It comes in three colours, with our review model being ‘Morandi Blue’.
But thankfully, Huawei does offer out-of-warranty repairs on its equipment, should the worst happen.
All of these options include a 70Wh lithium polymer battery and a 90W PSU.
Prices start from 1,999 in Europe for a model with 16GB RAM and 1TB of storage.
The pricing and design choices of the MateBook X Pro make it computing exotica more than mainstream faire.
Unusually, the screen aspect ratio is 3:2, providing more desktop real estate.
The two immediate disappointments of this design are the keyboard and the available ports.
It feels lacklustre, and the large but occasionally unresponsive touchpad is equally bland.
There is no LAN port, HDMI, card reader or audio jack.
Another thing that was effectively vetoed was user upgrades.
An analysis of the machine revealed it has surface-mounted DDR5 memory.
The 32GB of RAM is organised into eight chips, each with 4GB.
Only the performance cores have hyperthreading, making for a maximum of 22 thread processing.
The based power consumption is 45W, but it can turbo boost to 115W if thermal conditions allow.
And that in the Western Hemisphere, summer shouldn’t be presumed.
How could this be avoided?
Perhaps we expect too much.
Where this machine shows its metal is in respect of single-core performance and multi-threading.
We also found it undesirable in the way that the hard drive was organised.
But at this price point, it should have all those things and possibly some more.
Should you buy a Huawei MateBook X Pro (2024)?
It’s also possible to get this platform on a Mini PC with more ports and storage options.
But you might have 128GB of RAM and 8GB of storage and blow nearly 7,000 on one of these.
This is a terrific laptop, but outrageously priced.
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