I think Xiaomi probably jumped the gun a bit too quickly on this release. They should have taken their time and done a full overhaul of the design. Not that I mind, as I got myself a late 2017 model at a really good price from Gearbest.
There was one error in Chris’s unboxing video – the screen seal on the 2017 version is now rubber as well (not plastic anymore), so they must have changed the 2017 and 2018 models at the same time.
The grey colour is quite subjective, I personally like the silver finish (just not on the bezels, thankfully the 2017 version is black). still dont quite get why they used a silver keyboard, but i guess theres no real way around it unless you get the 2018 version.
I dont think the extra two cores on the processor would have done much for the type of work I do so the choice for me was easy.
Would like to try the 15 inch model one day though, everyone seems to rave about it. The screen is much bigger than my liking but I would like to see whats so much better about it.
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