KDE Slimbook VI announced with an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

By Liam Dawe - 9 September 2024 at 11:40 am UTC

Slimbook have announced their latest KDE Slimbook VI, with it being shown off during the KDE Akademy 2024 event taking place in Würzburg, Germany.

This is very similar to the previously announced Excalibur that I covered before just with the added KDE branding. Although, they did refresh that model since then with the newer AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (originally it had the 7840HS). Plus, buying this specific model helps directly support KDE e.V., a registered non-profit organization that represents the KDE Project in legal and financial matters.

Main Specifications:

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8 cores 16 threads TSMC 4nm FinFET 3.8 GHz base clock 5.1 GHz max boost clock
Graphics	AMD Radeon 780M RDNA 3 12 GPU cores 2700 MHz frequency
Display	16” IPS WQXGA 2560x1600 (16:10) sRGB 100% 120 Hz frequency 1064.3M(8bit+2FRC) color depth 403 nits max brightness
Storage	2 SSD m.2 PCIe 4.0 NVME slots 250GB NVMe on the base model Up to 8 TB SSD storage
Memory	Non-soldered memory Up to 96 GB RAM (8, 16, 32, 64 available) 16GB on the base model 5600 MHz RAM 2 sockets, dual channel from 16 GB
Battery	80-watt‑hour battery Up to 12 hours battery
Connectivity	2 USB-A 3.2 Gen1 [5Gbps] 1 USB-A 3.2 Gen2 [10Gbps] 2 USB-C 3.2 Gen2 [10Ggbps] with DisplayPort 1.4 + PowerDelivery 100W Up to 3 external monitors, 1x HDMI + 2x USB-C over DisplayPort HDMI Wifi 6 RTL8852BE-CG AC/AX Bluetooth 5.2
Others	Full-size backlit keyboard with numeric keypad Webcam HD 720P 1.0M with physical switch 2 microphones 4 speakers 4Ω 2W Multi-touch touchpad Full aluminum chassis USB-C charging with smart battery system
Size and Weight	356.6 * 248.5 * 20.3 mm 14.03 x 9.78 x 0.79 in 1.85 kg 4.1 lbs

Pricing starts at €1,099. It's currently discounted by €100 with it expected to arrive at the end of October.

See more on the KDE Slimbook website.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Hardware, KDE, Misc, New Release

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Fester_Mudd Sep 9

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Apparently the laptop couldn't even be found from their store earlier by searching it. Seems to be fixed now. There was also some confusion about the actual name of the laptop too but now that has been corrected additionally.

https://discuss.kde.org/t/confused-about-new-slimbook-different-model-names-for-same-slimbook-vi-is-same-as-16-vi-is-not-16-but-6-in-roman/21028/5

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Spyker Sep 9

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That's a nice piece of hardware at a reasonable price. I wish they would announce a new laptop based on the new Ryzen AI platform though (with Zen5 and RDNA3.5 based 880M).

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Purple Library Guy Sep 9

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AMD graphics. Hey look, System76, it can be done!

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