After some desperate buying, Xiao Pang finally got Xiaomi notebook Pro today. To be honest, for Xiao Pang, the performance of 13.3-inch Air is really amazing. This time, the size of 15.6 inch air is more convenient for office work. Judging from the way Lei Jun took the oath at the press conference, he was also full of confidence. With its endless popularity (which can also be said to be the growth in the war of words), Xiaomi basically found a cross-border notebook.
Xiao pang bought the top version, i7 8550U processor, 16GB DDR4 memory, 256GB PM96 1 SSD, MX 150GB graphics card. In fact, I think the price-performance ratio of 6999 is ok, and 1.95kg is not too heavy, but there are a few details that Xiao Pang thinks are worth talking about.
First of all, it follows the functional model of Xiaomi on the mobile phone, and even the propaganda methods are similar. The screen shouted the slogan of 8 1.5% screen ratio (the left and right borders are in the early 6mm, and the top is a little bigger). If defined in a broad sense (80% screen ratio), can it still be called a full-screen notebook? Fortunately, Xiaomi doesn't seem so cheeky, or so called. For example, the frame is fully fitted, the discrete graphics card is professionally adjusted, and the grand slam structure. To be honest, this is really Xiaomi, and it is really the consistent style of mobile phone brands.
Down-to-earth, the texture and shape design of Xiaomi notebook Pro are very similar to those of Apple MacBook Pro, and the shell is also magnesium alloy frame, which will inevitably feel cold in winter. However, when I first started using Xiao Pang, I found a problem. When the battery is only in its early 40% after activation, I turn it off and charge it. After 65,438+0 hours, Xiao Pang turned on the screen and was ready to boot. I found some heat on the surface and bottom of the keyboard. Although it is normal for a mobile phone to give off heat when charging, it is rare for a notebook to be obviously noticed by such a touch. After all, notebooks and mobile phones are completely different in size. Of course, it can also be interpreted as the high fast charging power of 1C, coupled with the lighter body, faster heat conduction of the metal shell, and relatively low temperature. The reason may be that everyone thinks I'm a brain-dead rice noodle ... (I didn't notice such a situation in other light books used by Xiao Pang).
After booting up, I was still stunned by that familiar feeling. The screen quality of Xiaomi notebook Pro is quite good. Although it is far less than MacBook Pro, it can be said to be an excellent standard in Windows notebooks. The most amazing thing is the speaker, which is very shocking when it is opened. Compared with traditional notebook manufacturers, although they like to brag about the XXX brand speakers they use, it is embarrassing to look at after opening them. Xiaomi has reached a very high level whether it is 13.3 inch Air or 15.6 inch Pro. Xiao Pang even had to turn down the volume to make it easy to use, otherwise the "duang" sound of the pop-up window would be scary from time to time. In comparison, basically there is no product in the top game book that can be pressed on the speaker, which is really good.
The keyboard is the same as Apple's, unlike the ordinary 15.6-inch Windows notebook, which comes standard with a numeric keypad (the same is true for Dell XPS 15). The touchpad is large and feels smoother than the wrist rest, but the dragging speed will have a little effect after pressing the left button. Fingerprint identification is in the upper right corner, compared with the scheme of Huawei Matebook X sitting directly on the power button. Xiaomi Notebook Pro still adopts the practice of traditional Windows notebooks. Keyboard backlight has only switches to choose from, and the brightness is not adjustable. Moreover, the machining accuracy of key cap and C shell is average. From an oblique point of view, the backlight exposed from the key gap is obvious, unclear and messy.
Actually, there are not many physical interfaces. HDMI, 3.5mm headphones and two USB3.0 are on the left, and on the right are two USB Type-C (one of which is a charging port) and SD card reader. Xiao Pang bought two adapters, namely USB Type-C to Gigabit Line +VGA+2USB Type-A and USB3.0 to Gigabit Line +Micro USB+3USB Type-A (I admit I lacked them), among which Xiao Pang doubted whether the transmission performance of the latter would be affected after the transfer. After all, it came from USB3.0, so I used an adapter to connect the mobile hard disk to copy large-capacity files and connect the wired network at the same time. Even so, the transmission speed can reach more than 80MB/s, which is still a loss compared with direct reading 1 100 MB/s, but at least the performance is acceptable. The only regret is that I bought a deep one.
