Keyboard and trackpad work well -- trackpad multitouch works almost as well as Apple's.
13" is roughly as thin as my 12" retina MacBook but is a little thicker; footprint is bigger because 13" vs 12".
Display quality is 9/10 - would prefer higher resolution but it's fine as is. Colors are rich, no major wash out seen so far. One word: vibrant.
Pretty killer computer. Overall, 10/10 happy. For $900, I think this kicks the shit out of your thinkpads, competes with Apple with regard to hardware, and is a solid buy.
Meanwhile Apple's trackpads are getting worse due to thinness constraints. They introduce Force Touch which fails at simulating a real click.
Ian Morales
>even booting into windows on a new laptop before you install archlinux >not geoblocking China with netfilters
Whats happening to my Sup Forums
Austin Brooks
Funny thing is, they talk about high end laptops yet my poverty Celeron laptop from 2014 features one of those and works extremely well.
Ryder Butler
What are some bad things about it?
John Peterson
The entire thing.
Hudson Nguyen
Show some BIOS uefi screens
Noah Lewis
>no Ethernet port ITTIG
Robert Peterson
why's the glass so warped?
Joshua Reyes
>They introduce Force Touch which fails at simulating a real click. Ever actually tried it? If you didn't know any better you'd think that click was actually mechanical.
Anthony Sanders
How do you like the MacBook? I was thinking of getting a pro
Luis Howard
I wouldn't get a macbook at all unless you want to look like a hipster at a star bucks.
Jack Foster
what's with windows laptops and huge bottom bezels. tasteless.
Noah Wood
That's exactly what I want to look like
Parker White
Beats letting the Murricans have it
Adrian Bell
Reseller price is too high though, you can get better windows laptops for cheaper and they have legit english windows and a warranty.
Anthony Rivera
on a serious note. i hear it good for graphics and programming/web design
Samuel Rivera
No.
Duh
Had to confirm it worked, didn't want to get chinked.
dank
Uh... its only 1920x1080, camera sucks but I won't use it. Not sure about much else yet as I've only had it about 2 hours.
Nah
What do you want to see?
things_that_arent_issues.gif
It's not, it's just a reflection in the pic.
Confirmed
I love it. It's hands down my favorite computer, ever. Opt for the M7 edition, it's worth the extra cost.
That's what I enjoy doing, so --
Agreed
$900 is fair and is the price on Xiaomi's site. I paid $900 from gearbest with $2.80 for 2-day DHL shipping.
I also plan to run Linux on this, so I'm not bothered by the Windows issue. I do a Win10 ISO I can use, though, if the desire comes about.
Tyler Diaz
>I also plan to run Linux on this >GeForce GT 940MX
You picked the wrong kind of laptop to run linux on.
god that keyboard looks so awful. how do you people type with that shit? I'm sure the specs are fine but i'd have to get a seperate KB
Nicholas Green
>how do you people type with that shit? By not being autistic
James Nguyen
does it have any branding on the top cover?
Mason Garcia
Implying I want that shit, either.
I don't want your shitty Acer laptops and I especially don't want a "convertible" laptop.
Fuck off, faggot.
correct.
no.
Owen Johnson
Stop posting these shit and ugly laptops you nigger
Liam Lopez
install gentoo
John Murphy
>the look of a laptop is worth more than 300$ lel
I'm just showing how you can find laptops with the same specs and form factor for a lot less money.
Luis Cruz
>Same specs Where's the GT 940MX on the Acer?
Xavier Campbell
That second one is especially shit >no dedicated gpu >no pcie ssd >no ddr4 >3200mAh
Jackson Smith
Soon enought you will complain about batterylife. I love my 12.5 inch but fuck that 4 hours web browser time. On another note do you know how to use Fn + F key for function?
Ethan White
>battery >dedicated gpu >is going to use linux on his chinked laptop >muh chink pci-e ssd that has at best the same performance as a cheap sata one >all of this is worth more than 300$ (it's not)
Your xiaomeme is going to have at best 4 hours of battery life and dedicated GPU performance on par with the integrated intel but with added bugs and crashes if you use linux.
Isaac Brooks
well, it's been running over 4 hours at this point and still have 78% left. I think I'm fine.
Jordan Richardson
>apple's is superior I've used apple trackpads, and they're shit 99% of the time. Almost all of them that I have used have developed that bugged-as-fuck-while-not-charging problem.
Grayson Cruz
Sounds like the common denominator in all of those issues is you.
Lucas Ward
15 inch when? Staring at tiny fonts all my life has ruined my vision.
Juan Cooper
I have the 12.5" version myself, loving my memebook so far. Can you make it so that the Fn and F keys function like normal laptops instead of needing to constantly press fn + esc to switch? This is one of the two things that's been bothering me.
Cooper Jackson
I...ended up getting this as well from gearbest. Placed order today. These are the most decent reviews for it that I found. Basically all by the same dude.
TLDR: >CPU doesn't throttle. Ever. But GPU will under heavy loads >Does get hot at the top >Battery life is average, XPS 13 has about twice the battery size. >7 hours of web browsing >You can add more SSD memory, but ram is not expandable >le opens with one hand meme >really light >All in all pretty good for the specs and performance but price gouged to hell.
Some things to note: -Yes you will need to install or reinstall windows unless you speak Chink. This requires buying a new license. -Warranty is a real fucking mess since it's not intended for international markets. -Gold colored versions are insanely hard to find, this thing sold out almost instantly in China, hence price bump. -It originally sells for around $750 in Chinkland -It has no CE label, so if you decide to get this in Europe be mindful that customs might seize it and tell you to go fuck yourself.
