving money on the table if it doesn't buy them extra market share.

Oh snap. That makes sense. Until AMD can have a Ryzen moment in the GPU space, maybe it is in their best interest to be just as crappy to consumers as Nvidia.

It depends on 7nm yields. Factoring the added cost of HBM, I suspect right now fully enabled 7nm chips are only profitable at Instinct prices.

That's the point. AMD has only been able to market itself as a decently priced alternative for years, and that's because that's exactly what they are. Unfortunately, that's rarely successful in any business, tech or otherwise. Until they have tech that gives them the ability to do otherwise, they're stuck, and there's nothing on the horizon from them. There are price points and niches where they are clearly superior right now, but not overwhelmingly so in any market segment, and that's why AMD hasn't been able to run away with anything. They're practically dead in the laptop dGPU market. If Nvidia felt threatened in any particular segment they could just cut prices and eat the decreased profits. Even if the Radeon VII and the Navi products described in the OP came out at any point in 2017, I don't know that Nvidia would have considered them a threat. They would have been very compelling alternatives then, but now it's sad to watch them trying to play catch up years later. Nvidia is lazily hanging around on very mature fab processes and laughing all the way to the bank.

Basically, Nvidia's price/performance tiers haven't moved much since 2016, and AMD is still struggling to compete for market share at those levels? AMD rumors continue to look bleak. I'm longing for some rumors that will make me optimistic Intel about Intel's entry to the market, because right now AMD's best hope seems to be that Nvidia will keep standing still through 2021.

If a laptop is designed with liquid metal in mind, I think this could be excellent going forward. This isn't a substitute for other aspects of QA, such as good heatsink mounting pressuring, but leaks aren't something I'd worry about, good seals are easy to make.

AMD can't always be counted on for good drivers if they want to get something out the door within a certain timeframe. Most recent example: Vega Frontier. AMD has come a long way with their drivers, but ultimately I'd say they're at a place where they trade blows with Nvidia, versus one or the other being consistently better.