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Tuxedo is a well known and respected linux laptop vendor and nearly everyone I've talked to loves their device. One guy I talked to did say they've had issues with build quality and bad webcam however. Mostly though people I've known are very happy with the product especially with tuxedo os. I've asked about build quality with positive responce from everyone else. I hear the webcams still pretty trash though from everyone. Behind system76 I'd argue them to be the most well known. It'll likely be what I pick up next too, but my current hp laptop is still more than reasonable 5 years on.

As for price especially with that screen I'd say it's pretty reasonable.

If you're still not convinced, I've also heard good things about slimbook and personally like their style a bit better

I am on my 4th personal TUXEDO laptop, never had any issues. I actually started giving them to the devs at my company, no complaints so far.

They don't offer my choice of OS, and I wouldn't use a preinstalled OS anyway, so I can't comment on that.

Got one. Works great. Whether it’s worth the money is yours to decide. Forget their distro (Tuxedo OS or whatever they call it), it works fine with vanilla Ubuntu and probably any other distro of your choice. Just download the ISO from the usual site and install from scratch.

I have a tuxedo machine. Their support is great. The "pre installed os is bad" people have no idea what they are talking about. TuxedoOS is a Kubuntu slightly modified to include their branding (wallpapers, etc) and a couple of drivers, plus their tuxedo-center app (which you can remove if you want).

Nothing will stop you from installing any other os and if you want to come back to the original OS, you can use their WebFAI and reinstall the way they did it at the factory (or pick another os from the list).

Their hardware is fine, I have a system76 machine as well and they are comparable in every aspect, considering all of them use "generic" hardware.

I'd personally go for it if it works for you.

Good luck!

Looks a bit overkill but sounds like a great laptop.

I think it might be worth your time looking into the Frameworks laptops. To get a good cpu and the same io as you'd get here would cost you ~1200$ iirc, but the refresh rate would be lower. But if you do decide to buy this I wouldn't recommend getting linux preinstalled.

Edit: Just checked and that would be with a very low end cpu, so nvm. Getting one with a intel chip with comparable performance would set you back 2600$.

I've found tuxedo to be quite expensive compared to their competition, namely Slimbook. Definitely look at their website, you will likely find the same computer over there as well since they are not custom designed laptops

Sorry for a probably stupid question but can't you get something with a dedicated GPU for the same price? The CPU will be worse but the machine will be more balanced for all kinds of tasks. Not for programming though.

Haven't looked recently but have a look at Laptops with Linux.

This, with reading the full name of the model each and every time, reads like a corporate ad

Have a tuxedo machine with TuxedoOS at work. I needed an NVIDIA card for cuda so I had a few kinks to iron out (NVIDIA I stg...) but the tuxedo customer support was here with me through it all, treated me with respect at all times and forwarded all issues to NVIDIA immediately, and they got fixed soon after. Solid team, sleek machines, nice distro.

Damn, is that a new model :D? Last time i looked there was no lightweight, amd, 15 Inches, big battery laptop

Edit: Im looking for a replacement of another 15 Inch Laptop from them. The display has an issue after it soaked full with coffee in a backpack. (Really not Tuxedo's fault). I would prefer a framework, due to the easeness of repairs(display in my case), but they are too expensive for me and they dont have a Tux-Key on the keyboard, so i will probably buy that new Tuxedomodel :)