Coarse grain family's notebook, tastes really good - millet Air discrete graphics notebook notebook measurement report
If you are like me, you will see worth buying original every day. There are 2 categories, exactly 2 brands of products, which are more likely to cause controversy - Apple & Xiaomi, but also for the brand's fans and opponents, Have their own distinctive labels, which I rarely see in other brands (except Sony Dafa Oh), fruit powder VS rice flour, fruit black VS black. In any case, among domestic brands, Xiaomi has indeed been recognized by most Chinese people.
As we all know, Xiaomi’s good products need to be robbed. The same is true for millet notebooks released this summer. Maybe because of insufficient production, or in order to continue the usual monkey-going approach, the exposure of Xiaomi's notebook at Zhang Ama's here is far lower than that of other Xiaomi products.
This time I was fortunate enough to get the test of Zhang Aunt Xiaomi's notebook and it made me happy. But the next long wait indefinitely, let my mood has been falling to the bottom. Waited a whole month, only received a text message inside the station, told Xiaomi notebook shipped. Finally, there is still an article below. I am really worried about receiving the notification. The event was canceled for various reasons.
This post will be divided into 5 parts to write, I will not write the directory, the directory prompt function, in the menu on the left side of this article.
Out of the boxEarthy-colored cartons, without too much information and weight, can be easily lifted by anyone. This time, Aunt Zhang only posted a sticker on the top and bottom to show her identity. (For seeing through the autumn, waiting for a full one month, I was anxious, seeing the real thing ... this time to save more than N words).
Quickly out of the box, the inside is the real package. Using this two-tier packaging method inside and outside, you can ensure that accidents are reduced during transportation. Notebook electronic products such as this, in the event of violent transport during transportation, the components can easily be caused by the vibration can not boot. Plastic bags on the inner packaging can also prevent intrusion of rain and moisture.
Some of the testing equipment used today will eventually forget about several pieces. Simple cover photo.
Can not help but have to say, a simple style of the wind.
At the bottom of the box, product information indicates its configuration, CPU I5/MEM 8G/SSD 8G/ LCD 13.3inch...
The lid is well sealed and the housing is lifted upwards. Due to air tightness, it slowly descends. The silver host is displayed in front of you and there is a black sponge pad inside the cover.
The host is also removed, there is a layer below the host
In the envelope with texture, it is a brief introduction (instructions)
The power adapter is really big. The plug part can not be folded, the power cord is very thick, 1.5 meters in length (a bit short). 100~240v universal voltage, you take it anywhere, there is no trouble with voltage conversion. The output type is more, we are more concerned about the point, here is verified, you can charge the phone, as long as the Type-C interface . And for this one is not how much, 20V 3.25A, 65W maximum output power.
Full picture of the host. The outer shell is made of high-strength cold-rolled aluminum alloy sheet. However, the finger gently strokes across it and it is easy to leave a mark. When it is often taken out, it seems that a protective bag is essential. Of course this whole body (except the LOGO at the bottom of the screen) does not have any brand & model mark. Xiaomi also gives personalized solutions, you can design your own body shell, or get the millet home, require laser engraving.
The keyboard & touchpad area is also made of metal aluminum alloy material. Therefore, it is impossible to avoid the feeling of "hands hemp" when inserting the charger.
This glass touchpad does a good job, and is similar in usage to the Macbook. Have to say, after the hardware configuration is quite, next is the comparison of OSX and Windows. The actual use experience is still good. This touchpad operation, I feel comfortable, daily office use, more convenient than the mouse. In the introduction, there is also a one-page introduction to "fingerprinting."
The only place where the entire machine has a LOGO is the bottom of the black IPS screen on the black screen. MI's LOGO is here. There is no sense of abruptness. Read other pieces of millet notebook original posts, valued friends do not like this logo, difficult to adjust it.
On the left side of the notebook, there is one each for the HDMI 1.4/USB 3.0 interface (in the USB 3.0 interface, there is no common blue or yellow to distinguish it from the earlier USB 2.0). In addition, the USB interface, in the closed state of the notebook, can not provide power to external devices (similar to the function of charging treasure), which is not as good as the Macbook Air.
