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Compare: Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition vs Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Keyboard

The new Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition looks pretty classy and in the box, you get 65-watt charger and webcam. The Mi NoteBook comes with an anodized aluminum body and it looks cool and premium. There is no branding on the back lid that comes in the previous version of Mi Notebook 14. When it comes to software the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition comes with Windows 10 home onboard with a 30-day free trial of office 365.

Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14 Front Keyboard

The Mi NoteBook 14 looks like a MacBook you are absolutely right it does. It looks great everything about this laptop is just classy and good-looking from the metal covered lid and metal body all the way to this Redmi designed by Xiaomi branding on the back lid looks neat. This is also a pretty lightweight laptop, it’s not as light as say the MacBook Air but it’s definitely not bad.

Pros and Cons

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
Lightweight And Extremely PortableKeyboards has a good travel distance
Decent battery life with fast charging capabilitiesThe laptop weighs 1.5 Kg and 18 mm thickness
Keyboard lacks backlightingKeyboard lacks backlighting
RAM Is not UpgradableUSB Type-C, NVMe SSD only on a higher-priced variant
No SD-Card ReaderThere is no inbuilt webcam

General Info

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
$Price & AvailabilityPrice & Availability
Released2020, June2019, June
ModelMi Notebook 14 HorizonMi Notebook 14
Weight1.35 Kg1.5 Kg
OSWindows 10 Home BasicWindows 10 Home Basic
Display14 Inch14 Inch

Specification

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
Display Type LEDLED
ProcessorIntel Core i5Intel Core i5
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce NVIDIA GeForce
RAM8 GB DDR48 GB DDR4
Storage512 GB SSD512 GB SSD
Battery Backup10 hrs10 hrs

Performance

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
Clockspeed1.6 Ghz1.6 Ghz
Graphic ProcessorNVIDIA GeForce MX350NVIDIA GeForce MX250
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10210U (10th Gen)Intel Core i5 (10th Gen)
Graphics Memory2 GB2 GB

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Processor

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition comes in two variants of Core i5 and a Core i7 with NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU these specs are what makes this laptop truly exciting. This laptop will be able to handle day-to-day notebook tasks with a lot of ease. As for gaming, Xiaomi isn’t fitting this laptop as a gaming laptop.

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Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14 Processor

This laptop obviously does not look like a gaming laptop but since it has the NVIDIA MX250 GPU. You can play PubG defaults to a mix of low and medium setting and runs comfortably around 40 FPS which is definitely playable. When being played in low settings at full HD resolution increasing graphics to high results in something around 18 to 20 fps which is just unplayable.

Display

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
Display TypeLEDLED
Display Size14 Inches14 Inches
Display Resolution1920 x 1080 Pixels1920 x 1080 Pixels
Display TouchscreenNoNo
Pixel Density157 ppi157 ppi
Display FeaturesFull HD Anti-glare 16:9 Horizon 91 Percentage screen-to-body ratio 178 Degree Wide-viewing Angle DisplayFull HD 178 wide viewing angle, 250 nits brightness Display

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Display

The laptop looks good even you can open it with just one hand and Horizon edition comes with 14-inch full HD anti-glare display and this is a standard 60 Hertz display and it’s fairly bright viewing angles are good and the colors look punchy now all that is great but what means this display really impressive is the fact that it’s for Xiaomi calls Horizon display.

Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14 Display

The Redmi Mi Notebook 14 comes with a 14 inch full HD display with thin bezels on the side and a huge bezel on the bottom. The Redmi Mi Notebook 14 has a pretty nice display with good viewing angles and nice color reproduction however the only issue has with the display here is that the brightness. It’s not too low but if you were thinking about using it outdoors in the Sun this display will cut it there. This display is great for watching movies and TV shows writing reports.

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Multimedia

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
Web-camNoNo
SpeakersStereo SpeakersStereo Speakers
Microphone JackYesYes
Usd Slots11
Wireless Lan802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
BluetoothYes 5.0vYes 5.0v

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Ports

When it comes to the ports the right side features the USB-C port two USB 3.1 ports and HDMI port and the charging port. The laptop has a proprietary charging port even though it has a USB-C port on board. On the left, you get this ring for cooling the headphone jack and a USB 2.0 port. The laptop does not come with a fingerprint scanner apart from that the Mi Notebook 14 horizon Edition comes with 2 grills for cooling and 2 work speakers on the bottom.

Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14 Ports

There are the usual ports here including 3 USB ports and HDMI port and a headphone jack there is no USB-C onboard something you would find on the Mi notebooks and a lot of other budget laptops. One thing missing that might be a deal-breaker to people is the Webcam.

Battery

Mi NoteBook 14 HorizonMi NoteBook 14
Battery TypeLithium PolymerLithium Polymer
Battery LifeUp to 10 HoursUp to 10 Hours

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Charging speed

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition Battery

The Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition comes with the 46-watt hour battery and a 65-watt charger now Xiaomi claims up to 10 hours of battery life which does sound good. The 65-watt charger is a fast charger charge a laptop to 50% around 30 minutes that’s pretty good.

Mi NoteBook 14

Mi NoteBook 14 Charging speed

Mi NoteBook 14 Battery

Mi NoteBook 14 has a 46-watt battery which is not the biggest battery, the battery easily lasted over 6 hours with mixed usage which is actually not bad even with charging the Redmi book doesn’t disappoint in fact, it charges really fast the laptop comes with a 65-watt power adapter even though it’s not USB-C. The laptop went to 82 percent in just one hour and took a total of one and a half hours to get fully charged that’s pretty impressive.

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Which is better!

Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon

  1. The laptop is small, sleek, and portable it’s very lightweight weighing over 3kg and it’s pretty thin at 17.5 millimeters.
  2. The display with its narrow bezel looks striking the CPU GPU and SSD combo seems very powerful considering it’s a notebook and active performance seems pretty promising.
  3. There are no ads on the Mi NoteBook 14 Horizon Edition either of them and there’s no bloatware.
  4. The chiclet keyboard with the scissor mechanism the keys are well spaced and this is not a backlit keyboard and it does not have the inverted T layout for arrow keys which can be a little annoying.

Mi NoteBook 14

  1. In terms of keyboard, the Redmi Notebook comes with a standard chiclet keyboard with the compact arrow key layout and the keyboard is decent enough. Typing on the Redmi Notebook isn’t nearly as much fun as it is on most laptop keyboards. It’s not a bad keyboard but it’s definitely not the best in this price range laptops from Asus will offer you much better keyboards at this price.

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