The laptop I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT: Slimbook Executive 16

[@TheLinuxEXP]

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[@na2sio355]

it doesn't support my mine language (Arabic)

[@fred-youtube]

Great sponsor choice!

[@TheExileFox]

@@na2sio355 you can help with the translation though

[@na2sio355]

@@TheExileFox for example اهلا looks like this ا ل ه ا

[@mortakhal]

but it's made in Russia, so I don't think it's the best choice now

[@Mitchellwow]

Some tips for stickers: 1. For the charging port 2. For the battery 3. For the keyboard 4. For the screen 5. For the touchpad 6. For the USB ports 7. For the SD card slot 8. For the audio jack 9. For the HDMI port 10. For the small bezels 11. For the motherboard 12. For the webcams 13. For the microphone 14. For the stickers 15. For the numpad

[@TheLinuxEXP]

🤣🤣

[@Mackras]

you monster

[@letMeSayThatInIrish]

A sticker to point out the machine is user programmable. The sticker for the stickers should have a quarter size sticker on it, with a recursive stack of ever smaller quarter sized stickers, all announcing the recursive stickers. Another sticker should make the customer aware of the EXTREME SUPER GLUE that ensures the magnesium would be entirely ripped off the machine should anyone try to remove any them. A sticker to remind the owner there is actually a laptop hidden under all the stickers.

[@Mitchellwow]

@@Mackras I like technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology stickers on technology

[@beautifulislam67]

You forgot speakers, chassis and palm rest. 😂

[@cloud1494]

I greatly respect your integrity to express buyers remorse toward a product from a channel sponsor. Thanks!

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Gotta be honest!

[@hyperspeed1313]

4:40 Those upgrade prices for RAM and storage are outrageous. I could get 2 2TB NVMe SSDs for less than they're charging for just one. Definitely buy the base model and do the upgrades yourself.

[@machintrucGaming]

Ram maybe not, but yeah those ssds looks expensive

[@Watchandlearn91]

It's how a lot of these small time laptop manufacturers make money. Almost all of these linux laptops can be upgraded manually after the fact but some users do not want to open their new device and are willing to pay the premium not to. For those of us who aren't afraid of opening the back plate, just buy some ram and an ssd on amazon.

[@SyRose901]

@@Watchandlearn91 Hell, even Apple does this. Although they have a different reason, which is that you cannot replace your storage device.

[@luzten]

@@SyRose901 sadly latest good macbook pro was mid 2012... you can easily put 16gb of RAM, new battery, replace the DVD drive to store another extra SSD. Mod the fan etc. Such a great laptop with the permission of the old T Lenovo's

[@lejoshmont2093]

Got a laptop this late spring early summer and I would say that is pretty standard unfortunately. You bet I bought my own 2 x 2tb ssd's for raid0 before I received my laptop. Granted it didn't really increase performance due to luks encryption. Though I would say it is fast enough.

[@rakeshraja6549]

Hi,we’ll have been there..buyers remorse is very hard to overcome😂😂

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Definitely 😅

[@lorddarthvader6289]

the tuxedo pulse 15 gen 2 came out recently, and damn it was hard since I got pulse 15 gen.1 8 months lol.

[@stingray2107]

@@lorddarthvader6289 I'm in the same boat😅😭

[@lorddarthvader6289]

@@stingray2107 do only saving grace was that I had used my laptop for like a year so hey at least no way I could have bought the new model in time hahahah

[@stingray2107]

@@lorddarthvader6289 I bought mine in January and only started using it in March 🙄 the USB-C display port would have been nice

[@adjusted-bunny]

When I see the Linux Experiment I have to click it. It is like an addiction. He has the whole package: Beard (some say a squirrel is hibernating in it), the French accent, the same undershirt he has been wearing for 10 episodes straight (who doesn't like Roquefort?).

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I actually have 12 of these shirts, don't worry, they're clean every time 🤣

[@scheimong]

Wow this laptop is almost exactly what I dream of - the PERFECT screen selection; large trackpad uh love it; not-overkill Nvidia GPU; upgradability is there; solid build quality with metal construction; a 1080p webcam that doesn't suck; and of course Linux support out of the box. And then the price! Oh my at €1550 it's basically among the best value out there.

