18w TDP is not going to send 18w to the apu. It has to power the screen and everything else so your numbers sound correct. It might be boosting to 18w for a few minutes but you will have to set it higher than 18w to get more power to the APU.
I never said I was 100% satisfied but it's close. I had to RMA mine after a couple months to fix the bad SD card reader. Never have any of the issues you stated besides AC freezing sometimes but I believe that will get fixed with updates. My RGB ligh...
Half of these complaints seem like a "you" problem and if your have 20+ years experience in software development you should be able to fix them. The window distro is super easy to debloat. They didn't put any adware on it. I do agree it needs a batte...