3.5mm headset interface 1
The right side of the notebook is a Type-C power connector / another USB 3.0 connector. Above the power connector is an indicator light. After the power is plugged in, different light colors represent different charging states. However, in this issue, it is really not easy to find. If Xiaomi was designing, it would be nice to design the charging indicator light on the Type-C notebook end connector. It would both highlight his own personality and be practical.
In addition to the power interface, Type-C interfaces also support various interface types of the Type-C specification. For example, Xiaomi own sales of Type-C to HDMI, with this converter, millet notebook can provide up to 3 monitors, HDMI2+ laptop screen.
USB-C to HDMI Multi-Function Adapter The USB-C to HDMI Multi-Function Adapter uses a high-quality cable. The high-strength nickel-plated connector is resistant to oxygen and interference. The cable length of 15 cm can be easily stored in the bag. Millet USB-C to HDMI multifunction adapter is also compatible with Apple MacBook, supports 5Gbps data has been... ¥149 official website The new notebook is turned on for the first time and cannot be turned on without the power adapter. At first I didn’t read the instructions, and the power button was pressed several times (also try different methods, such as short press, long press for 3 seconds, short press for 3 seconds, and long press for 3 seconds, etc. of). Later, after checking relevant information, it was discovered that when Xiaomi was shipped from the factory, in order to ensure the safety of the laptop battery (I think it was like the verification method of the new machine, thereby eliminating refurbished machines, 2 mobile phones, etc.), it was necessary to plug in the power adapter to boot. I plugged in the power and pressed the switch and it turned on. When charging the battery, the indicator light is orange. Type-C is the same as the Lightning line.
The first boot, work under full load (maximum power), close to 65W. 
The Type-C power plug is a little loose, and you can clearly feel the shaking when you plug it in. This is totally different from the nearly 10 notebooks I've used before. Secondly, the power plug is located on the right side of the notebook, which is also relatively rare in the notebooks I have used. Usually either at the back of the notebook or on the left side of the notebook. Because the power port is on the right, it is very easy to cause inconvenience at work. Although most laptops now require a mouse, few people will use a wired mouse, but I will put a glass of water on the right side of the notebook on the workbench, and sometimes put some paper for recording. Remember the length of the power cord? Only 1.5 meters, and now most of the desk power is in the left hand side of the table, this way, the power cable to "go" about half a meter length.
There is also a very interesting place in the Xiaomi Air is the color of the keycap, consistent with the entire C surface. However, the keyboard light can only be turned on or off, and there is no function of brightness adjustment. Plus the same color problem, when used at night, in fact, the keyboard resolution, not so high, or that the value is not high.
The keyboard feels pretty good, the keys have good elasticity, and the key stroke is similar to that of a normal laptop, with 1mm in the beginning. Full-size keyboard, the distance between keys and keys is also exactly the same as ordinary laptops, so if you have been using mainstream notebooks before, then millet notebooks give your keyboard feel the same. I also used notebooks with relatively large distances between keys and keys, or laptops with non-full-size keyboards, which always feel strange.
For the time being, he did not go to the millet house to do laser engraving, but he wanted to mark its ownership right. He used a label printer to help. In fact, this silver notebook is just looking pretty, with a strong masculinity.
The two Air products released by Xiaomi have different layouts and different internal motherboard designs. In the second part, I will take a look at this part of the content, as well as the questions that the hardware upgrade may ask.
A total of 7 screws are seen on the D side of the notebook. The hidden screws are underneath the foot pads. The pads on the top middle of the notebook need to be removed to expose them.
A total of 8 screws, the bottom of the 3 shorter, the other is the same length. When screwing it back in, it's very clear how long it will be, otherwise it will be bad if you penetrate your motherboard.
Removing the screw and opening this well-sealed lid requires a little bit of "brute force". I started off with the screen hinge. After knocking on, look at the back cover first. In this way, in the past, the two metal shields for the lower and left sides of the metal cover were the positions of the main speakers. The strip of metal mesh on the top (12-inch notebook is not) is to use two fans to spread heat.
Let's take a look at the motherboard. The motherboard is black and has been heard as the color of the motherboard. It is a sign of the high-end motherboard. The layout looks pleasing. The upper part is the motherboard part and the lower part is the polymer battery. The red frame section will be mentioned immediately below. The power supply is also fixed on one side of the left and right screws (slightly longer). After unscrewing, in the +-position of the battery, there is a plug connected to the motherboard. You can use the tweezers to curl upwards to separate them. Then the entire battery can be removed.
