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CHUWI Lapbook 15.6" Windows10 Notebook FHD Intel Cherry Trail Z8350 Quad Core 4GB / 64GB $187.15 Delivered (HK) @ eBay

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CHUWI Lapbook 15.6" Windows10 Notebook FHD Intel Cherry Trail Z8350 Quad Core 4GB / 64GB $187.15 Delivered (HK) @ eBay
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altomic on 14/01/2018 - 14:56 ebay.com.au (1930 clicks)
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In options select - colour : white, plug : UK

searching for an inexpensive BOYD for my eldest who is starting high school. light weight, nice screen, reasonable battery life, win 10 and office.

it uses a 5v 3amp ac adapter so hoping it can be used with a powerbank.

mixed reviews-
[laptopmag.com gave it 2 stars](https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we…

Brand: CHUWI
Model: LapBook
Type: Notebook
OS: Windows 10
CPU Brand: Intel
CPU Series: Cherry Trail
CPU: Intel Cherry Trail Z8300,Intel Cherry Trail Z8350
Core: 1.44GHz,Quad Core
GPU: Intel HD Graphic(Gen8)
Caching: 2MB
Graphics Type: Integrated Graphics
Graphics Card Frequency: 200MHz-500MHz
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 2W
Threading: 4
RAM: 4GB
RAM Type: DDR3L
RAM Slot Quantity: One
ROM: 64G
External Memory: TF card up to 128GB (not included)
WIFI: 802.11b/g/n wireless internet
Bluetooth: 4.0
WLAN Card: Yes
Screen size: 15.6 inch
Display Ratio: 16:9
Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FHD)
Screen type: 1080P FHD
Camera type: Single camera
Front camera: 2.0MP
TF card slot: Yes
USB Host: Yes 1 x USB 3.0+1 x USB2.0
Mini HDMI slot: Yes
DC Jack: Yes
3.5mm Headphone Jack: Yes
Battery Type: Built-in, 3.7V / 10000mAh, Polymer Li-ion battery
Standby time: 7-8 hours
AC adapter: 100-240V 5V 3A
Material of back cover: Plastic
Skype: Supported
Youtube: Supported
Speaker: Supported
MIC: Supported
Picture format: BMP,GIF,JPEG,JPG,PNG
Music format: MP3
Video format: MP4
MS Office format: Excel,PPT,Word
Languages: Windows OS is built-in Chinese and English, and other languages need to be downloaded by WiFi
English Manual : 1
Notebook: 1
Power Adapter: 1
USB Cable: 1
Product size: 37.10 x 23.90 x 1.80 cm / 14.61 x 9.41 x 0.71 inches
Package size: 41.50 x 32.00 x 7.50 cm / 16.34 x 12.6 x 2.95 inches Package weight: 2.515 kg

Product Notes:
1. Download your favorite apps through the Google Play Store or Market installed.
2. Note: This Android/Windows tablet is designed only to work with the current Android/Windows OS installed in it. Any alterations such as upgrades or flashing a newer version will void the warranty.
3. The stated ROM amount shows the maximum available ROM with nothing installed. However, the Android/Windows OS and pre-installed software from the manufacturer will occupy some of this ROM. The available ROM on the device will therefore be slightly less than the ROM listed.

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  • belongsinforums on 14/01/2018 - 14:57
    +11

    It's like a dog came up with their brand name.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 15:05
    +6

    WELCOME BACK!

    [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 15:05 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 17:14

      Indeed!

  • MINKx on 14/01/2018 - 15:17
    -2

    Made by a bubble gum company…

  • wintermadness on 14/01/2018 - 16:45
    +2

    Wary about giving Chuwi money after my Hi10 tablet died after ~14 months of relatively minimal use. Different machine so YMMV, but at least in my case it seems like it's a common problem, so make sure you do your research.

    • snoopdogg on 14/01/2018 - 17:04
      +2

      I too have a hi10 that is now probably 2 years old. It is ok. Just needs more processor juice and it'd be perfect

      • bamzero on 14/01/2018 - 18:08
        +3

        Same, missus still uses her Hi10, running well.