[@scheimong]

Unfortunately my MSI laptop from 2019 is still doing just fine so I guess I'm not buying one. But if they are to make a refresh two or three years later, it will certainly be one of my top choices.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Yeah, it's a really good proposition!!

[@lmachado788]

Thanks Nick, you're the reason I did a Linux Experiment for myself and have been using it for the last few years.

[@gregbirger5810]

Thank you for this kind of detailed review. I've been using a lot of laptops in the past year from several different manufacturers, and I have to say - it is *really* hard to find one that has the combination of a good chassis, good keyboard, high quality matte screen (way too many with ~60%-70% sRGB), decent noise levels, and a reasonable price. My go-to productivity laptop, the Dell XPS series, has been a major let down in the past 1-2 years. Terrible quality control with LCD light bleed of a totally unacceptable degree for their price point (which Dell is either unwilling or unable to fix properly) defective touchpads, and noisy fans. You really go into the most useful details in your reviews, and recognize shortcomings appropriately. Good job, and thank you.

[@lejoshmont2093]

I got the business version(precision) of the 17in for linux support and I haven't had any issues with back light bleed and the touch pad is pretty darn good. Over all I am really happy with it and the build quality. Coming from a mac book it is just as solid or more. I would say it is a high bar to meet in terms of build quality and over all. It checked the most of my boxes for what I was looking for in a new laptop and it has exceeded my expectations.

[@CaptainUltimaFTW]

The design of the outside really reminds me of the shape of P1 ThinkPads, nice contour to it! Not a fan of the keyboard layout being as spaced out as it is but I couldn't say how that feels in use since uh... Well I mean I'm just looking at it in a video. Awesome to see more choice in the laptop space!

[@lejoshmont2093]

Yea having a num pad on a laptop is one of my pet peevs I like symmetry. Maybe I could get over it if the palm rejection is as good on the touch pad as he says it is.

[@cyclesingsleep]

Thank you!!! This video and others that you have created have helped me a great deal! I have been using an HP Spectre X360 with Ubuntu for the past, six years. But, it has never worked perfectly. And now, from about a year ago until now, there are larger 'bugs' popping up...slow starts, extremely slow shut-downs or restarts...whole logs of things pop on the screen. And, updates get stuck in a loop where nothing seems to update. As best as I can tell, there is some kind of BIOS incompatibility... So, I just purchased the little brother of your recommendation. A high pixel / very good screen is most important to me (after made to run Linux/Ubuntu). I did not know about this company before your video. Thank you, again : )

[@mikeyoung735]

"This is the laptop I should have bought a few months ago" - You and me both! Got a new laptop 3 months ago, not especially keen on it but it's the best I could find then. Now this beauty comes out 😭 Might try and flog my current laptop on Ebay to get this... We'll see. Nice work Slimbook though, this looks gorgeous! And I'm glad to see 16:10 screens are becoming the norm.

[@alexhilberts2666]

Thank you for making videos about linux that aren't just informative but are also interesting to watch.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Thanks!

[@alk555]

This is a great channel.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Thanks!

[@jvandermerwe5274]

A numpad is the superior way of inputting numbs and you can't convince me otherwise. This laptop is definitely on my radar for my next laptop just because it has a numpad along with that GPU and CPU

[@mirkolantieri]

This Linux laptop is definitely a beast! Great review Nick!

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Thanks!

[@flinch622]

I use a number pad alot, as math is a daily need for me. I don't know why some people are bothered by them - use them, or don't. But not having one really slows me down.

[@gigalodon14]

16:10, 90 Hz, great build quality and a large battery in a slim chassis? This is very tempting

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Oh yeah!!

