In the words of my Southern roots, if you're looking for a gaming laptop with the latest Ryzen 4000 series processors, the numbers are limited; if you're looking for one with a Radeon mobile GPU, the numbers are even fewer. AMD's Frank Azor blames the "unexpected delay" on Covid-19, but says an influx of notebooks featuring the company's latest hardware is just around the corner.

Not to be confused with AMD's unannounced Ryzen 4000 desktop CPU (Zen 3), which AMD plans to launch later this year, AMD announced its Ryzen 4000 mobile series (Zen 2) over a month ago. We are particularly interested in high-performance H-series CPUs like the Ryzen 7 4800H in the Asus TUF Gaming A15 that we recently reviewed. As stated in that article, this CPU is "one of the most powerful multi-core silicon available in a non-workstation laptop."

The caveat is actually finding one: on Newegg, the A15 is not yet in stock and cannot even be pre-ordered; Amazon is similar, with an estimated arrival date of mid-June, unless you try your luck with a marketplace seller; B&H Photo has a listing for the A15 (not the GTX 1660 Ti), which is a An upgraded version with the RTX 2060 GPU is available for pre-order, but no shipping date is mentioned.

Then there are the Radeon RX 5700M and 5600M GPUs; on Twitter, Videocardz commented that it has been three and a half months since these were announced. A short thread followed, where Azor (co-founder of Alienware, now AMD) clarified things.

This is good news. Because everything we've seen so far indicates that the Ryzen 4000 laptop is a sturdy performer, and it's not just the A15; Asus also announced the ROG Zephyrus G14, a Ryzen 9 4900HS-powered gaming laptop a few weeks ago, and Intel s butt. [Meanwhile, Newegg has an MSI Bravo 15 laptop in a configuration with a Ryzen 5 4600H and Radeon RX 5500M available for pre-order starting at $929. But other than that, there's not much (read: nothing) with all of AMD's latest silicon.

If Azor is right, that will change over the next week or month. And hopefully he is talking about actual availability, not product announcements. We will know sooner or later.