        This deal looks pretty decent. I like the Full HD display, just wonder how it goes driving all those pixels.

        • tonyjzx on 14/01/2018 - 18:20
          +4

          its reasonable…. there so many Atom x5-z8350 laptops tablets driving 1,080p screens now

          i'd be more worried about the battery life but really… sub $200 if you can get 3hrs out of it you're laughing

      • lostn on 14/01/2018 - 18:41
        +2

        It will never get more processor juice. Intel discontinued the Atom line a few years ago, so we've stagnated with cheap Windows tablets. It's basically the same processor from years ago still being used.

        • ozhunter68 on 14/01/2018 - 21:25
          -2

          So,….your point being???

        • lostn on 15/01/2018 - 00:01
          +7

          @ozhunter68:

          It was a response to his comment.

          I'll make it easy for you.

          He said:

          Just needs more processor juice and it'd be perfect

          I replied:

          It will never get more processor juice. Intel discontinued the Atom line

          Is that easier to understand?

  • 10101010101 on 14/01/2018 - 18:52

    Note the review quoted is for a different specced machine. Wouldn't use that review as an indication at all.

    • bamzero on 14/01/2018 - 18:57

      This is the only review I've come across after a quick look. Not much of a review though.

      Probably better off reading comments on Gearbest

  • jd4free on 14/01/2018 - 19:46

    This may be a typo, as EU plug option is AU $327.99…UK plug is AU $197.40 ?
    There is a small diff.
    Cherry Trail Z8300 Vs Cherry Trail Z8350 same 1.4GHz speed, but Z8350 can hit 1.92Ghz , the Z8300 1.84 Ghz max, not much diff.

    • UFO on 15/01/2018 - 01:39

      https://www.gizmochina.com/2017/02/23/chuwi-lapbook-review/

      This site has a close up of the charger and cable.
      Looks to be a proprietary connector at device end, and micro usb at the charger end.
      Specs on charger state 5v 3amp, so if you already own a decent USB charger (Qualcom etc), it might do the trick.

      • bamzero on 15/01/2018 - 01:48

        I don't think it's actually proprietary. Looks like it's just a standard USB to DC barrel jack cable. Should plug into any standard USB port for slower charging.

  • 10101010101 on 14/01/2018 - 20:57

    Is this really a dual boot windows and Android laptop?

    • Jackson on 15/01/2018 - 00:38

      I would like to know also, Android doesn't appear in the OP specs but it does in the product notes. If I was to guess I would say the product notes are being cut and pasted from other Chuwi devices and this doesn't support Android bit happy to be proven wrong because I have been looking for a cheap Android laptop for years.

      Windows will likely run like a dog on this but Android could be quite decent

      • poohduck on 15/01/2018 - 08:58

        I'm using sparky linux on some old laptops (32bit 2gb ram which was upgraded from 1gb when I got them, 60-80gb hdd). I have been using chromium web browser (open source). They both play sbs on demand OK. 1 - 2% cpu after startup, <80mb ram after startup. I would do a full image backup of the hd, then go to town with linux. This would be a good system then.

        • BadGiraffe on 15/01/2018 - 10:13

          Why did you go with Sparky instead of something more popular like Lubuntu?

          Just inherited an old Eee PC. Lubuntu runs a bit slow on it. It's usable, but there's no way I can't even watch YouTube. I'm thinking of putting ChromiumOS on it and see how it goes.

        • poohduck on 15/01/2018 - 11:58

          @flaminglemon: I had lubuntu for a while, but could never get wireless card to work. Tried a few others, supposedly reasonable on old hardware, but they weren't. Sparky worked straight up, reasonably fast. I've disabled the services I don't need. SBS on demand is it's limit. Great for reasonable browsing emails etc.

          I can't imagine any other distro being as lite on resources. Although, apparently I'm not running a desktop, I'm using open box. It looks like a desktop. I don't know what the difference is. I tried running a supposed light weight desktop and it had the cpu running at 100%. It could have been a fault of course. I just went back to open box. I think a desktop might be more windows user friendly. The few changes I've had to make are via scripts; big learning issue and searching.