[@johncarloroberto2635]

Oh man, I think I feel a little buyer's remorse as well. I just bought the RedmiBook 15 Pro (2022) for around 1200 euros and it has an i7-12650H (which is almost as good as i7-12700H (?)), RTX 2050 (which has around half the G3D mark rating as RTX 3050 Ti). Then both laptops have most of the things I want: 2k+ resolution, TB4 connection for possible gaming using an eGPU, keyboard with full size arrow keys and home/end keys, decent dedicated GPU, 15" form factor, lightweight, and good build quality. The only things that was missing from RedmiBook, that I wanted, but this laptop has are: upgradeable RAM (Redmi has 16GB soldered), and two M.2 slots (Redmi only has 1). Then Slimbook also beats RedmiBook by having: 1 more USB A port, 10WHr more battery capacity, 1080p webcam (Redmi has 720p), 1 more native video output (Redmi has HDMI 2.0 and TB4 but the extra USB C port doesn't support display out), and TUX key instead of Windows key ;) But I think I'm still happy with my purchase because I think the lack of features compared to the Slimbook is justified by the price difference. But now I'll definitely keep my eye on the future iterations of this laptop (maybe in 4-5+ years). Thanks for the review!

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

waiting for the AMD Advantage edition 🐧- if Intel and Nvidia get their open dGPU drivers sorted out maybe I'll reconsider

[@etherweb6796]

This almost made me regret my Zephyrus G14 - except the Zephyrus is all AMD. The only downside is I have a maximum of 24GB of RAM due to it having 8GB hardwired to the motherboard. Still, running with 16GB gets the work done, and if I need more, I can use my desktop

[@javabeanz8549]

BTW, loved the 64GB RAM jab at Chrome. (I use Firefox)

[@Eyevou]

as soon as you said what CPU was in it I said "I bet that sucker run hot AF"

[@dcknature]

Don't worry, Nick 😉! Buyer's remorse is always innavitable.

[@trailblazercombi]

0:05 It's slim, it's book, and it's executive

[@ryannicholl8661]

Why do these include DC barrel jacks? They should just go USB-C charging only, and include a usb power adapter in the box. That way you can also use it with other devices you own. 140W power over USB-C is a thing... I doubt they need more.

[@jub8891]

the combination of i7 and 3050ti sounds like a good balance for a computer this size.. thanks for the review and introducing this brand

[@DrCox-xx8tu]

I ordered the 14" version but they had stated on their website that it's also available with ANSI layout (they removed it right after my mail) and that's why I canceled my order. Really sad that it's ISO only.

[@angelcarcamo9940]

Just a question, on the min 0:37 it shows only office with the window decoration of the system. How do you set that up?

[@seitbekir]

Yay sounds very good, even if it is only the adv.

[@TheExileFox]

Finally a laptop with real arrow keys again that isn't a crappy "gaming laptop" The only thing I wish it had would be a 360 degree hinge and backlit keyboard. Then I could finally retire my 2015 Lenovo Yoga 3 1470 with an Nvidia 940M gpu.

[@mpw621]

Get a ThinkPad as it works well with Linux and has a great keyboard.

[@bcglinux]

Thank you for your review. I want to purchase a Linux-designed laptop for my next purchase. I have been using Linux for about 3 and a half years as my daily driver and want to support a Linux computer supplier. Yes, I know and understand that I will be paying a premium. However, I used Apple Macs for years and never complained about paying upward of $2,000+ for several on my Macs. Therefore, I have made peace with spending approximately $1,500 - $1,800 for my next Linux laptop. Thanks again, and God bless,

[@googoldtcom]

Good video, as always! That laptop looks fantastic and I hope that in the future I buy some Slimbook laptop (smaller because I need a more compact for portability) that can replace my HP from 2019 because it feels some limitations hardware-wise. I've seen the part about the keyboard layout and, as a some keyboards freak and spanish/catalan keyboard user, I recommend you, if you want by curiosity, to try the spanish (Spain) keyboard because it's a good alternative to the AZERTY and it can cover easily many languages such as spanish, catalan, french or portugese For the æ and the œ it just need to type Alt Gr + a/o (in Linux), and the caret or the accents you have an specific dead key for that

[@brucewayne2955]

Since it's made of magnesium would it catch fire easily?

