By Gabe Carey
Sleek and stylish, Huawei’s first non-touch Ultrabook is replete with a handful of record-breaking characteristics. For starters, it’s the smallest 13-inch laptop in the world measuring in at 28.6 x 21.1 x 1.25cm (11.26 x 8.31 x 0.49 inches; W x H x D) and packs the thinnest bezel, too, at 0.17 inches (4.4 mm).
Even with a full-size chiclet keyboard, the MateBook X keeps its weight low and its profile even lower at 2.31 pounds (1.05kg), making it considerably lighter than the 3.02-pound (1.37kg) MacBook Pro.
Design
Still, it’s hard not to be skeptical of Huawei’s admittedly derivative pursuits. While their aspect ratios differ, MateBook X looks all too much like the 12-inch MacBook with Retina Display. Likewise, the “Prestige Gold” and the even more blatantly “inspired” Space Gray color variants of its all-aluminum shell are eyeroll-inducing, if only because of how unimaginative the naming conventions are.
Even so, you can’t fault Huawei for going after a market full of Windows users champing at the bit for MacBook styled machine but dislike macOS.
Unfortunately, we’ve yet to know how much it costs. Nevertheless, if priced reasonably, the MateBook X could give Apple a run for its money …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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