Xiaomi's $750 Laptop Is Like a Macbook Air With Gaming Hardware Inside

Xiaomi's $750 Laptop Is Like a Macbook Air With Gaming Hardware Inside Xiaomi's latest product, the Mi Notebook Air, isn't quite as novel as a hoverboard or the company's latest drone, but it does have one thing most other ultraportable laptops lack -- a discrete graphics card (discrete graphics cards are typically faster than their embedded brethren). A Nvidia GeForce 940MX, to be exact. Other specs include a 256GB solid state drive and 8GB of RAM, and if you need more space there's an additional SATA slot available to boost storage by up to 256GB. Unveiled at a press event here in Beijing alongside the dual-camera wielding Redmi Pro phone, the 13.3-inch Mi Notebook Air was designed to fill a niche, Xiaomi's CEO Lei Jun said. Similar ultraportables, such as the Razer Blade Stealth, lack discrete graphics and rely on Intel's integrated graphics to do the legwork, which means their gaming capabilities are limited. Xiaomi says you can play games like Dota 2 at 85 frames-per-second at full-HD resolution on its Notebook Air. Clad in aluminium, the device lacks any exterior logos. It's a very clean look. Only when you open up the laptop do you find a Mi logo. While Xiaomi is selling the Mi Notebook Air under its own branding, the laptop is actually made by a partner called Tian Mi. Xiaomi's making an interesting bet in the laptop segment, though. IDC Research analyst Bryan Ma isn't too optimistic about the Chinese notebook market, saying that IDC "expects China's consumer notebook market to contract by 10.4 percent this year versus the -7.7 percent in the US and -9.3 percent worldwide." Xiaomi Redmi Pro (aka Redmi Note 4) launch live updates: New metal-clad Mi Note Air laptop series unveiled, Xiaomi Redmi Pro official teaser image revealed, Xiaomi to release new Redmi Pro in Beijing on Wednesday, amid rumours of notebook launch, Xiaomi teases Redmi Pro images, Mi Notebook images leaked, Official Redmi Pro Teaser Poster Is Out – Looks Like A OnePlus 3 Minus The Dual-Camera, Leaked video shows off Xiaomi's Mi Notebook undergoing stress tests, Xiaomi Redmi Pro with 5.5-inch OLED display, Dual-rear Camera launched in China, Leaks Reveal Xiaomi Mi Notebook specs, price, design, Xiaomi's first laptop price, specs, design leaked: Mi Notebook with USB Type-C coming with Redmi Note 4, Rumor: Xiaomi Notebook Air 12 Packaging & Pricing Leaked, Xiaomi Redmi Pro to be launched today; Is Mi Notebook on the way too, Leaked video shows off Xiaomi's Mi Notebook undergoing stress tests, Xiaomi teases Redmi Pro images, Mi Notebook images leaked, Xiaomi Mi Notebook’s Unibody Design And Price Reportedly Leak Ahead of Schedule, Leaks Reveal Xiaomi Mi Notebook specs, price, design, Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival that’s as cheap as $540, Xiaomi unveils the Mi Notebook Air, its Macbook Air killer