[@deemuss]

Thanks for pointing to Howdy. While I've been completely satisfied with using the password, it would be a pity if the IR camera was not in use

[@dcknature]

Great review of a very good laptop 👍! I believe, in the near future we'll have laptops with integrated camera arrays just like smartphones, multiple microphones with noise reduction and other nice and useful conference features. Slowly but steady we're going there. Can you tell where the mic is, please?

[@TheLinuxEXP]

It's internal, I'd say

[@dcknature]

@@TheLinuxEXP I mean, is the mic in the base or in the lid? Sorry for ambiguity 😊.

[@santosgabrieldario]

Wow, great video and amazing laptop! Would love to see how the new Slimbook Pro X (2022) performs too. Thanks for the amazing conten, keep it upt!

[@antoniomromo]

So glad they made the ram and hd upgradable. Would recommend that USA buyers buy the base model and upgrade themselves. You can often get the ram and SSD for less than the company charges on their sites.

[@OlafurViir]

I seriously considered this laptop in July, but I ended getting the ProX15 instead, because of budget. I love that machine though, very light and great screen :)

[@kreideland]

I really like the Num Pad, File Numbering manualy is important, for me as well ^^ I have to save the Company Name for my next Laptop perhaps

[@fred-youtube]

10:53 Using a lower power charger will only affect the CPU performance if you take the bettery out, otherwise it will just charge slower.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Nope, I can confirm the laptop had a geekbench score of 2200 in multi core when charging with a low wattage USB C charger

[@MoChuang343]

Really cool. Reminds me of my Ideapad 5 Pro 16. Love the 16” thin form factor play.

[@brandon_wallace]

The number pad is super useful for anyone that has to type a lot of numbers. The number pad makes typing numbers so much easier.

[@nin6246]

I don't know about all you guys but I need at least 5 USB ports. Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient for me to use as I would always need to bring a USB hub with me. I'm using the HP Elitebook 8760w which I bought used without a hard drive for a very nice price and I love it.

[@kote315]

Cool, you have three sponsors at the same time. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm just a little jealous.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I have one sponsor in this video, OnlyOffice. This video wasn't sponsored by slimbook or tuxedo

[@Aemulatius]

No Nvidia for me on a Linux laptop. I’ve learned my lessons. And what about hibernation & sleep ? Does that work well ?

[@chosenArchitec]

"F U Nvidia!" 😂

[@madsnygaard6444]

curious about this as well...

[@BrodieFairhall]

My employer just replaced my old XPS15 with a ThinkPad P14S-2 AMD Loving having a good laptop, that has no issues with Wayland.

[@neurobioboy]

Great video, Merci! It is really funny how Apple hardware is a used comparison point by people from the Linux world. I get it that it is very good quality (usually) and so popular most the people tried it at least once, but still, keeping referring to Apple is not a good idea. Even Microsoft struggles to produce hardware that can compete in quality with Apple. So it is mission impossible for slimbook to produce as good as them. In my opinion, it doesn't serve them. It should be compared to Asus, Acer, and Dell, ... people doing a much smaller amount of each series than Apple, which has very little hardware choice in comparison. And Slimbook is doing at least as good as them, if not better!

[@hishnash]

What it takes to get to apples level is the willingness to put years into a product of R&D and then never ship it. for every product apple release they will have many internal projects that are multiple years of dev behind them that never ship. Your write that means smaller OEMs are going to struggle to do this as they just cant afford to have the majority of thier staff working on projects that will not ship.

[@nicdm81]

Thanks for this great review. It's definitely a laptop I would buy 😀

[@AaronTechnic]

What a coincidence! Just a few hours ago I was looking for a new laptop.

[@softwarelivre2389]

What a coincidence! Just a few hours ago I was looking for a new Nick video

[@Hazardou5]

I think the 14 inch version looks even more compelling: higher resolution, bigger battery! (yes really) and it's only 1250 bucks.