Colton Rodriguez
Would still go a Carbon X1 or Surface book personally.
But chink shit is cheaper.
Jaxson Watson
Also forgot to mention:
PAJEETS ARE FUCKING THIRSTY FOR THIS THING
Every single goddamn news article about it has angry Pajeets wishing it came out in India
Dylan White
>-It has no CE label, so if you decide to get this in Europe be mindful that customs might seize it and tell you to go fuck yourself. :(
I am in nazitown and it looks breddy sweet. Would put ubuntu on that mofucker
Brayden Phillips
>cant' even with arch
Julian Reed
What's wrong with that card for Linux?
Luis White
nvidia
Isaac Sanders
They love chink shit and I have no idea why. Poor?
Connor Jones
>price to performance
We dont care about what fancy label it has. if it works and is the cheapest, then that will be successful here.
Julian Hall
Xiaomi is the chink version of Apple. No ordinary chink company could get this much attention.
Charles Parker
Nice try, that's grub.
Dylan Hernandez
K
Thomas James
Hold on, this is a black version? Does it exist?
Carson Hughes
What's the screen resolution?
Dominic Gutierrez
no, just weird lighting/angle
Tyler Nelson
Trackpads suck, why don't more computers use a nipple like a professional laptop?
Asher Fisher
Ew. It reeks of knock-off cheapness.
Liam Diaz
don't understand why people buy laptops with glossy screens
Brody Rogers
> I paid $900 from gearbest
did they ask for your ID? and proof of credit card?
Luke Edwards
yes. all of the other Macs in my house think so, too.
because I don't like shitty displays.
ID, yes; card, no.
Hunter Gutierrez
>These are the most decent reviews for it that I found As a side note. TechTablets specializes in chinky hardware reviews.
Jace Ortiz
Honestly can't say I hate it? The reviews at least cut out the bullshit and he's got his little niche of things to review.
Andrew Wright
A journalist from heise / c't tried to get one for a review, and customs said: Nope. No CE sign, no import. Do you want to destroy it or send it back?
c't 21/2016, S. 102
Nolan Davis
What would be the best way to assure successful shipping to the UK?
Asher Roberts
>locked keylogger windows >can't install loonix you got memed
Luis Foster
Pay shipping insurance if you get it from gearbest. Its an extra $18 but they'll send you a new one if the package arrives damaged, at no extra cost.
Kevin Mitchell
>screen where you see more what is behind you and yourself than what's running no thanks I'll stick with my T420
Adam Adams
Trackpoints are a meme and only useful if your fingers are glued to home row.
Landon Harris
>Acer >not chink topkek
Adam Miller
for starters that intel sticker looks like shit.
Angel Harris
Trackpoints are significantly better, especially when space is constrained. When space is not an issue, a mouse is better than a trackpad anyway.
Dylan Price
Welcome to the wonderful world of ips where MUH COLOR ACCURACY and MUH VIEWING ANGLES outweigh MUH ANTI GLARE and MUH CONTRAST.
Blake Powell
Fuck outta here tyrone.
Jordan Johnson
Maybe the old ThinkPads but not my P50
Dylan Hill
Keyboard looks like utter shit. Why no one cares about comfortable input nowadays?
Carson Kelly
>better than thinkpad lol no
Brandon Clark
this thing has no warranty
Jonathan Robinson
Good idea, thanks. Would that also cover if it got seized by customs due to lack of CE label?
Ian Nguyen
Where can I get one in Europe?
Dylan Lopez
powerplanetonline
Austin Gonzalez
I'm happy with mine so far. I'm actually wondering if I would've been okay with the 12.5" over the 13" but I guess it doesn't matter now.
I almost went 12.5 but the specs were a fair bit worse than my 12" retina MacBook and I already had a 12" laptop, so I didn't get it.
The gtx 940mx was also interesting to me. I don't think I'll game on this, ever, but it's fun to entertain the idea if the desire is ever there.
Arch and ubuntu are both currently installed. I had no issues with either and everything has worked out of the box.
Can't speak for the windows install which was wiped after confirming the system worked as expected. It was likely back-doored out the asshole as expected.
Please do.
Nah. It's objectively aesthetic. You just are part of the pleb club which can't afford metal computers.
Please enjoy your 12-year-old chinkpad.
Keyboard is fantastic. Nice level of travel, clicky, comfy.
Get real.
Yes.
Wrong
I'm not sure, sorry. I suppose you could risk buying from one of the Chinese sites like I did. I've read about some EU buyers having success where customs didn't flag their packages, but that's a crap shoot.
Christian Lopez
Can you get a warranty from a chink site? Xiaomi won't respect the warranty of this laptop outside of China.
Parker Hill
You can stop shilling now pajeet, thinkpads will always be better
Dylan Gomez
Lel. Look at the reflection in the pics. Whiter and more handsome than you'll ever be, faggot.
Anthony Lewis
Afaik, gearbest offers a warranty for a year. If it breaks in under a year, I'll just run a charge back on my CC and claim the mfg refuses to help me.
Joseph Scott
dumb pajeet talking about non existent reflections
Jayden Foster
your chinkbook will be dead in a month, or display completely fucked.
Gavin Reed
lets see some benchmark comparisons, picture don't mean shit.
