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    1 day ago

    That’s a shame. I suspect they don’t have the budget to heavily retool their system. Or they rebrand an OEM and support the configuration provided.

    They might even be locked into a long term agreement with someone. Intel or a supplier. Which would cost them more than moving to AMD, or a newer Intel chip.

    Most of their customers probably won’t notice anyway. The reason its making the news now is because Intel has been beat up lately.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s a rebranded Asus NUC (Intel NUC) with a custom chassis. I doubt they have any long term contracts with the low volume that they sell.

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      Linux PC company System76 has been selling Meerkat mini PCs since 2015, and the company recently updated the lineup with new models featuring 13th-gen Intel Core processors based on “Raptor Lake” architecture.

      …and…

      “Based on extensive analysis of Intel Core 13th/14th Gen desktop processors returned to us due to instability issues, we have determined that elevated operating voltage is causing instability issues in some 13th/14th Gen desktop processors,” explained Intel communications manager Thomas Hannaford." source

      So its old and its one of the flawed CPUs.