[@DMSBrian24]

Linux laptops shipping nvidia is something I'll never understand or get behind, even if you just run xorg, shit WILL break and you'll have to deal with extreme jank, and good luck trying wayland with xwayland introducing insane sync issues when using nvidia, when it even works at all that is. I understand that if you switch to Linux, Nvidia might be what you already owned and it makes no sense to switch but why anyone running Linux would voluntarily sign up for this hell and pay a premium on top of it goes beyond me.

[@ppolo12]

we need CUDA lol

[@DMSBrian24]

@@ppolo12 myself i don't tend to need it on the fly in a laptop, it's best to just use a stationary pc for anything serious unless the laptop is one's only computer and they don't wanna use cloud computing, then i guess for that very, very, very limited number of people, easily less than 1% of the market, it makes sense to have nvidia in a linux laptop

[@marloelefant7500]

For some time, I was using a MacBook which also had such a big touchpad. But I couldn't deal with it, it always moved the cursor, and the way from the keyboard to the click buttons was just too long. My current laptop has a much smaller touchpad, but it definitely is enough for me with an adequate cursor speed.

[@FACE-FOR-RADIO]

I love and miss the numpad that was on my 2013 hp prebook.

[@cornichon6225]

I don't understand why people like notebooks with dedicated GPUs. I bought an XPS 15 a few years ago with an i5 11300H and a GTX 1050. Just the "H" CPU has a big TDP and thermal throttles a lot; but when the GPU kicks in, holy moly, it micro-freezes all the time and the performance is bad! I just want a laptop with integrated GPU, higher resolution than 1080p@60Hz, and a bit bigger than 15.6" :( For now my best candidate is the new Tuxedo Pulse 15 Gen2 because even though it has an high TDP CPU, it has a beefier cooling than my XPS despite having no dedicated GPU!

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Sometimes you need to be able to do graphics intensive stuff.

[@bataraza2]

well, in my case I work with 3D and animation, so having a dedicated gpu is a must. But believe me that I suffer a lot with all you said above. I wish not having to use dedicated gpu at all.

[@josephdegarmo]

Intel / NVIDIA? No thanks, I'll take the Pro X 15 model with AMD Ryzen 7 + 16 GB RAM and install Kubuntu 22.04 on it. That would make the perfect office laptop for me. No gaming needed.

[@bataraza2]

well I bought AMD/nvidia and believe me it's been the worse experience ever. ANd even paying 3.5k for a laptop. 5900/rtx 3080. Stuttering. Freezes, Forget about linux.. It hangs even during installation.

[@Watchandlearn91]

I thought it was my eyes but the camera focusing in and out on the up close shots of the laptop were really tripping me out. Other than that, awesome video!

[@TheRanguna]

Damn I got the Stellaris as well and hot damn, this slimbook is a beast. Not only is it cheaper but has better performance, feels bad. But not too bad, the Stellaris is still an amazing laptop which I'll use for a few more years to come.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Oh yeah, the Stellaris is still amazing!!

[@toma.cnc1]

13:15 , 500 Terra Bytes of SSD ???? I want one of those! 😃

[@phillee2814]

Don't we all!

[@TheLinuxEXP]

Woops 🤣

[@phillee2814]

@@TheLinuxEXP I wonder what the resilver time would be for a petabyte raidz of those?

[@LacrimalShot]

A 500TB SSD for €1500?! G'DAMN I need me one ASAP! 🤓(sorry Nick, I had to... heart you!)

[@KuruGDI]

That AZERTY keyboard layout messes with my brain just by looking at it 😵‍💫😵 There are other good reasons for a numpad. Some programs (eg. blender) use them as function keys. It is very annoying if you have to rebind the keys just to have a somewhat same experience.

[@NeverlandSystemZor]

I'm an American and I LOVE having a numpad. It is just so convenient.

[@bataraza2]

wich country of america?

[@certs743]

Definitely something to maybe save up for and maybe the next model. Unfortunately as a Canadian my wallet would get destroyed by the conversion rate from Euros.

