Xiaomi Mi Air, same as Apple but cheaper

Vitaliy_Kiselev

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12.5" model is $525 Core M3/ 4GB RAM/ 128GB SSD/ USB 3.0 and HDMI ports + USB-C port, 11.5 hours battery
13.3" model is $750, Core i5-6200U/GeForce 940MX/8GB RAM/256GB SSD, 40Wh battery, 0.6" thick, 2.8 pounds

eatstoomuchjam

I'd go a step further and say "better than Apple and cheaper." Macbook Airs still have 720p screens, last time I checked, and have no discrete GPU option. I'm definitely interested in the 13" Mi Air when it becomes available in the US.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

I added more info about configs.

Will be available from August 2nd, so soon.

Official page - http://www.mi.com/mibookair/

Jspatz

This seems to have better specs and is much cheaper but not as light.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234175&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC--pla--Notebooks-_-N82E16834234175&gclid=CKeZpOurlM4CFQNZhgodoqwJHQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Vitaliy_Kiselev

It is different product with DVD drive and such.

zcream

The resale values of Macbook is much much higher. So after a year you can resell your MBA for 10% depreciation. The Xiaomi cost will be shopped to half. Personal experience, and I played a lot with hackintoshes.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@zcream

Fully true. Just remember that most people either never resell notebook or do it many years after buying.
Progress stalled, so such integrated machines will be actual years ahead.

matt_gh2

Does this run Mac OS or Windows?

Edit: Appears to be Windows 10 Home OS by one review.

miko

It can be good to make a hackintosh?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

If it will be popular and drivers will be working, well it can be done.

Readbook

not interesting without normal cpu (i7 mq or hq)

eatstoomuchjam

The 13" model has an i5. Performance delta between i5 and i7 for most purposes is not substantial.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Readbook

not interesting without normal cpu (i7 mq or hq)

You literally can not make such notebook properly with 4 core HQ processor due to necessary cooling, unless you want to be constantly present on turbojet takeoff event provided by cooler :-).

@eatstoomuchjam

Performance delta between i5 and i7 for most purposes is not substantial.

If you think a little you understand that this statement make little sense. i5 and i7 are for long time marketing terms if you get notebook chips. You can have low power 2 core i7 CPU, and at the same time you have powerful but hot HQ true 4 core chips.

IronFilm

LOL LOL at the advert video at the top! He says (in Chinese) "it is thinner than a coin", riiiiight by that logic it is also thinner than a sheet of paper! haha

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Better presentation slides for 13.3"

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Notebooks after arrival will be available at

13.3" - http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_421980.html
12.5" - http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_416105.html

IronFilm

Sweeeeeet, SSD expansion slot is a nicely thought of feature to include!

Vitaliy_Kiselev

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bannedindv

Thunderbolt 3 for fast data transfer would make these a no brainer for me. oh well... will wait for Mi Air 2

Vitaliy_Kiselev

As far as I can see ports are USB 3.1, as for thunderbird it makes sense only if you have two fastest SSD drives and transfer really big amount of info. Just note - all this build in SSD drives won't survive such usage for long.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Notebooks in stock and available at

13.3" - http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_421980.html
12.5" - http://www.gearbest.com/laptops/pp_416105.html

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Sangye

Nice, but until it's a Hackintosh it is not comparable. Windows is a nightmare. Also the bezel is not uniform width (thicker on top and bottom than sides), which seems very un-Apple.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Sangye

Windows is a tool :-) As for bezel - no one cares.

jleo

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air Hackintosh (German)

Conclusion: MacOS 10.12 Sierra on Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 12.5

The installation of macOS 10.12 Sierra on the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 12.5 works, but essential functions such as WLAN and trackpad are not available or only rudimentarily available. Also, the standby mode does not work. So you have to use a USB WLAN stick and a mouse to be able to work with the Xiaomi notebook under macOS halfway sensibly.

https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.de%2F88283562%2Finstallation-von-macos-10-12-sierra-auf-xiaomi-mi-notebook-air-12-5%2F

CFreak

@jleo my understanding from TonyMac was that in most cases Hackintosh laptops need a USB WLAN dongle (I think they can be small). There are other compromises with them too, as in you can't take advantage of a discrete GPU (due to optimus ) but, I'm not a windows expert. The trackpad is a different story. Maybe look this thing up on TonyMac, they will know for sure.

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