I know this question has been asked many and many times, but a) this kind of things can change with time (bugs may get fixed or appear, new generations can fix hw problems and get new ones, etc.) and b) I didn’t find it on Lemmy yet (but maybe this is just me being bad searching stuff in the fediverse), so here it is once again.

So, I need to buy a new laptop and I’m undecided between those two machines that, from what I’ve seen, are very very similar, but not exactly the same (apart from the chassis, that should be exactly the same, right?)… What are some differences I could use to decide?

And, if you own one of this two, would you recommend it? Why/Why not?

  • WhiteHotaru
    2•4 months ago

    I made this recently because I want to get rid of my work MacBook Air M2 dependence and looked or something comparable.

    Basically, with the Tuxedo you have a little more options regarding the graphics. You can add an RTX 4070 instead of the 4060 and the panel has a 240 Hz refresh rate. If you intend to do some gaming or need more GPU power, this may make a difference. On the other hand, if you need more battery time, a slower refresh rate might be favorable. The Tuxedo one is a little bit dimmer as well (350 nits versus 400 nits).

    Tuxedo control center might be another thing to consider. According to the reviews I looked at, it works really well and Tuxedo offers proper hardware support for their system, having their own people to contribute to the code base and fix things.

    I think the 16" are pretty on par between the two manufacturers. You can find more considerable differences in the 14" models, where Tuxedo offers a dedicated graphics card and Slimbook doesn’t.