
After releasing a brand new line-up of MateBooks earlier this 12 months, Chinese language electronics big Huawei has now refreshed the MateBook D in China. The brand new laptop computer comes with upgraded Eighth-gen Intel processors, and a brand new graphics card from Nvidia.
The MateBook D is an all-metal laptop computer that weighs in at 1.9kgs and comes with a 15.6-inch Full HD show. Aside from that, the brand new MateBook D comes with the next {hardware} specs:
Huawei’s refreshed MateBook D is much like the one launched earlier this 12 months in all different points, together with its 83% display screen to physique ratio, and the 45% protection of the NTSC coloration gamut. The display screen can be rated to have a most brightness of 350 nits, so it ought to get shiny sufficient.
When it comes to the GPU, it options Nvidia’s MX150 card, which takes the place of the Nvidia 940MX GPU, from the last-gen Matebook.
Three variants of the refreshed MateBook D have been launched with totally different processor, RAM and storage configurations, at costs that compete with Apple’s MacBook Air and Professional line-up of units:
- Core-i5 8250U with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD — 5188 Yuan
- Core-i5 8250U with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — 5488 Yuan
- Core i7-8550U with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — 6688 Yuan
The laptops come bundled with a light-weight charging adapter, and are geared up with ports together with two USB 3.0 ports, a USB 2.0 port and an HDMI port. Plus, for audio fanatics, the laptops boast audio system which have been developed as a joint effort between Huawei and Dolby Audio.
Different enhancements to the brand new MateBook D embrace a dual-band WiFi receiver for elevated vary, together with a inbuilt 43.3kWh battery that Huawei claims can supply as much as 10 hours of battery life, and eight.5 hours of video playback.
The MateBook D comes with Home windows 10 pre-installed. The entire three variants have gone on sale in China, however the firm has not made any bulletins relating to availability in different areas, which is anticipated to be made clear at CES 2018.