Xiaomi wants a piece of every category in the consumer tech market—smartphones, power banks, drones, air purifiers, routers, LED TVs—and now a 13-inch and 12-inch compact sized notebook, unveiled yesterday that bears a striking resemblance to Apple’s Mac Book Air. Note that Xiaomi is looking to grab a piece of PC market, which according to IDC has declined 7.3% y-o-y as of June quarter, and declined by 11.5% in Q1 2016. At a press even in Beijing yesterday, the company unveiled two models of its new Mi Notebook Air powered by Windows 10, which brags to be thinner than and slightly lighter in weight when compared to Apple’s MacBook Air, as reported by CNET. Xiaomi’s 13.3-inch notebook with a full-HD display, weighs in at 1.28kg and 14.8 mm thickness, compared to MacBook Air’s 17mm thickness and 1.35 kg for its 13-inch version. Mi Notebook Air also seems to beat MacBook Air, and similar high-performance notebooks like the Dell XPS 13 at pricing and specs, to some extent. The 12.5 inch model is priced at $400 offering an Intel Core M3 processor with 4GB of RAM, and 128GB SSD with a slot for additional SSD storage expansion and claims a 11.5-hour battery life. The cheapest 11-inch MacBook Air with 128GB SSD on the other hand costs $899. The costlier 12.3-inch Mi Notebook Air with i5 processor, with inbuilt Nvidia GPU with 8 GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD costs $750, while the MacBook Air with the same i5 processor and 256GB…
