Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition Core i5 review: Go for Core i7 model instead
The Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition, a thin and light notebook
series from Chinese internet company Xiaomi, recently made its global debut
from India. It comes with 10th-generation Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i7
processor variants. The two variants are quite similar — other than the
processor, of course — so, they have a price difference of only Rs 5,000.
Which
one makes a better value proposition, and why? Before we answer this pertinent
question, let’s look at what the Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition has in store
for laptop users:
Mi Notebook 14
Horizon Edition Design
The
Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition has an intriguing design, which you otherwise
get only in premium notebooks like Apple MacBook Pro and Dell XPS 13. Made of
aluminium and magnesium alloy, the notebook looks premium and has a compact
form factor that is both thin (17.15mm) and lightweight (1.35 kg). The design
is accentuated by a 14-inch screen, which leaves minimal bezels on the top and
sides, and the prominent bottom bezel is also marginally thin if you compare it
with other notebooks in the same segment. However, the almost bezel-less design
comes at a cost — the notebook lacks a built-in webcam. Thankfully, Xiaomi is shipping
the unit with an external Mi-branded 720p webcam, which does the job just fine
but looks awkward and goes against the notebooks’ minimal aesthetics.
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