TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 is a Linux laptop with desktop power and optional water cooling

In the event you’ve been trying to find a laptop computer that gives hardcore energy with out ditching portability, the brand new Stellaris 16 Gen7 from TUXEDO Computer systems is likely to be your dream machine. This factor is constructed like a tank, runs Linux out of the field, and someway manages to mix high-end desktop efficiency right into a pocket book type issue.

On the heart of all of it is Intel’s Core Extremely 9 275HX processor. It has 24 cores and may hit 5.4GHz, which implies it handles every part from gaming and compiling code to enhancing huge movies with out flinching. Even higher, it makes use of manner much less energy than its predecessor. You possibly can fine-tune the way it behaves utilizing TUXEDO’s personal Management Middle, letting you resolve how loud or quick it ought to run relying on what you’re doing.

You possibly can configure it with an NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti, 5080, or the monster RTX 5090. TUXEDO provides you a variety of energy choices on these GPUs, letting you steadiness fan noise and warmth towards full efficiency. In GPU-heavy duties, they declare you get practically all the ability of a desktop card whereas holding the fan noise at about half of what you’d count on.

Cooling is dealt with by a three-fan system that spans all the width of the laptop computer, pushing scorching air by the again as an alternative of losing it out the perimeters. And should you’re actually severe about efficiency, you possibly can add on the non-compulsory TUXEDO Aquaris liquid cooling dock. That’s proper, this Linux laptop computer will be water cooled.

The Stellaris 16 Gen7 has a beautiful 16-inch display with as much as 1000 nits of brightness and a 2560×1600 decision. The brand new mini LED HDR panel consists of 1000 dimming zones, a matte end, and 300Hz refresh price. It’s brilliant sufficient for out of doors use and colourful sufficient to make your outdated laptop computer look washed out by comparability.

Regardless of all the ability underneath the hood, battery life shockingly isn’t horrible. Due to a 99Wh battery and USB-C charging as much as 140W, you possibly can count on round 8 hours of sunshine use. And with assist for as much as 128GB of DDR5 RAM and two M.2 SSDs (together with one PCIe 5.0), this machine will be configured to be an absolute beast.

This laptop computer consists of loads of ports, together with HDMI 2.1, Thunderbolt 4, Mini DisplayPort, twin USB-C, and triple USB-A. Many of the ports are situated on the again, which helps with holding your desk freed from tangled cables. It additionally helps as much as 4 high-resolution displays directly, so sure, it’s an actual workstation.

After all, the Stellaris 16 Gen7 will run Linux splendidly. It ships with TUXEDO OS, however you possibly can go for Ubuntu or Kubuntu should you desire. Drivers are preinstalled, the assist group truly is aware of Linux, and you’ll request full disk encryption throughout checkout. In the event you’re caught on Home windows for some cause, they’ll even set up that too.

Pre-orders start Friday here, and shipments begin rolling out on the finish of June. The bottom configuration consists of the Intel Core Extremely 9 275HX, RTX 5070 Ti, 16GB of RAM, a 500GB Samsung SSD, and TUXEDO OS for 2479 EUR (with German tax) or round 2083 EUR for consumers outdoors of Europe (no tax included).