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expired Posted by Kevork • Dec 11, 2019
Dec 11, 2019 12:38 AM
Motile 14" Laptop: AMD Ryzen 5, 14" 1080p, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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Seems to be 2 M.2 slots and 1 DDR4.
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(me being lazy)Instead of going through the steps to install the drivers for the AX200,
I just re-installed the entire OS. Ubuntu works great after the re-install.
I haven't seen that price before.
Anyways, major laptop brands (Dell, Apple, HP) usually use the following suppliers which are Compal Electronics (Taiwan), Quanta Computer (Taiwan), Foxconn Electronics (Taiwan), Flextronics (Singapore), Pegatron (AsusTek) (Taiwan), Inventec (Taiwan), Wistron (Taiwan). Of course, the locations are simply where the headquarters are.
This laptop is manufactured by Tsinghua Tongfang https://en.wikipedia.or
Another company owned by Tsinghua Holdings is Tsinghua Unigroup, which was going to purchase Western Digital the famous US maker of WD & Sandisk storage products, but never happened due to US security concerns https://www.latimes.com/business/...story.html.
Tongfang was sold from Tsinghua University to China National Nuclear Corp another state owned entity https://www.caixingloba
Tongfang also makes TV's under brand names Element, Seiki, and Westinghouse.
How concerned from a security perspective should one be? Like say average Joe going to work?
No idea what THX, Walmart, and all did to check into this as being as secure as say buying a Dell computer. Not trying to be tinfoil... just wondering what people think since this is a new brand and I don't know what Walmart did here since they're not really an electronics brand and probably don't have people working on this with that kinda expertise.
I know everything electronics today is made in Chinese factories, and all the parts used in the supply chain, but there's some kind of US brand that knows electronics or security probably checking things?
Anyways, major laptop brands (Dell, Apple, HP) usually use the following suppliers which are Compal Electronics (Taiwan), Quanta Computer (Taiwan), Foxconn Electronics (Taiwan), Flextronics (Singapore), Pegatron (AsusTek) (Taiwan), Inventec (Taiwan), Wistron (Taiwan). Of course, the locations are simply where the headquarters are.
This laptop is manufactured by Tsinghua Tongfang https://en.wikipedia.or
Another company owned by Tsinghua Holdings is Tsinghua Unigroup, which was going to purchase Western Digital the famous US maker of WD & Sandisk storage products, but never happened due to US security concerns https://www.latimes.com/business/...story.html.
Tongfang was sold from Tsinghua University to China National Nuclear Corp another state owned entity https://www.caixingloba
Tongfang also makes TV's under brand names Element, Seiki, and Westinghouse.
How concerned from a security perspective should one be? Like say average Joe going to work?
No idea what THX, Walmart, and all did to check into this as being as secure as say buying a Dell computer. Not trying to be tinfoil... just wondering what people think since this is a new brand and I don't know what Walmart did here since they're not really an electronics brand and probably don't have people working on this with that kinda expertise.
I know everything electronics today is made in Chinese factories, and all the parts used in the supply chain, but there's some kind of US brand that knows electronics or security probably checking things?
And let's not forget about the previous issues Lenovo has had with installing spyware: https://www.inverse.com/article/3...-32-states
Lenovo, as you know, makes the Thinkpad, IdeaPad Yoga, etc laptop lines, and owns Motorola. They do claim to not be beholden to the Chinese government, but who knows...
However, I don't see anybody really posting this on all the Lenovo laptop threads....
My point is, Motile / Tongfang probably isn't any worse than other more trusted brands...I think for the average Joe, there's nothing to worry about.
The average consumer shouldn't worry about their privacy, they don't have any to begin with.
the one I've received after purchasing through this page is complete and utter garbage.
It's been playing with me a game 'guess what's gonna fail on this startup?' Sometimes it's the sound just stops working through both speakers and headphones, until you reinstall the THX audio driver; sometimes it's the completely dead keyboard.
Never again will i purchase a no-name laptop.
the one I've received after purchasing through this page is complete and utter garbage.
It's been playing with me a game 'guess what's gonna fail on this startup?' Sometimes it's the sound just stops working through both speakers and headphones, until you reinstall the THX audio driver; sometimes it's the completely dead keyboard.
Never again will i purchase a no-name laptop.
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the one I've received after purchasing through this page is complete and utter garbage.
It's been playing with me a game 'guess what's gonna fail on this startup?' Sometimes it's the sound just stops working through both speakers and headphones, until you reinstall the THX audio driver; sometimes it's the completely dead keyboard.
Never again will i purchase a no-name laptop.
I cloned the M.2 SATA drive onto an M.2 NVME drive. I installed the M.2 NVME drive into the M.2 slot.
I want to change the boot order to boot from the M.2 NVME drive. When I go into the BIOS, the below are my boot order. Due to the boot order, is the laptop already booting from the NVME drive. Is Option 5 the M.2 NVME slot and Option 6 the M.2 SATA drive?
Option 1: UEFI USB key
Option 2: UEFI USB Hard Disk
Option 3: UEFI USB CD/DVD
Option 4: UEFI USB Floppy
Option 5: UEFI NVME: Windows Boot Manager
Option 6: UEFI Hard Disk: Windows Boot Manager
Option 7: UEFI Network
Option 8: UEFI CD/DVD
Thanks.
However, now I do not see THX Spatial Audio in the Task Scheduler.
Anyone having the same issue? Do I need the THX Spatial Audio?
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