Computex Wrap-up: AMD Showcases its VISION with 109 New Laptops Discussion

Just when you thought Intel had the laptop processor market in the bag, here comes AMD with a jaw-dropping 109 new netbooks and notebooks offering high performance, great battery life, and low prices just as stores begin stocking shelves for back-to-school sales. We spent some hands-on time with many of these new laptops. Take a closer look at the ones that caught our eyes.

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wow, massive :O

P.S. happy for AMD, finally some real competition, I hope...

 

Go AMD!!

Hope they bring the Vision laptops to Hong Kong, was never a major fan of Intel.

 

The Aspire 7552G is not as impressive as it sounds....Acer has consistently chosen to kneecap their Mob HD5850 offerings with GDDR3.

 

The DELL P11S looks interesting.

 

AMD has certainly improved when it comes to all around good bang-for-buck when it comes to performance, but let's hope AMD has worked on the energy and heat side of things too...

I have an HP DM3z computer that I bought in October, and love it so far. I get about 4.5 hours of battery life with it undervolted and underclocked which is okay, but AMD can certainly do better.

I think if AMD sticks solely on giving good bang-for-buck for low to mid ranged systems, it is going to stick around for a long time. AMD's biggest strength right now is that it has ATI offerings built alongside AMD chips, something Intel has used it's monopoly strategies for it's own greed to prevent when it comes to offering nVidia alongside it's Intel processors.

Obviously AMD has a long way to go, but I definitely hope that AMD can make the netbook a more capable device while also offering good battery life.

 

I wonder if it's just an AMD version of the Inspiron 11z.

 

I'm always a fan of AMD, and I like that they are providing some competition for Intel and (moreover) Nvidia. I hope there will be some Vision Black notebooks that are thin/light but also powerful like the HP Envy or Sony Z line. If AMD can master the thermal envelope and provide better performance than the non-Quad Core i's, they stand to really improve in the mobile market.

 

A Sony Z type notebook should never qualify for a Vision Black label. Vision Black should be reserved for machines running a Black Edition CPU and one or two HD5800 level cards.

 

I think what Vision category the laptop is in depends on how powerful the laptop is for it's size and class, not just how powerful it is. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

I believe that may be how it works...and that that's the scam of it.

The 14" and 17" Acers in the article, for example, are both stamped as VISION Ultimate which could give the impression to someone that doesn't know enough (i.e. the people the naming scheme is designed to help) that both systems have an equal level of performance, and that there's no benefit in going for the larger, bulkier machine. That of course is not true though since the 14" only comes with a Mob. HD5470 and the 17" has a Mob HD5830+...a significant difference in gaming performance.

 

AMD's 'VISION' marketing is not really helpful, as the previous post summed up.
I just need to know what CPU and GPU i'm getting, no some VISION crap.

 

109? It looks like AMD might actually be able to give Intel some competition this year.

 

well ..... seems like AMD is finally getting its due from the OEM's .They dont have to fear INTEL twisting their arms.
it is the tenacy and dedication of the people in AMD that made it get this far without the revenue that was due to them and illegally blocked by INTEL .almost all of the inventions in the CPU world were done by AMD with the meagre returns they got.THAT is remarkable feat indeed.INTEL on the other hand only spend the large amount of undeserved money.IMO.

 

I will say that includes models available worldwide and no single region will have all of those notebooks to choose from. Still, it's an impressive number.

As others have mentioned, I'm a little on the fence about how much the VISION categories really help consumers.

On one hand, if you don't know much about PCs it's helpful to have a simple four-tier system that tells you what you need to buy based on how you plan to use the PC.

On the other hand, if you understand the hardware or are someone who likes to update your laptop on a regular basis it would be easier to just see the technical specs.

Still, it's worth noting that Intel is now talking about moving in this direction as well. From Intel's standpoint, they see the various types of CPUs and GPUs in various categories of systems (desktop-replacement notebooks, mainstream laptops, ultraportables, netbooks, media tablets, etc.) and recognize the huge range of hardware is getting confusing for consumers.

Just mentioning the number of cores and clock speed isn't an accurate way to communicate whether a system will perform well in a given category. For example, a low-voltage dual-core CPU might offer the best combination of performance, battery life, heat and price for an ultraportable but you might only need a single core CPU with even lower voltage and clock speed for a media tablet and a four-core CPU with extremely high clock speed for a massive desktop-replacement mobile workstation PC.

Technology enthusiasts such as the majority of the regular users in the forums on NBR can just look at tech specs and understand if it's the right hardware for the job but average consumers are looking for a simplified way to determine what laptop is right for them.

 

Well Intel had that "Processor rating" thing going on IIRC so that's kind of their own labeling system. Wasn't very helpful either.

 

Agreed 100%

When I first read about the categorization method amd is adopting my first reaction was to slap my forehead with an "Oh no ... more categories I have to learn about...." Although I am not the sort who necessarily updates laptops regularly, I do like to know in detail what exactly I am getting when considering to purchase a laptop (or a desktop for that matter).