Earlier this week, Xiaomi launched the Redmi E book 16 2024, a 16-inch laptop computer based mostly round Intel’s Raptor Lake-H platform. It seems that the corporate additionally launched a 14-inch counterpart, albeit with little to no fanfare. Unsurprisingly, Xiaomi sells the smaller possibility because the Redmi E book 14 2024 regardless of unveiling it on the tail finish of the earlier 12 months.
In saying that, the six-month lifespan of its Intel Alder Lake-H powered predecessor implies that the Redmi E book 14 2024 won’t be round for lengthy earlier than a Raptor Lake Refresh or Meteor Lake successor arrives. At any fee, it seems that Xiaomi has merely dropped in a Raptor Lake-H processor with out upgrading some other {hardware}. Particularly, chassis dimensions stay unchanged at 312 x 220 x 15.9 mm. Likewise, the Redmi E book 14 2024 weighs 1.37 kg and maintains its predecessor’s 56 Wh battery. Thus, the brand new Redmi E book 14 2024 resembles latest MacBook Professional 14 machines, significantly in Xiaomi’s advertising photographs.
Furthermore, the Redmi E book 14 2024 has a 14-inch IPS show that outputs at 2,880 x 1,800 (2.8K) pixels in a 16:10 side ratio with a 120 Hz refresh fee, 300 nits peak brightness and 100% sRGB color area protection. Because the picture under reveals, Xiaomi installs three USB Kind-A ports, plus single 3.5 mm jack, HDMI and Thunderbolt 4 ports. The Redmi E book 14 2024 begins at CNY 4,499 (~US$584) with 512 GB of storage and 16 GB of RAM, though a launch low cost drops its beginning value to CNY 4,199 (~US$545). Whereas the laptop computer is barely obtainable with a single Core i5-13500H processor selection this round, Xiaomi additionally presents the Redmi E book 14 2024 with a 1 TB SSD and 16 GB of RAM for CNY 4,499 (~US$584), down from its CNY 4,799 (~US$623) MSRP.
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