Wonderful summary:
1. Eighth generation Intel Core processor, full blood version of NVIDIA GeForce MX 150, dual-channel memory;
2. Dual-antenna WiFi signal is better, 12 hours long battery life, Dolby panoramic acoustic response system;
3. Metal body, narrow frame and high screen ratio, anti-glare screen and eye protection mode;
4.Magic-Link can be connected with mobile phones such as Glory, leaving the automatic mode to protect privacy;
5. Super cost-effective makes glory MagicBook more competitive.
It can be seen that the glory MagicBook notebook still has many highlights. You know, glory is the first time to set foot in the notebook ranks. This is commendable, which not only ensures the hardware performance, but also meets the needs of users. This reminds us that Xiaomi, who is also a mobile phone, has also released thin and light books and game books, which has a certain user base. In terms of appearance and hardware configuration, the 14 inch glory MagicBook notebook has many similarities with the independent version of Xiaomi notebook Air 13.3, with a metal body, simple design, eight generations of Core, MX 150. However, in details, glory MagicBook notebook has its own design elements, which can more accurately grasp the needs of users in experience, such as fingerprint power supply integration, Dolby panoramic acoustic response system, Magic-lLink mode and so on.
Next, let's take a closer look at this glory MagicBook notebook. Will the first time you set foot in a notebook satisfy everyone? Is the price of 4999 yuan (i7-8550 u 5699 yuan) worth buying?
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The appearance of the glory MagicBook notebook adopts a metal integrated body design, which is also a simple design. Compared with Xiaomi notebook, which directly removes any LOGO, Glory MagicBook notebook confidently puts honor logo in the corner of side A and makes mirror treatment, which looks harmonious and fashionable.
The appearance of this model we shot is starry gray, with three colors of glacier silver and nebula purple. Gray and silver are the mainstream technology colors, and purple models look more personalized and trendy, and there are more choices in color matching than Xiaomi notebooks.
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Rongyao MagicBook notebook side a
14-inch glory MagicBook notebook has a narrow bezel design on the B side, and the 14-inch screen is slimmed down to 13-inch body. The width of the left and right borders is only 5.2mm, and the screen ratio reaches 8 1%. The border width of Xiaomi is 5.59mm, and the screen ratio is 80. 1%. The border of the glory MagicBook is the ultimate.
▲ Ultra-narrow bezel design
The design of the narrow frame brings a broader vision and a larger visual space in audio-visual entertainment and office browsing. The resolution is 1920× 1080 FHD full HD, IPS material, 16:9 widescreen display, which brings comfortable and clear viewing experience and is ready to go. It is worth mentioning that the screen also has anti-glare function, which will not hurt the eyes even under strong light. In addition, it can filter out harmful blue light and effectively protect eyes. Therefore, using the glory MagicBook notebook to watch movies and work can make you feel tired for a long time. Compared with some foggy screens and TN screens, it is impeccable in health, clarity and realism.
▲ Anti-glare screen with eye protection function
▲ Front webcam details
Let's take a look at the thickness and weight of the fuselage, which is also one of the important indicators to be considered in thinning. The thickest part of the body of Glory MagicBook notebook is only 15.8mm, and it is as light as 1.45kg (measured), which is already very thin for a notebook with 14 inch metal body. The notebook's power adapter also adopts slim design, white appearance and bidirectional Type-C interface, with a total weight of only 1.65.
▲ Thin and light body
The most important feature of another fuselage is that it can be tiled 180. You may have seen this model in ThinkPad series of office books. Maybe you'll say, what's the use? But you can think about it, a larger folding angle is more flexible in the operation experience, especially when sharing discussion work with the opposite or side in the office, you can directly expand the screen for people around you to see.
▲ Tiling mode
Then let's look at the C-plane and the keyboard. The entire C-plane is also an integrated metal design, and the keyboard is fully customized. The keyboard bounces back quickly and the depth is appropriate. It is worth mentioning that in the function area, there are also fast wireless connection buttons and IMI (computer housekeeper) located on F 10, which are convenient and easy to use. In addition, this keyboard also has splash-proof and 3-level adjustable backlight, which is convenient for operation in poor light environment.
