A supposed bargain is currently causing considerable discussion: The Chuwi CoreBook X, which is officially advertised with an AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, has an older Ryzen 5 5500U installed. This not only raises the question of performance, but above all the trust in the manufacturer's product specifications.
  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    53·
    2 days ago

    It doesn’t just have the wrong processor, it’s been modified at the firmware level to reflect in the system a CPU that’s not installed.

    • Reygle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      14 hours ago

      Whoa. That’s fucked. I expected the story was more of a “we should have called this one the LaptopBook XI instead of X like the last model, and resellers really fucked up the listing.”

      I was extremely wrong.

      Reality is it’s more of a “5090 on eBay is really a 5060ti with flashed baloney firmware” job. (I’m an AMD guy don’t @ me)