Onda Xiaoma 41 Review

Where To Buy The Xiaoma 41

The Onda Xiaoma 41, not to be confused with Xiaomi 41 is the first in the line of a series of new Apollo Lake powered notebooks from Onda. Very similar to the Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 the Onda’s has very simar specs, Intel Celeron N3450, 4GB of 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM in dual channel, Wireless AC and a 14.1-inch screen. It only comes in the gold colour, love it or hate you’re stuck with it. The full detailed video review is below with pros, cons and the final rating below.

Overall it’s a very decent laptop I feel, the thermals are far superior to the Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 which requires a thermal heatsink mod. But here with that copper heatsink Onda used it will never go over 70 degrees C even when gaming. The Xiaoma 41 is let down only by a TN panel that’s not as good as the Chuwi’s IPS panel and the SATA3 M.2 port seems to be limited and cannot run at full speeds on my unit. Other faults are minor and listed below.

Onda Xiaoma 41 review images:

Good

  • Great thermals stays under 70 degrees C
  • Fast Intel Wireless AC
  • Fast eMMC speeds
  • Good general performance
  • 1600Mhz RAM in Dual channel
  • M.2 SSD slot for expandability

Bad

  • MicroSD slot reader USB 2.0 spec
  • SATA3 port not running at full speed
  • Not an IPS panel as advertised. It's TN
  • Speakers distort at 100%
  • Limited screen hinge recline angle
8.2

Great

Performance - 8
Build And Design - 8
Screen - 8
Sound - 7.5
Battery Life - 9.5

1 Comment

  1. Has anyone installed linux on the EMMC drive successfully? Was able to get Manjaro 17.0 live usb running but after install it won’t boot. Secure boot is off. There’s an os selection in the south bridge with options for Windows and Android, not sure if that’s causing it.

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