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[Dramcryx]

Huawei Matebook D 14 || Honor magicbook
Windows 10

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Description

See more through the display

Ultra-thin frame, 1920x1080 resolution and 14-inch diagonal display paired with a slim and compact body give a new look at the world.

Light, elegant, compact

The case of Honor Magicbook is made of aluminum, adding a touch of refinement, and its light weight of 1.47 kg and thickness of 15.8 mm make it possible to work and play anywhere.

Sign in with fingerprint

Starting a laptop and logging in to one swing. With a fingerprint sensor built into the power button, your world is accessible with one touch.

Big battery, incredible autonomy

A fully charged battery with a capacity of 57.4 W * h gives up to 12 hours of operation, and Huawei's smart energy-saving mode of operation increases energy efficiency by 15%.

Intellect created for performance

The 8th generation IntelВ® processor is the intellectual power of nature for unprecedented performance, smooth and responsive performance.

Vision of majesty

The NVIDIAВ® GeForceВ® MX150 discrete graphics card delivers 4x the performance of integrated graphics *, creating stunning visual effects for work and play.

Immerse yourself in the sound

Quad-band split-frequency offers woofers with deep, resonant bass and tweeters with pure high-frequency characteristics for crisp, impressive sound. Listen to 3D using the Dolby AtmosВ® sound system, which minimizes distortion, allowing you to hear every detail from all directions.

Photo device

Specifications

Product page on the manufacturer's website (Intel)

Product page on the manufacturer's website (AMD)

The page on the site Huawei USA (Intel)

• OS:Windows 10 Home Edition for one language
  
• Screen:14 ", widescreen (16: 9) IPS display with a resolution of Full HD 1920 Г— 1080 (157 ppi, occupies 81% of the front panel), viewing angle 178 В°, color gamut NTSC 45%, brightness 250 nits, contrast ratio 800: 1, screen opening angle of 177 В°;
  
• CPU: Intel Core i7-8550U , 1.8 GHz (4 cores with frequency up to 4.0 GHz in Turbo Boost mode, 8 threads, L3 cache 8 MB); Intel Core i5-8250U , 1.6 GHz (4 cores with a frequency up to 3.4 GHz in Turbo Boost mode, 8 threads, L3 cache 6 MB); AMD Ryzen 5 2500U , 2.0 GHz (4 cores with a frequency of up to 3.6 GHz, L3 cache 4 MB), depending on the configuration;
  
• Graphics chip: discrete graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce MX150 2 Gb ; integrated graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 ; integrated graphics AMD Vega 8 Mobile depending on the configuration;
  
• RAM: 8 Gb DDR3L 2133 MHz (for Intel processors), 8 Gb DDR4 2400 MHz (for AMD processor); dual channel (30 Gb / s read / write);
  
• ROM: 512/256 GB SSD (SATA / PCIe M.2);
  
• Battery: non-removable lithium-polymer (Li-Poly), capacity 57 Wh В· up to 12 hours of playback of Full HD video, up to 13 hours of work with documents, up to 12 hours of web browsing; supported power supply - 5V2A, 9V2A, 12V2A, 15V3A, 20V3.25A;
  
• Wireless technology: Intel 2x2 dual-channel antenna, maximum speed of 867 Mbit / s, compatible with 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, support for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies; Bluetooth 4.1;
  
• Sound: Stereo speakers in the amount of 4 pieces (power not specified), support for Dolby Atmos technology;
  
• Camera Frontal: 1.0 MP with support for video calls in the resolution of HD 1280x720;
  
• Ports: 1 x Type-C (data transfer rate up to 5 Gbit / s), 1 x USB 3.0 (left side), 1 x USB 2.0 (right side), 1 x HDMI (no standard specified), 1 x 3.5 mm combo connector;
  
• Body Material: aluminum;
  
• Cooling: 1 cooler, 2 pipes for heat dissipation and 2 air vents;
  
• Dactyloscope is not available in versions with an AMD processor.
  
