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  • AMD Ryzen Z2 Go edition is now $599.99 before it was $549.99.
  • AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme edition is now $829.99 before it was $749.99.

Originally, Lenovo said they expected it to launch for $499.99 for the Z2 Go edition — $100 is quite a big bump now from their original plan.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can think of one big reason why ..

[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Funnily, my mind first made me consider pressure by Microsoft to raise the steam version cost to make it a less attractive proposition compared to the windows version, before realizing this was a tariff reaction. Goes to show how I imagine Microsoft's powers and intentions in my mind :)

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

As if it wasn't overpriced enough before...

Valve really needs to find better partners...

[–] cron@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

A weaker dollar is also a likely reason that is not mentioned in the article.