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Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by johnloeber »

Keyframe wrote: post #229

I've been looking for a new laptop recently, but I can't seem to find a good. My primary concerns are: - not to have open it up and clean from dust. That's what all of my laptops, except Air, suffered from. They get dust inside and then get hot and loud. I move around a lot and it's inevitable. I don't want noise and I want as little heat as possible. - Multitouch Trackpad like on Macbook Air. It's wonderful! - Long…

Your criteria appear to be "I want the best possible for every component." The issue here is that there are trade-offs involved: e.g. a high-powered CPU will drain your battery life.

With your criteria, only the Lenovo X Carbon series comes to mind. (Maybe the Dell XPS series?)

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by teekert »

kyriakos wrote: post #177
kccqzy wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting. I also had a Xiaomi battery pack but after a few months of (irregular) use the outer shell started discolouring and the adhesives gradually became weaker, so much so that you can peel off the plastic at the bottom and top. Yes they are ready to take over large segments of the market but not yet the high end segment.

There is actually counterfeit xiaomi battery packs. There's a great chance you got one of those. The one I have took a lot of abuse and travel and still looks new

True, for example check this website: https://www.techmesto.com/identify-fake-xiaomi-power-bank/

Also, there should be scratch code on the packaging which will reveal a code you can enter on the website and it will tell you if the product is genuine. This worked well for me.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by naspinski »

Keyframe wrote: post #229

I've been looking for a new laptop recently, but I can't seem to find a good. My primary concerns are: - not to have open it up and clean from dust. That's what all of my laptops, except Air, suffered from. They get dust inside and then get hot and loud. I move around a lot and it's inevitable. I don't want noise and I want as little heat as possible. - Multitouch Trackpad like on Macbook Air. It's wonderful! - Long…

Razerblade Stealth? http://www.theultimateultrabook.com/

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by HaseebR7 »

johnloeber wrote: post #231
Keyframe wrote: post #229

I've been looking for a new laptop recently, but I can't seem to find a good. My primary concerns are: - not to have open it up and clean from dust. That's what all of my laptops, except Air, suffered from. They get dust inside and then get hot and loud. I move around a lot and it's inevitable. I don't want noise and I want as little heat as possible. - Multitouch Trackpad like on Macbook Air. It's wonderful! - Long…

Your criteria appear to be "I want the best possible for every component." The issue here is that there are trade-offs involved: e.g. a high-powered CPU will drain your battery life. With your criteria, only the Lenovo X Carbon series comes to mind. (Maybe the Dell XPS series?)

I'm pretty sure the new MPB fits the criteria.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by naspinski »

im_dario wrote: post #41

I don't trust their battery run-times. I was looking for a laptop and finally settled down for a Lenovo Thinkpad 13. Thinkpad's battery is 42 Wh with a wifi surfing run-time of almost 7 hours [0], although it being sold as a 11 hours run-time. It hasn't a dedicated graphics chip. Xiaomi's battery is 40 Wh and it sports dedicated graphics. Macbook Air's battery is 58 Wh and it has integrated graphics, lasting around 1…

My Razerblade can run for 6-8 hours on battery and it has dedicated graphics. When I am actually running a game, that approaches more around 1 hour.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by kyriakos »

ethanbond wrote: post #188
kyriakos wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is actually counterfeit xiaomi battery packs. There's a great chance you got one of those. The one I have took a lot of abuse and travel and still looks new

That still qualifies as a hit against the statement "Xiaomi means quality." Brand protection is hard, but also really important. It'll probably become more evident over the next few years why Apple has always been so vicious about it.

At the same time its proof that xiaomi as a brand is good.. i.e. its a brand worth copying.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by unethical_ban »

maxerickson wrote: post #183
klackerz wrote: post #26

The best thing about Xiaomi is that they support their products very well. Almost all of their phones get security updates each month. That is a rare thing in Android nowadays especially with Motorola announcing that they will stop updating their phones with the new security updates. [1] [1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/07/motorola-confirms-tha...

How did you go from However, because of the amount of testing and approvals that are necessary to deploy them, it's difficult to do this on a monthly basis for all our devices. It is often most efficient for us to bundle security updates in a scheduled Maintenance Release (MR) or OS upgrade. , which is a quote from Motorola, to Motorola announcing that they will stop updating their phones with the new security update…

Lenovo is a $56B company, and they are claiming it's infeasible to test a dozen phones against several versions of Android.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by Keyframe »

johnloeber wrote: post #231
Keyframe wrote: post #229

I've been looking for a new laptop recently, but I can't seem to find a good. My primary concerns are: - not to have open it up and clean from dust. That's what all of my laptops, except Air, suffered from. They get dust inside and then get hot and loud. I move around a lot and it's inevitable. I don't want noise and I want as little heat as possible. - Multitouch Trackpad like on Macbook Air. It's wonderful! - Long…

Your criteria appear to be "I want the best possible for every component." The issue here is that there are trade-offs involved: e.g. a high-powered CPU will drain your battery life. With your criteria, only the Lenovo X Carbon series comes to mind. (Maybe the Dell XPS series?)

Your criteria appear to be "I want the best possible for every component."

That and that it's compact (13") and lightweight and that it makes coffee! I know, but that's what I want. As for high-powered CPU, I would be OK with some super-duper i5 mobile or something. i7 is not a must. Also, I was under the impression that CPUs, these days, do not drain battery more than low-powered one if you're not hitting the gas pedal?

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