Opinions on Huawei Matebook 13 AMD

InfernoxCJC · July 7, 2020

Hey everyone!

I'm fortunate enough that the taxman is currently processing a £600 tax rebate (which was a pleasant surprise to say the least) and I'm tempted to put it towards a new laptop.

I don't need a great deal or horsepower, as I'm planning on building a new workstation to coincide with the release of Zen 3 towards the end of the year. The laptop would be mainly use for coding when I am away from home or the office and any heavily lifting done remotely by those machines. Despite it in no way being my primary device, I would rather spend a little extra for build-quality.

I know AMD 4000-series mobile chips are right around the corner (which probably explains the discount) but Huawei currently have £120 off on the base model of the Matebook 13:

- Ryzen 5 3500U

- 8GB DDR4

- 256GB NVMe SSD

* The build quality I am after

This brings the cost down to £580 (nicely coinciding with my rebate) and includes a pair of knock-off airpods.

I'm not massively worried about any privacy concerns due to it being a Huawei device and will be throwing Linux on it as soon as it arrives. My main concern is whether I'll wish I had waited for a 4000-series CPU and am just curious as to what your thoughts are.

Hope you are all staying safe!
Thanks