If I am not mistaken, your country is Romania... Unfortunately - if I didn't skip something - it looks like Romania went out of A10 stock just a couple of weeks ago! However, I found many offers from Hungary, which is very close! Some offers are listed on "price list"-type websites (e.g. http://www.arukereso.hu/CategorySearch.php?st=g505s+a10 ) while others are not listed anywhere (e.g. http://www.notebookspecialista.hu/lenovo_ideapad_g505s_59_422983_notebook-11928.html ) Nice thing is that these offers usually have A10 + R5 230M, slightly faster dual graphics. But the majority of G505S models selling in Europe have Win8 pre-installed, so I'm afraid it would be hard to avoid paying extra for this bloatware, in your case :P
As for other European countries, it is difficult for me to look through the entire EU because there are many countries with many languages. I only know English as foreign language, and thats why the majority of foreign offers I'm able to find, are in UK/US... On 6 April 2015 at 23:12, Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the G505S with A10-5750M is explicitly listed as no longer being > sold. So it's the A8 or nothing. > > Could you provide links within the EU with (online) shops still selling > the A10 variant and having some actual stock? > > --emi > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Vladimir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, in addition to A10-5750M based G505S there are also A8 and A6 ones. >> But there are some possible problems regarding them: >> 1) their price is just slightly lower than with A10 - as result, >> price/performance ratio seems to be worse for these models >> 2) I'm not sure if it is possible could upgrade their APU from A6/A8 to >> A10-5750M after purchase >> 3) most importantly: some parameters inside a coreboot source code for >> G505S could be A10-specific ; >> I am not sure if a current "A10-inclined build" would run on A8/A6 out of >> the box, without additional tweaking >> >> A question from my last letter - about compatibility of G505S coreboot >> build with various graphics solutions found in different modifications, is >> not addressed yet... to remind, there are three groups of modifications: >> *) only 8650G (no dual graphics) >> *) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) >> *) 8650G + AMD R5 M230 (dual graphics, slightly faster) >> >> P.S. Below is an =incomplete= list of SKUs for A10 G505S models that I >> was able to find. If there is a shortage in your country, maybe this list >> could assist you in search (those mods with windows 8 are about $50 more >> expensive and support evil M$, please dont get them ;-) ) >> >> 1) only 8650G (no dual graphics) + 4GB + FreeDOS = 59-410323 >> 2) only 8650G (no dual graphics) + 8GB + FreeDOS = 59-405169 >> 3) only 8650G (no dual graphics) + 4GB + Windows 8 = 59-380131 >> 4) only 8650G (no dual graphics) + 6GB + Windows 8 = 59-373010 / 59-406417 >> 5) only 8650G (no dual graphics) + 8GB + Windows 8 = 59-403088 >> 6) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) + 4GB + FreeDOS = 59-405168 >> 7) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) + 6GB + FreeDOS = 59-409773 >> 8) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) + 8GB + FreeDOS = 59-380146 / >> 59-387536 >> 9) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) + 4GB + Windows 8 = 59-407135 / >> 59410966 >> 10) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) + 6GB + Windows 8 = 59-382102 >> 11) 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) + 8GB + Windows 8 = 59-401209 >> 12) 8650G + AMD R5 M230 (dual graphics, slightly faster) + 4GB + FreeDOS >> = 59-410881 >> 13) 8650G + AMD R5 M230 (dual graphics, slightly faster) + 8GB + FreeDOS >> = 59-410885 >> 14) 8650G + AMD R5 M230 (dual graphics, slightly faster) + 4GB + Windows >> 8 = 59-408604 >> 15) 8650G + AMD R5 M230 (dual graphics, slightly faster) + 8GB + Windows >> 8 = 59-410883 >> >> On 6 April 2015 at 14:20, Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I can confirm I'm still able to buy a G505S in my country but it seems >>> to have the quad core A8-4500M (not the A10) with a dedicated Radeon HD >>> 8570M. >>> >>> It's a decent machine and it would be great to have it on the official >>> LTS list. >>> >>> Speaking of the list, I cannot find any store selling the Toshiba >>> Satellite C50D-A mentioned in the wiki. >>> >>> --emi >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Vladimir <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear coreboot developers, >>>> >>>> Francis Rowe (main Libreboot developer) has hinted an idea about adding >>>> Lenovo G505S to Coreboot LTS Candidates list of laptops, which is hosted at >>>> MrNuke's User talk coreboot wiki page. I believe it is an excellent idea, >>>> because: >>>> >>>> *1)* Lenovo G505S contains AMD APU, so there is no need to deal with >>>> Intel ME/AMT so-called "features" >>>> *2)* this APU has Richland architecture: as result (unlike the more >>>> recent AMD offerings) it doesn't have "AMD Secure" feature -- based on ARM >>>> Trustzone technology which already has some exploits against it; there are >>>> security concerns about ARM Trustzone that are similar to concerns about >>>> Intel vPro "feature" (remote management etc.) >>>> *3)* this APU is A10-5750M, the most powerful mobile APU among >>>> Richland designs - as result, this laptop is still very competitive >>>> regarding its performance, and also price/performance >>>> *4)* Unlike the older HP M6-1035DX amd laptop, Lenovo G505S seems to >>>> be a very popular model: even now, more than 1.5 years after its' >>>> introduction, there are >200 Internet shops in my large city still selling >>>> it new in box - not used/refurbished >>>> *5)* Lenovo G505s works without microcode updates, and already has a >>>> working Coreboot build (although Video BIOS and SMU firmware have blobs >>>> that are still not reverse-engineered; and some minor issues - e.g. ACPI >>>> not perfect yet ) >>>> >>>> These great points are making me wonder, why this interesting laptop >>>> still haven't been added to that LTS Candidates list? Does it fail to meet >>>> some requirement for LTS candidates in a not-obvious way >>>> (RYF-certifiable,Sturdy,Long shelf-life,Cool factor) or there is some >>>> not-listed AMD laptop that could be a better candidate? >>>> >>>> By the way, I have discovered that there are many modifications of >>>> Lenovo G505S, which could be divided into three primary groups by their >>>> major difference - GPU *(minor differences, such as different size of >>>> RAM or hard drive, are not interesting)* >>>> GPU modification groups: >>>> *1)* only 8650G, which is built-in into APU (no dual graphics) >>>> *2)* 8650G + AMD HD 8570M (dual graphics) >>>> *3)* 8650G + AMD R5 M230 ( dual graphics, slightly more powerful than >>>> "2)" ) >>>> Are these modifications all supported by Coreboot? And would be there >>>> any additional difficulties regarding modifications with dual graphics? >>>> >>>> Your answers and opinions will be very welcome >>>> Best regards, >>>> Vladimir Shipovalov >>>> >>>> -- >>>> coreboot mailing list: [email protected] >>>> http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >>>> >>> >>> >> >
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