Mi Notebook Horizon Edition 14 Intel Core i7-10510U 10th Gen Thin and Light Laptop(8GB/512GB SSD/Windows 10/Nvidia MX350 2GB Graphics/Grey/1.35Kg)(Without Webcam) XMA1904-AF.
Positive Reviews
Positive Review 1
I am happy with the money spent on this laptop!!
The laptop is very good I’m using it for office work and trading (it’s been 1 month of usage)
i7 10th gen
8 GB ram
Graphic of Nvidia
SSD m.2
Everything is good but
Don’t buy if you want to
– upgrade ram
-fingerprint
– webcam built-in
Who can buy
– office work
– photographer for editing photos
– casual user
-Netflix and chill
– video editor ( average user )
– light laptop needed user
-trader
Who should NOT buy
– Gammer
– high-end video editor (4k,8k, and daily streamer )
Note to the current user
– if your wifi is slow on the laptop ( 3-5Mb/sec)and on phone45-50Mb/s it’s fast then: kindly go to the intel website write down the part number of the Wi-Fi driver as mentioned and install the latest driver ( mi driver website give the old ver. ) After this my laptop gets 50+Mb/s
Positive Review 2
A Style Statement In Minimalism!
Before purchase, I went through several reviews of the MI Horizon 14″ notebook. Some of them mentioned the lack of an in-built camera, the notebook getting hot during gaming & the processor’s thermal throttling kicking in, its RAM is not upgradable, its touch-pad being a little mushy to operate, lack of of a back-lit keyboard, etc. I also noticed that even the rating system of Amazon India requires the customers to rate a notebook based on the quality of the in-built camera, and as to whether the notebook could be used for gaming. But then, I had my reasons when I went ahead and bought the Core i7 version of the MI Horizon 14″ notebook.
I believe that while buying a notebook, one has to be clear about the purpose. Style comes close second as a priority.
My use for the notebook is for office document creation. Moreover, I am a touch-typist who doesn’t need to look at the keyboard while typing. In addition, a back-lit keyboard would be a drain on the notebook battery. So, a back-lit keyboard was not a priority for me.
Secondly, I am not a gamer, and even if I were, I would deploy a proper gaming rig for the purpose, and certainly not a 14″ portable notebook. So considerations of gaming did not affect my notebook purchase.
I prefer using a Logitech Full HD webcam for video-conferencing, as it has been my observation that webcams built into the notebooks usually have poor optical performance. A built-in webcam can also be a security risk sometimes. Xiaomi’s own survey had shown that a webcam is not a priority for most notebook users, but this was before the COVID-19 pandemic (You see, the Chinese did not see the pandemic coming! 😜).
As to the RAM being soldered onto the motherboard, many brands are doing this to reduce the thickness of the notebook. Providing RAM connectors on the motherboard not only adds to the thickness of the notebook but also adds potential failure points. Removing RAM connectors from the motherboard and directly soldering the RAM onto the motherboard shaves off some costs that could be deployed elsewhere during notebook design. Besides, 8 GB of RAM is abundant for my requirement, and when the need for an upgrade comes, it will be of the notebook and not of the RAM. Therefore, soldered RAM was not my concern!
The design emphasis in MI Horizon 14″ notebook is on minimalism. This was to my liking. There is no MI logo anywhere but at the bottom of the bezel below the screen. There aren’t a plethora of blinking LED lights as one would notice in some Fujitsu notebooks. Only a single tiny green LED indicator exists near the power connector socket. The bezels of the screen are super-slim, and the notebook’s lid can be opened with a single finger.
The TouchPad is also minimalistic. The left and right mouse buttons aren’t demarcated on the surface of the TouchPad, which assumes the shape of a single rectangular area below the keyboard. You press the right bottom corner of the TouchPad, you hear the click of the right mouse button, and vice-versa! The keyboard is neatly laid out and is very comfortable to touch type at full speed.
Coming to the screen, the display is indeed an eye-candy. It is far above in quality compared to several other notebooks which boast of a Full HD screen. I wouldn’t go so far as to rate the screen high in terms of color accuracy or Adobe RGB compliance. I would only say that I could effortlessly edit the RAW imagery from my Sony Alpha camera, thanks to the bright display.
Overall, a stylish all-rounder notebook, provided you are aligned with its design philosophy!
Positive Review 3
Awesome Laptop used it since when it came into the market
First of all, I assure you that you’ll be very happy with this laptop.
Keyboard is awesome
The whole system is fast
Fast turn on and off
The screen is really good, can be viewed from all angles clearly
The fan doesn’t turn on until heavy apps/software/games used
No heating problem
Battery is good
The budget is good.
Small and compact
One finger open
Problems:
The sound is less but it’s manageable
No fingerprint reader
No Microsoft 365 permanent plan
The trackpad could be a little better but ok
It’s a must-buy for this price segment.
When it comes to laptop it’s not about brand anymore, it’s more about specifications.
