Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro: Challenges the Apple MacBook Pro
The Chinese of Xiaomi intend to challenge Apple’s top-of-the-range model for laptops, with an absolutely unbeatable price.
Chinese and low prices. A combination that only a few years ago was inevitably accompanied by decisive compromises on quality and innovation. And if Xiaomi has already proven to be able to innovate with Mi Mix, it does not cease to amaze. In the past few hours, the Chinese manufacturer has announced Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro, which is not its first laptop but a completely new product that fits into another market segment compared to Mi Notebook Air.
All with an absolutely interesting price: 5,599 Yuan for the entry-level version, up to 6,999 Yuan for the version with 16 GB of RAM and SSD PCIe from 256 GB. The laptop was presented on Monday in the same launch event of Mi Mix 2 and Mi Note 3: inside we will find Intel Core i5 and Core i7 eighth generation processors inside a shell, about 1 cm and a half thick.
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro uses a 15.6-inch display with a 72% gamut on the NTSC standard and is protected by Gorilla Glass. According to what the company wanted to say during the presentation, its direct competitor is Apple’s much more expensive MacBook Pro. The computer adopts an NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU, a maximum of 16 GB of RAM and for the storage unit can rely on up to 256 GB on a PCIe-based SSD.
Everything is hidden by a shell in magnesium and aluminum alloy with a surface of 360.7 x 243.6 mm and a thickness of 15.9 mm thanks to a redesigned system for internal dissipation. The computer weighs 1.95 kilograms. Thanks to the available space there is a full-size backlit keyboard with more space for typing, a wide range of ports (two USB-C, two USB-A, HDMI, 3.5 mm jack and card slot for SD memory).
There is also a fingerprint scanning sensor compatible with Windows Hello, while a 60 Wh battery with support for fast charging is integrated for power on the go. To conclude the list of technical specifications, there are: support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac dual-band and a sound system designed in collaboration with Harman and compatible with Dolby Atmos technology for positional audio.
