The Spanish company Slimbook sounds louder and louder and it is not for less because from Free Software it has been able to create a solution for many of us who are looking for a laptop or a computer that is totally free.
Thus, during these months they have presented Slimbook Katana, Slimbook One and now they have introduced Slimbook Pro, a powerful and free laptop but for all budgets.
Comparisons to Macbook Air are inevitable since within ultrabooks, the Apple team has set a precedent, something that could take Slimbook away.
Slimbook Pro offers greater connectivity than other ultrabooks connectivity
Slimbook Pro offers various configurations, supporting Intel Kaby Lake processors. To these he accompanies DDR4 ram memory modules, the minimum being 4 Gb. Internal storage is based on an SSD disk which can be expanded with a second SSD drive. The laptop screen has a size of 13,3 inches with a resolution of 1900 x 1080 pixels which can be changed by qHD resolution. But it is in the realm of connections where this team excels.
Unlike other notebooks, Slimbook Pro supports ethernet connection, something that some users ask or need to connect. The wifi antenna has been improved working better and being fully recognized by the latest Linux kernels. The keyboard has also been improved on this computer, offering backlighting for low-light situations.
The operating system of this laptop can be Windows 10, if we want it but we can also order a Gnu / Linux distribution with it, being something that we have to choose. In addition, the Spanish company offers the possibility of a copy of the operating system on a pendrive. Something that many users see positive and that can help to make more installations or restorations of our equipment.
The base price of the Slimbook Pro stands at 889 euros for the most powerful model and 699 euros for the most basic model. While in the case of Macbook Air, the base price of the cheapest one costs more than 1.000 euros per unit, a substantial difference for any user and even business.
I was pleasantly surprised by this Slimbook laptop because in the same weight and almost the same size, Slimbook Pro offers connections that other equipment such as the macbook Air did not offer, such as the HDMI connection or the ethernet port. Also all powered by Gnu / Linux distributions. Now there is no excuse for not having a team with Gnu / Linux Do not you think?
I love it, I want it.
Although I do not plan to acquire any equipment soon, the following will surely buy it from them. And is that as a user (not advanced) of Linux I always have that fear when installing a distribution and that it is not compatible with the hardware.
It would be perfect if the Bios were also free software. Too bad it fails around here. In this Purism beats him https://puri.sm/ but at the cost of a much higher price.
I feel happy and at the same time a little sad given that here in Argentina we had companies that tried to promote free software, but Given the evolution of our economy in all these years, those companies ended up closing their business or leaving the country.
I am glad that other countries have these options.
The Slimbook equipment is interesting, although the prices do not close me. Add 4gb of ram and a mechanical drive to the Pro model and we're already at € 1000. A nonsense!!! For that money, I buy the equipment from a company with more years of experience and internationally recognized products!