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You chose a combination that does not work, much like choosing a Matrox card to run modern high-end video editing and gaming.

I agree with just about everything that you have said in this thread and others. I chose the little Nextbook because it was $79 which was incredibly cheap considering the features that it came with. I assumed that I would be able to get some version of Linux to run on it to get better performance... but definitely no joy on that.

My latest Laptop was also seems to have been designed around Windows 10. It has the latest Intel Core I5 with along with a discreet Radeon graphics card. It has major driver issues with the graphics card, the touch screen, sound and wireless that have yet to be resolved by those who would like to run a version of Linux as the primary OS. But I do have virtual Mint and Ubuntu machines installed that run fabulously on it using VMware.

My latest Laptop was also seems to have been designed around Windows 10. It has the latest Intel Core I5 with along with a discreet Radeon graphics card. It has major driver issues with the graphics card, the touch screen, sound and wireless that have yet to be resolved by those who would like to run a version of Linux as the primary OS.

Your problem is highlighted in bold. The problem with this laptop is not Windows. It's Radeon's well established reputation for piss poor driver support and second rate hardware.

My last computer I built I went with an R9 380X. That will be the last time a Radeon video card graces anything I own. Complete garbage. Go nVidia or go home.