Lapbook SE: Gearbest delay

[Chris G]

Not for my unit, but I ordered a while ago. However, I had a similar delay with the Teclast F5 which is why I got it so late. Seems they have supply issues or Chuwi can’t make enough in time.

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[JD]

Chris G wrote:

Not for my unit, but I ordered a while ago. However, I had a similar delay with the Teclast F5 which is why I got it so late. Seems they have supply issues or Chuwi can’t make enough in time.

Thanks for your reply @Chris. I took forever to pull the trigger on a new computer, and Gearbest said fairly quick shipping, but I made the mistake of assuming that it would get out of the door at Gearbest in a couple of days.

Maybe what this means is that I will wait for the 8 GB model. But of you saw the condition of the current computer I’m using you’d say, “buy anything – now”!

Thanks for your reviews. They make a difference for those of us who want this kind of tech. Much appreciated. I bought both the Redmi Note 5 and Lapbook SE based on your reviews.

[Chris G]

The Lapbook SE is great, just replaced my Teclast F7 with it.

Also, I still have my Redmi Note 5, I’ll be checking out the Redmi 6 Pro soon. basically the same phone almost but a few changes.

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[JD]

Chris G wrote:

The Lapbook SE is great, just replaced my Teclast F7 with it. Also, I still have my Redmi Note 5, I’ll be checking out the Redmi 6 Pro soon. basically the same phone almost but a few changes.

 

Did you still have a Lapbook SE you wanted to sell?

The Redmi Note 5 is a great phone. I’m so happy with the turn of events where “tech enough” is replacing $1,000 plus phones. It also helps that I now have warranty support with a Xiaomi phone here in Thailand.

[Mike]

I ordered my Lapbook SE on the 4th Nov on GearBest and it is still yet to ship despite numerous chats with their online support.

If you are ordering this item I suspect you are in for a looooong wait.

[JD]

Mike wrote:

I ordered my Lapbook SE on the 4th Nov on GearBest and it is still yet to ship despite numerous chats with their online support. If you are ordering this item I suspect you are in for a looooong wait.

I eventually got my laptop – something like a month after I ordered it. I was very frustrated with Gearbest and thought that they bamboozled me quite a bit in saying that it would ship in less than a week – when in reality it wasn’t in stock while they were selling it.

It’s a great laptop. I had a lot of trouble moving the OS to the SSD drive but that’s because I don’t really understand boot records well enough to make it easy.

At this point I might wonder about waiting and ordering the same laptop with 8 GB (it’s coming out, right? Not sure). I’m quite happy with 4 GB. I can use the machine with lots of tabs open in Firefox, then switch programs with little or no hesitation. In a perfect scenario an 8 GB model would have been available, and I would have bought it over the 4 GB version, but I’m very satisfied with 4 GB.

[Mike]

As of today I am still waiting for the lapbook se to ship, I might just have to cancel it as this is getting ridiculous. 2month+ wait time isn’t normal.

[JD]

Mike wrote:

As of today I am still waiting for the lapbook se to ship, I might just have to cancel it as this is getting ridiculous. 2month+ wait time isn’t normal.

That’s too dang long. I would have such a desire to cancel just to say “piss off”. It does seem like @Chris is posting about some alternatives to the Lapbook SE these days.

I hope you get something soon. I’m happy with the Lapbook SE (except that I dropped it and bent the case!), and it’s seemingly quite good for the price, but I’m not sure it’s 2+ months good.

 

[Krzysztof]

Mike wrote:

As of today I am still waiting for the lapbook se to ship, I might just have to cancel it as this is getting ridiculous. 2month+ wait time isn’t normal.

Well you are not alone. I’ve ordered mine on the 22th Nov and status is still “paid”.

[Chupa]

do not hold you breath for the 8GB
for everything above 4 GB M$ charges near double for the same Home OS license now.
That is why the N3450 had often 6GB because that was before the M$ price hike.

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[Martin]

Same here, ordered 15th Nov and still not shipped. Would cancel but all alternatives has had a dramatic price raise… Same laptop with 64Gb emmc but without SSD sells for more now. =/

[JD]

Did everyone finally get their Lapbook SEs or did you cancel the order? Just curious. Gearbest was quite frustrating on this one. I wonder how bad it got.

[Martin]

I cancelled mine after two months of promises…

[JD]

Martin wrote:

I cancelled mine after two months of promises…

 

Totally get that. I am glad you did. Will you be getting the 8 GB version that @Chris reviewed recently? (I am forgetting the brand name right now).

[Martin]

Do you mean the Teclast F7 Plus? It seems very good, but I acually got the $200 Jumper Ezbook 3 pro insted.

It has an older n3450 with 6gb ram. But as info on this site I run it with cooling mod and no power limit and Im very happy with it.

It also runs a Samsung 250gb ssd and Linux Mint xfce its very well fast enough.

Use it as travell computer, mostly for x265 1080p movies and series.

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