T540p Thinkpad Wireless card issue

Hi all,
    My T540p just arrived and I promptly installed arch linux on it. To my surprise, the wireless card is not detected. I look up the specs on the lenovo site and it is just branded as "Thinkpad 2x2 wireless card", looking at hwinfo it turns out it is really a Realtek RTL8192EE card, and upon looking at reviews on the net for this particular card, it seems that even in windows there are issues making it work consistently. There are no drivers provided by Realtek nor Thinkpad, only the 8192E, CU and SE series are out. After calling support for a couple of days (my warranty did not showed up in their database) I was told there is nothing they can do given the machine was shipped with windows 8. This situation is really dissapointing to me given the past Thinkpad models are great on linux. If you are considering buying this machine, just go with the intel card. If any of you have been on the same boat, is there anything else I could do besides havng to buy the card out of pocket to make this work?

If you just got it, you could probably return it and order one in a different configuration.
I, too, recommend getting the Intel card where possible.  It just seems Intel has fewer support issues than other wireless cards.
For what it's worth, with some patience it's not horribly difficult to replace the card.  I had to replace a fan on a Thinkpad X-series and in the process learned about replacing the wireless card.  If you follow Lenovo's manual (free) and go slow, it's not complex.
Best of luck
-JV474

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