I’m looking at getting myself a new laptop to replace my Dell Inspiron. I’ll be using it for some on the go video editing.
I watch TheLinuxExperiment and he seems happy enough with Tuxedo Laptops. I was looking at the TUXEDO Stellaris 16 - Gen5 - AMD but I’m open to other recommendations.
I think they are great. Yes, they are a little expensive, but I am really happy with mine, and I’ve heard only good things about the Stellaris from a friend who owns one.
Have you compared them to Framework? That’s what I would probably go for 8f I’d need to buy a laptop
I haven’t looked at them recently, definitely need to give them another look.
I like the company and their commitment, but I would still not recommend them (I have two Tuxedo laptops myself and see others from my colleagues): all I saw were loud. Most cannot run completely without fan active, none were able to keep the fan quiet if you put even a little bit load on it. If you put REAL load on it you go deaf.
I would really like them to be perfect, but all I’ve seen disappointed me, unfortunately. And I am not sure I would take that gamble again when I replace my current one.
Looks good to me. Great specs and the price seems fine for what you’re getting too. If there’s no common issues people are having, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this Laptop.
Buy a thinkpad. You can customize them on Lenovos website and save money by removing the operating system etc.
They used to be good. Are they still worth it?
I love my T16 gen1. The P16 is more upgradable but also much more expensive. But basically yeah, you just have to pick the right model and specs.
what’s replaceable on them?
Most parts are replaceable, but I think at most only RAM and SSD are upgradable on the newer models. It’s truly disgusting that that’s become a feature and not the bare minimum.
On the T16 I have one soldered RAM slot and one replaceable. Of course the SSD can be upgraded too.
The P16 (not the P16s which is just a T16) has four upgradable RAM slots and two slots for SSD.
So that’s not crazy amounts of upgradability but it’s something.
I actually got a Legion Pro 5 instead because it’s a lot cheaper but still has 2 upgradable RAM slots and two SSD slots. My only complaint is that the keyboard is less stable than on a thinkpad and it looks like a gaming laptop.
Someday I’ll get a P16 though… or else one of those Eurocom laptops, if only they had 16:10 screens and nice keyboards.
They’re still some of the best machines out there. Every other machine has gotten shittier at an even more rapid pace.
They are okay, not nearly as robust as before.
That’s what I did.
On their site you can order a fully customized machine and they’ll even install Linux for you.
I ordered a full AMD laptop with a lot more RAM by saving the Windows tax.
They are solid machines. I just got a Thinkpad P1 Gen 6 from work (1,8kg with a friggin 880 gram 230 Watt power supply that I will not have to carry around, fortunately) and it is great.
I’ve got a Pulse 15 for a few years now and I’m very happy with it. The keyboard is not the best, but I can live with that.
The Pulse is based on some Clevo machine, you might want to look at what the Stellaris is based on to find more reviews.
I bought a Polaris 15 last year and have no problems with it. The combination of the iGPU from AMD and the dGPU works out of the box and the I/O is fast enough for me.
Btw. I use arch on it as daily driver.
I have an older one and I love it. Never has given me issues, is fast, with lots of RAM, and it was cheap back them. Probably now it’s more expensive, but it’s difficult to find AMD laptops and they are the only linux laptop vendors with AMD (that I found).
Definitely would recommend over shit like Dell or other linux laptop vendors that only have NVIDIA.
I have one, the fan is active a bit too often and my battery became slightly bloated after 2 years of ownership. I did have it plugged in and didn’t use the plugged in battery mode, because I didn’t know about it, so maybe that was the issue. They did send me a new battery free of charge and I replaced it, so that was a good customer support experience. I general, I would recommend them.
Keep in mind TheLinuxExperiment is sponsored by Tuxedo, so don’t take his opinion too seriously.
You can never know and it’s better to be careful, but he’s really careful with his sponsors from what I know.
He talks a lot about his sponsor selection in his Patreoncast and he seems picky about it. But again, it could just be marketing lies.
Still, I’d want to be able to trust his choices😅
That’s why I thought I’d ask here as well.
My father has one since 6 months, nothing bad to say. The built quality was good, specs for the price also decent, especially for a small seller.
My last few laptops have been Tuxedo. Can heartily recommend. The tux key instead of the windows logo is a very nice touch. The first ones were 13", and their tiny fans could be rather loud during normal operation, but now I have a 15" and it’s a dream.
I’m currently sitting with an Aura 15 Gen 2, and I’m definitely happy with it.
I do wish they’d get their firmware onto LVFS, but that’s about my main complaint.it looks pretty thick (2.6cm)
Thinkpad gang
edit: NVM on-the-go video editing
