I am looking for a new non-macbook and one of my primary criteria is that is should have Intel Integrated Graphics as the Linux drivers are open source and well integrated.
It feels like nvidia as a whole is leaning more towards special applications and proprietary solutions. They care more about gaming/hpc/machine-learning/self-driving and they are just not that interested in personal computers.
If I ever need the horsepower physically present on my desk I can still buy an external nvidia unit.
Mainly because the laptops I looked at (Dell XPS-es and Thinkpads) come with either intel or nvidia. It seems AMDs are more present in gaming laptops and I am looking for a daily driver. Or high-end macbooks but I am trying to get out of those.
That said, AMD on linux - while works - is still not "obvious" to me [0]. There are multiple graphics stacks with various level of proprietary-ness and you have to mix and match.
It feels like nvidia as a whole is leaning more towards special applications and proprietary solutions. They care more about gaming/hpc/machine-learning/self-driving and they are just not that interested in personal computers.
If I ever need the horsepower physically present on my desk I can still buy an external nvidia unit.