[@maragak]

Feal for you. I live in Czech Republic and here there is QWERTZ layout which also requires shift to be pressed to actually get numbers. Without you get the diacritics. Comming from Poland, where we get the diacritics with alt key, it's super anoying. Separate number keyboard is a must :) It still riddles me how capital diacritics are written, as shift plus a key gives you a number. Is switching caps lock on and off required? Must ask people eventually :)

[@joshuamaserow]

Nice but no rj45 is terrible. Dont want USB Ethernet via USB garbage Realtek Ethernet. Great review!

[@fabd-tv]

This is exactly the same shell as the Infinity Book Pro ?

[@lejoshmont2093]

I like a lot of things about it but is has that 1/2 way resolution either 1200p or 2400p displays please.

[@dariodcr]

Would I get the latest updates related to my slimbook hardware only if I use their OS or is it irrespective of that?

[@heckyes]

Can't afford it unfortunately. Got an MSI laptop for $1000 CAD, 5800H RX6600M, 144hz.

[@tylerdunlap8979]

I have a System76 Pangolin, bought it specifically because it came with an AMD CPU and GPU.

[@Semmelstulle]

Regarding Keyboard: my next Notebook definitely won't have a German keyboard even if I'm German. I don't blame other countries but I blame US companies making Keyboard shortcuts suck on non US layouts. I mean there's a reason why keyboard layouts differ and it's how often some letters get used in a specific language.

[@Deadmeme64]

You should review the framework laptop. I Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@danielfungdesousa7034]

Any plan to review the slimbook excalibur (amd)?

[@christophesilva9853]

Hi there, between this laptop and the tuxedo infinity book 16 gen 8, which do you prefer? The 240hz vs 90hz makes difference ? Best regards

[@dexarys4484]

There will be a new slim book very soon

[@christophesilva9853]

@@dexarys4484 excalibur?

[@Malisteen]

how easy is it to get to the ssd & ram if you want to upgrade yourself?

[@castawaydotcom]

3:50 I can almost hear the thousands of screams 😂

[@Spl4tt]

Just got my new Executive 14 last week. It's almost the perfect laptop, screen wobbles way too much but that's all. The stickers were gone after not even 5mins. Even though I really don't understand why they slap so many on there.. One thing I don't understand: the BIOS almost has no options, and I have no idea were to find updates for that?

[@mmott81]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Can I ask your experience so far with the cooling? How loud can the fan get?

[@northof-62]

Interesting brand. Two issues with their website/products 1. They don't list screen resolutions for their models AFAI can see. 2. Norwegian keyboard is not available, (understandable - we're a tiny market and Danish is pretty close) (I would have purchased the 14in version if it has more than 1080p vertical res. My Linux resistant Asus 14in has 2880x1800px res.) Maybe next time. I guess by then, the Linux kernel has caught up with my firmware issues and I can switch, yeah!

[@northof-62]

Update 22. Oct 2022 I found a patched kernel that works on Ubuntu. My Asus Vivobook now runs Kubuntu 22.10 exclusively. Thanks to Amit Singh Dalal. Good times! (I scale my screen/desktop to 1.25x - works really well)

[@avalagum7957]

Does anybody know why non-Apple laptops don't have a big track pad like Apple ones? Does a big track pad help in anything?

[@treyquattro]

and here was me, certain it was going to be a M1 (or M2) MacBook running Asahi Linux, a la Linus!

[@treyquattro]

that's Linus Torvalds, not that Linus Tech Tips imposter!

[@ped7g]

Buying laptop directly supporting linux is future investment. If every linux user would buy M1/M2 from Apple, it would look like nobody needs linux compatible HW, and counting on reverse engineering them by some enthusiasts is crazy (although they do amazing job with asahi linux, all respect to their results). Neglecting this aspect when selecting new HW and just buying new macos/windows machine because of "good HW" will cause you more harm in the long run, as it's very easy to not support linux then, and lot of new HW is again closed source (see new issues with MIPI IPU6 webcams or new windows laptops with Pluton security chip not booting linux at all by default).

[@treyquattro]

@@ped7g complain to Linus Torvalds. Good luck.

[@Barzi2001]

How does it go with DaVinci Resolve?

