Mi Notebook 14
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Pros: Metal Build, Elegant Display, Portable, Battery life is good.
Cons: Non Expandable RAM, Non Expandable storage, No Extra Slot, Plastic Trackpad, No inbuilt webcam, No backlit keyboard.

Xiaomi has launched Mi Notebook series i.e Mi Notebook 14 Horizon & Mi Notebook 14. It was released on 11 june 2020. The design is pretty much inspired by a macbook air and macbook pro. The design is inspired from those laptops & xiaomi has done the very good job in terms of overall design of the laptop, it is very minimal there is no branding what so ever on the top of the laptop.

Mi Notebook 14 is small, compact, and portable laptop, so you can easily carry around this laptop everywhere you go. If you want to work on cafe, office, or anywhere else you can easily carry around this laptop. Built quality is pretty good, this laptop feels solid doesn't feel cheap at all and it does give you premium feeling.

The Mi Notebook 14 is more affordable than the Mi Notebook 14 Horizon edition, but loses some of the premium styling and specifications. It weighs 1.5kg and is under 18mm thick. You get a 14" full-HD anti-reflective screen, which is somewhat dull but has good viewing angles. All three variants use the same quad-core Intel Core i5-10210U processor which is based on the 'Comet Lake' architecture, and have 8GB of DDR4-2666 RAM which is soldered and not upgradeable. You can choose between a 256GB or 512GB SATA SSD, and optional Nvidia GeForce MX250 discrete GPU.

The design is minimalist and there's no logo on the lid. You don't get many ports, and sadly there's no USB Type-C at all. Performance is good enough for everyday usage, but even with the discrete GPU, don't expect to play modern games. This laptop can get a bit warm when stressed but is otherwise easy to use on the go. The keyboard is adequate but the trackpad could use improvement. Battery life is also good as long as your usage isn't too heavy.