The back of the battery is not flat.
There are a total of 2 hard disk slots, which are also M.2 interfaces. The 13.3-inch factory uses one PCIe channel hard disk and reserves Sata channels. This is also not the same place as a 12-inch notebook.
The Samsung 256G SSD Hard Drive (Model PM 951)
NVMe is an acronym for Non-Volatile Memory Express. It has lower latency, higher transmission performance, and lower power consumption control.
In the above figure, the red frame part is enlarged below. Has the same interface with the hard disk, but millet did not say before can support 3 hard disks ah? In the millet notebook official website, also found no relevant information. Posted in the millet forum 2 days, and no one reply. Other components have names on the motherboard, such as CPU, SSD, etc., but nothing in this area.
The relative position to the right of the original hard disk is the expansion hard disk port. Here is the SSD2. For the increase of hard disk, millet official website has a detailed description, I will not Ctrl-C & Ctrl-V. The general idea is that it is recommended to go to Xiaomi House to buy and install a hard drive that will not affect the notebook warranty. You can buy your own hard drive, and then go to Xiaomi's home to install, does not affect the hardware warranty other than your own hard drive. You can also buy and install the hard drive yourself, which may cause damage, but the overall warranty of the notebook is not affected. I should remember correctly. If there are mistakes, I'm afraid the valued friend points out that I will modify it immediately. So in this regard, millet is still very human.
Brass copper tubes and heat sinks are the guarantee of heat dissipation. There is a screw (a bit shorter) on the right and left of the fan, and they are unscrewed.
Take a look at the heat sink area of ​​this notebook. In addition to the long bar cover on the D-side cover, the heat is discharged from the position of the hinge of the notebook screen as the air inlet. (In the use of various scenes, the temperature measurement is used, this area is the key target) .
Change to the angle of the normal keyboard, this discharge outlet, not in the center, but on the right.
2x2 dual-antenna WiFi module supporting 802.11ac protocol
Close-up of this Intel chip. By the way, remove the antenna and gently lift it upwards.
Two fans, two power ports, respectively removed it. Note that the two fan ports are not the same, but be careful when removing them.
Then, on the heatsink of the GPU and the CPU, remove the screws according to the sequence of 7654321, and the entire fan can be removed.
The grease on the heat sink is "fresh", but since it is removed, wait for it to be replaced.
Xiaomi this 13.3 Air notebook, equipped with NVIDIA GeForce 940MX discrete graphics, 1GB GDDR5 high-speed video memory is also the focus of publicity. Wipe off the grease on the GPU to reveal its true colors.
Intel's sixth-generation i5 processor, up to 2.7GHz frequency, dual-core 4 thread architecture, and my Macbook Air 13-inch notebook CPU is the second generation i5 processor.
Re-applied silicone grease
Is it good to see the memory? This is right, Xiaomi Air notebook, whether it is 12-inch or 13-inch, no memory expansion slot. The original memory is packaged on the motherboard. The place where the heat sink covers the lower left corner is.
Below the long heat sink is 8G memory, and you can separate it by tilting the upper and lower sides of the tweezer gently. There is also a layer of thermal double-sided tape on the heat dissipation cover.
Samsung DDR4 8G memory
A shorter heat sink on the edge, should be 1G DD5 graphics memory.
You can't wait to see him. Because of this millet's Air 13.3, no matter what I think, its 13-inch Macbook Air is definitely an important rival. Therefore, there are comparison articles, not very interested, you can look at its actual size, weight, after all, there are comparisons to reflect the value of it.
A-side and D-side together, Mi-Air is obviously a small round.
Pyramid, more obvious
Turn the screen on. Mi-Air here is a black screen + silver keyboard, MBA here is a black and silver color screen + black and silver color keyboard. Do you like black and white? Or do you have me, do you have a style of Tai Chi?
How can I not mention Zhang Aunt this time?
The lids are put together and discharged together. The Mi-Air is a flat design (nearly equal to the front and back), while the MBA is clearly behind the front high.
Open the display, the same
The bottom edge of the keyboard is close-up. The MBA inclined plane design with oblique angles is better in terms of visual effects, but in actual use, this angle of inclination does not feel very much. Keyboard area, MBA bigger. In the touchpad area, Mi-Air is longer and narrower.