▲ Full-size 3-level adjustable backlit keyboard
Integrated touchpad, fine frosted surface, very smooth touch design, and the touchpad is driven by Windows Precision, which has more accurate positioning, sensitive multi-finger gestures and quite smooth operation experience.
▲ Large integrated touchpad
The common way to log in to a notebook is to enter a password, followed by fingerprint recognition and Windows Hello face recognition. Glory MagicBook notebook adopts a two-in-one solution of fingerprint power supply, which is also a continuation of HONOR's power supply unlocking method, which unifies boot and password input into one step. After testing, it takes about 7.6 seconds to open the system desktop with one key in the closed state, and only 0.9 seconds to unlock the bright screen. At the same time, it has self-learning ability, and can gradually adapt to your fingerprints. The more you use, the better.
▲ Power and fingerprint two-in-one button
Unlike most lightweight books, which put the speaker system at the bottom, Glory MagicBook puts the sound system on the two side plates of C-plane, and uses the well-made 4000+ sound hole, combined with the four speakers tuned by Dolby, and the left and right speakers, with high and low frequency division and Dolby panoramic 3D sound effects, you can "hear the picture" with your ears. The advantage of putting it on it is that it is closer to the sound, and the sound is more realistic without the rebound of the desktop.
▲ Dolby panoramic acoustic response system
As a light and thin book, Glory MagicBook is uncompromising in the interface. Based on the principle of sufficiency and practicality, the most commonly used interfaces are set on both sides, among which the interface on the left side includes USB-C interface, HDMI interface and a USB 3.0 (type A) interface.
▲ left interface: Type-C, HDMI, USB 3.0.
There is only one USB 2.0 (Type A) interface and a 3.5mm headphone microphone 2-in-1 interface on the right side of the fuselage, which is very useful for the compatibility of external devices.
▲ Right interface: earphone and microphone in one, USB2.0.
Finally, let's take a look at the D face of Glory MagicBook and the measured weight of the whole machine.
The bottom of the fuselage also adopts a metal integrated design. This notebook is pre-installed with Microsoft Windows 10 home edition system and Office 20 16 office software, and the corresponding label is attached to the bottom of the fuselage without affecting the appearance. There are four anti-skid pads at the four corners, and the two at the back are slightly higher, which plays the role of raising the fuselage.
▲ bottom of notebook
After cooling, the air outlet is hidden at the rotating shaft, and the heat dissipation on the left and right sides is compared. This design is better for the user's operating experience. There are ventilation holes on both sides of the back cover, which are slightly larger than the panel holes of the front audio system, but they can also effectively block the entry of dust.
The official weight of the whole machine is 1.47kg, and the measured weight is 1.45kg, with little difference. The power adapter is also designed to be smaller, the connecting cable can be unplugged, and the bidirectional Type-C interface is more convenient to connect.
▲ Weight measurement
In addition, Glory MagicBook is also very powerful in wireless connection. It adopts 2×2 MIMO dual antenna scheme, which can improve communication quality, effectively capture signals and increase network speed, and is regarded as the core technology of the next generation mobile communication.
On the whole, in terms of appearance, the glory MagicBook first shows the normal level of a thin and light book, and it is also in place in the materials for work. Ultra-narrow bezel, two-in-one design of power fingerprint and Dolby sound system with large panel also add a lot of color to the appearance of the notebook.
Hardware evaluation
In April this year, Intel lifted the ban on the brand-new eighth-generation standard rated Core processor, but it mainly targeted at the game book and desktop version. The mobile version of the eighth generation Core was actually released in the third quarter of last year. The most familiar ones are i7-8550U and i5-8250U. At present, some high-end thin notebooks have also used i7-8550U.
The high-end version of Glory MagicBook is equipped with the eighth generation Intel Core i7-8550U processor, and the architecture is still Kaby-Lake. In terms of data, 14nm, 4 cores and 8 threads, basic frequency 1.80 GHz, maximum turbo frequency 4.00 GHz, TDP 15W, the performance is improved by about 40% compared with the seventh generation. This processor also integrates Intel Ultra HD graphics card 620, which supports 4K and DirectX 12, so it itself. However, the Glory MagicBook is also equipped with a "full blood version" NVIDIA GeForce MX 150 discrete graphics card.