[@seitbekir]

Also, OnlyOffice is very hard to configure on VPN or integrate with ownCloud/nextCloud

[@mrcvry]

Price is now much closer to Tuxedo.

[@ahmet05ac]

5:06 i was unprepared for this 😆😆😆

[@MattPayne1]

Is slimbook's site really asking for a taxid? I am not giving them that!

[@JauStudioFR]

If you really need to move... I guess it can be interesting. If you want to do heavy work, buy a desktop powerful machine. Why bothering with a crappy "mobile" graphics proprietary card ? Use a Steam Deck to play on the move !

[@GarrisIiari]

Interesting point. I never thought about the Steam Deck's impact on gaming laptops. So many gamers have said with their Steam library mostly on the Deck, they're barely using their laptops or even their desktops anymore. It's changed how they game...

[@JauStudioFR]

@@GarrisIiari And it's probably for the best. Laptops are terrible for gaming in many ways. You can have a good big machine at home to work / play with a good screen and good performances and then use a real mobile gaming device to play on the go. The overall cost should be the same (laptops cost is insane for lower performance) for a muuuuch better experience.

[@czfxw]

"that I should have bought" - did that also hold for the Executive 14 vs tuxedo's latest infinitybook pro 14?

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I never bought any of these, so, no!

[@czfxw]

Too bad - given that they have the same basis, I'd have loved a direct comparison :)

[@mr.markers5965]

This would have been the laptop I'd have purchased if only it was also convertible with stylus. I ended up getting an Asus ROG Flow x13, so now begins the effort of making it work well with Linux. So far I haven't found any Linux laptops with both a dedicated GPU and convertible form factor + stylus.

[@TheLinuxEXP]

I wish we got more convertible laptops running Linux out of the box!

[@Beryesa.]

Tbh, I wouldn't care the GNU/Linux sticker being there :D

[@lepidotos]

You should review the Powerboard Tyche laptop when it releases.

[@tonigon5767]

You have to watch to the end because Nick is watching you.... 😁😁😁😁

[@brads2041]

Stop rattling your eyes! You get a prize if you know where that comes from. Prompted by "I can hear you rolling your eyes"

[@Legion-495]

They always lose me at the Nvidia GPU xD

[@CasanovaUnlimited]

What's your opinion on Slimbook pulling an 🍎and integrating the power button into the keyboard?

[@TheLinuxEXP]

It doesn't matter in the slightest, I think

[@PearComputingDevices]

This does look nice though...

[@Jain6328]

One major thing that's missing from your reviews are thermals. - Fan noise doesn't make sense without knowing thermals. Fans can be very quite but CPU may hit 80 degrees when you're browsing. Some may be comfortable with loud fans & lower temps, others might disagree. - Specs also don't make sense without knowing thermals. You can have a 12700h which throttles to 10300 level after 15 minutes of load. Please try to include sustained performance/stress test/temps 🙏🏻.

[@ParinyaTeerakasemsuk]

I want to skip Intel and NVIDIA as much as possible. Even if the hardware is usable since it comes from Linux first brand, but NVIDIA will definitely have some issue on Wayland. And Intel iGPU is noting to write home about compared to AMD APU.

[@erwinfeser]

The web camera is terrible, the microphone is terrible too. I bought the 14 inches version. It is impossible to make a video call with it

[@fly1ngsh33p7]

Is the RAID option a hardware RAID? or are the 60€ just for the setup? I get that Ubuntu (I only checked that one) doesn't really offer a (gui) install with RAID, but I'll most likely install my favorite distro from scratch (no, not LFS, but a fresh install) so I'd have to initiate the RAID by myself anyway. Upon looking at the install options I noticed that you can choose RAID and "no OS", which doesn't really make sense to me (as in: it has to be a hardware RAID then, otherwise this isn't possible (or viable, as you can easily erase all partitions and just use the whole disk)).

[@dexterman6361]

question: Does hybrid switching work? Like it does on windows? It's quite competitive to the Asus Zephyrus G15, not bad! Might be my next laptop! I have a few more questions though, where can I ask em?