Positive Review 4
Mi notebook horizon (wow bravo!)
in notebook horizon, I love the sturdy aluminum unibody chassis. Weighing at just 1.35 kg, the notebook is slim and extremely light. It’s thin, too. I am also glad to see that despite its size and weight, the notebook has plenty of ports including a Type-C port for data transfer and charging, an HDMI 1.4 port, two USB 3.1 ports, a USB 2.0 port, and a headphone jack.
but there is missing from the Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition is a microSD card slot and Thunderbolt 3 support
The display is also too good.
in speaker, there is not too much voice but good not best
the keyboard is good for me but if u need a backlight, the backlight is not there
I love the performance of the laptop just take a few sec to open
it’s bravo..
and the weight of laptops extremely light
that’s why I also like it.
for me, there is only one problem that is the speaker. I need a high voice but that is not there.
Positive Review 5
Best built laptop in this segment
I love this laptop for it’s awesome.
Pros:-
- Great screen quality (it’s a matte finish)
- Brilliant Build quality (it’s an aluminum unibody construction)
- Smallest footprint for a 14″ screen (has almost no bezels)
Cons:-
- RAM is just 8 GB. (Although I didn’t face any issues yet)
- Keys on the keyboard don’t offer any resistance. (almost feels like the keys will get pressed even if a feather falls on them)
- Trackpad quality is inferior. (Although I don’t care since I use an external mouse anyway)
Negative Reviews
Negative Review 1
Looks Good. Feels Bad. There is a lot more to improve
Update:
I don’t know what’s wrong with my below comment for Amazon to remove it. Not just comment, who are all given rating 3 and below has been removed. I am really feeling agitated by the way negative comments are removed.
I am asking amazon, is it fair to remove poor ratings and keep only higher ratings? Is this not a way of fooling people?
There is a lot to say good about it. Primarily if you analyze a thin laptop segment with a powerful processor and a graphics card you might have spent near to the lack. But this one is near half the price in that section. We definably have to appreciate what MI brought to the market and other brands charging heavily. What they just did for mobiles ( like bringing 30k market price worth of mobile to 10k range without compromising the quality). They did it for laptops as well. GOOD JOB xiomi.
Performance
As for as thin and light laptop segment this is a new benchmark they set for others to follow. You don’t see lag at all. So far so good. But need to update this section once after a month of use.
Portability
sometimes I feel the charger provided is the same weight as a laptop. I feel like a mobile phone on hand when I am holding it
But, there is a lot to say bad about it as well.
Input devices
Trackpad
very pathetic. When u touch if you feel like u touched an unfinished cement surface. It sticks and is very hard to navigate around. Highly recommended to buy a separate mouse to get a better experience on this laptop.
Keyboard
though it looks good. It is not smooth and feels more plastic. Need to be improvised
No inbuild camera
during the day’s absence of camera is a huge drawback but there is webcam you need to buy separately and use it as an external device
Charger and display
there is nothing new to excite about except for less bezel. The design is the same as like 10 years old laptop.
Overall design
though looks premium feels cheap. But this is justifiable for the price we pay
Overall User experience: great on performance. But has to improve in many other aspects like input devices, material quality
Overall review
I recommend buying if you don’t think much about feel and want only to make full utilization on processing and performance. Otherwise, if you expect something premium feels this is not for you.
Negative Review 2
With SSD card, slow start!
It has an SSD card. The length of the video tells you how long it takes to start when it should be on in less than 10 seconds. Unlike other laptops, when you press the power button in this Mi Horizon laptop, you have to wait for 7 seconds to be sure the laptop is on. Utterly disappointed. This issue is on the first day of purchase.
Negative Review 3
MI SCAM
The product stopped working just before the end of the warranty period. The service centre claims they can’t repair it because apparently, they’ve found moisture. Demanded 42000 to repair. The same thing I showed to a trusted electronics shop, they found no moisture. Been a long-time user of mi products, but this is the end. They are running a scam in the name of repair and warranty. Don’t expect them to uphold your warranty if anything goes wrong. They will find a way to lie to you and reject repair.
Negative Review 4
Worst Laptop Ever – Totally Waste of Money
I and my friend decided to buy a Xiaomi laptop, we both are having issues with the laptop
✓ Low-quality Components, Heating issue, Suddenly Touchpad Stops Working, Keyboard Stuck while working
✓ The sound of my iPhone XR is more than this laptop (CHEAP SPEAKER IN LAPTOP)
✓ battery backup is just 4 hours but Xiaomi claim 10 hours of battery, my 5 years old MacBook air has a better battery backup
✓ the keyboard feels itself like cheap quality keys
✓ the laptop comes with an old age charger ( never seen in notebooks )
I don’t feel there is anything special to pay a huge amount of 60,000
I’m unable to do work on this laptop because of many issues
I lost my money, I’m thinking to sell it out and buy a new ASUS laptop
Negative Review 5
Display is too small, Keyboard doesn’t have backlit, Poor Sound quality,
- Its display size is too small and dull. The sound quality is also too average.
- It doesn’t have a backlit keyboard. Now even 30 K value laptop has that feature
- A separate camera feels really awkward. A few mm increase in the bezel size doesn’t hurt.
- No option for a ram upgrade. 8 GB won’t be enough
- It looks like an under 15 k value laptop and feels like built from plastic, not metal.
- No extended warranty option, as purchased from amazon.
- You can only replace, can’t return it, bad policy.
The Processor and batter don’t justify the 60 K value. So Instead of that, I would recommend the HP Omen series.
*These User Reviews are the Survey Based on Recent Purchases from Leading E-Commerce online Platforms (Amazon, Flipkart, SnapDeal, eBay, etc., or Retailers.
