The opposite factor I observed is the European-style keyboard. Tuxedo despatched me a German keyboard, which is ok, I contact kind anyway, so as soon as I set the format to US within the settings, the keyboard was largely wonderful. Apart from the Enter key. Most US keyboards use what’s generally known as an ANSI design, which incorporates a lengthy skinny Enter key. Tuxedo makes use of an ISO-format keyboard, which has a taller Enter key with one other key to the left of it. That is useful for European customers as a result of it gives one other accent key, nevertheless it’s undoubtedly one thing that can journey you up for a bit in the event you’re used to US keyboards. I acquired round this by remapping the additional accent key to Enter (utilizing Input Remapper), in order that even when I mistyped, I acquired the consequence I meant.
In any other case the keyboard was fairly good. The keys are on the tall facet for a chiclet-style keyboard and have a satisfying quantity of journey. I used to be capable of kind simply as quick as I do on my Thinkpad T14.
Tuxedo additionally presents a wealth of keyboard customization options. You may put just about something you need on the keyboard, together with nothing. You can too have your customized brand etched within the lid.
The InfinityBook Professional is constructed round an Intel Core i7-13700H. The mannequin I examined had built-in graphics, however there may be an choice to configure your InfinityBook Professional with a high-end Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card. I by no means felt the necessity for it, however in the event you plan to do something greater than gentle gaming, that’s most likely the way in which to go. (The display screen refresh tops out at 90 Hz, which is ok for gaming however not fairly as quick as some shows.) I did a superb little bit of video modifying on this machine, and whereas that did get the fan spinning, it was loads quick for my wants.
Talking of followers, the InfinityBook Professional 14 is provided with a dual-fan cooling system, which is double what you’ll get in most skinny laptops of this design. It really works properly, too. At the same time as I exported massive 5.2K video footage right down to 4K, the laptop computer by no means acquired too sizzling to have in my lap.
As with most Linux laptops, battery life is sweet, however cannot match new MacBooks. Doing our ordinary battery drain take a look at (looping a Full HD video at 75 p.c brightness), the InfinityBook Professional managed 6.5 hours. I have never felt constrained by battery life within the months I’ve examined the InfinityBook Professional. I favored the brightness at about 40 p.c for internet searching and doc, in order that’s usually the place I left it until I used to be modifying images or video. Common use, at 40 p.c brightness, usually acquired me between 9 and ten hours. A full day’s work and a few change. This may be additional improved and tweaked utilizing Tuxedo’s wonderful Management Heart app (extra on that under).
{Photograph}: Scott Gilbertson
{Photograph}: Scott Gilbertson
The InfinityBook presents extra ports than you would possibly suppose. There’s a Thunderbolt 4/USB-C port that may cost as properly, a USB-C 3.2 Gen2 port, two USB-A ports, a full-size SD card reader, HDMI port, headphone/mic port, and a separate energy plug. The latter is the quickest solution to cost up, although you should use a regular USB-C twine to cost. You will need need a 100-watt charger, although. My 60-watt charger labored, however underneath heavy load—exporting video for instance—the laptop computer drained energy sooner than it might cost. Tuxedo’s web site has an entire web page dedicated to the best settings to charge from USB-C.
The trackpad on the InfinityBook Professional is massive and responsive. It did sometimes decide up my palms as contact occasions whereas I used to be typing, however I choose to show off tapping anyway.
It Runs Tuxedo OS, or Different Linux Distros
Tuxedo by way of Scott Gilbertson
Like System76, Tuxedo laptops ship with a custom-made OS primarily based on Ubuntu Linux, although they’ll run nearly any Linux distribution. (I examined Fedora to see if it labored and Arch as a result of that’s what I exploit more often than not.) Tuxedo OS, which is constructed across the KDE desktop, gives a superb, beginner-friendly Linux expertise.
