German Linux hardware maker Tuxedo Computers has announced the InfinityBook Max 15, a 15.3-inch aluminium ultrabook that bridges professional and gaming performance. Despite weighing just 1.95 kg, it packs AMD's Ryzen AI 300 processors up to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (12C/24T) paired with GeForce RTX 50...
I’ve just checked the notebook, it has awesome specs! I mean, it’s very expensive. But it’s impressive. From ethical and “software” things like Coreboot to really up-to-date hardware and good display quality. Nice! Something to keep in mind for the future.
The hardware is lovely! I think they sort of position themselves as the ‘macbook pro’’ of Linux. They design their own stuff, rather than using off-the-shelf models from Clevo or whoever, which I think most of the other options do, like Tuxedo, Slimbook, PCS etc. They’re very good with customer support too. Also very repairable and they still stock parts for their older models, so I’m confident I can get my money’s worth out it in the long run :)
They seem to have a Lemmy community, too: https://lemmy.ml/c/starlabs_computers@szmer.info (a bit empty, but well, doesn’t hurt to add then)
Lovely. Thanks for sharing!
(PCS notebooks are indeed Clevo. Just assembled, warranty’ed and supported locally.)
UPDATE: nevermind, found it here: https://starlabs.systems/pages/why-choose-us
By the way, I don’t intend to buy it right away - more like marvel the notebook for a while. But, with regards to disabling Intel’s ME - do you see any claims to that on the website? I haven’t found anything while briefly skimming through the page, both the main one and the “Tech Specs” tab. I could be wrong, but how I currently understand it, there’s the functioning of the CPU itself, and there’s the motherboard (e.g. BIOS). How I thought it works, is that Coreboot targets the motherboard, whereas techniques for disabling Intel ME are for the CPU. Do you know?Yeah, you can toggle IME on/off in Coreboot. It was off when I got the laptop.