Honor announced the Honor MagicBook Pro Ryzen Edition powered by the Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen 7 3750H processors today. The new models share the same design as the 8th-gen Intel version that was announced back in July but replace the CPU inside with AMD’s Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 series. The specs of the new model also remain the same. So the notebooks come with a 16.1-inch FHD display with slim bezels, SSDs, Bluetooth 5.0, Fingerprint scanner, dual-antenna Gigabit WLAN, and support for Magic Link 2.0.
Honor MagicBook Pro 16.1 Ryzen Edition Pricing is as follows:
There are four versions in the Ryzen edition MagicBook Pro, starting at $657.
- Ryzen 5 + 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD – 4699 Yuan ($657)
- Ryzen 5 + 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD – 5199 Yuan ($727)
- Ryzen 7 + 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD – 5199 Yuan ($727)
There’s a special linux edition as well featuring Ryzen 5.
- Ryzen 5 + 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD + Linux – 4399 Yuan ($615)
Honor MagicBook Pro 16.1 Ryzen Edition Availability:
The Windows-powered Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 models go on sale from September 23 in China. The Linux powered version with Ryzen 5 goes on sale from September 30.
As you can see, the Honor MagicBook Pro 16.1 Ryzen Edition comes in as a cheaper alternative to its Intel-powered siblings.
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In comparison, the pricing of the 8th gen Intel-powered MagicBook Pro models that were announced back in July 2019 was as follows.
- Intel i5 + 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD – 5499 Yuan ($770)
- Intel i5 + 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD – 6099 Yuan ($854)
- Intel i7 + 8GB RAM + 512GB SSD – 6199 Yuan ($868)
- Intel i7 + 16GB +1TB SSD – 7999 Yuan ($1120)
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