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Hi all, I'm starting at sixth form (college) in September and need a laptop / 2 in 1 for general use and the more intensive tasks produced by my Computer Science course. I initially headed towards a Surface Pro 6, as I like the portability, power and ability to use a pen (for note-taking and drawing flowcharts). However now that I've seen devices like the Matebook X Pro around, with an incredible display, better power and easier on-lap usage (for the same price). Which would you prefer to have? Are there any alternatives to the Surface Pro that have such a good screen like the Matebook? If you have any other recommendations: - Ideally a small SSD as almost all resources and work are cloud-based - Ideally under 15" - Must use Windows as school relies heavily on Microsoft services - Budget is around £1,000 / US$1,225 / CA$1,630 / AU$1,800 / €1,100 Most thanks, S h u r i k e n

Hello everyone, I'm completely new here but I felt compelled to ask about this and get at least opinions if not answers from a community, I've heard great things about and hope I can trust since I highly regard the channle it's based on. Me Rambling For Three Sentances So to explain my situation shortly I've recently graduated and plan to continue on studying in university after summer, which means I'll need to buy a laptop to do work on as one won't be provided by the school. I've been looking around at some more premium options for this which has lead me to laptops such as the Dell XPS 13, HP Envy 13, Asus Zenbook S (13, 14 and whatever else), Surface Laptop 2 and finally the Huawei Matebook X Pro (as well as the other Huawei laptops). Out of these the Matebook X Pro stood out to me as one of the better options regarding specs, looks etc. Actual Question The problem of course as you all should know is the Huawei ban that's been taking place in the US and my question to anyone who's watching this is, what will happen with Windows updates on the currently existing Huawei Matebook devices? Will they continue to be updated normally as they already have a license that pre-dates the Huawei ban, or can or would Microsoft be able to block users with Huawei devices from receiving their updates? As this information seems pretty scares on the web and rather hard to find I'd like to attempt to get as much information out of this post as possible to perhaps not just help me in my decisions but help others who have similar concerns of purchasing one now or currently owning a Huawei laptop. Sincerely, Joey P.S: Sorry if my english isn't perfect.

Hey guys, So I've been going through this problem for a little while but essentially I'm having major issues getting my laptop, Huawei Matebook X Pro, connected to my eGPU, Omen Accelerator with a gtx1080 founder's. I've been in contact with Huawei and here below is the email I sent them detailing all the information. __________________________ Hello, So I have been working on this for the past few weeks and here are all the technical details I have found. The issue I'm having is regarding connecting my laptop, Huawei Matebook X Pro, to an eGPU via a thunderbolt 3 connection. The eGPU in question is the HP Omen Accelerator, containing a GTX 1080. Here is what I know for certain: - The eGPU, with this GTX 1080 inside, definitely works perfectly, I have another laptop with thunderbolt 3 and this other laptop is able to connect via a single thunderbolt 3 cable and following the expected setup, everything works as expected with no exceptions. - The Matebook X Pro is fully functioning and the thunderbolt 3 port on this laptop works as well. I was able to use the thunderbolt 3 cable from the eGPU to connect this laptop with the other laptop, and a thunderbolt connection was made. - The Matebook X Pro and the Omen Accelerator eGPU are fully compatible. First of all, the Omen Accelerator is theoretically fully compatible with any thunderbolt 3 controller, but furthermore, I have been in contact with a number of people who have this exact same configuration as me, and they have not encountered any issues at all. https://www.reddit.com/r/eGPU/comments/8p2jpp/huawei_matebook_x_pro_hp_omen_accelerator_gtx_970/ https://egpu.io/forums/builds/huawei-matebook-x-pro-i7-hp-omen-accelerator-with-gtx-970-4gb/ (it's worth noting that I have also tested the configuration with a GTX 970 and this made no difference.) - Thunderbolt 3 is fully enable in bios and eGPU connections are fully enabled within the thunderbolt software. - All my thunderbolt 3 drivers and software are as up-to-date as I can find. I first updated everything from the laptop's support page and then after that failed I went in search of drivers from elsewhere, still to no avail. - I have followed the setup proceedure of the eGPU to the letter. First of all, I have setup this eGPU before, with my other laptop, so I am familiar with the setup and I know exactly where it is failing. Here is the link for the setup instructions; https://support.hp.com/ie-en/document/c05573720 The issue occurs at step 5, when connecting the thunderbolt 3 cable to the laptop. There is an initial connection and the eGPU powers on as expected, but then the connection fails, I hear the windows disconnection sound, and the eGPU powers back down after about 1 second. I believe the problem is with the firmware version of the thunderbolt 3 controller. When I have the eGPU and the laptop connected via thunderbolt 3 cable, if I proceed into the thunderbolt software and view the 'about' section to see system details, the firmware version is listed as 0.00. I cannot find any firmware updates for this laptop specifically, and when I try firmware updates designed for other laptops with the 15BF thunderbolt controller, they fail claiming that they there is a system incompatibility.