Full Review: The new InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux Notebook from Tuxedo Computers

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Tuxedo sent over their InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux notebook to the studio for me to review, and in this video, I'll give you my thoughts. And it very well might have the best screen from any notebook I've ever reviewed. Check it out!
Note: I can't believe I forgot to mention battery life in the review. I was getting 10+ hours on my end. I probably would've gotten more if I were to lower the brightness.
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@chankya80 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for good informative review ! appreciate it .

@taryelhlontsi2548 3 жыл бұрын

I actually received one last Friday. manufacturing with shipping took about 2 weeks (in Europe). well I can say that screen is absolutely awesome!!! and aspect ratio! battery doesn't last that long as they claimed but taking into account the size of the device I did not expect it to be true. Gestures work fine with Gnome, and scaling by default is set to 200% with is actually quite comfortable on such device. Anyway thanks Jay for the review. Love your channel!

@billythekido1414 3 жыл бұрын

So how long does the battery last? it seems to me that this is the only problem with this laptop

@taryelhlontsi2548 3 жыл бұрын

@@billythekido1414 well it totally depends on how the laptop is used. They installed Tuxedo Control Center where it is possible to set a custom profile, so for example when CPU range is set to 0.4 - 2.1 GHz, bluetooth is off, screen is set to 25% (still bright enough) it lasts for about 4 hours watching KZfaq + internet surfing, or about 5 hours of coding. Also it consumes 7-8% of battery in suspended mode overnight. I personally enabled hibernation on lid closed, but for that I had to resize swap partition from 8Gb (default) to 38Gb (as recommended for 32Gb of RAM). Anyway if something goes wrong they also ship so called WebFAI which can be used to completely reset the laptop to the initial state including partitions

@nicolidz 2 жыл бұрын

Hey can I get your email or something, I'm really curious about the 200% scale on gnome, does it fit well ? I would love a video or something showing it ! And how about the fans ?

@taryelhlontsi2548 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolidz This is the most silent laptop I ever had and actually this was one of the main characteristics I was looking for (hate noise). Also it is cold (a bit hot only when charging). To be fair I created a custom profile in their Tuxedo center app where I specified max 1.8 GHz for the cores. Gnome scaling looks great, I enabled auto-hiding on the bar to save some additional space. I bought it with 3K display so 100% was not very comfortable to my eyes anyway but 200% very much is

@nicolidz 2 жыл бұрын

@@taryelhlontsi2548 Oh that's really nice, I will buy it I think. So does 200% scale looks like 1080p with 100% scale (in terms of scaling)?

@aminkarimibehbahani9453 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing review. I'm wondering which one is goingt to be your selection Infinity plus (AMD) or this Pro model? keyboard, performance, etc...

@ricardokullock2535 3 жыл бұрын

If you're typing and you snap your fingers, does something horrible happens? :D You make very nice reviews!

@cmdr.glenel9274 3 жыл бұрын

@jay Where you got that T-shirt?, I love it. BTW, nice review, thank you.

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't remember, I've had it for a very long time. I'm pretty sure it was Amazon.

@davidklsn 3 жыл бұрын

I really want this computer

@joeru8699 3 жыл бұрын

@Jay | Thanks, Jay. Great review as always! Tuxedo just released the "TUXEDO Stellaris 15" with up to Ryzen 9 5900HX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080... maybe you can make a review on this beast too ;-) I'm thinking about, to buy one! thanks in advance

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly certain that one will be in the studio soon! I might have a review of that on my channel in a week or two.

@joeru8699 3 жыл бұрын

@@LearnLinuxTV sounds good ;-) can't wait for it :-) thaks in advance!

@joeru8699 2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnLinuxTV Hey Jay, any updates on a test or the TUXEDO Stellaris 15? :-)

@thomaswenzl5481 2 жыл бұрын

FYI - that notebook is now also available with an ANSI keyboard and an i5 11300 or i7 11370. Additionally you can get an nVidia 3050 Ti. So quite some upgrades since this review.

@carpii Жыл бұрын

The gen7 Infinitybook 14 is back to being a single CPU offering.. The i7-12700H

@ABOhiccups 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make a tutorial video How to setup LUKS with TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0?

