Beautiful unit would, as not the Throttle

The Lenovo Miix would actually be the ideal tablet for all possible applications, with enough power, memory and SSD. Those who do not necessarily need the digitizer of the Surface Pro 3 and a few extra grams do not disturb (I come from a Panasonic Toughbook (3kg) for Miix), should very well come with the device via laps.

But Lenovo has decided by DPTF to limit the maximum heat from the processor to 5W, regardless of the selected Power Options. This means: In order not to exceed the 5W, the CPU clocks down to below 800 MHz. With this in mind, the CPU remains at 50 ° C and the air flow from the fan has little more than room temperature. I will not burn me at nem Tablet fingers, but to a noticeable cooling hot then I have nothing.
With so little power, it is not possible to watch a video on Youtube in HD. Prime Video hooked well (Chrome 39).

The same problem also users of the Yoga Tablets. There are however various possibilities to change the power profile of the CPU. Here DPTF is to disable the BIOS / UEFI, the parameters of DPTF are also unable to change the registry.

With serious software off of Office I will therefore not employ me on the Miix, with the little power it does definitely not fun programs to compile. Then again Toughbook ...