Pretty decent specs if you're OK w/ 32GB of (fast) soldered memory and don't need an ANSI keyboard (there is an EN-US ISO option).<p>It's interesting to compare to the their Intel Infinity Book Pro Gen8 offering - that has a DDR5 SODIMMs, 99Wh battery, and is actually slightly lighter than the Pulse (also a brighter 400nit vs 300nit display), although you give up 1 M.2 SSD slot, it's 40% more expensive, and even with the much larger capacity runtime and performance is about the same or worse, since Intel.<p>Another good option for current-gen (7040) Ryzen ultra-portable Linux laptops is the Framework 13. A little pricier, 1 x M.2, but you get 2 x DDR5 SODIMMs, a 400nit+ display, and Framework has made good on their upgrade promises (this is their 4th drop-in replacement motherboard that runs in the same chassis and it seems like they're going to keep going). It has a very active Linux user community on their forums as well.
> With the TUXEDO Control Center you are able to control the performance and the behavior of the fans by yourself.<p>I remember seeing this project years ago when I tried to reverse engineer my own laptop's fan control functions.<p><a href="https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center">https://github.com/tuxedocomputers/tuxedo-control-center</a><p>I actually tried to make it work on my laptop back then. Didn't succeed unfortunately.<p>I'd really enjoy reading about how they figured out the power management and fan control stuff. I couldn't figure it out. Did they have to reverse engineer? As a manufacturer, do they have access to documentation? I emailed Clevo asking for documentation and they didn't send me anything helpful.
I was a bit surprised when I read "4x USB, HDMI and 2x Mini DisplayPort". It looks like it doesn't have 2 actual Mini DisplayPorts, but instead the 2 USB-C ports support DisplayPort 1.4.<p>It's been a while since I was tempted to buy a laptop (granted I don't really look), but this configuration and price seems pretty great.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort</a>
I own one of the previous generations of this laptop and I want to say that the batteries are a bit of a sham (hopefully they're better in this new one). I've had to change them once a year, because they drop from 100% health to 60% in less than 12 months. Each replacement was around 80-90EUR.
This looks like a great deal and makes me regret my recent laptop purchase :/ Bit of a bummer because I rarely use and upgrade them.<p>At least now I know where to look for the next one, especially in Germany where it's annoyingly difficult to get a US QWERTY kb.
Not bad. But I wonder why they went for 7840HS, instead of the lower TDP 7840u.<p>Spec wise this one is quite close to lenovo t14s/p14s gen 4, which can also be configured with a similar screen (there is also the yoga slim 7 gen 8, but it has a glossy screen).
IPS panel & only 100% sRGB? Linux laptops keeping the trend of mediocre displays.<p>And to boot: no USB4, & unergonomic ISO key layout instead of an ANSI option
Amazing. I own the Gen2 and am very happy with it. Good to see that now you don't need the stupid dock any more in order to run multiple screens, but you can do it via the 2x USB-C and the HDMI with the new model.<p>I can only recommend this laptop.
Strange, for a company, advertising to the Linux community, to offer only Laptops with Nvidia dGPUs, where you actually have to taint your kernel/userspace with proprietary software in order to use it.
Shame that an extra 30 EUR must be paid for French users to use the non-legacy AZERTY+ (NF Z71-300) keyboard layout. I believe the only one proposed is the old AZERTY layout.