This is a 15.6” laptop with a 1080p display and a polycarbonate body that has a brushed metallic finish. This allows it to be fairly thin and light, 19.9 mm and 1.8 kg. With its 46 WHr battery, this laptop can go 10 hours on a single charge and it comes with a 65W adapter.
It is powered by the Intel i5-11300H, 10 nm SuperFin chip with a TDP of up to 35W. It has 4 cores (8 threads) and a base frequency of 3.1 GHz, plus a max turbo frequency of 4.4 GHz. It has an Intel Xe graphics with 80 execution units, giving it a performance of slightly above an Nvidia MX330, according to Xiaomi’s numbers. The i5 is paired with 8 GB of DDR4 RAM (3,200 MHz) and a 512 GB NVMe SSD. The SSD is fast enough to do a full boot in under 12 seconds, wake-up time is under 2 seconds.
The laptop has a decent set of ports. On one side you have 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, a full size HDMI port and a gigabit Ethernet port. On the other side there is one USB-A 2.0, an SD card reader and a 3.5 mm combo jack. There is no USB-C port on board. For wireless connectivity, the laptop is equipped with Wi-Fi 5 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.0. The Mi SmartShare app is pre-installed, allowing you to easily send files to and from your smartphone.
The laptop comes with Windows 10 Home pre-installed along with MS Office Home and Student edition. It is compatible with Windows 11, so that will be a free upgrade once the new OS is ready. The QWERTY keyboard is based on a scissor mechanism with 1.5 mm travel for the keys. There’s also a 100 cm² trackpad with Windows Precision Drivers, which enable multi-touch gestures.
For the video calls necessary when working and studying from home, there’s a 720p webcam on top with stereo microphones. For a bit of entertainment, there are 2W stereo speakers with DTS audio processing (and a DTS app to tune it). The RedmiBook 15 Pro will be available from August 6 (Friday) at a price of INR 50,000 (US$ 675). You will find it on mi.com, Flipkart and Mi Home stores. Note that if you buy the laptop with a HDFC card (credit or debit), you will get a INR 3,500 discount.
