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title: "Tuxedo Book XP14 12th Gen Review"
date: 2022-04-02
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Fro the last couple of years, my main driver was a Macbook Air 13" from 2013.
It was my sister's old laptop & I claimed it when she replaced it because it
became too slow. Naturally, I put Linux on it and, after a few distro hops,
settled on EndeavourOS. This setup worked well for about 3 years, but it was
getting rather old. After about a year of using it myself I had to replace the
battery, and after another two years or so that one became useless as well. It
was time for a change, so I started searching.

Thanks to a recommendation from a friend, I found Tuxedo Computers and I just
couldn't get them out of my head, so eventually I gave in and bought one! As
the title already revealed, the model's a Tuxedo Book XP14 Gen12.

My specific version has a 120Hz display, 500GB of a Samsung 980, 2 x 8GB of
DDR4 RAM, an i5-1135G7 & Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs.

Now that we've got the nerd stats out of the way, let's talk about the laptop
itself.

## The Good

The build quality is very solid. While the top half containing the display is
made up of a solid metal casing, the bottom part consists of a sturdy plastic.
There is some deck flex, but definitely not a level I would consider an issue.

The trackpad is very responsive & pairs nicely with the smoothness of the
cursor on the 120Hz display. I personally think the keyboard is quite amazing.
It's got a satisfying travel time & feels very solid for a membrane keyboard.

IO is more than enough, with a Kensington lock, SD card reader, gigabit
Ethernet port, Thunderbolt 4 port, two USB 3 ports, another USB-C port, HDMI &
two-in-one audio jack.

Under normal load the fans are completely silent, while at peak they're audible
but not annoying or overly loud.

Battery life is quite decent; under light load with dimmed backlight it can go
for about 6 hours. I do recommend properly configuring some energy profiles in
the Tuxedo Control Center.