• Dimensions (mm): 323 x 221 x 15.8 (15.9 for the touchscreen version);
  
• Weight: ≈1.45 kg (1.57 kg for the touchscreen version);
  
• Available colors: Mystic Silver (silver), Space Gray (dark gray), Pure Nebula (lilac);
  
• Equipment: netbook, Type-C-Type-C cable, 65 W power supply, user manual;

additional information

The following configurations are officially sold:

• R5-2500U, 8 Gb RAM, 256 Gb SSD, Vega 8 - 3999 ВҐ
  
• R5-2500U, 8 Gb RAM, 256 Gb SSD PCIe *, Vega 8, touch panel - 4599 ВҐ
  
• i5-8250U, 8 Gb RAM, 256 Gb SSD, UHD 620 - 4799 ВҐ
  
• i5-8250U, 8 Gb RAM, 256 Gb SSD, MX150 - 4999 ВҐ
  
• i5-8250U, 8 Gb RAM, 256 Gb SSD PCIe *, MX150, touch panel - 5699 ВҐ
  
• i7-8550U, 8 Gb RAM, 256 Gb SSD, MX150 - 5699 ВҐ
  
• i7-8550U, 8 Gb RAM, 512 Gb SSD PCIe *, MX150 - 6499 ВҐ

* About SATA and PCIe - all SSDs in this laptop are in M.2 format, but they communicate with the board through different buses. For mere mortals, it depends on which connectors on which cuts are made (see picture). 5 pins before cut - SATA, 6 pins before cut - PCIe.
But most often the cut-out is in both places, then it is already necessary to refer for information to the specification of a specific drive.


Outside China (in particular in the USA) is sold under the name Huawei Matebook D 14 ". Laptops are identical.

Single-page BIOS (UEFI with old interface, English is, virtualization support is also present).

The PC Manager software is preinstalled on the laptop, which contains all the information about hardware, with its help you can directly download driver and BIOS updates. Despite the Chinese homeland of the laptop, this application tries on the system language and works fine in Russian (but some words do not fit in the places allocated for them, it looks better in English).

Intel version without cover (longer tubes and more capacitors to power the MX150):

AMD version:

Drivers and BIOS

Drivers for Matebook D 14 "and Honor Magicbook are interchangeable
On the US site Huawei:
FOR INTEL VERSIONS
FOR AMD VERSIONS
On the Chinese site Honor:
In the search we drive Magicbook (Ruilong = AMD)

Reviews and Comparisons

So far, all the reviews are available only in Chinese - the device was so unclaimed outside the Middle Kingdom.
The author of the post plans to talk in detail about the device in Russian.
Video comparison with Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 "(i5)
Text comparative review with Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 "(i7)
Text comparative review with Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 "
Text review version with i7

Briefly about the advantages of each relative to each other - Magicbook vs Mi Air

Where can one buy?

Most of the places to buy are listed here.

Useful

We put the Russian language for $ 10 without reinstalling
If the fingerprint does not respond to Intel

Post has been editedDramcryx - 24.01.19, 22:34

Reason for editing: Added post on fixed fingerprint

[Dramcryx]

I purchased this device and thought that it would be necessary to start a topic, otherwise Xiaomi got rid of this, despite the fact that this one is not worse than Air 13.3 "(and sometimes better at all)

[Dramcryx]

I will try to briefly explain the difference with Xiaomi Notebook Air 13.3 "in the benefits of each.

Xiaomi Notebook Air has advantages relative to the MagicBook in the following:

• Any equipment has a PCIe SSD, i.e. drive speeds are measured at 2+ Gb / s for reading and writing
  
• It has a smoother and closer on the device to the MacBook trackpad
  
• The display is covered with glass and has a much wider color gamut (almost 50% more)
  
• The notorious MacBook test passes - it opens with one hand

Honor MagicBook has advantages regarding Mi Notebook Air in the following:

• There is a cheaper version with an AMD processor, which is slightly inferior in performance to the 8250U without discrete graphics
  
• Dual-channel RAM in any of the versions (Air, for unclear reasons, has only one channel - no more than 15 Gb / s for reading and writing)
  
• No throttling due to better heat dissipation
  
• 46% more battery and as much more autonomy (57 Wh * 39 versus 39 Wh * h)
  
• Versions with a similar bundle of processor-graphics card are cheaper (4999 ВҐ against 5399 ВҐ for 8250U + MX150, for example)
  
• For lovers of special sensations, there are versions with a touch panel.

Post has been editedDramcryx - 28.09.18, 23:22

[Hoppe007]

Dramcryx,
What are your personal impressions?

The brightness of the screen with different lighting, marzichno, heats it?

What do you like and what not?

