Following Xiaomi’s paths, another Chinese brand has announced a Macbook Air resembling laptop. Lenovo has launched its Macbook look alike dubbed as the Air 13 Pro to go against the likes of recently launched Xiaomi Notebook Air.
Both Lenovo Air 13 Pro and Mi Notebook Air laptops pack a 13.3-inch IPS display and are powered by an Intel Core i5-6200U processor. The RAM of Air 13 Pro is 4GB compared to the 8GB RAM on Mi Notebook Air.
The Lenovo Air 13 Pro weighs around 1.29kgs, which is almost the same as the Mi Notebook Air. Both laptops have 256GB of SSD storage. For handling graphics the Air 13 Pro has a 2GB NVIDIA GT940MX graphics card. The Mi Notebook Air also features a discrete graphic card for gaming.
Lenovo has added fingerprint recognition, one notable feature missing from the Mi Notebook Air. However, Xiaomi users can unlock their Mi Notebook Air using the Mi Band 2 via Bluetooth.
Lenovo Air 13 Pro is available for pre-registration in China for a price of CNY 4,999, same as the Mi Notebook Air. The price of Lenovo laptop may rise up to 5,499 following the pre-sale time.
It will be interesting to see which of these devices will receive a better response from the consumers. Currently both devices are only available for the Chinese market. We will have to wait and see when these laptops reach the subcontinent shores.