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly, but I don't have room in my queue (yet) but hopefully that will be added.

@HandsomeLuigi 2 жыл бұрын

It's now available with an ansi keyboard!

@rafaelagd0 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, I would love to see a comparison of the battery life and benchmarks against the M1. Do you plan to review any computers from slimbook? My next laptop will be either from them or tuxedo.

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

If a Slimbook is sent to me, I'd love to review one. They haven't reached out to me about that yet. I wouldn't be mad if anyone suggests my channel to them (if I don't get around to it soon).

@Trenotrenotreno12398 3 жыл бұрын

Battery is the only disappointing thing in this laptop. I get about 4-5 hours of light use. Powertop in idle reports about 6W, the battery is 53Wh My unit coms with 32GB RAM if it matters

@Robertass2000 2 жыл бұрын

6w is a lot. U may try use tlp.

@pavlospilakoutas 3 жыл бұрын

Looks pretty good and solid, but i personally prefer the charging port to be at the back. Great review 👍

@Hammid 3 жыл бұрын

Charging port on the back? The 90s are long gone, man. Or maybe you prefer added thickness besides the space needed for hinges?

@pavlospilakoutas 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hammid 90s? Has it been so long since my last laptop? Better change it then. Make sure to share your design ideas to lenovo, especially for the legion series. Guess they have it wrong

@maxsievers8251 3 жыл бұрын

The most important question wasn't addressed. Is the IME disabled?

@Trenotrenotreno12398 3 жыл бұрын

I have the device. INTEL ME can be disabled in BIOS.

@mathiasthibault5084 2 жыл бұрын

@@Trenotrenotreno12398 Thanks Sir !

@guilherme5094 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they choose Plasma.

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's great, and I bet a lot of people will be pleased by that decision.

@nocopyrightgameplaystockvi231 3 жыл бұрын

It runs Linux out of the box? It's my Computer! Does it support a clean install to Lubuntu Distribution by removing the base OS?

@Kekimus 3 жыл бұрын

You can order it without an OS

@nocopyrightgameplaystockvi231 3 жыл бұрын

@@Kekimus Ohh! That's great! I am more acquainted with the Lubuntu Distro far more than any other distro!

@bigT49A 3 жыл бұрын

You can run any distro on it IMHO. Have tried a lot (OpenSuse Tumbleweed, OpenSuse Leaf, Manjaro KDE & Gnome, elementary OS 6 beta 2) and did come back to my favourite Pop!_OS (21.04 at the moment)

@dougtilaran3496 3 жыл бұрын

I like my Thunk Book-box

@AmanDeep-lb8tb 2 жыл бұрын

Where we buy this laptop in India

@BobDoe_69 3 жыл бұрын

invisible bizzles!

@jj-icejoe6642 3 жыл бұрын

Link ?

@sergiogalvan9404 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I didn't buy this laptop for myself, but my company paid for it. The only good is the screen, battery life is terrible with the 3K display. The keyboard is okay. For a laptop of 1600 EUR doesn't feel premium, to be honest. I wouldn't recommend it, if you can afford an X1 Carbon 9th, go for it.

@TheodorosOrfanidis 3 жыл бұрын

How long does your battery last? Which distro?

@sergiogalvan9404 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheodorosOrfanidis ubuntu + i3, the number of times it died without even expecting it.... I'd say avg between 2-3h if you have some workloads. The other thing worth mentioning, if you accidentally press the power button, it goes down.

@billythekido1414 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergiogalvan9404 3hrs is very low. They say 12hrs but jay responded below to be 10hrs.

@sergiogalvan9404 3 жыл бұрын

@@billythekido1414 I guess it depends on what you have running... with several docker containers, KVM, and brightness +40% I doubt it. I'm not sure what tests people run to aim 10h unless you let the laptop drain completely...doing absolutely nothing.

@erickleefeld4883 3 жыл бұрын

With USB-C power delivery as a new standard, companies shouldn’t even ship laptops with separate barrel connector AC adapters anymore.

@rafaelagd0 3 жыл бұрын

This is useful if you don't have a docking station or a good enough dongle and have something else already plugged to your usb-c. The product should work out of the box, don't you think? If it was as phones that any charger does the job I would agree, but we are not there yet, unfortunately.

