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Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux laptop now available with Ryzen 7 8845HS or Intel Core Ultra 7 155H chips - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

1200 euro without VAT for 16GM RAM and 500 GB SSD doesn't seem like a good deal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, better buy the SSD yourself and just download TuxedoOS yourself (if you even want to use it).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not really sure if TuxedoOS is in of itself a strong selling point. I would argue the fact that the devices are tested for Linux is a bigger pro.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I really wanted to buy this year's Infinitybook but this one is just straight up worse than last years.

Slightly larger and heavier. The touchpad seems smaller. The bottom bezel got larger but then it got a reverse notch for some reason (which is quite ugly imo but I guess that's subjective). Magnesium was changed to aluminium (I don't know if this is a downgrade but as I understand it's cheaper). 99Wh to 80Wh which will probably result in worse durability despite the more efficient CPU.

I personally think it looks cheap, like an old Acer or some cheap MacBook knock-off but opinions may differ.

The only positives compared to last year seem to be that you have a choice between Intel and AMD and that it's cheaper.

I would have gladly bought last year's chassis with a more efficient CPU. In fact, I somewhat regret that I haven't kept the old model (I had the Schenker Variant but the 13700 was so inefficient it was hot and loud which was a deal-breaker for me, maybe I could have tried to tweak it a bit more). There are some other resellers of that chassis but they seem a bit shady.

Guess I will wait if the new Vivobook S14 with the new AMD will get some reviews and someone tests for Linux compatibility (or maybe even the Zephyrus G14, even though I don't need a GPU).

The Pulse may also be an option but the touchpad seems really bad and I use that a lot. The battery is also rather small.

I don't care about the price that much as long as it's somewhat reasonable (and if it's above 2000€, I really have to like everything about it).