The Huawei Matebook X Pro is a laptop designed and produced by Huawei. It is part of the Huawei MateBook line of laptops, and has been compared to Apple's MacBook, both in design and interface.[1]
Release
The Huawei Matebook X Pro laptop was first announced at MWC 2018.[2][3] An updated version was announced at MWC 2019, but was sold in China only until end of 2019.[4] The model of 2020 was advertised at "Huawei Consumer Business Product and Strategy Virtual Launch" due to cancellation of MWC.[5]
Features
Software
The Huawei Matebook X Pro ships with Windows 10 (Home or Pro), same as Windows 11 known for Microsoft's personal computer operating system.
Hardware
The Huawei Matebook X Pro is the first laptop in Huawei's lineup to feature what the company is calling "FullView" design, giving the laptop a screen to body ratio of 91%.[6] The display is a 13.9-inch LTPS touchscreen with an aspect ratio of 3:2. The resolution is 3000 × 2000 at 260 PPI with a claimed viewing angle of 178 degrees and a maximum brightness of 450 nits.[7]
In North America the laptop comes in two configurations with the base model using an 8th-generation Intel Core i5-8250U processor with 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of SSD storage and Intel UHD Graphics 620 while the higher-end model packs an 8th-generation Intel Core i7-8550U processor with 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of SSD storage and a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX150 with 2 GB GDDR5 memory.[7]
Reception
The Huawei Matebook X Pro received positive reviews.
Dan Seifert from "The Verge" praised the laptop's display, performance and design saying "Huawei’s new MateBook X Pro is the best laptop right now." Seifert also compares the keyboard of the Matebook X Pro to Apple's MacBook Pro saying "The keyboard has low travel (1.22mm), but it’s not as low profile or annoying to type on as the keyboard on a MacBook Pro."[8]
Daniel Rubino from "Windows Central" also compared the Matebook X Pro to Apple's MacBook Pro noting, "It may look like a MacBook Pro, but Huawei's latest goes beyond our expectations." concluding that the Matebook X Pro is "An excellent performer with few drawbacks."[9]
Technical specifications
References
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- Huawei MateBook X Pro's infinity display puts the competition to shame Windows Central, 2018-03-30, retrieved 2019-03-25^
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- Tom Warren. Huawei's new MateBook X Pro comes in green color option and Intel's latest chips The Verge, 2020-02-24, retrieved 2020-02-25^
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- Allen Ngo. Huawei has pulled a Dell — the MateBook X Pro uses a gimped Thunderbolt 3 port Notebookcheck, retrieved 2019-11-23^
- Huawei Matebook X Pro review: A few cut corners diminish this otherwise great laptop's value PCWorld, 2019-03-07, retrieved 2019-11-23^