These both look like ripper deals for the specs. There's a couple of others as well, but these certainly look like the standouts. Apply code PVOLTAGE at checkout for the discount. Stay safe, and enjoy :)
Huawei Matebook D14 Specs:
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U CPU
14" FHD IPS (1920x1080)
512GB SSD
8GB DDR4
322 x 215 x 15.9mm (1.38kg)
Huawei Matebook X Pro Specs:
Intel 8th Gen i7-8565U CPU
13.9" 3K Touchscreen (3000x2000)
512GB SSD
8 GB LPDDR3 2.133MHz
304 x 217 x 14.6mm (1.33kg)
I doubt pricing will be anywhere near $997 when released :)
It’s a laptop
lol
Do you upgrade laptop's CPU yourself?
DDR3 in a $1900 laptop?
LPDDR3 uses a lot less power than DDR4 in standby, and LPDDR4 wasn't supported by Whiskey Lake CPUs.
Most users would never see the difference in speed between LPDDR3 and DDR4 (if there even is any, DDR4 tends to have higher latency and needs a lot higher speed to be worthwhile, whereas this is the fastest LPDDR3 you can get), however being able to shut the lid and have everything stay in memory for a lot longer (so you can resume where you were) is much more useful to the average user.
To summarise, bigger number isn't always better. In this case it'd be worse.
Thanks for the educational response.
The X Pro is a pretty old laptop and at that price it's not discounted by much. You're far better off with a Dell XPS 13 9300 (2020) deal from ebay whenever they have a sale.
Not really, the screen and overall build quality of the matebook X pro is incredible for the price, not to mention a dedicated nvidia graphics card. The XPS 13 with a similar screen to the X Pro but with only integrated graphics would come in at around $3600 ($3200 with current discount) so you could be waiting a looong time for it to reach Matebook X Pro prices.
To make it as simple as possible
$1900 <<< $3150
We're talking 65% increase in price. For that, I'd expect a lot.
But CPU improvements have slowed to a crawl the past few years in the x86 world. A "current gen" 10th gen Comet Lake i7-10610U is the same chip as the i7-8665U but with (slow) LPDDR4 support. They also tweaked the GPU so it delivers less consistent performance and tacked a higher number on it. That's how little Intel think of consumers these days.
The XPS 9300 has the newer Ice Lake cpus though, right? But they're slower than Comet Lake. Which, as stated, isn't any faster than 8th gen. The benefit of Ice Lake is a better GPU and better power management, it's not otherwise faster.
Personally, I'd buy neither, but I sure as hell wouldn't shell out an extra $1,300 for the Dell. For the cost of a little bit of weight/thickness you can get faster, upgradeable RAM/SSD and better keyboards and bigger batteries for cheaper. If you want to game, buy one with a dedicated GPU. Even Apple has started making thicker laptops because the trade off for being the fanciest person in starbucks isn't worth it.
@freefall101: Which one do you recommend? I don't need razor thin laptops, don't play games, but don't like heavy ones either. Something 1.5kg or less is good. 13 inches is enough for me.
@Averell: I'm waiting for the Swift 3 SF314-42 to show up in Australia. Tempted to just go with the Ideapad deal here though - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/541372. Also want Dell to fix their pricing on the Inspiron 14 7000, $700US stateside, $1700AU here. WTF.
If you want 4K, someone will take that basic laptop design and you'll get it for under $1500 soon enough. Will just take a bit of time as these laptops flow onto the market and people accept that "AMD" and "Premium" can go together.
@freefall101: Is the Swift 3 SF314-41 similar? It's already on the Acer Australia website for $999.
https://www.acer.com/ac/en/AU/content/model/NX.HFDSA.001
@BluebirdV: That's the old version with Ryzen 3000, wait for the one with a Ryzen 4000 chip, it's a massive improvement. Way faster, lighter, new wireless tech, it's a pretty big generational jump with this chip. Plus being 8 cores instead of 2 is always going to make a big difference, it many tests it's 3x faster.
