Here's mine - don't buy it! I've had mine for about six weeks now and it is the worst PC experience of my life. At first it was crashing all the time, until I realised it was always when browsing the 'net. So I installed Firefox and it improved a lot - far more than when Microsoft updated the firmware. But it still crashes occasionally and I have other problems with it, too. Worst is that it loses the keyboard/trackpad when attached so I have to detach the Clipboard and re-attach it to get them back. But now I have a worse problem because now I can't get it to detach or re-attach properly. It seems the clip on the left side of the keyboard is stuck so it won't completely detach now at all. At least I can pull it out far enough that it resets, which is something. That means I am going to have to take it in for repairs and be without a computer for a few days. Normally that wouldn't be the end of the world, except that I am on a tight deadline so I will just have to put up with it for another week.
Don't get me wrong, this thing has a lot of potential and when Microsoft finally get around to fixing all the problems it will be absolutely awesome. Right now, though, it is very unreliable and unbelievably frustrating. I can only recommend you stay well away from it.
Because EVERYBODY except you has had all the same problems and they are clearly 90% or more in the software/firmware, not in the hardware. If you haven't had any of these problems yet, it's because you haven't been using it the same as most of us. What do you use yours for?MINE HAS BEEN WORKING GREAT!!
Sounds like you have a bad one. WHY DIDNT YOU EXCHANGE IT FOR ANOTHER ONE!?!? Why do ppl just settle for a bad unit and complain about it for weeks/months, instead of taking it back?!?! Geeeeeeeeeeeeez!!
I'd agree with that sentiment. The problem is, it's impossible to know when it will be OK to buy one. They've had months to get it all working, they've issued fixes and still there are too many problems. I mean, look at Daniel's reasons for not having done a review - they've had the review machine replaced twice! That alone has to tell you that there are serious issues that maybe Microsoft don't know how to fix.
Because EVERYBODY except you has had all the same problems and they are clearly 90% or more in the software/firmware, not in the hardware. If you haven't had any of these problems yet, it's because you haven't been using it the same as most of us. What do you use yours for?
Even if I do take it back and get a new one, it will still rate as the worst PC experience of my life because I have never had to do that before. Ever. And I often buy brand new models as soon as they hit the market. Also, if I have to exchange it, it will mean backing everything up again and spending hours setting up a new one. If I am going to have to go through that, I'd rather do it with a different machine that I have a little more confidence in.
I'd agree with that sentiment. The problem is, it's impossible to know when it will be OK to buy one. They've had months to get it all working, they've issued fixes and still there are too many problems. I mean, look at Daniel's reasons for not having done a review - they've had the review machine replaced twice! That alone has to tell you that there are serious issues that maybe Microsoft don't know how to fix.
Because EVERYBODY except you has had all the same problems and they are clearly 90% or more in the software/firmware, not in the hardware. If you haven't had any of these problems yet, it's because you haven't been using it the same as most of us. What do you use yours for?
Even if I do take it back and get a new one, it will still rate as the worst PC experience of my life because I have never had to do that before. Ever. And I often buy brand new models as soon as they hit the market. Also, if I have to exchange it, it will mean backing everything up again and spending hours setting up a new one. If I am going to have to go through that, I'd rather do it with a different machine that I have a little more confidence in.
Couple of things:
Going to try and finish this week.
- Holidays
- CES for last week
- Ours broke, had to get it replaced then had to replace the replacement
Orlbuckeye, do you watch videos in a browser or through a dedicated app/application like VLC? If it is a browser, which one? Most my software/firmware problems seem to revolve aroudn watching videos in Edge or IE.
Oh OK, but didnt it come out in October??
Couple of things:
Going to try and finish this week.
- Holidays
- CES for last week
- Ours broke, had to get it replaced then had to replace the replacement
Couple of things:
Going to try and finish this week.
- Holidays
- CES for last week
- Ours broke, had to get it replaced then had to replace the replacement