        • BadGiraffe on 15/01/2018 - 12:58

          @poohduck: Yup. Openbox is just a window manager… which full desktop environments need anyway.

          https://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/09/get-to-know-linux-desktop-…

          I've never actually tried a distro without a desktop environment. I'm going to try ChromiumOs first and see how that goes. Tried CloudReady, but that didn't even boot up.

          If that's still terrible, I'll give Sparky a shot.

          To be honest, the hard drive on this old Eee PC isn't sounding too healthy, so I'll do what I can, but when it dies, I'm just going to send it to the recyclers.

        • poohduck on 15/01/2018 - 18:46

          @flaminglemon: Mine's a emachine, atom N450 cpu. Just looking at chromium OS. I didn't realise it was open source version of chrome os. Traditionally I avoid google like the plague; hopefully the open source nature of this will deal with the privacy issues of chrome.

        • BadGiraffe on 16/01/2018 - 10:12

          @poohduck: Google still are the stewards of sorts for Chromium OS. I remember reading something a few years back about how Google put in some weird code of their's in Chromium OS… and the open source community lost their excrement. Google learnt their lesson. They now keep their added code and branding after a stable build comes out.

          I still use Google products though. They know everything about me… but I can't live without their stuff. :(

    • bamzero on 15/01/2018 - 01:07

      Don't think so. Specs on Chuwi page only mention Win 10.

      (Noticed screen isn't IPS either, kinda expected that for the price/size, but was hopin')

      • poohduck on 15/01/2018 - 12:09

        apparently will run android though. other places have them as dual boot. Maybe this one is, and they just don't know it?

        https://www.amazon.com/CHUWI-10-Inch-1-44GHz-Windows-Android…

        Actually, just checked the ebay deal above - in the description it says dual OS too. I'm guessing it has android. If I needed one I would buy it, get rid of the windows partitions, and run android.

  • darkwater on 14/01/2018 - 21:23

    can we upgrade anything?

    • bamzero on 14/01/2018 - 21:25
      +1

      I'm guessing not, apart from adding an sd card.

      Everything is likely directly soldered.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/01/2018 - 21:56
      +1

      Specs say one RAM 'slot' but Intel Cherry Trail Z8300/Z8350 supports max 4GB RAM.

  • cheaty on 14/01/2018 - 21:24
    +3

    Pulled the trigger. Was considering a 13" Xiaomi, but this is 5 times cheaper and with a bigger screen.. yep, I know the performance, HDD, battery life and so on can't be compared but… less than $190…

  • billy_bob on 14/01/2018 - 21:42
    +2

    OP, put Full HD in the title and you will get double the plus votes.

  • Emre on 14/01/2018 - 23:01

    Will it be good enough for light tasks such as streaming movies, youtube and browsing on chrome?

    Tia.

    • lostn on 15/01/2018 - 00:04

      Browsing yes. You might get choppiness for movies though.

    • musicinbed69 on 15/01/2018 - 03:33

      You might be okay for 480p on chrome youtube. But edge will probably handle 1080p youtube fine.

  • Ethernia on 14/01/2018 - 23:39

    If this is the model that it's showing in eBay, it has a m2 slot that you can install an ssd in. Not sure how much it can be trusted.

  • ChaLuo on 15/01/2018 - 00:06

    Chewy lapbook. Yumm

  • Danthemanz on 15/01/2018 - 08:14

    Its really worthwhile saving up a little more and getting something built on the apollo lake platform, the new Atom CPUs are a big improvement.

  • iIVIi on 15/01/2018 - 09:00
    +1

    Only 'EU plug' left which is $328

    • RedHab on 15/01/2018 - 09:43

      Yep. Deal has gone.

  • hippo2s on 15/01/2018 - 09:49

    anyone tried putting chromiumOS on this?

  • scrimshaw on 22/01/2018 - 18:38

    This deal is back.

