Introduction
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The same old boilerplate: From time to time the nice people at Lenovo send me a gadget. They’re handy to have around – both for my own use and when trying to help out in the Lenovo forums. I do some testing and writing as well. I’m not otherwise compensated, and opinions are my own. I DO NOT speak for Lenovo
Well, another Lenovo gadget showed up the other day. This one is a Miix 700 – my first Windows tablet. It’s a surprisingly capable machine for a tablet. Maybe too capable – since it encourages trying some things I’d normally attempt on a laptop or desktop.
This isn’t a review; I don’t do reviews. This is a quick look at the tablet’s specs and features I find interesting. I’ll also explore some things I do with most computing hardware that I get my hands on: making recovery media, accessing the tablet’s innards, SSD upgrade/replacement/performance, cloning, virtual machines, and Linux, for a start.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Have you tried upgrading the memory? Is it possible? How about installing a fresh Windows 10 install from a USB? Dual boot? I saw over at Tony mac they are experimenting with loading OSX on this. I have just bought the middle one for 475 on amazon (the 128GB 4GB M5 version) and i have a 512 Samsung m.2 that i am not using. In linux, did you get any of the pen functions to work? Thanks again.
Hi,
I’m not going to be of much help.
The RAM is soldered, so no memory upgrade.
Windows 10 should install just fine from a properly-prepared USB flash drive (FAT32, copy the contents of the install ISO to the flash drive).
I didn’t experiment with pen on the Miix running Linux. Just gave a quick try to the basics.
Is the Wi-Fi card replaceable or it’s soldiered like the RAM? Also do you know if there is “Whitelist lock” in the BIOS to prevent swapping with non-Lenovo parts? I see that you swapped the SSD, but wifi card might be different issue.
Great info, thanks!
The wifi card is a removable item. I believe it’s whitelisted.
Head over to the Lenovo forums, then SUPPORT and enter Miix 700 in the search box. That will pull up appropriate downloads including the Hardware Maintenance Manual.
The HMM shows how to access the wifi card and includes a parts list with the whitelisted FRU numbers.