@bigT49A 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, seems a bit anachronistic, but you need to have a quite "beefy" USB-C charger for most modern laptops of 60W+ otherwise your battery will take a long time to be charged... I travel with a 61W Apple USB-C charger with this notebook which is okay-ish...

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

I'm actually not sure why they haven't stopped making barrel connectors anymore. I agree, that's a bit odd.

@erickleefeld4883 3 жыл бұрын

@@bigT49A Sure, so a manufacturer would include the appropriate USB-C charger in the box! I’m not talking about no longer including an AC adapter with a new computer. I’m talking about discontinuing the entire barrel connector system, with its different sizes and problems with interoperability. USB-C has solved all those problems, with the wattage level the only technical detail you need to care about anymore across systems. (Just don’t try to cheap out - only go for reputable brands.)

@dktol56 3 жыл бұрын

@@LearnLinuxTV Currently, the USB power delivery standard maxes out at 100W over a USB-C connector, which is not enough for gaming laptops with a power-hungry discrete GPU (often mobile Nvidia). The barrel connector has been the only option for these systems. That said, I believe they have an updated PD standard and USB-C connector that can now handle up to 240W, which should be enough for most gaming laptops. That may finally spell the end of the barrel connector, but maybe not. It's kind of a tried and tested technology and may linger in budget systems for a while longer - much like micro USB is still used on some low end phones.

@bluekeybo 3 жыл бұрын

What about battery life?

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

10 hours, but I never lowered the screen brightness and I disabled auto-dimming.

@chenglalonde5154 3 жыл бұрын

premium hardware with linux?

@LearnLinuxTV 3 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@RoadRunner1980 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately... when Linux laptops are finally getting a more friendly pricetag I might consider one. Until then I keep buying actual affordable Windows laptops (500 - 700 euros) and stick a Linux distro on it. I'm sick of all these manufacturers popping out of the ground with their premium offers. Like Linux is premium thing for people with money to spend. Why not offer hardware in all price ranges? But no... Linux hardware HAS TO be premium and expensive. / end of rant.

@mathiasthibault5084 2 жыл бұрын

@@RoadRunner1980 Smaller companies can't compete yet. They have no scale vs Lenovo etc

@janingvar 2 жыл бұрын

No one mentions how awfully hot the laptop gets by simply recharging it. So annoying… Sending it back tomorrow.

@NorthWolfe 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but that price... no, just No. And only mediocre intel cpus? I don't like cheap things, I collect cars and Porsches, but for a generic-looking 14" laptop to demand that price (the "good" version price, that is) it needs to be something special. Not only do I not see anything special, but some things (like the charging) have been badly implemented, and others look like they are still a work in progress. And then the OS? The "Linux" Windows? Seriously? And yeah, I'm free to use a "proper" distro, however, stuff may stop working... WTF? I'm sorry if you think I'm being harsh, but 2,300+ Euros for mediocre to very bad (the GPU) hardware is just unacceptable. This week I bought a brand new Legion 5 with a Ryzen 5 5600H and an Nvidia 3060 + 16Gb of RAM for 875 Euros (sure it was a promotion, but still). It's just a fabulous machine, with great hardware (and no, I do not game, but gaming laptops seem to be the best for what I do, heavy graphics, 3D, CAD, and so on). This Bandido is nothing short of a scam, at least that's my opinion, Cheers.

@schmidt22222 Жыл бұрын

In 2022 I bought a new notebook from tuxedo with tuxedo-Os for 1500 euro. I use Ubuntu since 2016 on desktop. This notebook is very complicated and they have a very bad support. They promote, that ubuntu is running on it. This is not true. I had a lot of problems with this notebook. No VPN running. I would not buy it any more. 2022 habe ich ein neues Notebook von Tuxedo mit Tuxedo OS für 1500 Euro gekauft. Ich nutze Ubuntu am desktop seit 2016. Mit diesem Gerät hatte ich sehr viele Probleme. Die Unterstützung der Firma ist sehr schlecht. Es wird behauptet, dass auch Ubuntu 22 darauf läuft. Stimmt leider nicht. Es läuft kein VPN darauf. Ich würde es nicht wieder kaufen.