[Dramcryx]

Hoppe007General impressions - I would not have found it better for this money.
As for brightness, then 250 nit in bright sunshine will certainly be missed. No, you will see the picture, but dim. In high school during the day somehow I was convinced of this.
The case itself is not easily soiled, but the plastic part in which the display is framed is framed. It can be cleaned, but it is better not to soil it.
Regarding the heating, I did not see CPU temperatures above 73 degrees at maximum load. In general, control is tuned to maintain the high frequency as long as possible. That is, the sound of the cooling system will become noticeable already at 63 degrees (the processor, of course, is loaded with something, at a mere 45 degrees), but the frequency will be 3.3-3.4 GHz.

What you liked:
1) appearance. It does not look cheap at all, of course, that the MacBook is very similar, but the materials are not the worst (the case is, of course, stamped, not frezirovanny).
2) sound. At maximum volume, the speakers begin to swallow some frequencies, but this is more the fault of the driver, who is trying to make them even louder, the sound is wonderful at 80% of the volume and still very loud.
3) display. He does not claim to be the title of even a good IPS matrix with such indicators of color rendition, but it is not bad and pleasant, better than some flagships of smartphones of previous years with IPS.
4) keyboard. It is very, very similar in sensation to MacBook's to butterfly. Writing on it is very nice.
5) autonomy. Naturally, the stated 12-13 hours are achieved only under conditions convenient to the manufacturer. The average load (no matter how extensive this concept is), will eat the battery in 6-7 hours. I have enough of my head, but it already depends on you.

What did not like:
1) the software for managing firewood is pleasant at first glance, but sometimes it loads the processor with some kind of messaging service (to the PRC server, of course)
2) although it does not depend on Huawei, but the situation with the drivers for AMD is very complicated and unpleasant, you should look for drivers not on the AMD website, but in the Microsoft updates catalog. Not comme il faut.

Again, I simply wouldn’t have found it better in the Russian market, therefore consider that I have nothing to find fault with.

Post has been editedDramcryx - 04.10.18, 10:04

[Hoppe007]

Dramcryx,
Fine!

How does a fingerprint show itself? Do blackouts happen? If so, what percentage?

Do I need to rearrange Windows to change the language to English?

[Dramcryx]

Hoppe007, I have a version with AMD, for the "thrifty" dactyloscope was not delivered :-(. And the Chinese reviews tell a little about the scanner in the Intel versions.
About Windows. From the factory monolingual, of course. If you do not want to buy a key on ebay (it is not necessarily fresh install), then you will have to reinstall it, otherwise you can make an upgrade and install the language pack, which I did, not regretting 381 rubles :-)

Post has been editedDramcryx - 04.10.18, 13:22

[GRomR1]

Damn, cool beech. I think to buy a version with AMD. Sorry for the extra graphics card money.
Found only ongeekbuying.
On Ali, it simply does not exist, gb does not send to the Russian Federation.
DramcryxWhat do you think about this? Where did you get it?
Did you not measure the speed of the disk? What is there in general?

Do you think Linux will rise?

[Dramcryx]

GRomR1, worth SanDisk X600, as I said, SATA, did not make measurements (theoretically should be 550/500 for sequential read / write).
I bought through an intermediary china-towns. I cannot recommend them because of the low reliability of their working methods, but everything went well with me.
Tomorrow, most likely, I will pick up options for buying it and make a post. Subscribe to the topic, let's develop competition Xiaomi. ;)

Post has been editedDramcryx - 04.10.18, 23:10

[GRomR1]

Dramcryx @ 10/05/18, 01:09

Tomorrow, most likely, I will pick up options for buying it and make a post. Subscribe to the topic, let's develop competition Xiaomi.

Super! I will wait.

[Dramcryx]

GRomR1so, well, I'm going to write. I hope that in an hour I will do

[Dramcryx]

So, let's understand what ways of purchase exist today.

Price color code -profitable, average, expensive.
Accounting for the profitability of prices is only for the laptop itself
Also, do not forget that versions with i7 always have the MX150 on board.

