Huawei MateBook D 15, i7-7500U 940MX

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Reviews for the Huawei MateBook D 15, i7-7500U 940MX

Huawei MateBook D Hands On: For the Masses
Source: Lowyat.net Archive.org version
It remains to be seen if Huawei will be bringing its laptops to Malaysia, but for a first try, the company seems to be off to an encouraging start with the MateBook D.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/08/2017

Huawei MateBook D hands-on review
Source: Stuff TV Archive.org version
I'm not entirely convinced by the MateBook D. It's too big, and too generic, to really impress. A MacBook Pro is thinner, more powerful, and (I think) better looking.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/23/2017

Foreign Reviews

Huaweis erstes Notebook im beliebten 15,6-Zoll-Format
Source: WinFuture DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/24/2017

¡CHOLLO! Huawei MateBook D. Portátil 15,6" metálico con pantalla FullHD IPS (555 €)
Source: Ofertaman ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Large screen; metal case; nice display; good price.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/22/2017

Ultraportátil 15,6": Huawei Matebook D [53019784]
Source: Putoinformatico ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Large screen; decent hardware; good display; nice connectivity; good price.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/18/2017

Huawei Matebook D. Portátil equilibrado con buen diseño (699 €)
Source: Ofertaman ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Beautiful design; good price; decent hardware; nice display; solid workmanship.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/30/2017

Huawei Matebook D. Portátil equilibrado con buen diseño (699 €)
Source: Ofertaman ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Beautiful design; good price; decent hardware; compact size; lightweight; long battery life. Negative: No backlit keys.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/18/2017

¡Chollo! Huawei MateBook D. Portátil 15,6" metálico con pantalla FullHD IPS (599 €)
Source: Ofertaman ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Large screen; excellent display; good price; great built quality.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/26/2017

82% مراجعة حاسب هواوي المحمول MateBook D
Source: Unlimited Tech →EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/11/2017
Rating: Total score: 82%

Comment

Model: The Huawei MateBook D is not the most exciting product in Huawei's first laptop range, but it may be suitable as your next computing device with a solidly built design and lots of impressive specs. Despite Huawei's apparent business aspirations, most users will likely compare the MateBook D to other, similar laptops like the Asus VivoBook S15, the HP Envy 15 or even the pricier, but significantly more upscale and powerful Dell XPS 15. The design of the MateBook D is best described as lackluster, as this looks much like any other business-focused laptop used over the past few years. The build quality is very good: gaps are even and the base unit resists twisting quite well with only minor creaks. The display lid twists more readily, but even pushing down hard on the back has no effect whatsoever and the picture remains free of discolorations or ripples. It is heavy at 1.9 kg but does have an attractive top cover. When a user opens it up, he can see the 15.6-inch Full HD display and the keyboard just down below. The MateBook D comes with a matte Full HD IPS panel. At an average of about 260 nits, the BOE panel features similar brightness as the LG panel Asus uses for the VivoBook S15. The display on the Huawei MateBook D looks good, but will not impress as much as the MateBook X with its QHD resolution. Here a user is only getting 142 ppi, but it should provide improved battery life.

In terms of processing power, a user will have the choice of either the Core i5 or i7 seventh-generation processors from Intel. The MateBook D features a discrete Nvidia GeForce 940MX in addition to the integrated Intel HD 620. Then there are a variety of RAM options. It gets a little complicated here, but these options range from 4 GB of RAM with 500 GB of storage, which is the cheapest model, up to 16 GB of RAM with 128 GB of SSD storage and 1 TB of HDD storage. System performance is decent. Perceived performance is great with no lags thanks to the primary SSD. Booting is particularly swift at only about 10 seconds from a cold start to the Windows desktop. Huawei has partnered with Dolby to ensure the design of the laptop is ideal for viewing video content. In addition, a few software tweaks should make it more efficient. It means the speakers are in better places for watching movies, as well as having a slightly less reflective screen. One of the benefits of the MateBook D is the number of connectivity ports on offer. There is a DC-in jack, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, two USB 3.0 ports, and a USB 2.0 port, as well as an HDMI port.

Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX: Mid-range laptop graphics card based on the Maxwell architecture. Compared to the older 940M, the MX now also supports GDDR5 graphics memory and maybe slightly faster clock speeds.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

i7-7500U: Kaby-Lake based SoC with two CPU cores clocked at 2.7 to 3.5 GHz, HyperThreading and manufactured with an improved 14nm process.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.60":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

Huawei: Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. is a Chinese telecommunications company and hardware manufacturer founded in 1987 and headquartered in Shenzhen. Huawei is a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Huawei provides end-to-end solutions for telecommunications networks, devices, and smartphones, as well as storage, servers, networking, and cloud computing enterprise solutions and products.

In 2014, Huawei established the Honor subsidiary brand under which certain smartphone lines are sold. The Huawei name is usually not listed for these products.

81.95%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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