Xiaomi's MacBook Air clone is called, wait for it, Mi Notebook Air

Xiaomi never shied away from acknowledging Apple as its role model. The company puts emphasis on design, has a line of smartphones called the Mi Phone and, at events, regularly compares its gadgets to Apple's. 

On Wednesday, Xiaomi took it a step further, announcing its first-ever laptop, a MacBook Air-like device that's called the Mi Notebook Air. 

It's an ultra-thin laptop that comes in two sizes: 13.3-inches, and 12.5-inches, weighing 2.82 pounds and 2.36 pounds, respectively. The bigger variant has an Intel Core i5 processor,  8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD for storage, and a dedicated graphics card, Nvidia's GeForce 940MX. Xiaomi claims its battery will last 9.5 hours on a single charge, and it charges to 50% in half an hour

The smaller variant has an Intel Core M3 processor with integrated graphics, 4GB of RAM, a 128GB SSD, and a battery that lasts even longer: 11.5 hours on one charge, according to Xiaomi. Both devices have a full HD display, and run on Windows 10. Read more...