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　　[PConline trial experienceAs an editor of a technology media, I am exposed to the latest technology information every day and experience firsthand the most cutting-edge technology products. After evaluating countless notebooks, there are only a few notebooks that I can treat with such caution. Xiaomi notebook is one, not only because Xiaomi itself has such high attention, but also because every word I say may become the target of public criticism from rice fans.

　　Like everyone else, I am also very much looking forward to this product. After getting the real machine, I played with it carefully for a while. The first impression that Xiaomi notebooks give people is that they really look like MacBook Air. My colleague joked that Xiaomi can’t get rid of the suspicion of plagiarizing the appearance of MacBook Air no matter how much it shirks, and even my personal favorite LOGO design was complained that the best selling product on Taobao is Apple brand LOGO stickers. In fact, this kind of debate is unwinnable, simple, exquisite, and has a narrow border more than Apple. This is what Xiaomi has done very well. It can be seen that Xiaomi does not blindly learn from it, but has its own independent thinking.

Xiaomi Notebook Air is finally here, what does the official say? What is the reaction of rice noodles? What does Huawei think? When will LeTV send it?　

　　Every time Xiaomi launched a new product, everyone was most concerned about the price and configuration. When the price of the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 was announced, some people commented that the price/performance ratio of 4999 yuan was good, and the appearance and configuration were OK. Some people thought that with Xiaomi’s previous style, the price of this product could be lower, preferably from 1999.

●What did Xiaomi officials say?The Mi Notebook Air 13 is made of an all-metal body made of aluminum alloy, which is light and sturdy. Highly customized components make the main board more precise, full bonding technology makes the screen thinner, and high-density battery technology makes the battery undiminished and the battery size smaller. No logo design, users can give the notebook a unique personality according to their temperament, such as the artist series… This is really the original text on the official press release, you can taste it carefully.

●Rice noodles reflect:Good! Good! Good! Beautiful! Light enough! Thin enough! The frame is narrow enough! New domestic product! Rebs is domineering! Buy buy buy!!!

●What does Huawei think?Humph! We have telecom skills, and then rely on the global retail network established by traditional integration and mobile phones. We have successfully entered the field of two-in-one multi-mode. Brother Lei, you are slow! We have already attracted countless fans first~

●When will LeTV release:Wait a minute, don’t worry! We just married Vizio home, and we have a notebook product line. Brother Lei, you go first, I’ll keep up at the end of the year~ I’ll send two at once! Package you like~

　　With a little ridicule, I analyzed the reaction of different aspects to Xiaomi Notebook, but also objectively explained a fact: Xiaomi Notebook, everyone is really concerned. Although it is not the thinnest 13.3-inch notebook on the market, the thickness of the 14.8 mm body is impressive when shot; although the weight of the 1.28kg body is not extremely light, don’t forget that it has a built-in independent graphics card, which makes it a light and thin book with game attributes! How is the experience? Look down.

As a thin and light book with game attributes, is the Xiaomi Notebook Air comfortable to use?

● Screen section

　　Let’s take a look at the screen first. Whether a product can catch consumers’ attention in the first place, the screen is a very crucial part. For the screen of the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13, we forgot a series of parameters at the press conference. In terms of appearance alone, the picture displayed by the 1080P is delicate enough, and the color of the screen is also very rich, which is very pleasing to the eye. For the office, I really can’t find any fault with such a screen. The problem is that it also has game properties, so is it really okay to play games with it? In this regard, the editor also personally tested the current most popular online game with the largest number of players: League of Legends!

　　After playing a few games, I want to say that there is no problem with the screen, and the fluency of the whole game is also good. What restricts the game experience is the size of the entire body. To be honest, playing games with a 13.3-inch notebook, the screen is still too small. The first experience will not be able to fully integrate into the game world, let alone the immersive game experience. However, I believe that with the increase in the number of games, players’ "adaptation" will improve this situation to a certain extent. However, I still want to say that playing games on a large screen is more exciting. Heavy gamers need to carefully consider playing games on a small notebook.

● Keyboard part

　　The keyboard of this machine is the same as the design style of the whole machine, taking a minimalist route, the layout of the keys is relatively conservative, all the ones that should be reserved are reserved, and the ones that should be omitted are not added. At this moment, every sentence I type is completed on this keyboard. Although it is only level 1 backlit, it can fully meet the needs of night office, and the backlighting effect is really good-looking. For daily office work, such a keyboard is sufficient, but the 1.3mm key path is slightly shorter. As for games, there is neither cool lighting effect nor "game elements" like WASD. In short, it is not a keyboard specially prepared for games.

● Heat dissipation

　　I think that people who really have the desire to buy it must want to know the heat dissipation of the whole machine, so now let’s talk about the heat dissipation of the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13.The editor tested two sets of heat dissipation data through the infrared heat sensor, one is the heat generation during daily light office hours, and the other is the heat generation after playing two rounds of LOLThe heat map of the actual heat dissipation is pasted below, and you can feel it according to the temperature value on the map

　　The Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 is really a very good office notebook. I code + listen to music + PS for two hours throughout the process. For this light-level application, the change in the temperature of the fuselage can only be described as negligible. The design of single copper tube + dual fan also plays a certain role in the game, but the light and thin fuselage is not conducive to heat dissipation, so the heat dissipation is still not limited. Playing games will feel a significant increase in heat, which is also expected. Your mileage may vary. For the author, such a temperature is acceptable.

Office heat dissipation

Game cooling

As a thin and light game book, does its hardware performance meet the most basic game requirements?

