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So these days I was talking to the Tuxedo folks to ask details about the build quality of their laptops and I am quite surprised. Not a positive surprise.

Basically I thought that laptops made out of aluminium and magnesium alloys are....metals....however they told me that their magnesium alloy laptops are basically magnesium alloy steamed onto plastic....so they are plastic!? They said they do not have metal built laptops...how odd.

The people from slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-… that have laptops which are almost identical to Tuxedo's said theirs are fully metal except the tiny display frame made out of plastic.

@Nick @ The Linux Experiment you reviewed these laptops a lot, what do you think? I got the impression from your videos, and others, that these laptops are metal-built and not plastic...

@Nick @ The Linux Experiment
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Nick @ The Linux Experiment
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Tuxedo and Slimboo use the same chassis for most of their models, and they’re almost all magnesium alloy. While I don’t know the chemical process used, they don’t feel like plastic, and they’re definitely sturdier than plastic. My slimbook pro x 14 was carried around eve where for almost 2 years, and it has one visible scratch, the palm rests are intact, it’s super solid. It’s not aluminium, but it’s not far behind!
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Tio
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hm...yeah that's what I got from your videos too. Do you also have a fully aluminium laptop and if so how do they compare? Interestingly they recommended me the TUXEDO InfinityBook S 15 - Gen7 as their best built laptop, which is half plastic. So if they consider that a better built than the almost-fully magnesium alloy builds, it is a bit confusing to me.

Thanks for the info btw.

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Nick @ The Linux Experiment
Nick @ The Linux Experiment
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I used a few, a Mac a while ago, and a Starlabs laptop. Aluminum feels denser, heavier, and probably a bit more scratch resistant, but it’s also way more prone to fingerprints, and honestly, over a few years, I wouldn’t say the magnesium laptops felt any less solid.
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