  • bamzero on 23/01/2018 - 14:02

    Arrived today. Yet to fire it up, just got it on charge now.
    For some reason was expecting it to be a little lighter though, weighs in around 1.9kg

  • oliman on 23/01/2018 - 14:28

    price jacked up to 256.99

    • bamzero on 23/01/2018 - 14:46

      Bummer, just did it today. Was still at old price yesterday when scrimshaw commented.

  • Emre on 24/01/2018 - 15:43

    I just received my laptop from this deal and the screen was cracked. Whenever I order an item worth more then $100 from China I record the opening process just in case. And luckily for me the screen was cracked where it was showing massive black circles where if you hover your mouse over it you cant see your cursor anymore, and vertical lines as well it's pretty bad.

    What's my best options guys?

    Thanks.

    • adr8 on 24/01/2018 - 22:15

      Surely it should be covered by the ebay money back guarantee? http://pages.ebay.com/ebay-money-back-guarantee/questions.ht…

      • Emre on 24/01/2018 - 22:26

        Yeah it should be I'm not stressing out about it. Luckily I record the package opening so it should be all good. Sent them a message first to see if we can resolve it if not I'll get eBay involved.

        • adr8 on 24/01/2018 - 22:36

          Yeah I'm thinking you will be fine but have never gone through the process myself so wasn't sure. Hope you get it sorted soon and let us know what happens.

  • poolroom on 24/01/2018 - 20:08
    +4

    I've received mine - they attempted delivery yesterday and I picked it up from the post office today.

    First impressions are it's a great laptop and exactly what the reviews are calling out - excellent screen, solid keyboard, trackpad and overall build. A bit heavier than you'd expect for the form factor. Performance is better than I expected - I've owned Atom and low end Celeron laptops years back and this is a better machine all round. They included an AU plug converter in the box with the UK power adapter but I've yet to use them. I've just had it plugged into a standard USB port on my power board that's capable of 2.4A. That gets the machine running and charging the battery… slowly.

    The CPU in this one is an X5-Z8350.

    It comes with Windows 10 Home installed and no sign of Android. I blasted that away and reinstalled Win10 from an official ISO from MS and that went quick enough. There's no license hassles with the new Windows install, it picked up automagically from the BIOS. Don't make my mistake though and back up the drivers before reformatting… if they're available somewhere. There's a 1GB recovery partition on the drive that might have them. I couldn't find the drivers anywhere on the Chuwi site but a there's a few places online with a zipped up copy of the whole driver set coming in at 230MB or 640MB. A fresh Windows install won't recognise the WiFi adapter so you'll either need a USB WiFi/Network adapter or the official WiFi drivers to get it online. Left to it's own updates Win10 will find drivers for all the major components, except for Bluetooth and a couple of low level audio, battery and chipset drivers. The offical drivers covers them.

    Netflix runs on it easily with Edge and looks excellent on the display. The speakers are rubbish, so you'll need external speakers for anything beyond listening to system beeps. 1080p demo movies played off YouTube with Chrome have a minor stutter to them at times, but I suspect that might come down to some Windows activity in the background. It takes a while for a new Windows install to really settle down and idle. Generally the movies look great.

    I'll be trying to get a Linux install on the SD card. Not sure if that's bootable. Interestingly the BIOS has more options than I've seen on any machine in recent memory - seems like every chipset/hardware feature can be configured. There is an Android section in the BIOS so it might be possible to get that running. Perhaps the official restore process can switch to Android?

    It's a very good machine if you're realistic about the short comings - 64GB MMC, Atom CPU, speakers. For the money it's an excellent machine.

    • Emre on 24/01/2018 - 21:27

      Solid review I wish I could say the same for mine lol

      • poolroom on 24/01/2018 - 22:56

        Yeah, bummer about that. Sorry to hear it.

        My screen has blacked out once tonight. The machine was booting up, no BIOS post text shown, the backlight was working, but no image of anything. Closed the lid and opened it - Windows come back to life. But I'm wondering if the screens are a weak point here.

        • Emre on 25/01/2018 - 00:03

          Weird..

