Travel Laptop Deal - Macbook looks with a Windows 10 Price

The Huawei Matebook X 13" laptop is an excellent value right now, on sale for $700 at Amazon (LINK).  Very strong specs, premium materials, and top-notch build quality for under $1,000.  Thin and light.  A great travel laptop.


Features / High Points

• Lighter than comparable Macbook
• 2K screen resolution (2160x1440 pixels)
• Office 365 Personal included
• Narrow bezel 13" screen with 88% screen-to-body
• Metallic body
• First laptop in the world with full Dolby Atmos sound.  Much richer, better sound than typical of a laptop this size
• Intel Core i5 dual core 2.5 GHz CPU
• 8 GB memory
• 256GB solid state drive
• USB-C
• Includes a port dock and USB-C to USB adapter
• Fingerprint reader
• Comfortable, smooth chiclet keyboard
• Battery life good (8-9 hours) but not great.
• Thinner (12.5mm) and lighter (2.31 lbs) than Macbook
• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• Intel HD Graphics 620
• 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless compatibility

Cons

• Battery life trails behind many competitors.  E.g. half of the Microsoft Surface laptop
• Non-touchscreen display
• No standard USB ports; must use the included dock or converter cable to connect older USB devices
• No optical drive - not really a con as it is not expected on a laptop this small and light

Professional Reviews

• PC Mag
• CNET

Pictures

(courtesy CNET)