2 reviews for Xiaomi Notebook Pro Max 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11320H Thin & Light (16GB/512GB SSD/Iris Xe Graphics/14″ QHD+ Display/2.5K Resolution/Win 11/Thunderbolt 4/MS Office ’21/Fingerprint Sensor/1.4 Kg)

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   VidKap – August 22, 2024

   Great laptop for office/browsing/coding
   I’m writing this review after about 4 months of usage, so it’s based on a mixture of the purchase criteria/comparisons and actual usage. I wanted a no-frills laptop which was powerful but inexpensive. I looked at the Dells and Lenovos within the sub-60k price range but finally settled on this. Two and a half months later, no regrets.You need to be clear what you want and what you’re getting because this config won’t satisfy everyone. Given below are my criteria for choosing this and a comparison of how this fares against the others I looked at.CPU – Wanted an 11th gen i5 and this one has an i5-11300H – not G – so it has adequate power for the next few years.RAM – I wanted either upgradeable 8GB RAM with a free slot or on-board 16GB. Through the years, my experience has been that buying a budget config laptop and doubling its RAM after a year or two really extends its life. Today, that means buying 8GB and upgrading to 16 later. Well, this one has 16GB out of the box so it should last a few years.Graphics card – This doesn’t have an external NVIDIA card. So if you’re editing videos, playing graphics-intensive games or programming neural nets, then don’t go for this.Touchscreen – Didn’t want to spend money on this. I’m fine with a good quality trackpad. If you want a touchscreen, you’ve got to either raise your price point or compromise on something else (RAM, screen quality etc) at this price point.Screen Brightness – I wanted a screen bright enough to work outdoors in the afternoon and pretty much everything from the standard brands fell short on this front. My reading of the market (as of June 2022) is that you have to spend 80-90k+ on the more standard brands to get that kind of screen. But I’ve used this laptop outdoors in the afternoon quite often and there’s no issues, even on a bright afternoon.Screen Resolution, Clarity, Contrast, Viewing Angles etc – Let’s be clear, this is not an OLED screen. You want the best of those, go for an ASUS. But it is high res and sharp. Viewing angles are great and so are colours. The best feature is that this screen has matte finish. None of those irritating ambient reflections in sunlight which a clear glossy screen is prey to. If you want to sit outdoors and work (browsing , editing, spreadsheets, presentations, coding etc), this is a great screen. What it is not great for is watching movies. Nothing like a clean, glossy OLED screen with muted ambient lighting for watching Netflix.Sound – It’s adequate but nothing great to write home about. As I said, this laptop is not your best choice for media consumption.Ports – My laptop is normally plugged into a monitor, keyboard, mouse, power and speakers at my desk. As a result, it’s a bit of a pain to unplug and reattach so many cables every time. Which is why I was keen on Thunderbolt 4. The thought of simply unplugging one wire and walking off with the laptop was very attractive. A good USB 4 hub is expensive, so I haven’t bought one yet, but it’s no.1 on my to-buy list. Many brands seem to think that Thunderbolt 4 is a premium feature, meant only for laptops which cost 80k+. For a non-premium guy like me it’s fortunate that Xiaomi included it in this laptop.Looks and Durability – It’s an all metal body which looks sleek. As for durability, the metal body should prevent damage from minor falls. But the least durable parts of a laptop are the trackpad and the hinges – and I have no way of telling whether these will last or not. So no idea about this.All in all, if you’re looking for a portable, inexpensive (I got this for 55k with exchange), laptop for work and regular use, this was the best available in June 2022 at this price point. You can use it in your balcony/garden, plug it back in very conveniently at your desk and the config should last 3-4 years easily. But if you’re a teacher (or need a touchscreen for other reasons), video editor, gamer or an avid consumer of streaming services, then choose something better suited to those purposes.

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   Shaikh Mohammad Hasnain – August 22, 2024

   Best for the price
    This is the best laptop one can buy in this price rangeI will divide this review into pros and cons.Cons: 1. It has a soldered ram so it would not be possible for the end user to upgrade it if you need more ram then you have to go for the 16 gb version .2. Lack of an sd card reader.3. The sound quality of the speaker is not that great.( It’s not very loud .)Other than that I couldn’t find any other con in this device in the past 3 days of usagePros: 1: Amazing display.This display is way better than realme notebook display .For comparison 2.5k vs 2k also it comes with 100%srgb so it’s colour accurate.2:Most devices in this price range(including realme notebook) come with the core i5 G7 series processor .But this one has the H series processor which was released in January .The H series processor has a better single core and multi core performance.Also the integrated iris xe graphics is great .3:This device doesn’t lag in day to day usage and does a good job in heavy tasks such as video editing .In my case while I was editing a video I didn’t notice any lag and the fan also did not kick on.4: Xiaomi claims 12 hrs of battery life but in real life usage for web browsing and online classes of about 2 hrs you will get 6 to 7 hrs of battery backup and for heavy tasks you can expect 4 to 5 hrs of battery backup.5.This laptop has the best built quality in a laptop in this price rang .It’s the same as a macbook pro .6:Pre installed Ms office 2019 is amazing.7:Backlit keyboard ,charging via thunderbolt and fingerprint scanner ,wifi 6 and a huge trackpad are just amazing.This laptop has everything a cse student needs.And I hope it lasts long. Also if you are planning to buy extended warranty then buy this laptop from mi.com with the extended warranty since the cost of extended warranty in their website and app is 3500 rps for 2 years.I bought it from Amazon so i had to buy the extended warranty seperately for which they charged me 5500 rps for 2years. Thank you.