What that's downright dirty
Dell has a track record with doing this to AMD (as do other OEM's).
In short, before Ryzen (and in some cases even TODAY), OEM's would frequently give AMD laptops bad cooling, single-channel RAM (and solder the RAM onto the motherboard to limit upgrade options and performance - in the name of 'saving costs' [even though the savings in question were/are negligible and wouldn't actually add much or anything to the total price of the laptops - a business practice OEM's implement for laptops in general Intel and AMD) to this day sadly]), low quality screens/displays (poor color range and low refresh rate - the situation IS getting better today on this front, but some OEM's are still giving AMD slightly inferior quality displays, or at least ones with not as many perks). They would also exclude SSD options from AMD laptops, AND they would frequently charge MORE money for the AMD laptop (the price would actually be comparable to an Intel laptop with better displays, dual-channel RAM, SSD options, better cooling, etc.).
In short, they were charging more for AMD laptops that had inferior build quality and overall design (despite the fact that if they actually put effort into it, the AMD system would still cost less with better components and it would perform more than good enough for majority of people out there at the time).
Intel had a major hand in contributing towards these kinds of business practices by actively paying OEM's to NOT use AMD hw, and as a result were forced to pay about $1 billion (a proverbial 'drop in the bucket' for 10 years of bribery) to AMD.
Now, don't get me wrong, Intel DID have superior CPU's at the time of bulldozer, but for A LOT of people out there, those kinds of CPU's simply speaking weren't necessary and qould have been adequate enough.
Even I considered an AMD laptop at the time because I knew the things I'd use it for would be adequate, but lack of money and bad laptop designs on the part of OEM's discouraged me from buying anything back then... and to be fair, I'm glad I waited (because I managed to get my hands on Acer Predator Helios 500 PH517-61 desktop replacement (Ryzen 2700 and Vega 56) with outstanding cooling, performance and its dead quiet under maxed out loads... plus good options for upgrades and a nice display - this was actually a 'hidden gem' for me) - and for the price it was offered, it was a STEAL (plus, it was superior to anything else on the market back in 2019 - and it still has more than enough performance to run anything you throw at it with ease).
I doubt I'll be upgrading to anything newer anytime soon, unless my needs for 3d animation change to the point where I'll have to get something more powerful in a few years time as my studies in 3D animation progress.
I think I'll wait until 2023 or 2024 before I upgrade. That will mark 4 to 5 years for me (I had a previous laptop with Intel Dual core and NV 9600m GT for 9 years before upgrading to this one).
