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    CT15-A4- Anybody else have one yet?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by desertlap, Nov 8, 2012.

  1. desertlap

    desertlap Notebook Consultant

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    I just got handed one of these to setup and configure.

    We have a couple of the older 14's with windows 7 on them.

    Quick observations; The 1080p screen is gorgeous, likewise the build quality is solid as on the 14 though I still don't like the keyboard.

    This one came with an i5, 4GB RAM and a 128GB Toshiba SSD.

    I don't know if it's windows 8 or improved hardware or what, but the touchpad is a HUGE improvement over the one in the 14 and is actually quite pleasant to use and supports all the win8 gestures including bringing up the charms.

    The PROBLEM, I'm having is that so far the two USB to Ethernet adapters (belkin, Linksys) don't work.

    Neither gives any obvious error message. The belkin shows up in device manager and appears to get link, but any send receive just times out. The Linksys doesn't show up at all.

    Anybody have any suggestions?
     
    desertlap, Nov 8, 2012
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  2. don813

    don813 Notebook Geek

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    actually i agree with the touchpad, im using windows 8 on the ct15-a2 and the touchpad works fantastic now, its actully really good, not sure if it was the driver or software update, but i get no noticible lag and the touchpad is very responsiv
     
    don813, Nov 15, 2012
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  3. 1upac

    1upac Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does this travel to the ct14 a4? Just ordered one and my only grife is with touchpad gestures, I'm assuming since this is driver update it will work better on this as well
     
    1upac, Nov 27, 2012
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    michaeljean Notebook Consultant

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    Wait what your saying your A2 works great now just because winows 8. Have you tried click to dragging?

    Also I hear that the new models have a synaptics touchpad, way to go vizio thanks for screwing all us beta testers
     
    michaeljean, Nov 27, 2012
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    mellaby Newbie

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    Are you sure the touch pad hardware has changed? What was the hardware on the a1,a2's
     
    mellaby, Nov 27, 2012
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    mellaby Newbie

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    My ct14-a4 has full functioning mouse. It works great. Everything that was wrong with my upgraded a1 has been resolved. Took a hr to setup including installing MS Office,and printer.
     
    mellaby, Nov 28, 2012
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