29 Oct Inhon Carbonbook 11
[Inhon](http://www.inhon.com) is a relatively unknown manufacturer in the computer industry. It is a Taiwanese company that only recently started making laptops. Before making its own laptops, however, it was the OEM for Gigabyte's [X11 Ultrabook](http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4247). Despite receiving mixed reviews, Inhon went on to create the Carbonbook 11 based on the same framework as the X11.
The Inhon Carbonbook 11 I bought has a Core i5-3337U processor and a 120GB SSD. It weighs less than 1kg, and has a mediocre battery to keep its body slim. The main reason I bought the Carbonbook last year was because my previous laptop (Asus [U32U](http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/U32U/)) was severely underpowered. Even though I upgraded it to have 6GB of RAM, it's E450 APU couldn't handle much more than extremely basic office tasks. The Carbonbook was only around $600 USD, yet it had a current-gen processor and an SSD. It had an amazing price to performance ratio.
However, I ran into many problems with this machine. Within 3 months, the charging indicator light broke. I got a replacement, and nothing really happened after that. Until now. Or rather, recently.
I was just going about doing normal things with my Carbonbook when it suddenly refused to connect to WiFi. It was strange: there were 6 other devices connected to the router, yet mine was the only one that failed. I tried the usual `ipconfig /renew` commands and obviously rebooted numerous times. No go. I tried to reinstall the wireless drivers. Upon rebooting, the laptop went into a **Bluescreen bootloop**. Meaning, it booted, crashed, and rebooted _in a cycle_. How crazy is that!
Finally, I got into safe mode and uninstalled the network drivers. The laptop finally started normally, but still refused to connect to the Internet. Then, I realized that if I picked my laptop up physically, it could connect to WiFi. If it was sitting on the table, it couldn't connect. Upon further investigation, I found that if I moved the laptop several inches away from its usual spot, it could connect to WiFi. Once I moved it back to its original spot, it would refuse to connect. What a strange and annoying problem!
But even more annoying is the fact that sometimes the Carbonbook would crash upon resuming from sleep. That means everything I had open was gone, and all unsaved documents were lost. As if that weren't enough, sometimes the laptop would refuse to go to sleep after pressing the sleep button! Its screen would go black, but it wouldn't sleep. Using `powercfg /requests` gave no conclusive answers.
All that said, I can only assume that the Inhon Carbonbook is seriously flawed. I recommend it to no one. If you're looking to buy a new laptop, my advice is to buy from a trusted manufacturer.
Comments
What a terrible story! Agree with you 100%!! Just a side note, Inhon is owned by the second generation of the infamous '頂新集團', so it's no surprise that this laptop suffers so much problem!
Wow, I didn't know that! Another reason to avoid Inhon. What do you mean by "second generation"?
'頂新‘ was created by 4 (?) brothers, while Inhon was created by one of their sons/daughters, God knows who! But it's their second generation's business. Yes, avoid Inhon at all costs!
Oh~ I see! I don't think they're making the Carbonbook anymore. It's not on PChome anymore either... I think maybe no one bought it