I bought this previous deal too and I love this laptop. It's perfect for me, I spent 100 days a year in hotels, so it's nice to be able to game on the go. Nintendo Switch was not cutting it for me. The keyboard is definitely different, but mine has been ok so far in the couple months I've had it. At first use there was a key or two that felt a little sticky, but they've loosened up. Word of advice... keep track of the charger. I lost mine, and it is NOT cheap to replace. Most people want $80-100.. I ended up finding one for $60.. had no idea they were that much!
So just incase anyone gets into the same boat. The charger is 230w 19.5v 11.8a with a 5.5mm x 2.5mm plug. It took me a bit of research to figure that out, seeing as there's not much about these whitebooks out there on the internet.
Have had for a month. The keyboard - it loosens up with use. The initial experience is the keys stick or don't register clicks and you end up clicking them harder. They feel almost as if they are getting a bit stuck. After a couple of weeks of use, they become smoother and more normal. They are not going to feel like a membrane keyboard - expect more force to be applied to do a keystroke, but after the break-in, it was not an unpleasant user experience for me. The less often keys still have some more of the "new key stiffness", but the frequently used keys seem to be just fine.
Also, mine came looking new - there was a checklist sticker of things for memory, hdd, etc., Which looked like a QC checklist. Everything looked new and not used. There were plastic sheets covering the lid top, the screen and the keyboard side (covering the non keyboard surface). The whole laptop was in a sleeve and the box looked new. Honestly, it looked like an unused machine.
Just my 2 cents worth. Others' experience may be different.
I bought this laptop when it was $650 and (for my use cases) it has been a fantastic machine.
- Lightweight for a gaming laptop at ~4.1 pounds. It's not a Razer Blade Stealth (which is what I was also looking for), but the magnesium alloy chassis is nice.
- 2070 Max-Q in a machine under $700 is pretty sweet. I was able to play Genshin Impact on completely maxed-out graphical settings on a QHD ultrawide 1440P monitor.
- Folks cap on the keyboard (ba dum tsh) and I understand where they are coming from but so far I have had no major issues. I do like how it feels though I wish the force required to register a keypress were just a little less. I admit, my typing speed is not as fast on this keyboard. I average ~110WPM on a 2018 MacBook Pro 13". With this laptop, I average 90WPM. The faster I try to type, the less confident I feel. But I still think this is a great keyboard.
- This is a TongFang-built chassis. Other variants exist. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sch...952.0.html
- I am successfully able to triple-boot macOS 12.4, Windows 11, and Ubuntu 22.04 bare-metal. macOS has some small issues but I am able to use that OS as my daily driver (which I prefer). In fact, I'm typing this review from my macOS partition on my Intel Whitebook right now!
- 144Hz is new to me but I'm loving it so far. I wish the screen could get a bit brighter.
- Sound is serviceable. Don't get this for the speakers
- Camera is pretty meh. It's dope that it has Windows Hello though.
- Touchpad is really nice. Needs a little tweaking but otherwise nice to use. It's glass!
- I wish USB-C charging was available. Only way to charge is via barrel plug.
- I upgraded my unit to 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I feel that helped with the overall performance, but that is subjective.
- My unit was essentially brand new. However, the included SSD has seen some use.
Overall, I really like this laptop. Hope this helps anyone who is considering this purchase.
I've had this laptop (Maingear variant) for over two years and it's amazing. I find the keyboard to be perfectly usable but YMMV. It's definitely the most controversial aspect of the computer. The display is beautiful. The performance is very very hard to beat for this price. The laptop itself is very sleek and portable, but the brick is really big so keep that in mind if you're planning to travel with it.
Keyboard is fine just seems to take time to break in. it won't behave like a typical membrane laptop keyboard. Personally I have a super expensive Cherry Browns keyboard I mainly use but find this laptop's keyboard to be pretty good for what it is. I like it as much as a ThinkPads keyboard which I consider to be some of best in laptops.
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The keyboard is total garbage. If you're going to use it with the external keyboard/display - it has a good video card for money.
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The keyboard is total garbage. If you're going to use it with the external keyboard/display - it has a good video card for money.
So just incase anyone gets into the same boat. The charger is 230w 19.5v 11.8a with a 5.5mm x 2.5mm plug. It took me a bit of research to figure that out, seeing as there's not much about these whitebooks out there on the internet.
"Like New Condition"
so... used.
I have a Lenovo Y740 with the same basic specs and it still games with the best of them.
Also, mine came looking new - there was a checklist sticker of things for memory, hdd, etc., Which looked like a QC checklist. Everything looked new and not used. There were plastic sheets covering the lid top, the screen and the keyboard side (covering the non keyboard surface). The whole laptop was in a sleeve and the box looked new. Honestly, it looked like an unused machine.
Just my 2 cents worth. Others' experience may be different.
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Length: 9.1 in.
Width: 14 in.
Height: 0.7 in.
Weight: 4.2 lbs.
- Lightweight for a gaming laptop at ~4.1 pounds. It's not a Razer Blade Stealth (which is what I was also looking for), but the magnesium alloy chassis is nice.
- 2070 Max-Q in a machine under $700 is pretty sweet. I was able to play Genshin Impact on completely maxed-out graphical settings on a QHD ultrawide 1440P monitor.
- Folks cap on the keyboard (ba dum tsh) and I understand where they are coming from but so far I have had no major issues. I do like how it feels though I wish the force required to register a keypress were just a little less. I admit, my typing speed is not as fast on this keyboard. I average ~110WPM on a 2018 MacBook Pro 13". With this laptop, I average 90WPM. The faster I try to type, the less confident I feel. But I still think this is a great keyboard.
- This is a TongFang-built chassis. Other variants exist. https://www.notebookche
- I am successfully able to triple-boot macOS 12.4, Windows 11, and Ubuntu 22.04 bare-metal. macOS has some small issues but I am able to use that OS as my daily driver (which I prefer). In fact, I'm typing this review from my macOS partition on my Intel Whitebook right now!
- 144Hz is new to me but I'm loving it so far. I wish the screen could get a bit brighter.
- Sound is serviceable. Don't get this for the speakers
- Camera is pretty meh. It's dope that it has Windows Hello though.
- Touchpad is really nice. Needs a little tweaking but otherwise nice to use. It's glass!
- I wish USB-C charging was available. Only way to charge is via barrel plug.
- I upgraded my unit to 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I feel that helped with the overall performance, but that is subjective.
- My unit was essentially brand new. However, the included SSD has seen some use.
Overall, I really like this laptop. Hope this helps anyone who is considering this purchase.
The keyboard is total garbage. If you're going to use it with the external keyboard/display - it has a good video card for money.