This is also a 15.6” laptop with a 1080p display, however, it is aimed at students, so it is cheaper – INR 42,000 (US$ 565) with a INR 2,500 discount available if you buy it with an HDFC card. It is mostly the same as the Pro, save for the CPU which is where the price savings come from) The e-Learning Edition laptop is also powered by an 11th generation Intel processor, an i3-1115G4. It’s still a 10 nm SuperFin part, though with only 2 cores (4 threads). Its TDP can ramp up to 28W and its max turbo frequency is 4.1 GHz.
There are two versions of the e-Learning Edition laptop. While both have 8 GB of DDR4 RAM, the base model has a 256 GB SATA SSD. For INR 45,000, you can have a laptop with a faster 512 GB NVMe SSD. Other than this, the laptop is the same as the Pro. It has a polycarbonate shell that weighs 1.8 kg and measures 19.9 mm thick (and has a brushed metallic finish). It has a 46 WHr battery that lasts 10 hours of use and charges to 50% in 33 minutes using the 65W adapter (and to 80% in 53 minutes).
It has the same scissor keyboard (1.5 mm travel) with a large multi-touch trackpad, same selection of ports too (2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 1x USB-A 2.0, HDMI 1.4, 3.5 mm combo port and Ethernet port). Even the 2x stereo speakers with DTS audio are on board. Wi-Fi 5 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.0 are on board as is the Mi SmartShare app.
The RedmiBook e-Learning Edition will also launch on August 6 on mi.com, Flipkart and Mi Home stores. You won’t have to worry about software as you get Windows 10 Home out of the box (updateable to Windows 11 when it arrives) and MS Office Home and Student Edition.
