I dont understand why everyone is comparing their products to the Mac/iPhone and then they say "cheap" as $xxx.
You cant compare a KIA to Bugatti and say cheap as $xxx.
The point is create a product people speak about and has a value
Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
101–110 of 462 posts
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#102xiaomi will destroy apple in just few years.
Apples big asset is OSX. They can't copy that.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#103If it gets full Linux support, i.e. I can blow away Windows and use Ubuntu, then I'm in. This'll be my last macbook ..
Installed Ubuntu once, I can't help to notice that it tries too much to be macosx. I would rather keep using macbook, or use plain debian instead if installing wifi driver weren't a pain in the ass.
It tries to be NextStep.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Acer/Lenovo/Dell can't risk getting sued by Apple. Xiaomi is a Chinese company they don't care since if they ever do get sued the Chinese court will always side with the Chinese company. The again if the clone works just as well as the original I don't really care but this would have been a really good chance to copy and improve.
Lenovo is also a Chinese company, no? And Acer is Taiwanese.
China and Taiwan are two different countries in practice (despite claims China makes to the contrary).
Taiwan has robust rule of law, unlike china.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#105MI3 released in 2014 First real update(android update) it got was in July 2016 . also, you cannot delete your i.mi.com account you cannot delete the data once uploaded on i.mi.com ( so called MI cloud). You can keep writing them emails and they will refuse to answer. their service center is pathetic. ( not few, not in exception cases, but in all cases). forget about security updates, you do not even have encryption o…
Ok apple
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#106Will there be heating issues?
Such a small form factor with an i5 and dedicated graphics card ought to have thermal throttling issues and with a metal body, become uncomfortable to hold.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#107If it gets full Linux support, i.e. I can blow away Windows and use Ubuntu, then I'm in. This'll be my last macbook ..
I do see the Nvidia dual-graphics chip causing problems on Linux.
They should have dropped the Nvidia chip all the way, it is a shitty compromise. Nobody is going to play games on this machine and the Intel IGP handles all other workloads just fine. Also, the 12.5 version coming with 4GB is a bit disappointing.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you saying Ubuntu runs well on all laptops which are not locked?
I think he's talking about the UEFI non-sense that often happens with western manufacturers to lock it to windows (preventing the switching of the signing keys). I'm not sure how true his thought is in relation to china,but neither here nor there.
There is nothing wrong with UEFI. I had a laptop with it that had no keys by default.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#109Aren't those arrow keys a bit weird? Left and right keys are implemented as standard size keys, while up and down keys are so small and tiny. How do you work like that?
I hate that arrow key design, and is the reason I haven't bought HP laptops in a long time even when their specs and/or prices were better than the alternatives.
Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival
#110Making it thin does not make it closer to Macbook. I'm sure it even has standard bricky laptop charger and crappy display.