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title: "Tuxedo Book XP14 12th Gen Review"
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date: 2022-04-02
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Fro the last couple of years, my main driver was a Macbook Air 13" from 2013.
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It was my sister's old laptop & I claimed it when she replaced it because it
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became too slow. Naturally, I put Linux on it and, after a few distro hops,
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settled on EndeavourOS. This setup worked well for about 3 years, but it was
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getting rather old. After about a year of using it myself I had to replace the
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battery, and after another two years or so that one became useless as well. It
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was time for a change, so I started searching.
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Thanks to a recommendation from a friend, I found Tuxedo Computers and I just
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couldn't get them out of my head, so eventually I gave in and bought one! As
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the title already revealed, the model's a Tuxedo Book XP14 Gen12.
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My specific version has a 120Hz display, 500GB of a Samsung 980, 2 x 8GB of
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DDR4 RAM, an i5-1135G7 & Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs.
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Now that we've got the nerd stats out of the way, let's talk about the laptop
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itself.
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## The Good
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The build quality is very solid. While the top half containing the display is
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made up of a solid metal casing, the bottom part consists of a sturdy plastic.
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There is some deck flex, but definitely not a level I would consider an issue.
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The trackpad is very responsive & pairs nicely with the smoothness of the
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cursor on the 120Hz display. I personally think the keyboard is quite amazing.
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It's got a satisfying travel time & feels very solid for a membrane keyboard.
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IO is more than enough, with a Kensington lock, SD card reader, gigabit
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Ethernet port, Thunderbolt 4 port, two USB 3 ports, another USB-C port, HDMI &
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two-in-one audio jack.
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Under normal load the fans are completely silent, while at peak they're audible
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but not annoying or overly loud.
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Battery life is quite decent; under light load with dimmed backlight it can go
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for about 6 hours. I do recommend properly configuring some energy profiles in
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the Tuxedo Control Center.
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