maj0r
Disciple
They must have something embedded in firmware level to steal data or some intentional loophole/backdoor. I would never buy their spyware.
Xiaomi laptops launched in India.
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dissel
Skilled
Hey....I will say though this guy even goes to the 'upgradability' part other Indian Golden Boys of Tech section of Youtube India never even goes to that alley because they will lose the Xiaomi Sponsorship.
Check out these
This guy though bash the Xiaomi but his unbearable Smugness is killing me - No offence to any of his fan if they present here
Now comes to the point - as of now this Fixed RAM looks like the 'New Normal' for upcoming ultrabooks and this PANDEMIC which is worst than COVID starts by the none other than Apple (No offence to any apple user here). You need Light Weight Ultra Book you get Fixed RAM but you need upgradability the Gaming Machine is the only choice which is around 2.5 - 3.5 Kg machine.
This is even worst for AMD Ryzen 4000 series Ultrabooks - Fixed RAM 8 GB where 2GB reserved for Vega Graphics.....I was eyeing on a 4500U variant from Acer Swift 3 but it riddled with the same Fixed RAM symptom. So If anybody buys that he has to live 5.9GB RAM for the rest of his life.
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Main cons so far
1. No GST credit on Amazon - big turn off
2. No backlit keyboard - at that price its a must
3. RAM limited to 8GB - OK, but 16GB would have been better
Might pickup one in the 26th sale.
1. No GST credit on Amazon - big turn off
2. No backlit keyboard - at that price its a must
3. RAM limited to 8GB - OK, but 16GB would have been better
Might pickup one in the 26th sale.
You may partition the hard drive to have a partition in ExFAT format. That way both MacOS and Windows can read and write to the partition.
rdst_1
Skilled
When I bought my Macbook Air back in 2013, I was able to easily remove MacOS completely. I just booted from a Windows pendrive and formatted the whole drive and installed Windows like a normal PC/laptop. When I sold it, I was even able to restore it back to MacOS very simply.
How did you download the drivers for Windows? Specially the ones for the touchpad?
BootCamp did the job. Had to setup a dual boot for an office collegue - she never had issues with it.
I don't think that is possible on the machines with T2 chip now.
madara_uchiha
Disciple
Apart from the non-upgradeability, the use of intel is disappointing. AMD ryzen would be fantastic for machines at this price point. They could put in a 4700U 8 core for 800-1200$ laptops which is what these appear to be.
Absolutely, I recently bumped up a machine to 16 GB and although it gives you breathing room, it can be filled up quickly if one is not sober and judicious. Opening up a decent quantum of Browser tabs and apps like photoshop can get to 16 Gigs pretty quickly. Doubly so if one is making use of multi desktops. 8 is a pittance apart from office work, windows idles at 4-5 GB easy these days.
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Absolutely, I recently bumped up a machine to 16 GB and although it gives you breathing room, it can be filled up quickly if one is not sober and judicious. Opening up a decent quantum of Browser tabs and apps like photoshop can get to 16 Gigs pretty quickly. Doubly so if one is making use of multi desktops. 8 is a pittance apart from office work, windows idles at 4-5 GB easy these days.
nRiTeCh
Skilled
Not interested in Mi laptops still how come you so much sure about this?
dissel
Skilled
I like to stay correct here and quoting my own post, I recently came across the Acer Swift 3 4500U use only 512MB of RAM for graphics, So the above statement is not true for the new-gen AMD U series processor......Or at least for this machine,
Proof is below - Jump to 06:30 video position to listen from the reviewer's mouth.
I was very much interested in Mi Laptops Horizon Edition, They are lightweight and perfect for carrying around, Once it launched here with fixed RAM - I start searching which one comes with upgradeable memory and going to wait for them.
Well I came across this info from this reviewer - Here, he posted the latest Redmibook 16 Ryzen 4700U review
This guy review Mi Laptop since 2016 and here I'm attaching the playlist of those, I didn't go all of this video but most of them reveal All Xiaomi Laptop So far comes with Fixed RAM - According to him there is 'Normal' and 'Pro' version of the Xiaomi Lineup, In Pro version, you get Back Lit Keyboard, SD Card Slot and 2nd SSD port internal storage expansion.
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro
This laptop is $799 with coupon XMNB01 here: https://goo.gl/9rwKXN and the i7/16GB model is $1069 with coupon XMNB04 here: https://goo.gl/Gqrm68
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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 (2018)
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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 (2017)
Where to buy: $779 with coupon Air13N https://goo.gl/Fio4wg & 2016 model for $629 here https://goo.gl/hye16p with coupon harvest242
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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3
The 13.3 inch Core i5 6200U, Nvidia 940MX model. It's $669 here https://goo.gl/hye16p with coupon GBAir13
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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 12.5
Fanless Intel Core M3 model. Where to buy one? http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_590394.html?wid=4&lkid=10852404
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mrwhoisthebo88
Recruit
Similar as Xiaomi smartphone it also looks promising but time will tell is it worth buying or not.
This is a value for Money Laptop if you are alright with the specs right now and for 1 year to come. Potential pain points with the laptop are
1. The RAM on the laptop is soldered on
2. No back light keyboard
3. The webcam is detachable
nikhilprasad
Novice
What about after sales services? Any idea
camilasaunder89
Recruit
It is not going to perform well with 10th gen i7 with glued 8GB memory...