Group 1. Direct purchase

The following sites will deliver a laptop to Russia directly

I.Aliexpress
8550U + 256 Gb
8250U with / without MX150 and touchscreen- profitable at the moment

Ii.Jd global
AMD without touchscreen
AMD with touchscreen
Various lots with i5
More lots with different Intel kits
The most expensive equipment with i7 and 512 Gb SSD

Iii.Coolicool
AMD without touchscreen
i5 + 256 Gb without touchscreen
i7 + 256 Gb without touchscreen

Iv.Gearbest
AMD without touchscreen

V.Banggood
AMD without touchscreen with multilingual system
AMD without touchscreen with native Chinese system
i5 + 256 Gb + MX150 without touchscreen
i5 + 256 Gb without discrete graphics and touchscreen, multilingual system
i5 + 256 Gb without discrete graphics and touchscreen, Chinese system
i5 + 256 Gb + MX150 with touchscreen and multilingual system
i5 + 256 Gb + MX150 with touchscreen and Chinese system
i7 + 512 Gb, multilingual system
i7 + 512 Gb, monolingual system
i7 + 256 Gb without a touchscreen, with a multilingual system

Group 2. Purchase through intermediaries from domestic Chinese sites
Out of competition, if you have a connection with China or an inexpensive and proven intermediary. Even with the work of some intermediaries, the purchase may be cheaper than the most inexpensive ways to purchase directly.

I.Jd
Shop 1.
Shop 2.
Shop 3.
Shop 4.

Ii.Tmall
Shop Honor. AMD
Shop Honor. i5 + 256 Gb + MX150 without touchscreen
Shop Honor. i7 + 256 Gb without touchscreen
Store 2. AMD, both versions
Store 2. i5 + 256 Gb without discrete graphics and touchscreen
Shop 2. i5 + 256 Gb + MX150 with touchscreen
Shop 2. i7 + 256 Gb without a touchscreen
Shop 2. i7 + 256/512 Gb to choose from, without touchscreen

Iii.Taobao(in fact, tooTmall)
All shops with AMD without touchscreen
All versions of i5
All available versions on i7

Iv.Geekbuying
Most officially announced configurations to choose from

Group 3. Hardcore
Purchase Huawei version from the States. Of the bonuses - English from the factory, like all settings.

I.Newegg
Different versions to choose from

Ii.Amazon
AMD with touchscreen

Post has been editedDramcryx - 01.12.18, 15:37

Reason for editing: Added a link to AliExpress

[Dramcryx]

Now I will try to describe my personal buying experience.
I expected in advance that I would buy from China through an intermediary, but the most difficult step was precisely the choice of intermediary, because everything is simple with shops in China.
I hope that this is not considered an advertisement, at least for the simple reason that II can not recommend this intermediarybecause of such extremely unreliable methods as payment on the card. But if you are brave, then read on. :)
So, I chose a laptop on Tmall - AMD without a touchscreen in the official store Honor (see here), now let me describe the manual.
0) Choose where in China we will buy a laptop from the link above (or just in the previous post)
1) We register on the site of the intermediary chosen by me:

reseller website

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2) Go to the point"Make an order":

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3) Click"Add product":

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4) Insert the link and wait until the system processes it, we get about that)

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5) Choose a complete set and correct the cost, and also select additional. options as needed. In the comments, specify the desired equipment and its price just in case. Push"Add product":

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6) After adding you will be displayed the price for the laptop and its redemption, click"Further":

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7) Fill in the data of the address to be sent and select the transport company. For cities of federal importance, choose a nearby region as such (Leningrad region. For St. Petersburg, for example). It's not so scary, when you send everything will be written correctly. We click"Further".

Now we are waiting for one of the operators to issue an invoice (follow the messages at the icon near the order). Then the worst begins - you will need to pay by transfer to the card, this is not very reliable, which is why I recommend that you think carefully and assess the risks. I have already ordered a second laptop and I personally had no problems, the staff work quickly, but the situations are different.

8) You will be sent a message with the amount to transfer, card number and cardholder. We pay. No comments in the translation.
9) After the transfer, save the check (the same Sberbank offers online to save it as a picture, or you can take a screenshot) and send it to private messages. You will be credited with the amount on your balance, the order status will change to"Paid"and after the redemption procedure by the intermediary - on"Redeemed".
9.1) If suddenly the goods run out of stock, then you will be offered the same from another site (for example, the second laptop I ordered ended when I made the order, I was offered to buy it out with JD).
10) We are waiting for the laptop to be"In Stock"(delivery in China usually takes less than a week). After that, you will be sent photos of the included laptop and will be billed for its delivery. We pay similarly to paragraph 8.
11) After payment we expect from 3 to 6 days, while the laptop will be transferred across the Russian-Chinese border. 3 more days we wait, while the laptop will be sent by the transport company chosen by you (TK). You will be sent a photo of the invoice received from TC, where the track number will be indicated. At this point, the redemption process ends, now we are waiting for its delivery in the Russian Federation.

