By Desire Athow
It’s been nearly three years now since the Surface 3 was announced, and just over one year since it was discontinued, much to the chagrin of droves of potential customers who may have wanted to get their hands on an affordable member of the Microsoft Surface family.
The void has convinced some ambitious Chinese vendors like Chuwi to release their own alternatives. Meet the SurBook Mini – a smaller version of the SurBook which we reviewed recently – along with a soon-to-come Gemini Lake-based device called the SurBook Pro.
Design
If you’ve assumed that the SurBook Mini is just a shrunk-down version of the SurBook, you’re spot on – see both models pictured side-by-side below. The Mini uses the same magnesium alloy material for its unibody chassis, and the location of its ports reflects that of its bigger brother. It is also very similar to the Microsoft Surface 3, but that isn’t a surprise.
Clearly, Chuwi engineers did their homework when it comes to economies of scale and reusing existing components either from competitors or from its own product portfolio. The screen is a fully laminated 10.8-inch model with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a 1920 x 1280-pixel resolution, just like the …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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