Introduction
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Xiaomi, a global company producing quality products at honest pricing has all set to enter into the laptop market after conquering Indian smartphone market with the launch of the much-awaited Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition.
Known for its smartphones, MI released its first set of laptops in India on 11th June 2020, having already released multiple laptops in China in the past.
The Notebook released with two variants
- Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition (From ₹ 54,999)
- Mi Notebook 14 (From ₹ 41,999)
Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition
Now we are going to see more about Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition and its configurations and missing features
Display
The Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition is a 1.35 kg ultra-light laptop which comes with a 14-inch ( 35.56 cm ), full HD Horizon display.
Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition has a 91% screen-to-body ratio, which is highest in the industry.
The frame on top, left and right are only 3 mm thick. The display also comes with an anti-glare display coating on top of the Horizon display.
Hardware Configuration
Coming to the performance , the notebook comes with two variants – one is powered by Intel i5 10th generation processor while the other has Intel i7 10th generation processor, both of which, are great for every day usage. Mi Notebook also has a powerful 8GB DDR4 RAM and ultra-fast 512GB SSD storage. It comes with Nvidia GeForce MX350 graphics card which will meet all your casual gaming and video-editing needs.
Battery
About the battery performance , The battery can last for 10 hours on single charge. In the box, there’s a 65W charger which will get you from 0% to 50% battery in just 35 minutes.
Operating system
Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition runs on Windows 10 and comes with a one-month free trial of Office 365.
Connectivity
As a connectivity options, Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition comes with two USB 3.1 ports, one USB 2.0 port along with HDMI 1.4b support. The 3.5 mm jack doubles as a headphone and a mic in.
Tools
Missing Features in Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition
Back-lit Keyboard In reality in India we can expect the power cut at any time and if you dint have any inverter or power backup at that time then it will be very difficult to work on the notebook if you dint have back-lit keyboard
Integrated Webcam Now a days the laptops / notebooks are coming with integrated webcam .Even you are getting the external webcam as part of this notebook its a big drawback in this product that the webcam is not integrated.
SD Card Slot Having a SD card is really important for anybody who in to videography / photography, so thats why i think it should have been in the MI Notebook aswell
USB Type-C Port There is only one USB Type-C Port available in the MI Notebook and that is also come in the variant Intel i7 which is costing INR 59999. In coming days we are going to see more and more accessories are coming in with Type-C port that is why missing out one port in all other MI notebook variant was bigger mistake
Upgradable RAM Another missing feature in MI notebook is lack of option for upgrading the . Either 16 GB of RAM instead of 8 GB or extra slot for upgrading the RAM should have been included in both variant
Gaming CPU MX350 GPU is an basic entry level gaming GPU not going to help you on playing latest AAA games with good settings.
So you can only enjoy the lite gaming in both variant of these MI Notebooks.
MI Notebook VS MI Notebook Horizon majore difference comparison
| Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition | Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 | |
| Display | 14.00-inch | 14.00-inch |
| Resolution (Pixels) | 1920×1080 | 1920×1080 |
| Processor | 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 | 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR | 8 GB DDR |
| Dedicated Graphics | NVIDIA® GeForce® MX350 | Intel® UHD Graphics 620 Optional : NVIDIA® GeForce® MX250 / |
| SSD | 512 GB SATA 3 SSD | 256 / 512 GB SATA 3 SSD |
| Package items | Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition x 1U Power Adapter with Power Cord x 1U User Manual x 1U Mi Webcam HD x 1U (Free with the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition, will be given as a separate bundle) | Mi Notebook 14 x 1U Power Adapter with Power Cord x 1U User Manual x 1U Mi Webcam HD 720p x1U(Free with the Mi Notebook 14, will be given as a separate bundle) |
| Price | 54,999 INR | 41,999 INR |
Please refer below unboxing video for more details:
Unboxing Video of Mi Notebook 14
Unboxing video of Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition
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