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  • peevee - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    "The display also features thin bezels"

    Well, it is clear from the pics that the bezels are not thin.
  • MamiyaOtaru - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    compared to an XPS13, no. Compared to a Razer Blade, or a Macbook Air or a year old Zenbook? yeah. Your post is a reflection of our changing expectations for bezels
  • peevee - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    Let's say the bezels are medium by modern standards. Not especially large, but not thin either.
  • peevee - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    And no, it is not just XPS13 and 15, have a look at the ASUS B9440 and Lenovo X1 for examples. No, this one is very obviously not in the same class.

    BTW, anybody knows what is their problem in making thin bezels with back-illuminated LCDs? Just marketing, trying to make their screens look bigger than they really are (when turned off), or something else?
  • abrowne1993 - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    Smaller bezels = smaller chassis unless you increase the screen size. So less room for everything, not just the screen.
  • peevee - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    That should not be a problem on 14", given they have basically the same internals as a bunch of 11-12" laptops. Especially with Atoms which don't need much cooling. Their SSD fits into MicroSD these days. All the RAM would fit into 4 small multi-chip packages. CPU is small. All of that can fit into a cellphone (and does).
  • lmcd - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    From where I'm from this level of activity on a tiny detail is called a "crusade."
  • Hurr Durr - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    Looks pretty thin compared to my HP 430 G4.
  • Brett Howse - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    You have a pretty crazy definition of thin bezels then. The XPS 13 is 5.2mm, and this is only 7mm. Plus there's enough at the top to put the camera in the right location.

    I love the XPS 13, but this is also thin bezels.
  • MarcusSt - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    ... agreed... I think the correct language would be thinNER bezels.... still not as bad as the absolute of calling the iPhone X Edge to Edge when it clearly isn't.
  • marvdmartian - Friday, October 6, 2017 - link

    Almost instantly, an image of Mike Myers, as "Doctor Evil", came to mind....holding up this fingers for quotes, and stating, "Thin Bezels"! LOL

    The name of this makes me wonder if Apple trademarked the word "air", for their Macbooks??
  • BrokenCrayons - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    I'll be interested in reading up on the reviews of Chuwi's latest model. It superficially appears to be a good combination of specs and manufacturing materials, but it deserves a deeper analysis. Based on their previous models, it's probably a safe bet that the execution is good with few flaws.
  • cfenton - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    I bought the LapBook 14.1 as a "I'll bring this places I worry my 15" Macbook Pro will get stolen or damaged" laptop. For $270 (taxes inc) Canadian it was a hell of a deal. They picked a good mix of components for a great price. Just having an IPS 1080p screen made it stand out. The Atom 3450N is pathetic, but it can edit Word documents and send emails, which covers 99% of the work I do away from my desktop.

    This new one seems far less appealing. Aluminum is nice, but I'd rather have a better processor, or a bigger SSD, or almost anything else. $430 is too expensive for a N3450 based system.
  • Samus - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    For $430, you’d be better off with a new old stock HP Elitebook 1040 G1 on flea bay. Core i5, real SSD, better overall build (even without a review in tow this is obviously going to be true comparing HP to Chuwi) and a really good keyboard.

    My real dissatisfaction eith Chuwi has been the keyboard, particularly what they do (along with Asus) with the power button...putting it where the backspace key is. That has got to be the dumbest trend out of the netbook phase that still hasn’t completely died.
  • webdoctors - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    I guess Intel charges an arm n leg for any real CPU like an i5. Shame AMD can't compete here, could corner the market.
  • Rektide - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    Really hoping mobile Zen pans out OK. The new batch of AMD Excavator laptops look alright, lots of $350 offerings that are probably pretty OK for use, but they sure are bulky & you have to be OK with HD (1366x768)- I'm not OK with that, at all.

    Hopefully Zen scales down OK, & hopefully companies like Chuwi make the business case clear that putting a decent resolution screen on a laptop is good. The Lapbook 12.3 I use frequently is 5MPixel and cost me $300. Surely these AMD laptops can do better than 1MPixel displays!
  • HStewart - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    I have a Chuwi Pro 8 ( $99 ) just to play with Atom and it nothing compare higher level Intel CPU's like even the Core m3 my Samsung TabPro S. which is pretty much the same as my Original Surface Pro - but fanless and flat as iPad Pro.

    To me this computer looks like cheap rip off - looking like a Microsoft Surface Laptop, but with low end processor
  • Slaveguy - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    Looks like a nice, light notebook to use while breastfeeding my rat
  • Samus - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    Adorably random.
  • Rektide - Monday, September 25, 2017 - link

    I've been using a Lapbook 12.3 for a couple months now & have been really enjoying it as a on-the-go development station, primarily because it has that amazing 2736x1834 resolution screen. That it's also >$100 cheaper than this 14" unit makes it still pretty standout.

    Neither the additional 2GB RAM or 64GB storage on this 14" Lapbook seem they'd convince me to take the huge drop in screen resolution vs the 12.3 (2MPixel vs 5MP!). There's also a free M.2 slot begging for a SATA SSD on the Lapbook 12.3, and you've got a gratis $100 price difference to fill it with. I do like that this 14" has what looks perhaps like a significantly thinner bezel.
  • digiguy - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    It's always funny how people believe that it's only the resolution that makes a screen great, when it's far from being the most important thing... I have dozens of tablets, laptops and monitors and some 1080p tablets/laptops look better than my (still nice) 2k Surface pro 3...
  • R3MF - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    As always I ask the author to confirm whether the vendor of this Atom based laptop will provide a non-borked EUFI bios such that a standard linux distro to be installed?
  • negusp - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link

    and yet again you haven't figured out the correct acronym... lol
  • lmcd - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - link

    As always, no vendor is providing a "non-borked EUFI."
  • mkaibear - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - link

    Hehe glodmont.

    ...that made me laugh a lot for some reason.

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