Post has been editedDramcryx - 05.10.18, 20:25

[Dramcryx]

The next post in the plans to describe the process of translation into Russian. Everything is similar to Xiaomi laptops, but there I did not find a paid option with an upgrade of the system without reinstalling. Why is this option needed? Well, for paranoids like me who still consider re-formatting an SSD as a bad procedure, incl. for his resource.
I will do in the weekend.

[GRomR1]

DramcryxAwesome work done! Thank.
Aboutgeekbuyingforgot to mention.

But still, how much did it cost you to send in the way you chose? And how much time did she take?
I correctly understood that in this way you wanted to exclude possible problems with Russian Post?

And yet, do you have a version with AMD and without a fingerprint scanner? Or is it, but not working?
You write that

Dactyloscope is not available in versions with an AMD processor.

But on thisvideoshown that he is. Maybe you just so lucky?


I also discovered that there is a version withAMD + 512 SSD NVMe. Is it true?

Definitely want this beech =))

[Dramcryx]

GRomR1I will add geekbuying tomorrow.
All together cost about 44 thousand rubles. And yes, I still used the services of the Russian Post, sending was EMS.
Why mediator? Because it is trite cheaper (or the same) than for $ 650 on JD.
Only I did not know the delivery of JD, so I did not.
The whole process took about two weeks from start to finish (EMS work from Zabaikalsk to St. Petersburg - 4 days, shipping + shipping - 4 days, the same delivery in China + a day for payment and a day for intermediary work).

I’ll look at the 512 GB version tomorrow, I don’t remember that it was, perhaps it’s a trick of the seller :)
But instead of the touchscreen is also a good bonus.

Post has been editedDramcryx - 06.10.18, 02:41

[Dramcryx]

GRomR1,
I searched for 512 GB with Ryzen officially not.
Perhaps this is such an option from the seller, since the replacement procedure for the SSD is one of the elementary in a modern laptop, but very few people want to do it themselves.
And the price for this case in a particular case is very acceptable.

Post has been editedDramcryx - 06.10.18, 13:42

[Sinful righteous man]

Dramcryx,
Are looking forward to :)

[lukovsky]

I also have this laptop. He took in the States. Version with AMD Ryzen and touchscreen. If anyone is interested - ask.
I thought to take it to replace my MacBook because The need for Mac OS has disappeared. But comparing their forehead-to-forehead, I realized that the machine does not reach the apple for the quality of performance and the screen, even for its money and is very good. Left his wife. It seems happy :)
Vinoudu Russified (was English) installing the language pack. But localization in this way is not complete. Then he demolished everything, including the recovery section and installed the Russian system from scratch. Activation picked up by itself.

Posted 11/10/2018 at 21:12:

GRomR1 @ 10/05/18 22:58

But this video shows what it is. Maybe you just so lucky?

This is not a fingerprint, but just a power button. I confirm that there is no print on the AMD version!

[Dramcryx]

Lukovsky @ 11.10.18, 20:10

But comparing their forehead-to-forehead, I realized that the machine does not reach the apple for the quality of performance and the screen, even for its money and is very good

Well, yes, I also compared the classmate with Pro 13 ". There will be a better case, the display, of course, is better. But the power is less, greedy apples cheated the version without a touchbar, without putting at least 8250U, which is already there 8259U in the version with the touchbar .
Do you have a multi-lingual Windows version of Huawei?

UPD: By the way, what turned out to be really good was the keyboard. Very, very old-fashioned, maybe it's a taste, but the butterfly didn't come to me.

Post has been editedDramcryx - 12.10.18, 12:57

[lukovsky]

DramcryxOtnyut. I have a 13 "Late 2013 (Released in 2014) Core i5 4288U, 8 Gb RAM, 512 SSD.
Together with Mac OS is Windows 10 in the bootcamp. I work in it most of the time. For the test, I installed a video editing program on my MacBook and Matebook - Vegas and set the same project to be rendered. Mack coped with the task of 20 percent faster. It was the same when creating a gigabyte archive from small files. It turns out a four-year-old intel made fresh Ryzen :) But this is noticeable only in resource-intensive tasks. In domestic daily use, the difference is not visible. In games I did not test it. never a gamer. Huawei also strives to turn on the cooling propellers at every opportunity. Mack stoically keeps to the last and starts to turn them when it is completely unbearable.
Vinada when buying stood English Win 10 Home. The laptop is for the American market. I demolished it and put the Russian 10 Home. Everything fell without dancing with tambourines and activated itself.