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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Laptop windows install: "A Media Driver Is Missing" Cosmos 17.3"

    Aye that was it. Apparently you can't download the ISO and 'dd' it to a USB like you can with Linux. It boots but won't install. Had to create a Windows VM in order to "burn" the Windows ISO to a USB. Anyway, job done, cheers
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Laptop windows install: "A Media Driver Is Missing" Cosmos 17.3"

    I got the installer ISO direct from Microsoft. The Windows installer will boot fine, I can choose my language and keyboard layout, then I get to the "A Media Driver Is Missing" screen, like this one: Some suggestion is to look for an 'sccm' driver pack for the hardware. Can't find such on...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Laptop windows install: "A Media Driver Is Missing" Cosmos 17.3"

    Laptop specs from order page: Chassis & Display Cosmos Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD IPS 60Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 8750H (2.2GHz, 4.1GHz Turbo) Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB) Graphics Card INTEL® HD...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Just ordered a 17.3" Cosmos VII , any tips?

    Uhh, nice to know the Cosmos 7 is already superseded by the Cosmos 8! Anyway. This 7 has an ethernet on the side, but I don't suppose it's worth while my commenting further on the hardware, given you're contemplating the newer release. In the end I settled on FC30 as an OS. Suze LEAP...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Replace a hard drive in a 17.3" COSMOS VII

    Oh well. Noisy spinner replaced with super quiet SSD of same capacity. That was almost ridiculously easy, APART from, PCS seem to have installed hard rubber bumpers behind the HDD, and the new SSD was about 0.01mm longer - actually I think the difference was in the depth of the mating of the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Replace a hard drive in a 17.3" COSMOS VII

    Brilliant thanks. I think I'll get a 1TB sata SSD instead. Should have realised the spinner would be a noisy irritation.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Replace a hard drive in a 17.3" COSMOS VII

    Easy job? Hard? I've just taken delivery of this COSMOS VII and am instantly regretting speccing it with a spinning HDD. I almost didn't get a second drive at all, but thought it might be useful to back up the nvme on to, or as media storage. But it's so loud and annoying. I've configured my...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST I'd love to show off my new laptop!

    Perhaps I was spoiled by that Asus Chromebook, but it was perfectly acceptable to listen to talking on. Or hold a speaker phone call. Frankly this is not. Still though, the increase in everything else makes it overall a good upgrade.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST I'd love to show off my new laptop!

    Arrived. I'm cautiously pleased. This Cosmos 17.3" laptop is as fast as I'd hoped and runs Ubuntu Mate really well [so far]. Full review coming up in the Linux section. Spec is i7, 16GB, 256GB WD Black nvme. The problem is the sound. I know it's a laptop but the on board sound is so bad...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST I'd love to show off my new laptop!

    But it was ordered on May 1, and it's still in Pre-Production :(
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Bluetooth under linux

    The BlueZ stack is, how shall I say, "interesting". I rarely have need for it fortunately. It sounds odd, but usually these days to "guarantee" hardware compatibility with dongles for Linux, I usually buy such accessories from a Raspberry Pi retailer (not linking here). You can be fairly sure...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Just ordered a 17.3" Cosmos VII , any tips?

    Ordered May 1st. Still in pre-production :(
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Just ordered a 17.3" Cosmos VII , any tips?

    I did see those threads yeah. I don't expect any problem I can't overcome, I've been installing and using linux on computers since 1994 with slackware on floppies and my day job is all linux based development.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Just ordered a 17.3" Cosmos VII , any tips?

    Ah yeah I might have mentioned that. The 6 core i7, onboard graphics (no nvidia card), 16GB RAM, 250GB nvme, 1TB HDD. Be doing development, docker, code editing with sublime. I hummed and Ha'ed between the 17 and 15" versions of this laptop, but went for the 17 because the specs on the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Just ordered a 17.3" Cosmos VII , any tips?

    Just waiting for the cycle to run through before I get my hands on it. Currently planning to put Ubuntu MATE 19.04 on it, anyone got thoughts on that, or tips? Or recommend something else?
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