Review of Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6 GTX laptop: advantages and disadvantages

At the end of last year, the company, the brand from the Middle Kingdom, Xiaomi, released the Prime device Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6 GTX. The device has a rather large monitor and good quality hardware. As well as very fast SSD and PCI I / O.

About the brand

Consumer interest in Xiaomi products is growing every year. And even despite the young age of the brand, there are practically no users left who have not heard about the legendary brand from the Middle Kingdom. At the same time, the Chinese brand offers innovative products at fairly reasonable prices. The popularity of the brand is confirmed by the statistics of most retailers. According to companies engaged in the retail trade of electronic gadgets: for six months of official presence in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, devices from Xiaomi are among the top five best-selling devices.

From the very beginning of its existence, the company began to develop mobile operating systems for Miyuay touchscreen phones. Unique firmware can change its appearance using special themes. A year and a half later, the company released the first touchscreen phone MIUI, which the Chinese took quite well. In just ten months, sales of the flagship smartphone jumped to ten million. This figure exceeded the sales figures for the famous IPhone. In addition, the brand's phones were also assembled at the same Taiwanese manufacturing plant as Apple.

In addition to phones, after a while the brand began to produce other products: external batteries, fitness bracelets, portable personal computers, cameras of various classes, unmanned aerial vehicles, LED lamps, bicycles. All products manufactured by the company are becoming no less popular with users than the famous smartphones. The company's management has repeatedly announced its intention to become the best manufacturer of electronic goods on the entire planet. Therefore, in the near future, perhaps no one will have the question “What is the Xiaomi brand”?

Like any other company, Xiaomi has both positive and negative customer reviews. It is not a secret for anyone that many buyers are very distrustful of goods from the Middle Kingdom, with difficulty deciding to purchase any model. After all, purchased Chinese equipment, according to many users, may turn out to be unreliable and short-lived. However, although the history of the brand does not last so many years, the manufacturer is steadily holding on to the market of electronic devices, successfully marching towards its goal.

And still only three or four years ago, no one knew about the brand, had no idea what it was producing. Xiaomi is zealously working on opening official distributors of the company in many countries of the European continent, actively promoting its brand, while getting good returns. So, over the past two years, the company has become the fourth largest and by volume of sales in the Middle Kingdom, and its unique Miui firmware has become the most famous around the globe.

• reasonable price for products;
• own unique operating system.

• operating system flaws.

Description and characteristics of Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6 GTX

A feature of this model's configuration is that Xiaomi designers have worked hard on the power supply, to which you can now connect any cable with a double-sided 24-pin Type-C connector. The battery is now also charged through this connector. The first medium-format model from the company differs not only in size and appearance, but also in the equipment with an Intel eighth generation processor. This chip differs from the previous generations by a minor change in the Core microarchitecture.

The laptop is only paired from the top jack. If you mistakenly connect the cable to the lower port, the system itself will indicate the wrong action. The adjacent indicator light will blink to indicate that the plug must be plugged into the desired input.

Screen

The new laptop from Xiaomi uses IPS technology, which is an improvement in TFT technology. Crystals in such a matrix lie in the same plane parallel to each other, and the image looks more vivid and saturated. The diagonal of the monitor is 15 and 6 inches. Resolution relative to the physical dimensions of the screen - 1920 by 1080 pixels. This is the most popular Full HD resolution, also called high definition video.

The gadget monitor is covered with light, thin and durable protective glass. The ultra-durable Gorilla Glass 3 element is made using a unique technology, which literally means "innate resistance to damage" in English. This means that the protection on a laptop is so high that it can only be compared to “hardened steel”. The bezels around the screen are not ultra thin, but visually do not appear thick. The panels for mounting the screen are 6.5 mm thick, so glass occupies 82% of the entire monitor. This feature makes the notebook design attractive, refined and elegant.

