expiredMbilo | Staff posted Oct 18, 2022 08:58 AM
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expiredMbilo | Staff posted Oct 18, 2022 08:58 AM
ThinkPad X1 Fold Laptop: i5-L16G7, 13" Folding Display, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD
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Do all the updates for the system you can out-of-the-box for windows 10
Then go to Microsoft and use the Windows 11 download tool and to do an installation of windows 11
As soon as Windows 11 is up and running, go to the update section for windows and pause all windows updates immediately and allow no updates to occur
Download the Intel driver assistant program directly from Intel's website. You can google the tool. Run that tool to update any drivers - specifically the intel video driver to V31 or higher
Now download the 'show and hide updates' tool from Microsoft. Run it, and hide any Intel video driver updates that Microsoft wants to install as these will be older than the one you just installed from Intel directly. Be sure to uncheck the box under advanced options where it tries to automatically fix issues. We don't want that. We just want to hide the video driver update. And that is what is causing the issues…at least it was for me and other people I read about online.
When you hide the intel video driver update that windows wants to install, it will no longer try to install that particular driver…. Hidden updates are blocked from installing 👍
So now you can go back to the regular Windows update program and unpause it and continue with regular Windows updates.
I did all of the remaining windows 11 updates of the system and it is running very well… seems stable.
The key is to prevent Microsoft/windows from installing any version 30 or older of the Intel video driver… and instead, you use the Intel driver support tool to get the latest intel video driver - version 31.
Hope this helps. Took me about 10 reinstall's to get it all figured out, and I hope I can save someone else some headaches
Wouldn't even think of buying this at that price.
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Almost everyone I know that bought an ipad pro has it collecting dust. People want to read books but they just don't.
My mini 6 on the other hand has made my phone obsolete except when traveling and taking pictures.
The Lenova Fold? Give me a single situation where you will need this over a small laptop or can replace a phone at the same time. You probably can't because that situation is non-existent. It doesn't serve two real world purposes. No seriously, if you make a post, give me a single situation it can replace two things in one Lenova Fold device. So again, this product doesn't understand it's own identity all that well is the issue.
Bonus - The Fold4 camera function gives a camera function that NO regular phone in existence can do right now. Use the main camera, the powerful one, to take selfies and you get to see what's being in that selfie. This in itself is a selling point that gives it another edge over conventional phones.
Windows 10 is horrible on it, 11 is better. There are issues with the processor power management and this thing turning on/off/freezing that 11 fixes...sort of.
Pen battery life is weird. Replaced pen with bamboo and that battery life was weird too.
It doesn't really have a wow factor because you either use it like a netbook and no one notices or you use it like a tablet and no one notices.
It does have 1 trick that is it's saving grace that I used all the time - because the bottom is a touchscreen and a good one at that, you can be on a zoom call talking like normal and take notes/share a live screen on your desk. This is amazing that most tablets can't do unless you have 2 monitors and most laptops can't do unless you have some sort of tablet. And it gets solid battery life doing this too - easily hours on zoom and tablet mode.
It is heavy. Like you think it's light but it has both heft and it's thick folded. But it is solid and the hinge and everything works well.
Would I get it again at $3k? Nope. Would I get it again at $1k? Absolutely, especially since they supposedly fixed all the drivers that bugged the first release. I am also looking at the new 16" but I really like this form factor better because it is so small.
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Exactly, you just made my point. People carrying laptops and planners or they stow it away in a carrying case at those coffee shops/libraries you speak of. So in pretty much all situations someone is carrying a laptop, they're carrying the Lenova Fold. At any point they stow their laptop, they would also stow their Lenova Fold in a carrying case. There's almost no special circumstance where you can store the Lenova Fold or carry it and not do the same with a smaller laptop. I'm not saying there is absolutely no target audience for this product but it is way too niche. It's trying to create a problem so it can become the solution. It's too big for a portable experience without a need of a carrying case and it doesn't offer much over a smaller sized laptop. Again, I'm sure there is an audience for it but they'll need to revise their plan on what it wants to be that separates it into its own class of product.
The Fold4 in every circumstance you have a regular sized pocket, you no longer need to bring a carrying case. You have a mini-tablet that does not require anything extra as you'll almost always have your phone with you. It is an actual solution to a problem that people have. You can literally have an all digital library in this phone and take hand written notes since it functions as a tablet that's big enough for that purpose. So you can essentially go to college with literally just this phone on most days.
So this product essentially creates the solution of not having to bring anything else with you but your phone.
I see more use carrying around a portable 15" screen and my cellphone than the fold if i REALLY needed the screen space.
Almost everyone I know that bought an ipad pro has it collecting dust. People want to read books but they just don't.
My mini 6 on the other hand has made my phone obsolete except when traveling and taking pictures.
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