Horrible in-board mike on Helix

WIndows 8.1 has a new recording app which I figured would be good. And even when I have used Skype I found the inboard mike on the tablet was practically useless. Both mikes (one at the top of the sreen and one at the bootm are located close to the fans and therefore make horrible noise when recroding or using skype. I went to these forums to learn about adjusting the device drive to no avail, the location of the Mikes make them useless.
So I plugged in a wired mike I used in my old laptop into my USB sound card that has both mike and earphone inputs and voila the sound is wonderful.
It is indeed sad that such an expansive hybrid like Helix has the worst mikes I have ever heard on a laptop. If the Lenovo design team reads this, please place the onboard mikes far from the fans in the next iteration!!!

I think the next step would be to buy the Apple 65W and return it if it didnt solve the problem. If the Genius Bar is accessible, you could test it on site of course.
I have bought a couple of off brand PS for my Ibooks in the family and they have worked ok. I do prefer the PS with the charge light though.

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