The Slimbook Executive is here, and it's majestic
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Super-enthusiastic review of Slimbook Executive 14-in laptop, with 14-core, 20-thread Intel i7-12700H processor, Iris Xe 4K graphics, 32GB RAM and one M.2 NVMe 1TB drive, covering laptop delivery process, technical specifications, look and feel, spectacular build and fantastic ergonomics, display and keyboard quality, operating system choice - Kubuntu 22.04 LTS, installation with encrypted LVM, user import and application setup, 3K HD scaling, software configuration and some associated usability niggles, day-to-day usage, performance, responsiveness, temperatures, noise, hardware compatibility, excellent battery life, some cool extras, sweet photos, and more
  • shaked_coffee
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    11 months ago

    THANK YOU A LOT for the review! I was thinking about buying a Slimbook Executive (still undecided between 14” and 16” models) but I am a bit scared because it’s the first Linux laptop I’d buy (previously I was installing Linux myself on major brand hardware) and the amount of well written reviews I found online is not that big as I’m used to with major brands.

    Just a couple of questions, if you have time to answer them:

    1. what do you mean with “it gets gaming laptop hot”? Like that you just feel is warmer while charging or that it becomes uncomfortable to type on it / hold it on your lap? (Laptop getting uncomfortably hot is the main downside of the previous MSI laptop I owned, that’s why I’m worrying about it)
    2. did you ever felt you would have need a discrete GPU? Or did the integrated intel one always carried all the tasks you were doing as expected?