What's the hardest decision to make when choosing a new laptop? Obviously the brand is mightily important, and whether or not the company behind that brand supports Linux. Then there's the design, the specifications, and of course the price. But from my own experience over the years – and talking to many, many people in the market for new laptops – the biggest sticking point is often the form factor.

Super compact laptops may seem very practical at first glance, but the shrunken keyboards and trackpads quickly become a pain to use. There's a reason the netbook fad died off quickly, after all (although the build quality of those things was often abysmal, because they were made to be as cheap as possible). Then you have the giant, thick gaming laptop beasts, which have insane performance and huge screens, but are heavy to lug around and the batteries don't offer much more life than an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Most people want something in the middle: a light, slim-ish laptop with a full-size keyboard, spacious trackpad, and screen somewhere in the 13"--15" range. In Linux Magazine issue 290 [1], I reviewed the InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 (a 14" model) from TUXEDO Computers, summarizing with: "It's a solid, well-built, fast, and quiet laptop with a fantastic screen. We have some minor gripes with the keyboard and speakers, but not enough to keep us from recommending it for those looking for a high-end machine." Now I have the InfinityBook Pro 15 Gen10 [2], starting from EUR1,359 including VAT, which as the name suggests has a slightly larger screen.

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