　　At the launch of Xiaomi Notebook, Lei Jun showed everyone the top ten notebook products on JD.com, including half of the thin and light notebooks and the performance notebooks, which is also the reason why Xiaomi chose to make the performance notebooks in the thin and light notebooks. In addition, another PPT shows that all the 13-inch notebooks currently ranked in the top ten on JD.com use integrated graphics cards. Compared with these products, the advantages of Xiaomi Notebook Air 13’s independent graphics card are immediately highlighted.

　　For this product that combines both thinness and performance, I am also particularly curious about its performance. In this regard, we also conducted several tests specifically for the performance of this machine. The Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 scored 2550 points in the 3Dmark 11 (P) graphics card performance test. Such scores are the leading online games on the market. League of Legends, Crossfire, Dota 2, etc. can ensure smooth operation. In the solid-state drive test of AS SSD Benchmark, the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 easily ran out of 1605 points, which is a very good result.

● Product configuration and score data table

　　I adjusted the game image quality to the highest level, the resolution was adjusted to 1920 × 1080, and the vertical synchronization function was turned off. I took a photo and saw that the game frame number was 61 frames. In fact, gamers know that as long as the game screen is locked at more than 30 frames, the overall fluency of the game can be guaranteed. It can be said that there is no problem with playing League of Legends with Xiaomi Air 13, which is not very demanding for configuration.

　　So what about using the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 to play some stand-alone games with higher configuration requirements? In addition to League of Legends, the editor also experienced this Street Fighter 5. When the game image quality is raised, the game runs smoothly. When adjusted to medium image quality, although part of the image quality is sacrificed, the overall fluency has been improved. After all, the independent graphics card equipped with the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 is NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, and the positioning is not top, so this situation is also expected.

Xiaomi Notebook Air also has the following small selling points, everything you want to know is listed

● Built-in Xiaomi synchronization application

　　In the technology industry we are in, the most noble quality should be adventure, conquest, expand the territory, and make a success. Today, Xiaomi is no longer the Xiaomi that shouted "born for a fever". In recent years, it has been expanding its business and gradually moving into unknown territory. From the original Xiaomi bracelet, Xiaomi router, Xiaomi power bank, to now Xiaomi drone, Xiaomi balance car, Xiaomi notebook, Xiaomi is maintaining its own rhythm and growing. We also clearly see the blueprint of Xiaomi’s ecological chain built by Xiaomi to the world. As the most critical notebook in the ecological chain, in addition to the functions that notebooks should have, what other attempts has Xiaomi made?

　　The first step is to integrate your own fan base, of course. The author noticed that Xiaomi has built its own Xiaomi synchronization tool into the system. Now it has three functions, namely "Xiaomi mobile phone", "Xiaomi community" and "Xiaomi official website". I believe that in the future, this seemingly simple built-in program will definitely introduce more perfect and attractive built-in services in the future. It is even possible to connect all Xiaomi products you have together to make it have enough fan stickiness, and then further expand your fan base and gradually establish your own "Xiaomi empire". It is really scary to think carefully.

● Mi Band

　　The second generation of Xiaomi bracelet is one of the examples, Lei Jun said at the press conference that Xiaomi bracelet supports unlocking notebooks, which is the same principle as Xiaomi bracelet unlocking Xiaomi mobile phones. In the future, Xiaomi bracelet will become a tool to collect health indexes such as your heartbeat, and mobile phones and notebooks are the end point for synchronizing these data. Therefore, since there are Xiaomi mobile phones and notebooks, will you miss the bracelet?

● Support users to add M.2 solid state drive

　　However, when it comes to the product itself, the Mi Note Air 13 has really brought a very "landing" innovation to consumers, that is, it supports users to manually add an M.2 SSD SSD by themselves, and also provides warranty in the event of an accident. Looking around the entire PC market, the common practice is to divide its products into several levels, often the same configuration of the same product, just because the size of the solid state drive is different, the price is much higher. This approach of Xiaomi Notebook really puts a lot of pressure on the same level of products.

● Accessory docking station

　　In addition to the original interface of the fuselage, Xiaomi also prepared a very delicate docking station, which is officially priced at 149 yuan. This docking station has been certified by Apple and can be bought and used on Apple Macbooks, which is much cheaper than Apple’s own more than 500 docking stations.

Accessory docking station, support Apple notebook

● PCMark 8 (Home-OpenCL) battery life test

　　In addition to the performance and heat dissipation of the whole machine, I think what everyone is most concerned about is its battery life. For this reason, we conducted a PCMark 8 battery life test on it, and the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 ran a good result of 4 hours and 7 minutes. It should be noted that the PCMark 8 battery life test is only the result of simulating user habits. Usually, the battery life of users is much higher than the results we tested. After comparison, you will find that in fact, the battery life of the Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 ranks very high in the database.

battery life test

●Some of my observations

　　The Xiaomi Notebook Air 13 is indeed a sincere product. I have seen solid materials and workmanship on its body, extremely narrow bezels, thin and light body, as well as independent graphics cards and support for DIY solid state drives, etc., which shows how much effort Xiaomi has put into this product. It is really not easy to achieve this level when launching a notebook product for the first time. But if you want to kill two birds with one stone in experience, it is obviously not realistic to be small, thin and portable, and to ensure an immersive gaming experience. This is not Xiaomi’s problem, but a problem faced by all manufacturers. After some experience, I obediently used the desktop to play games again. Don’t think it can’t play games. Games can be played, but you must choose to play them.

　　For domestic manufacturers, the PC field is not a sunset, but a feast of gluttony, but in the end, only a limited number of oligarchs can sit down and share the delicious food. After Huawei has ventured into the PC field, Xiaomi finally can’t sit still. The two notebooks launched by Xiaomi this time are just the first shots of Xiaomi entering the PC field. Xiaomi is likely to follow up with Xiaomi game book, Xiaomi two-in-one, Xiaomi flip book, etc.