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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 Keyframe »

ksk wrote: post #258
Keyframe wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because I have an Air, albeit an older model and I want to get a new laptop. Buying a new Air doesn't make sense since it's outdated a bit and doesn't fit most of what I want.

>Buying a new Air doesn't make sense since it's outdated a bit and doesn't fit most of what I want. Um, this is what _you_ said -- "Currently, only Air fits the bill, but it's getting old." Sorry, I still have no idea why are you're looking for a MB air replacement instead of upgrading to a newer model.

'Newer model' was last updated year and a half ago.

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

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Post by yareally »

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…

Surface Book perhaps? If you want similar build quality to Apple in a laptop, I can't think of much else comparable. I bought one a few months ago, been pretty happy with it so far. With two batteries in it (tablet and base) the battery life is outstanding (6 to 8 hours depending on what I'm doing). When connected, both batteries are used to power the laptop.

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

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Post by carlob »

JosephRedfern wrote: post #47
carlob wrote: post #32

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The plastic/fake metal transition is really ugly

It's real metal, and carbon fibre (rather than plastic).

Doesn't matter, still looks cheap. It's too much of a seam if you see what I'm saying

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

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Post by robotresearcher »

izzydata wrote: post #223

Why does it need to be so thin? I don't really understand this fad of making every so thin that battery life suffers.

Go back and use an old slab of a ThinkPad and you'll notice how bad the ergonomics were and how much volume it takes up in a bag. Also battery life is better than ever now. Because of the gradual change it's hard to appreciate how much better computers have become.

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

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Post by nimrody »

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #209
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...

Everyone I know with a Xiaomi is on an ancient version of Android and their phones are largely considered disposable. They might do the monthly security updates (all Android OEMs should be doing this) but that's very different than keeping up proper OS updates. Considering how cheap the Nexus line is, I'm not sure why people even both with the super-budget phones. You get a lackluster experience, few if any OS update…

My Xiaomi MI3 (international version) is almost two years old and now got automatically upgraded to Android 6.0.

(No doze support and it revoked my root access but still nice!).

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Post by bluthru »

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…

Apple is rumored to release updated MacBook Pros at the September event. I would wait for that before making a decision.

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Post by Nullabillity »

IshKebab wrote: post #260
Nullabillity wrote: post #93

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Install nvidia, install bumblebee, add yourself to the bumblebee group. Not really that hard...

That's actually stupidly hard. Why do you need to do anything at all?

As opposed to the Windows approach (unless you enjoy being stuck with preloaded malware, such as Superfish, McAfee, or Mac OS X):

* WTF, why isn't my NIC registering? I thought we had a standard for this stuff by now.

* Download NIC drivers from secondary computer

* Put NIC drivers on a USB stick

* Install NIC drivers

* Nothing happened, turns out you found the drivers for the wrong revision of the chipset, go back to square one

* Download Nvidia drivers

* Try to install, nope, you need to find the Intel drivers first

* Download and install Intel drivers

* Install the Nvidia drivers again

* It's 2AM already, go to sleep

* You forgot to turn off Windows Update, and now you're stuck with Windows 10

* Reformat again, and start over

As opposed to:

$ sudo pacman -S nvidia bumblebee && sudo usermod -aG bumblebee $(whoami) && reboot

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Post by dhruvrrp »

razed_in_blecch wrote: post #254
naspinski wrote: post #233

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

Terrible suggestion. Razer's products do not remotely meet the fit and finish of Apple's products. I'm typing on a Razer Blade Stealth right now that I've had since February and it is already falling apart, with most of the screws on the bottom plate falling off and a trackpad that constantly sticks. The fans buzz and brush against their metal grills often enough that you have to gently slap the side of the laptop to…

If it suffers from the the problems you mentioned, then consider getting it replaced. I've had a razer blade for 3 years now and never had issues related to build quality. The only problems I faced was getting the drivers for certain Linux distros.

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

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Post by brazzledazzle »

maxerickson wrote: post #244
unethical_ban wrote: post #239

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

Yes, please feel free to take them to task over that. But while you are doing so, please avoid misrepresentations as egregious as Motorola announcing that they will stop updating their phones with the new security updates. (and less egregious ones too).

It might be more charitable to assume their intent wasn't to mischaracterize.
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