Slimbook Evo Linux laptops now available with AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 Strix Point

The Slimbook Evo 14 and Slimbook 15 Evo are thin and light laptops with high-resolution, 120 Hz displays, and support for up to 128GB of RAM and 16TB of storage. Slimbook recently announced updated models powered by Ryzen AI 9 365 Strix Point processors, and they're now available for €1077 ($1265) and up.

What makes these laptops a little different from most is that those starting prices include free installation of your choice of GNU/Linux distro. Options include Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Manjaro, and others. You can also have Windows installed, but you'll have to pay a little more for a license.

Slimbook also offers plenty of configuration options. Each model has two SODIMM slots for DDR5-5600 memory and two M.2 2280 slots for PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs.

The base price will get you a laptop with 16GB of RAM (two 8GB SODIMMS) and a single 500GB SSD plus a WiFi 6 card. But you can pay extra for systems with up to 128GB of total RAM and 8TB of total storage. There's also a WiFi 7 card available for purchase, but Slimbook notes that it "currently" works as a WiFi card when running Linux, so you may need to wait for a driver update or install Windows to get the most use out of that upgrade.

Each version of the laptop has AMD's Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, which features a 10-core, 20-thread CPU, Radeon 880M 12-core integrated graphics, and a 50 TOPS Ryzen AI NPU.

The Slimbook Evo 14 has a 14 inch, 2880 x 1800 pixel IPS LCD display with a 120 Hz refresh rate and up to 500 nits brightness, an 80 Wh battery, and an aluminum body that measures 16.9mm (0.67 inches) thick and weighs 1.4kg (3.1 pounds).

Slimbook's Evo 15, meanwhile, has a 15.3 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 120 Hz IPS LCD display that tops out at 400 nits brightness. The larger model also has a larger 99 Wh battery. This model also has a numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard, but at 18.1mm (0.71 inches) thick and 1.6 kg (3.5 pounds), the Slimbook Evo 14 is a little thicker and heavier than its 14 inch sibling.

Both laptops feature dual fans for active cooling, and both feature 1080p webcams with IR cameras, dual microphones, stereo speakers, and white LED backlit keyboards. Ports include:

1 x USB4 (40 Gbps w/DP 1.4 and 100W USB-PD)

1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gbps w/DP 1.4 and 100W USB-PD)

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (5 Gbps)

1 x USB 2.0 Type-A (480 Mbps)

1 x SDXC card reader (SD 7.0, up to 985MB/s)

1 x HDMI 2.1

1 x Gigabit Ethernet

1 x 3.5mm audio

via 9to5Google

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