Posted 19 hours ago
Well I came across someone who has one and I was able to fiddle with it a bit. I dont know every detail about the device, but I answered my previous questions. So if you want to buy one....
Q: Does the device function when there is no internal battery(like a normal laptop)?
A: Yes. Though a caveat. The machine requires the user to boot into the BIOS and change the date and time, every time the device is turned on. As it seems to rely on the internal battery to maintain the BIOS settings. Every default setting seems fine unless you want the gpu to use more RAM; default is 3GB. Some people prefer 4-6 or an Auto setting.
Q: Can a user install Windows 10?
A: Yes. I tried a few versions. You can go back as far as 21H2 and onward up. I lack images of anything earlier. Sorry.
Q: Will the Lenovo Win11 manual install drivers function, even though Lenovo explicitly states only Win11?
A: Yes. Why? How the hell should I know! But some nice programmer made it possible, so lets not rock the boat!
Q: What about Legion Space?
A: Yes. It seems to also work just fine, though the software seems to sit in the taskbar as a program or folder instead of running in the background or in the icon area as a background icon. Ok so Im crap at explaining it. But most understand what a program looks like on the standard taskbar area. No idea how or if it can be iconed near the clock.
Some annoyances though:
1- Right analog stick does NOT seem to have a mouse optional mode. This is just stupid. Literally one of the most obvious things anyone trying to do is to fiddle with the right stick, to use as a mouse. Left/Right Shoulder buttons should be left/right mouse buttons. But not anyway I can find to the how. The only mouse options seem to be a track pad the size of a postage stamp and an option to detach the right controller to then flip a physical switch to make it a joystick mouse....on a table. All this crap instead of the most obvious....the analog stick idea, wtf!?
2- With the machine shut down and not in any sleep mode. The option to plug in and charge the internal battery is a good idea. It has an option in the BIOS to show the percentage of battery charge when AC power is plugged into the device. Why is this annoying? While it flashes the percent onto the screen when plugged in from AC, it does not seem to respond with any button press to show the user where the charge is after the first plugin shows it. Then turns off the screen a few seconds later. I pressed all the buttons. Nothing seems to tell you what percent the charge is at. I also think when pulling out the AC cable and immediately plugging it back in, presents a electrical hazard. The very least, it is a bad idea. Only other option is to turn on the device and check within the OS. Which defeats the purpose of the tablet/phone-esque feature.
3- Speaking of which...While in Windows, lower right corner has a little tv icon. Click this and right click the "Tablet mode" options/settings. Choose the turn off permanently option(save your sanity). This really pissed me off, being on by default. I truly hate tablet mode. Whomever made this in the OS, I hope a stench of a 1000 flatulent camels blow in your general direction! May you stub both toes and fall into a thorn bush!! >_<
Anyway. Just sharing the knowledge, as Win10 is a lot more compatible with certain games and software than Win11.
Have a nice day(except the clown that made Tablet Mode in Win10.... give me back the hour of my life you......not not nice person!!).
Q: Does the device function when there is no internal battery(like a normal laptop)?
A: Yes. Though a caveat. The machine requires the user to boot into the BIOS and change the date and time, every time the device is turned on. As it seems to rely on the internal battery to maintain the BIOS settings. Every default setting seems fine unless you want the gpu to use more RAM; default is 3GB. Some people prefer 4-6 or an Auto setting.
Q: Can a user install Windows 10?
A: Yes. I tried a few versions. You can go back as far as 21H2 and onward up. I lack images of anything earlier. Sorry.
Q: Will the Lenovo Win11 manual install drivers function, even though Lenovo explicitly states only Win11?
A: Yes. Why? How the hell should I know! But some nice programmer made it possible, so lets not rock the boat!
Q: What about Legion Space?
A: Yes. It seems to also work just fine, though the software seems to sit in the taskbar as a program or folder instead of running in the background or in the icon area as a background icon. Ok so Im crap at explaining it. But most understand what a program looks like on the standard taskbar area. No idea how or if it can be iconed near the clock.
Some annoyances though:
1- Right analog stick does NOT seem to have a mouse optional mode. This is just stupid. Literally one of the most obvious things anyone trying to do is to fiddle with the right stick, to use as a mouse. Left/Right Shoulder buttons should be left/right mouse buttons. But not anyway I can find to the how. The only mouse options seem to be a track pad the size of a postage stamp and an option to detach the right controller to then flip a physical switch to make it a joystick mouse....on a table. All this crap instead of the most obvious....the analog stick idea, wtf!?
2- With the machine shut down and not in any sleep mode. The option to plug in and charge the internal battery is a good idea. It has an option in the BIOS to show the percentage of battery charge when AC power is plugged into the device. Why is this annoying? While it flashes the percent onto the screen when plugged in from AC, it does not seem to respond with any button press to show the user where the charge is after the first plugin shows it. Then turns off the screen a few seconds later. I pressed all the buttons. Nothing seems to tell you what percent the charge is at. I also think when pulling out the AC cable and immediately plugging it back in, presents a electrical hazard. The very least, it is a bad idea. Only other option is to turn on the device and check within the OS. Which defeats the purpose of the tablet/phone-esque feature.
3- Speaking of which...While in Windows, lower right corner has a little tv icon. Click this and right click the "Tablet mode" options/settings. Choose the turn off permanently option(save your sanity). This really pissed me off, being on by default. I truly hate tablet mode. Whomever made this in the OS, I hope a stench of a 1000 flatulent camels blow in your general direction! May you stub both toes and fall into a thorn bush!! >_<
Anyway. Just sharing the knowledge, as Win10 is a lot more compatible with certain games and software than Win11.
Have a nice day(except the clown that made Tablet Mode in Win10.... give me back the hour of my life you......not not nice person!!).
Post edited 19 hours ago by Shmacky-McNuts