I have never been intrigued with a generic looking laptop, specially from Xiaomi – until they announced their new Mi Notebook Air. Beyond the Macbook-look of this thing, the surprising fact is that these only cost as low as $520 dollars (for the M3 12.5”) or around Php26,000 to 30,000. A local seller is now even accepting pre-orders for only Php29,900.
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air Specs (12.5” model)
- Display: 12.5 Inch IPS 1920 x 1080 (176 ppi)
- OS: Windows 10
- CPU: 6th Intel Core M3-6Y30, Dual Core, 1.51GHz~2.2GHz
- Integrated GPU: Intel HD Graphics 515
- RAM: 4GB, LPDDR3 1866MHz
- Storage: 128GB, SATA SSD 535MBs
- Slots: 1 x USB-C slot, 1 x USB 3.0 slot, 1 x HDMI slot, 1 x 3.5mm jack
- Battery: 7.4V/5000mAh
- Net Weight: 1.07kg
For the prof crowd, there is another 13.3” model where you get a more powerful processor, memory, GPU and storage boost. The 13.3” model costs around Php38,000.
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air Specs (13.3” model)
- Display: 12.5 Inch IPS 1920 x 1080 (166 ppi)
- OS: Windows 10
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6200U processor (up to 2.7GHz)
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX GPU (with 1GB GDDR5 RAM)
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 2133MHz
- Storage: 256GB PCIe x 4 NVMe SSD
- Slots: 1 x USB-C slot, 2 x USB 3.0 slot, 1 x HDMI slot, 1 x 3.5mm jack
- Battery: 7.4V/5000mAh
- Net Weight: 1.28kg