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TUXEDO Unveils InfinityBook Max 15: A Linux Laptop with Ryzen AI 9 (linuxiac.com)

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German Linux hardware manufacturer TUXEDO has announced the launch of its new InfinityBook Max 15, a 15.3-inch business ultrabook that blurs the line between professional workstation and gaming laptop.

Despite its thin, all-metal aluminium chassis and weight of just 1.95 kg, the InfinityBook Max 15 delivers serious computing power. It is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series of processors, including the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (12 cores) and Ryzen AI 9 365 (10 cores), as well as the entry-level Ryzen AI 7 350 (8 cores).

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[–] Oinks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hardware development is just extremely difficult. The smallest company that I'm aware of that has their own laptop design is Framework, but their laptops are also about twice as expensive as equivalent models from other brands.

In addition, since basically all modern computer manufacturing has to go through Taiwan due to TSMC's near-monopoly on competitive semiconductors, it makes sense to outsource design to Taiwan too. They already have the industry for it, and there's no reason to have a random American company add their own profit margin to the price for no reason.

[–] entwine@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The smallest company that I’m aware of that has their own laptop design is Framework, but their laptops are also about twice as expensive as equivalent models from other brands.

Idk how big they are compared to Framework, but Starlabs makes their own laptops.

[–] eutampieri@feddit.it 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Cool, thanks! UK based, if anyone was wondering

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Framework, but their laptops are also about twice as expensive as equivalent models from other brands.

Eh, I just ran some comparisons and Framework is only about $100 more than the cheapest equivalent in another brand with the same CPU/Memory. $200 more with Windows.

[–] Oinks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Not sure how you're arriving at that low of a difference unless the US pricing is wildly better than in the EU.

If I follow the most obvious user flow on the Framework website (except for removing components that aren't required) then I end up with a preorder for a Framework 16 with a Ryzen AI 7 350, 8 GB of RAM and no storage for 1,724 €. I can get the same CPU in a Gigabyte Aero X16 with the same CPU and 32GB RAM and storage and an RTX 5060 on top for 1,129 €. If I try to configure the Framework to be actually competitive with that model I end up at 2,384 €. It's not just the Ryzen AI model that's like this either, I did the same comparison with an older Ryzen CPU and it was in the same ballpark.

I'm sure the Framework is nicer in many aspects that don't show up on data sheets like chassis finish and build quality (and of course Linux support) but that's a lot of money.