@freefall101: I would really like to buy it when it comes to Australia. Will we be getting the same model as the one in the US? Any idea of the date?
@BluebirdV: Yup, Acer list it on their upcoming page for Australia - https://www.acer.com/ac/en/AU/content/new-products-2020
No idea on date sadly, I'm guessing covid messed up any planned release date (there's articles from back in March saying they'd be available "within weeks".
It's not Huawei loving you ignorant. This is a solid laptop.
Apparently the Iris Plus integrated graphics are about as powerful as the old MX150 card in the Huawei.
I agree on the screen though, you have to shell out for 4k if you want touch with the XPS.
Looking at the comparison on NotebookCheck.com it seems they have similar performance rating, but when comparing the game FPS the MX150 smashes the iris every time. E.g. at low settings NFS has 14fps vs 40fps, Dirt Rally 2.0 is 60fps vs 80fps, Battlefield V is 25fps vs 69fps. Might come down to the iris having shared memory vs the MX150 having dedicated?? Not sure.
@Jebus: Interesting. I wouldn’t get this for gaming since it’s only the 15watt version, but yeah might be better for some people.
You could always do a clean install. Even better, install linux.
Or maybe you can't
hilarious you tin foil hatters can only resort to personal attacks when you get refuted
Technically, the issue is hardware rather than software. It's the custom chips like the AI module that could be storing data without us knowing.
Australia is the new china.
Australia was is and will always be the 51st state of USA.
that is another fact which i fully agree to.
Australia is the USA's dog.
Would like to own one of these, but my two laptops are still going strong.
Matebook D14 webcam is very awkward to use
D14 ram is soldered T.T would buy it if not and upgrade the ram in the future.
If the pro is $999 I will get one
Same for me but with a Tesla.
I don't mind even if its just single Tesla Share
I have the X Pro, it's a bloody amazing laptop, build and features. I paid $2.4k
How do you feel seeing it for $1899 now?
lol that's life. i bought it when it first came out. I've had a lot of use. Isn't that what happens with all technology?
Never bought a huawei laptop before, do they come with bloatware and stuff? What is the Windows version? And does factory reset remove them?
My Matebook X Pro 2018 was very clean. I think there's one driver utility tool.
Agree with Yoz. My wife purchased a Matebook X Pro in early 2019 from the Microsoft store and it has 0 bloatware. .. that we can see anyway ;). The only tool is the driver/bios update software which is actually really well done. I was expecting to do a clean install but never bothered in the end.
Does it feel like a Chinese laptop? e.g. the bios screen is in Chinese or with some non English translation, boot screen shows some Chinese logo, etc.
Not at all, the BIOS is pretty standard, looks similar to this:
https://consumer.huawei.com/za/support/content/en-us00694750…
The boot screen is just the Huawei logo and instantly into Windows, super quick. The PC manager software you see in the link above is what's used to update drivers/bios etc.
I have a MateBook 13. It’s awesome.
How does this MateBook Pro compare to the MacBook Pro 13?
Down to mate vs mac
I prefer Win10 to MacOs, and using a Mate20Pro. Never touched a MateBook though.
What I like in a MacBook Pro is the touchpad and the screen.
Matebook X Pro screen is incredible, I'd say on par with Macbook Pro's, and is touch screen. The touchpad isn't quiiiite as good in my experience, but that probably comes down to Mac OS vs Windows intergration. Keyboard on the Matebook X Pro is better, or at least was before the latest macbook pro's which have an updated keyboard.
How does warranty work with Huawei laptops? Is there a local Huawei centre we can send it through for repairs?
Can I hackintosh this ?
What's your point?
its wouldnt of killed them to add a usb port
I'd be in if they did the 16gb RAM spec on X Pro!
Nice but $3.3K? Wow!
D14 or Macbook Air?
Deal is back on with code p15light. Would people recommend this laptops for playing moderate games
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The screen is comparable to a retina screen and it's a solid chassis, however you should wait for the new Ryzen 4000 CPU's out in a month or 2. Its significantly better and worth waiting for.