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KW wrote:

try changing the DNS server. I had a similar issue that was related to the last update but with different update category (in my case only the security definitions would not update) changed my DNS to Google DNS server and it worked. Still on their DNS with not issues on my SE.

Never would have guessed that DNS would even come into play, but I’m definitely going to give that a try.

Thanks for your help @KW

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Chris G wrote:

Do you have enough free space? Normally that can trigger such issues.

Good question Chris, and yes, I have 50+ gigs of space available on the SSD drive where Windows is installed and almost 9 GB of space on the 32 GB EMMC drive (which I don’t really use).

Thanks for your reply.

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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).

[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.

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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.

 

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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.

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Jonas wrote:

I have solved the problem, and made a post on the official forum for chuwi ?

Nice job. Very kind of you to help out so much.

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That’s a bummer. There must be a cheaper way to ship it than $85. There’s no way Gearbest spent that much to send it to you. I wish I had information for you, because you are experiencing my own concern about buying low price stuff from China. Whatever you do, please post back here about what happened. It would be helpful to me and others to know the rest of the story. Thank you.

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I would also like to know the answer to this question. I like the “old” way of Fn keys functioning. Thanks for posting. Hopefully someone has the answer.

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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.

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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.

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Thank you very much for the feedback. I’m mostly booting to Windows, but like the option of things working on Ubuntu.

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This is good to know. Thanks for posting.

Anything in particular not working, other than the stability issues you mentioned?

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