Super flexible APU powered laptops

[Tadgh]

Would anybody else be interested in some mid/high end laptops with strong APUs in them? I feel as though my needs just aren't catered for by anyone - and could be with the right use of a mid/high end APU.

 

My ideal laptop would be built something like this:

 

 

A mid/high end APU for light/mid gaming and mid/light mobile video editing.

 

A solid 1080p Tn panel would be wonderful

 

A reasonably sized SSD (128-250GBs?) for nice boot and load times

 

A larger HDD for storage (1-2TBs)

 

Thin enough, but well enough constructed, and not toooo hot

 

A flexible I/O (DVI, Ethernet, mini HDMI or something, USB 3 and 2)

 

Battery enough form a day's charge-less very light use (7 hours of word processing say)

 

Most importantly, a price point below that of high end ultrabooks or gaming laptops.

 

I feel like this could all be easily achieved with the right use of an APU. A mid to high end APU would provide enough processing and graphical power for me. It would (correct me if I'm wrong here) use less power than a small dedicated graphics card - thus producing less heat, and increasing battery life, especially under very light use. Also probably easier to fit into a slimmer, lighter form factor. 

 

The money probably (again my knowledge of the laptop manufacturing process is very limited) saved by using an APU over a dedicated GPU could be spent on a small SSD, standard laptops nowadays all have large hard-drives anyway so the HDDs can be factored in.

 

I would spend 700-900 euro on a laptop like this ($900-$1200). Am I wrong in expecting all this? Is anybody else interested? Does such a product exist?

Gimme your thoughts below please!

 

 

 

[EpicAdom]

that would be pretty cool I completely agree with everything you said but idk if there are any laptops that offer that

[EcoBoost]

Why an APU though? What are you doing with graphical power? Nowadays you could find a laptop with the Maxwell-based 840M, which is already a very efficient architecture, combined with Nvidia Optimus and an Intel CPU it will likely be a small power difference compared to an APU but quite a bit more horsepower.

[Opcode]

Wait for Carrizo-L to be launched this holiday season. It will be AMD's first mobile APU that packs 8 compute units. It will also come with Excavator architecture which brings marginal power improvements. You can always swap out the internal HDD with a SSD and buy a cheap little external 2 TB hard drive for storage.

[Tadgh]

Why an APU though? What are you doing with graphical power? Nowadays you could find a laptop with the Maxwell-based 840M, which is already a very efficient architecture, combined with Nvidia Optimus and an Intel CPU it will likely be a small power difference compared to an APU but quite a bit more horsepower.

I do video work on a free-lance basis, and I do travel from place to place. I want the capacity to bring my laptop to work and use it for rendering one video while working on another. Alternatively editing instead of using a god awful rig in a company that doesn't do a lot of video work. 

 

While travelling I also want some capacity to game and emulate. But I don't want to spend the premium on something with it's own GPU, or sacrifice the battery life or mobility I could gain from an APU. 

 

Wait for Carrizo-L to be launched this holiday season. It will be AMD's first mobile APU that packs 8 compute units. It will also come with Excavator architecture which brings marginal power improvements. You can always swap out the internal HDD with a SSD and buy a cheap little external 2 TB hard drive for storage.

Hmmm, thanks for that I'll be very interested to see what laptop manufacturers do with that. Also I would prefer for mobility's sake not to need to quick fix anything with an external hard drive. However I have considered this.