The angle at which the computer opens is 140 degrees. The maximum angles from which the user can see a clear image on the screen are very good, as it uses IPS technology. The color rendition is pretty good, but the overall picture is a bit chilly. In general, the display is of good quality: with maximum viewing angles, excellent contrast and minimal light.

Memory and processor

The Kaby Lake Intel Core i5-8250U chip has four processing cores. The energy efficient processor for notebooks and ultrabooks has a lower frequency than its predecessors. Supports technology that allows processing two data streams on one physical core. Self-overclocking Turbo Boost is used by the processor during heavy load. In this case, overclocking, reaching 3.4 gigahertz, is performed taking into account the current strength, voltage and temperature of the device. The manufacturer offers the device in two modifications: the first model with a frequency of 3.4 gigahertz has 8 gigabytes of main memory, the second one with a frequency of і7 4 gigahertz - 16 gigabytes.

In everyday use, the notebook shows itself as a nimble and responsive device. These qualities are achieved not only due to the high-speed chip, but also thanks to the SSD-drive. A computer non-mechanical storage device based on memory chips An SSD has 256 gigabytes of memory and eight gigabytes of main memory. In this case, the amount of storage can be expanded by installing an additional drive.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 4GB GDDR5 device graphics card is highly reliable. The graphics adapter is successfully used for new high-resolution shooters, works silently and does not contribute to overheating of the system unit. It is a budget Nvidia card designed for Full HD gaming and ideal for gamers on a low budget.

Wireless interfaces and sound

The gadget is equipped with a full set of wireless modules for data transmission: Bluetooth 4.1 wireless connection and Wi-Fi 802.11ac wireless LAN standard. An interactive dialogue system that provides simultaneous work with sound is represented by two speakers with an intensity of 2.5 watts each. They sound quite loud, have good bass, sound is produced without distortion. For video calls, the laptop has a built-in module with a resolution of 1 megapixel.

Autonomy

Thanks to a 60 W / h battery, with an average monitor brightness and work with simple applications, the device operates on average for 3.5 hours. In the mode of intensive load of all nodes and 50% brightness of the display, the laptop will last for 60 - 80 minutes. A fast charging option is provided. Thanks to this feature, the device can be charged up to 50% in just half an hour.

Touchpad and keyboard

The laptop has a fairly large touch panel covered with glass. It is easy to slide on the material with your fingers, therefore it is convenient to work in any conditions. The only exception is the game of shooters. At the top right of the touchpad is a fingerprint scanner for secure data entry.

The keys are located in the middle of the case, have standard dimensions and a short stroke, which at first may cause some inconvenience to the user. However, you can quickly get used to it, and in the future you will get a pleasure from typing on such a keyboard. The distance between each individual key corresponds to the size of a conventional keyboard. Convenience when typing is achieved due to the special curved design of the keys that follow the shape of your finger.

Heat sinks

For the cooling system, the gadget uses very thin efficient coolers that do not allow the chip to overheat. Even under the most intense loads, the processor temperature does not exceed 68 degrees.

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro 15.6 GTX features:

Reviews

The new medium format device from Xiaomi according to user reviews turned out to be good, but not the most ideal. Almost every owner loves the stylish design and high performance hardware. The disadvantages, as is usually the case with this brand, are in the small flaws of the developers. So, for example, the configuration of the case is not fully thought out, and after a while the corners of the laptop are erased, and the device itself loses its attractive appearance.

In order to make the right choice and not just buy a cheap Chinese fake, you should only purchase the product from trusted sellers. It will be most profitable to purchase a device with a guarantee in the Ali-Express online store. Average price: from 55,000 rubles.

• stylish design;
• protective glass on the monitor;
• comfortable touchpad and keyboard;
• powerful processor;
• good cooling system.

• ill-conceived body design;
• unlicensed version of Windows.

Summing up, we can say that none of the disadvantages of the laptop is critical. Small flaws do not spoil the overall good impression of the gadget and you can just close your eyes to them.