New generation comes

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 - SILVER 8GB + 256GB, $699

www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_1049935.html?wid=1101231&{track_code}

HUAWEI’S NEW MATEBOOK X PRO IS THE BEST LAPTOP RIGHT NOW

Given everything that the MateBook X Pro offers and how well it performs, Huawei wouldn’t be out of line to price it over $2,000. After all, that’s what the similarly equipped Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Pro go for, and they don’t even offer discrete graphics options at all.

But the biggest surprise of all might be the MateBook X Pro’s price, which starts at $1,199.99 for the lower-tier model and caps out at $1,499.99 for the fully loaded version. There’s simply no other laptop on the market that offers this much bang for that little buck.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/29/17396818/huawei-matebook-x-pro-laptop-review-specs-price

https://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/matebook-x-pro/

And here is Huawei variant (same config as newest Air)

Update to new CPUs

New Mi Notebook Air supports an Intel Core i5-8250U or Core i7-8550U processor and features NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and 256GB of PCIe solid state storage.

It has a 1920 x 1080 pixel display with 5.6mm bezels, AKG speakers, 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, USB Type-C and Type-A ports, an HDMI port, a headset jack, and an estimated 7.5 hours of battery life while web browsing or watching videos.

Preorders at https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Xiaomi-Mi-Notebook-Air-i5-8250U-8GB-256GB-Gray-392086.html

Xiaomi Notebook Air 13.3 - 8GB + 256GB + GEFORCE MX150 SILVER 2, $739

https://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_648196.html?wid=4&utm_source=mail_api&utm_medium=mail&utm_campaign=GB_regular_180116_1516095769&eo=dPAATmNYCM7Zqfoj

The Air 13 (kaby) i ordered from gearbest arived today. It is for my son and i plan to install Win10 on it (but also looking the hackintosh forums for i5-7200u+MX150).

@ninetto Kudos to you for jumping through all the hoops required to get OSX running. For a lot of folks that would be too much time fiddling with Hacking an OS, when they'd rather be filming. ;-) But, for some folks, creating Hackintosh's is a joyful hobby. ;-) I respect your ability to do it, and get what you need out of the Xiaomi. Enjoy. Curious: How does Resolve fare against FCPX? Much more of a resource hog? Never used FCPX, and almost never touch an OSX device.

@jjj_ri_usa and @azo....totally agree ! It took me a while to adapt . Windows 7 was, and still is, very functional....but I'm lovin' 10 ! And when the new amd chips are fully available, we should see even more capable windows machines for even less money !

Here some info and benchmarks for the 13 inch model. I have the cheaper 12,5 inch version.

@tubefingers I am not running FCPX on my laptop, but the poster at this thread reports his experience using FCPX. Mind you, he is running OSX on an external USB 3 hard-drive for testing purposes and hasn't updated that thread (problems, solutions) for a while. What is great about this little lappy is it has an extra internal SATA port which after adding another SSD should really help with renders, swap files.

The 13.3 inch Xiamo is a much more powerful beast, also for the screen size this would be what I would get if I wanted to edit on a laptop. Only about 150$ more expensive than the 12,5 model and this guy "Claudes Tech" seems to have everything working. (except internal wifi)

Mind you, if you never have had experience configuring Hackintosh, esp. laptops, it can be daunting at first, like zscream hinted at.

@ zcream don't have to "trust you" on this one(!) I've got this laptop and for 2 weeks now running OSX without a hiccup. Only problem is the WiFi, as noted

YES, I too have built a dozen Hackintoshes: what you say is true as far as desktops being much easier to adapt to OSX... but yr claim that Apple Laptops are "worth the money"??? No way, unless you are one of the filthy rich! I got my Xiaomi for 460 Euros three months ago, the build quality is excellent and OSX screams on this laptop. These Xiaomi laptops have quite a (justified) enthusiastic following, which is why the price has gone up. I would never edit a film on the 12,5 inch model but for everything else I am really happy with this baby.