The feel of the keyboard is almost no difference.
2 notebooks, the maximum screen opening and closing angle is also almost the same.
Comparing chargers, Mi-Air is a fast charger for 1C. It can charge up to 50% of electricity in 30 minutes, and it can be used in normal office for over 4 hours. The MBA (the original is a slow charge), so some of Mi-Air is excusable. However, the MBA magnetic fixing method is really convenient, one-handed operation can be completed plug and pull, wire was accidentally pulled, the laptop will not be an accident. The Type-C interface millet charger, in addition to charging the laptop, but also to other Type-C interface (5 ~ 20V charging device), good generality.
Charger weight, a difference of 16g, about 10%. The MBA charging cable comes with retractable winding posts and foldable plugs.
The weight of the host, Mi-Air 1,256g, MBA 1,326g, a difference of 70g. If you do not travel, or travel less than 6 hours (a conservative estimate), then the 70g weight is still very useful. After all, notebook computers with the same size, the same material, and the same hardware performance, Mi-Air can do MBA lighter, it is not easy!
If you use it for a long time, you need to carry the power adapter. 1,469g VS 1,524g.
After watching the weight, continue to look back to the thickness. The thickness of the back of the notebook. Mi-Air wins.
In front of the notebook, the MBA has no suspense.
Let's look at the screen again, or MBA to win.
Finally to boot this part
I have to say that when I pressed the power button, I was mentally awkward and I was afraid that the boot would not light up. Why? You didn't take a serious look at my post. I took photos of the disassembler above, but it was real. When installing, if there is any "accident", then I can add a link - Xiaomizhijia (after-sale maintenance part).
On the all-black screen, Xiaomi's logo "MI" suddenly appeared, and the stones hanging from my heart finally fell to the ground. This high-definition glass screen had to be shot on my side before I could shoot myself.
Since Windows 10 (Home Edition) is pre-installed, the first steps are very simple. It is more difficult to accept that you cannot install the desired Windows yourself. However, if you look at the forum recently, it seems that you can pay for it and upgrade to Win10 Pro. You just need to change the serial number. If it is true, it is still a good choice. Of course, for the average user, there is an extra cost. For me, this millet will be used to do homework for my son and go online on the internet. It is not my main work & entertainment computer. So I didn’t spend this money and give you valuable friends a “leadershipâ€. Sorry.
Microsoft authorized legal regulations. The whole laptop, including the manual, I did not see the genuine WIN 10 serial number, which is a bit different from my other laptops. It may still be related to the built-in WIN10 binding practice.
Electric field & magnetic field test report
I used an electric field & magnetic field tester to test this running laptop. The result of the test, whether it is "mysterious" or not, is at least a reference value.
Left situation
Central
Right
screen
After the test, quickly move on to the next step. This full-HD screen uses a narrow-edged design with an edge of the screen only 7mm, while the official hardness is as high as 7H Mohs hardness, 170° viewing angle (if you have the need to often work outside, and will handle some More confidential work, you can buy a peep protection film to solve), contrast 800:1, brightness 300nit. For these indicators, there may not be much sense, or to show with physical contrast, this is more intuitive. The same photo, the same maximum brightness.
After the system is normal, test the time from pressing the power button to the login status for a total of 9 seconds. This speed is almost the same as Macbook Air. From the standby state, to the login state (open screen, press the power button to start) takes only 2 seconds.
Operating temperature
With regard to millet's various products, there is a serious problem of fever in the general products, so on the Internet, various jokes are also popular. Joke is a joke. As a public measure, we must study with a responsible attitude. I will be divided into several scenarios to test fever.
Daily home use environment - At the same time open a few 10, open Thunder download tool, open Baidu music to play online music, running more than 10 minutes to detect. Using non-contact temperature guns, the temperature in Shanghai these days is relatively comfortable, around 30°.
CPU load is easy
The top left corner of the keyboard
The lower left corner of the keyboard area (I did not measure the left palm area of ​​the touchpad, because this part is the location of the laptop battery, not hot).
For the middle part, here is a bit closer to the CPU heat outlet. Millet notebook even when working in the fan, the fan's voice is relatively light, compared with the Shenzhou home that can be described as very different.