The adapter is multi-voltage adaptive and can even be directly used to charge Xiaomi mobile phone, which is an advantage of its own ecological chain. Moreover, the size of the adapter is quite small, but the maximum 65W is a bit tight. After all, if you calculate it completely, the optical processor and graphics card are 25W+25W (although TDP is not equal to power consumption, it is at least a reference). ...
Actually, the performance is a bit interesting. In this era when the memory of 16GB DDR4 has soared above 1200, and the asking price of 256GB NVMe SSD is nearly 1000 yuan, I really suggest that you directly choose the top version like Xiao Pang. These two expenses alone cost more than 2000 yuan, and the performance is still quite strong. The reading and writing of SSD has reached1600/1100 MB/s, and the memory capacity also meets the basic requirements of Jedi survival. Moreover, this is not the second strongest low-voltage processor i7 8550U of Intel's 8th generation. It is also a quad-core and eight-thread processor, and its main frequency ranges from benchmark 1.8GHz to the highest turbo frequency of 4GHz. Interestingly, however, when running with Cinebench R 15 at room temperature of 28℃, the multi-core test will still run at 3.2GHz at first, but it will soon drop below 2.2GHz and never rise again, which leads to the multi-core performance. The highest score is no more than 550 points, and the lowest score is only 480 points. It's not even as good as Xiaopang's other one, which is equipped with the HP Envy 13 of i5 8250U. It can only be said that the 8th generation processor is really sensitive, and it will actively reduce the frequency when the temperature is high, so it has to be placed in a low temperature environment to give full play to its full performance. Of course, this is also related to the frequency strategy of PC manufacturers. Most of them still care about the user experience, rather than sacrificing heat for higher performance. Which side to take is a matter of opinion.
The MX 150 used by Xiaomi Air has two slots, one is that it only has 1GB memory, and the other is that it has to use the residual blood version because of heat dissipation, which can't meet the standard of MX 150. Now that the internal space is obviously less stressful, will the problem be solved? First of all, the first problem has been solved. Xiaomi notebook Pro is MX 150, with 2GB of memory. The second question needs to be tested and answered. As it happens, the HP Envy 13 in my hand is also MX 150 2GB, and the processor is still one level lower (although the running score is higher), which is basically the residual blood version, so the Tomb Raider is used in the same test. When it is set to medium special effects PK, Envy 13 can run to about 30fps, while Xiaomi notebook Pro only has 24fps, which is quite strange. Stranger still, when I tried to install the latest driver downloaded by NVIDIA official website, I was prompted that I couldn't find a compatible device ... It seems safer to wait for a while to test the performance of the graphics card. Let's take this part as a lively event.
In terms of heat dissipation, Xiaomi notebook Pro gave Xiao Pang a small surprise. When using AIDA64+Furmark double baking machine, even if the room temperature is 28℃, the processor does not exceed 74℃ after 1.5 hours, and the graphics card is only 66℃, and the internal temperature is very low, but the keyboard surface is obviously heated and goes straight to 48℃, which shows that the metal panel and compact internal design do have good heat conduction effect. Even if the processor is locked at the low frequency of 2GHz when baking, the graphics card is still very dynamic and has been active at the core frequency close to 1500MHz (why is your game performance not so active? Is it a pot with low processor frequency? )。
Summary: There is no doubt that Xiaomi Notebook Pro has the communication intensity that almost all traditional PC brands may envy, and online celebrity notebooks have achieved the ultimate. Moreover, from the experience of the actual model, the advantages of the screen speaker are particularly obvious, and the expansion interface is also very thoughtful. But correspondingly, there may be room for improvement in performance, so we can only wait for a while to see if Xiaomi will provide an update to solve it.