After showing off the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 back in September, TUXEDO have now revealed a slightly more compact desktop-replacement laptop with the Stellaris 16.
What they said about it: "At first glance, the new TUXEDO Stellaris 16 - Gen6 may not appear exceptionally "compact" with its overall z-height of just over 2.6 cm and weight of 2.5 kg.
However, a second look with having the Linux high-end laptop's specifications in mind makes it clear: this is the fastest hardware on the planet in an enclosure that strikes the golden mean between portable case dimensions and high cooling capacity for either fastest high-end hardware on par with upper-class desktop PCs or quieter fan noise at very high working and gaming performance."
Moving past the marketing speak for a moment, what are you getting? Full Linux support of course, as standard for TUXEDO systems. The base config on offer comes in at €1660 (excluding tax) and that will give you:
- Display: 16'' WQXGA IPS | 16:10 | 240 Hz (2560 x 1600), 100% sRGB, G-SYNC.
- Processor: Intel Core i9-14900HX.
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090)
- RAM: 16GB DDR5-5600.
- Storage: 500GB Samsung 980 SSD.
- Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (802.11ax | 2.4, 5 & 6 GHz | Bluetooth 5.3)
- Power: 99 Wh battery.
- For ports you're getting in total: 3x USB-A 3.2 Gen1, USB-C 3.2 Gen1, 2-in-1 audio jack (headphone & microphone), Card reader (SD/SDHC/SDXC), HDMI 2.1, Gigabit ethernet, DC-in, Thunderbolt 4 / USB-C 4.
So while it is indeed pricey, that's a ridiculous amount of power in a still pretty small case overall. You could do some serious gaming on that.
See more on their website. They said the shipping starts mid-November.
I'm curious to know if there's any TUXEDO computers customers reading GamingOnLinux, be sure to give over your experiences in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
dziadulewicz Oct 14
The base config on offer comes in at €1660once again nothing short of madness. And also with an Nvidia GPU which is a huge pain in Linux (driver update might bring black screen just like that) even today.
No average consumer has this kinds of money now and if some do, and want to try Linux with an out of the box machine then that Nividia might make it a bad experience at some point.
Last edited by Stella on 14 October 2024 at 11:33 am UTC
dziadulewicz Oct 14
What Valve did with Steam Deck cannot be overstated in service to Linux. And the price is just cool. Hell, you can even hook keyboard and mouse via bluettoht to that thing on a trip and work after gaming.
ShadowXeldron Oct 14
Still holding out for cheap Linux laptops someday. All you really need is a Ryzen 3 APU and unsoldered RAM to get a decent laptop.
Kimyrielle Oct 14
I never really understood why people shell out massive amounts of money for a laptop that's heavy enough not really to be a mobile device anymore, when they could get a desktop PC with similar specs for half the price.I generally agree. But, 5 and a half pounds . . . I could sling that in my backpack and not really notice it. So still moderately mobile if you're a backpack person.
wintermute Oct 15
I never really understood why people shell out massive amounts of money for a laptop that's heavy enough not really to be a mobile device anymore, when they could get a desktop PC with similar specs for half the price.
Because the "desks" I want to game at are in multiple cities and it's a lot better than lugging a desktop PC and monitor around (some of the desks are kitchen tables, others are beds).
Kimyrielle Oct 16
I never really understood why people shell out massive amounts of money for a laptop that's heavy enough not really to be a mobile device anymore, when they could get a desktop PC with similar specs for half the price.
Because the "desks" I want to game at are in multiple cities and it's a lot better than lugging a desktop PC and monitor around (some of the desks are kitchen tables, others are beds).
Fair enough, but that's hardly a mainstream lifestyle. But still it seems that desktop PC are not really considered even by people who hardly know how the world looks like outside of their own town.
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