By the way, measured the screen temperature
Upper right
The lower right side. It's possible that these everyday home scenarios are a piece of cake for this high-performance notebook that doesn't need to run at all.
In a high-load application scenario, how does it perform? Please keep reading, there will be below.
Use articlesAfter the startup process is completed, first look at the system. Xiaomi claims that there is no "excessive" program Win10. From the system Logo, it belongs to Xiaomi customized models.
Although personal viruses are rare nowadays, even if webpages are not linked to horses (as long as you do not visit a messy website), but out of habit, do not install an anti-virus software, always feel that the mind does not trust. Well, a few major "stomach" security software certainly do not consider, and around the legitimate security software is about to expire, then install Microsoft's MSE, the result ... ... Win10 has brought.
Millet notebook SSD hard drive, only one partition, anyway, my other SSD notebooks are also divided into only one district, this does not matter to me. There are more than 200 G available capacity, I installed an Office 2016, often enough for some small software. The MLC particle's SSD hard disk (guaranteed to be 5000 reliably rewritable) was enough for me to use it to retire.
For individual users, Lu is more practical because it is a fairly comprehensive reflection of the overall hardware performance. The special test tools for CPUs, hard disks, and memory are of little significance. After all, Xiaomi's Air positioning market is not a performance-level market but an ultrabook market. There is a place to explain here. When Master Lu tests, the video card is the video card that comes with the motherboard instead of the independent video card. I tried several methods (including using Nvidia by default, opening in Nvidia mode, etc.). There is no way. Therefore, the final run points are not high.
Hardware information, where the graphics card information is still onboard, but in the graphics card information, it shows two graphics cards.
For the battery that is powered on for the first time, the battery information also indicates some loss. This issue seems to be mentioned by more people in the Xiaomi House Forum.
When 1080P HD video playback, the computer load is still not high.
So at this time, the temperature is still not high, the upper part of the keyboard
the second half
I opened 10 webpages + played Baidu music + Thunder download + installation software, finally increased the load to more than 80%
After the load comes up, the temperature rises slightly
Directly measure the temperature of the tuyere location, where the temperature is obviously the highest
Take a look at the video and use it as a HD player. The HDMI connector on the left side directly links the TV.
1080P output, best resolution on TV
Will the computer's temperature increase during video output? The answer is, OK. Therefore, the value-friends who are concerned about the fever of Xiaomi notebook computer can rest assured that during the period of my use, it is basically okay. Did not install a virtual machine on this millet, so did not perform this part of the test (it really does not need Windows, installed Windows virtual machine).
When traveling, if you need a few software to work at the same time, then dual-screen display is the most convenient. At least when I'm on a business trip, I will carry an iPad with me. In addition to watching movies, playing games or reading books on the road, it can become the second screen when I work. Duet also has For Windows.
While playing high-definition video, take a look at Aunt Zhang's post.
What about standby power consumption? In the Macbook Air standby mode, about 5% of the power is lost in one night. So I recorded it before going to bed at night.
I got up in the morning and looked again. In 9 and a half hours, I lost 3% of my electricity.
Normal web browsing + music playback, from 100% power to 5% power, persisted for more than 7 hours. Under high-load operation, the power consumption is 50% in 2 hours. The above power consumption data is the system's own percentage. When the battery power drops to 20%, the system automatically enters a power saving state.
So if you only use it for normal work, you don’t need to carry the charger for 1 day out.
to sum upMany friends around me bought Apple's laptops, especially for Air. The first thing to buy was to reinstall the system and change OSX to Windows. I told them that OSX is the core of the Apple laptop, but... It's a bit of a chicken and a duck. Therefore, the emergence of millet laptop Air fully meets the needs of these people. Regardless of whether millet notebook designers admit or not, the appearance of Xiaomi Notebook Air is almost the same as Macbook Air.
advantage:
1, ultra-light, thin, long battery life;
2, high face value;
3, native Windows system;
4, a good price;
Disadvantages:
1. The status of the standby notebook is closed and USB external power supply is not supported;
2, the power adapter is still a bit large, and the power cord is slightly shorter;
3, can not freely change the Windows operating system;
4, 13.3 inches have not released sales, need to buy;
As a member of the IT industry, my EDC is almost like this if I don't travel. In a pile of equipment to be brought out every day, its function and value are still in line with my requirements.
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