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> The HDMI port doesn't support audio (in either Windows or Linux) Are you sure? This seems very odd, and I cant find a single mention of this in a review. Doe

by ac29 11y ago

> The HDMI port doesn't support audio (in either Windows or Linux) Are you sure? This seems very odd, and I cant find a single mention of this in a review. Does the mini-DP port carry audio? My X240 works perfectly fine with audio over mini-DP in linux (there is no full size HDMI). I dont know about windows, I dont use it. >click pad issue The clickpad sucks on the X240 too -- but I never actually push-to-click it. Do people not tap to click on laptops in 2015? This complaint is a strawman IMO, the push-to-click sucks on Apple and every other laptop I've seen it on as well. As a standard trackpad, its fine. >wifi Zero issues since day 1 on the X240 with the default intel 7260 card. Not sure which card you have, but I've yet to see a laptop with an intel wifi card that has issues in linux. If you have a different vendor's card and its giving you issues preventing you from using linux, it might be worth the $30 to pick up an intel card.

stephenboyd 11y ago
I wish I had gotten an X240. The model of my X1C is 20A7/20A8 and all my complaints are legit, thank you. I was also surprised about the HDMI audio issue. You're right about the reviews not mentioning it. I've read that the mini DisplayPort works properly. But the expected behavior of an HDMI port is to output audio and I'm just glad I wasn't entertaining guests or giving a presentation when I discovered the problem. https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/No-sound-through-HDMI-x1-carbon-20A7/td-p/1537174 https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/No-so... Read the whole thing, if that's what you're into. The Lenovo support specialist should have admitted that he only had general advice about computer troubleshooting and did not have a solution to the problem. Anyway, the only person claiming to have found a solution was the last post, who only offered an irreproducible solution. I actually tried everything everyone suggested in that thread and wasted far too much time for nothing. And even if any of those solutions worked, this is a thread about Linux laptops. I don't like tapping, but sometimes I prefer it over clunking down the whole pad. The dedicated clicking buttons of older models worked perfectly well and Apple laptops have wonderful touchpads. > This complaint is a strawman IMO A strawman argument is actually when one side of a debate lies about what the other side's argument is so they'll have have an easier argument to refute. I don't think you were accusing me of that. >wifi Lots of issues since day one on this laptop with an Intel 7260 card.

by ac29 11y ago

stephenboyd 11y ago

I wish I had gotten an X240. The model of my X1C is 20A7/20A8 and all my complaints are legit, thank you. I was also surprised about the HDMI audio issue. You're right about the reviews not mentioning it. I've read that the mini DisplayPort works properly. But the expected behavior of an HDMI port is to output audio and I'm just glad I wasn't entertaining guests or giving a presentation when I discovered the problem. https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/No-sound-through-HDMI-x1-carbon-20A7/td-p/1537174 https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/No-so... Read the whole thing, if that's what you're into. The Lenovo support specialist should have admitted that he only had general advice about computer troubleshooting and did not have a solution to the problem. Anyway, the only person claiming to have found a solution was the last post, who only offered an irreproducible solution. I actually tried everything everyone suggested in that thread and wasted far too much time for nothing. And even if any of those solutions worked, this is a thread about Linux laptops. I don't like tapping, but sometimes I prefer it over clunking down the whole pad. The dedicated clicking buttons of older models worked perfectly well and Apple laptops have wonderful touchpads. > This complaint is a strawman IMO A strawman argument is actually when one side of a debate lies about what the other side's argument is so they'll have have an easier argument to refute. I don't think you were accusing me of that. >wifi Lots of issues since day one on this laptop with an Intel 7260 card.