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I've just upgraded my Notebook to an HP EliteBook 835 G7, which is a 13" Notebook with a Ryzen 7 4750U. I've decked it out with 64GB Ram and a 2TB SSD. 8 Cores, 16 threads, boosting to 4,1ghz, 3 outputs capable of 4k 60hz, (2* dp over usb-c, 1 hdmi 2.0), 2 full size USB A Ports... and a lot more goodies all packed in a very supremely built chassis.

I couldn't want for more, (ok Thunderbolt, but that's not as valuable as everything else).

I'm VERY happy with it's performance and couldn't be more grateful that AMD is providing much needed competition in the CPU market, I wouldn't have gotten a machine this powerful at this size otherwise.

So yeah, i'll upgrade my Desktop to Ryzen 5950 once I get the opportunity, even if it's just to hold more fire below Intel's feet.

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Where did you buy it from? I'm in the market for a 13" laptop with 32GB of ram and a ryzen CPU, with no hardware that's not Linux-friendly. So this sounds like a close fit.

But I can't even find the Elitebook 835 on HP's website, or on Amazon.

Something that fits that description as well is the Lenovo X13/T14/T14s

https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_X...

https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_T...

What I've yet to find is anything similar that also has a more than a 1080p screen. Frustratingly the Lenovo T14/T14s in Intel spec does have a 4K screen.

It's so frustrating. I would love a 13 inch Ryzen laptop. But all their screens suck in some way.

I’ve got a bottom end T495s which is mostly used as a terminal. The screen is 1080p but quite decent. I like the whole machine to be honest.

I wouldn’t want to bet on a 1” smaller screen for a decline in quality with the X395

Yup. Usually no hi-DPI and never DCI-P3 or Adobe RGB gamut coverage. The chips have great performance for rendering, but you can't get wider gamut colors to see it.

Same. The best I could find were models with 16GB soldered on the MB. Settled for a System 76 Lemur Pro (10th gen i7).

I ordered from a small notebook dealer in my area (notebook.de) that offer to upgrade the devices if you ask for it. I was looking for weeks for this special model as it was the first 13" model with the right ports that offered 2 so-dimm slots, so I emailed them about it before it was listed to be among the first to receive it.

Funnily enough HP in their own specsheet made the mistake of declaring it as only supporting 32GB which then lead to me having to very forcefully demand them to just order the memory at my risk and install it anyway. Of course it works beautifully.

If can settle for 14" check out system76 (NA) or tuxedo computers (EU)

I got this 4750U in the T14. The CPU performance is great, but the iGPU is terrible when connected to an external 2160p60 screen. Animations for stuff like maximizing window have 2-3fps tops. iGPU from intel in 10510U manages 10+ fps. (5.8 kernel, Gnome 3.36).

This must be a software issue in Linux, I don't have anything close to these problems in Windows. Perfectly fluid with 2 external 2160p60 screens connected.

WSL2 is amazing btw.

Probably infamous radeon drivers. Thanks for the hope :D

Got a bottom end T495s here that quite happily handles an external 4K screen with Ubuntu.

My T14 running Ubuntu 20.04 with the mainline kernel is connected via USB-C to a 3840x1600 screen and there is no lag at all.

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