          Usually stability issues arise when people turn up the ram speed from 1066mhz to 1600mhz, and some other stuff. You said you a couple of options in the BIOS you didn't happen to tweak any of them did you?

        • poolroom on 25/01/2018 - 10:07

          @Emre: Interesting. There was a BIOS option or two that referred to "Balanced&Peformance" and I did change that to just "Performance". I took them to be Intel Speed Step style settings.

          Apart from that no other changes. I never touch RAM/CPU speeds and timings. Way too much effort required for those. ;)

          I'll revert those BIOS settings now and see if the screen problem happens again. Thanks for the tip.

    • bamzero on 25/01/2018 - 16:16

      Thanks for the drivers tip, planned to do the same thing and install a fresh copy.
      Wouldn't have thought to grab the drivers as figured Windows would include them these days.
      There's a few different folders in C:\Recovery\OEM\Backup with drivers for BT, WiFi etc.

      • poolroom on 25/01/2018 - 23:26

        Excellent.

        Many of the key drivers are Intel so I gave the Intel driver advisor a run. It found a newer GPU driver, otherwise they're all good as supplied. I also installed the official Realtek drivers for WiFi and Bluetooth (it's the same device) to solve a little misbehaviour there. That's improved things too.

        All good in Win10 now. Linux on the other hand isn't so smooth - Linux Mint doesn't detect the WiFi and has errors with the SD reader. Giving a Fedora a go next…

  • altomic on 24/01/2018 - 22:03
    +1

    received today. currently updating - stupidly slow NBN. feels nice, looks nice, great weight. will open it up tomorrow to check for additional slots - i.e. m.2 .

    had a quick play. very decent for <$200 machine.

    thanks for posting OP

    there is this other deal for au$217 - before any discount codes

  • bamzero on 26/01/2018 - 12:44

    Anyone have a 256GB SD card to test? Interested to know if it can handle it despite claiming 128GB max.

    • poolroom on 26/01/2018 - 14:15
      +1

      I just put a Samsung EVO 25GB SD in - all good. It's detected and I can see the full 256GB.

      I can't test a full write to this card, but I think it's still a successful test. ;)

      • bamzero on 26/01/2018 - 14:17

        Awesome, thanks.

        Will have to check what SD card deals are on at the moment.

      • poolroom on 26/01/2018 - 14:41

        Sorry, that should be EVO 256GB.

  • bamzero on 26/01/2018 - 16:57

    For anyone looking, some prices on EVO Plus cards (100/90 MB/s read/write)

    with PRAWNS code
    Samsung EVO Plus 256GB @ Shopping Express $127.20
    Samsung EVO Plus 256GB @ PC Byte $129.60

    with PICK5 code
    Samsung EVO Plus 128GB @ Shopping Square $56.95 (or $53.95 if you were targeted for AWESOME 10% off code)

  • altomic on 27/01/2018 - 09:53
    +1

    cracked it open this mornning.

    only the 10 screws holding the back on (no need to remove the feet). the 4 screws along the front are slightly smaller than the side + back phillips head screws.

    there are 4 magnets assisting in holding the front closed - check this photo of of the 2 on the right hand side. other than that it is relatively easy to take off the cover. no tricky clasps or clips.

    inside - not too much. huge battery.

    take off the plating over the MB. no expansion options :(

    and another pic of the MB

    • poolroom on 28/01/2018 - 10:27

      Great photos, thanks. Very compact layout in there.

  • bamzero on 07/02/2018 - 19:49

    Touchpad on mine is super twitchy when on charge, can't even use it. Cursor jumps around and text resizes like it's triggering a zoom gesture.
    Seems like it's interference from the USB charger, since it's ok on battery. Had the same issue on a tablet with it's charger before.
    Is it just mine?

    BTW, if you're looking for the latest Realtek drivers, I think these are the right ones here:

    WiFi/BT
    SD Card Reader

    • altomic on 07/02/2018 - 20:33

      yeah, my touch pad is a little sensitive strange also. not crazy.

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