Let's take a look at the details of this processor and the detection score of CPU-Z.
▲CPU-Z information and rating
Then we use CINEBENCH R 15 to test the performance of the processor, and the multi-core task reaches 535cb, which is a normal score. TDP 15W actually adopts a more optimized turbo frequency strategy and a lower fundamental frequency. If it is unlocked to 25W, it will be stable if it exceeds 600cb. The reduction of TDP, although slightly lost in performance, is easier to cope with in power consumption and heat dissipation of the whole machine.
▲CINEBENCH R 15 test
In the usage scenario test, we use PCMark 8' s home acceleration mode and work acceleration mode to test. The score of Home acceleration is 370 1, and the score of Work acceleration is 48 17, which is excellent in opening web pages, video conferencing, picture editing and so on.
▲PCMark 8 home page acceleration
▲PCMark 8 works faster.
Another feature of the Glory MagicBook notebook is that it is equipped with a "full blood version" NVIDIA GeForce MX 150 discrete graphics card with 2GB GDDR5 high-speed memory. This unique combination brings four times higher graphics and image processing performance than integrated graphics cards, and has excellent performance in editing high-definition pictures and videos. In terms of games, League of Legends can fully display the image quality, easily reaching the rate of more than 100 frames per second, and even chicken-eating games with high configuration requirements can run smoothly. Therefore, Glory MagicBook has higher multi-service processing ability, which ensures stability, and both work and games can maintain stability and speed, and the cost performance is very high. At the same time, the power-saving technology of discrete graphics card can prolong battery life, improve efficiency, work and play.
Let's take a look at the details of the bloody version of MX 150.
▲GPU-Z information
Specifically, MX 150 is unique. In fact, there have been many comments. We will run the specific test again through 3DMark.
▲3DMark Time Spy
▲3DMark Cloud Gate
▲3DMark fire strike
▲3DMark sky diver
It's not just the processor and graphics card that affect notebook performance. Glory MagicBook notebook uses dual-channel memory, and its reading and writing speed is more advantageous than that of single-channel memory. The maximum bandwidth is increased by more than 50%, which greatly improves the performance of applications with heavy memory load. This notebook uses 8GB LPDDR3 memory, which has lower power consumption and can help battery life. Moreover, the highest frequency is 2 133MHz, which is much higher than single-channel DDR4 memory and equivalent to dual-channel DDR4. For thin and light notebooks with high performance and long life, considering both memory performance and power consumption, the design scheme of LPDDR3+ memory dual channel is worth recommending, which achieves both performance and power consumption.
▲ Comparison of memory reading and writing ability
Hard disk storage adopts Jianxing 256GB solid-state hard disk, which significantly speeds up the startup speed of the system and the startup speed when the screen is locked. Moreover, the hard disk also supports SATA and PCle interfaces, which are compatible with the latest hard disks, and can be replaced if there is a strong demand for copying large files. In terms of reading and writing ability, AS SSD benchmark test shows that the sequential reading speed is 490MB/s, the writing speed is 405MB/s, and the comprehensive score is 945, which is generally normal.
▲ read and write speed test of ▲AS SSD solid state drive
The evaluation of the main hardware is basically like this. Finally, master Lu, who is loved by the masses, made a comprehensive evaluation. The score is 16 1697. It's good to be able to run ordinary games and play HD audio and video smoothly. In the current configuration, it is also the mainstream level. Therefore, in application, we don't need to worry about whether web browsing is slow or not, and whether document processing has to wait for half a day. Can PS work? Can you play LOL? Such applications and games are not a problem at all.
▲ Master Lu evaluated the comprehensive score.
To briefly summarize the hardware features, Intel's latest eight-generation Core processor, "Full Blood Edition" NVIDIA GeForce MX 150 discrete graphics card, and dual-channel memory add a lot to the glory MagicBook notebook. At least in the current mainstream thin notebook products, the glory MagicBook notebook can be said to be fully fired, providing users with the strongest performance, which will undoubtedly greatly improve work efficiency and experience.
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Thin and light, you can't avoid endurance. After all, you have to be portable and use it anytime, anywhere. Glory MagicBook notebook has a built-in 57.4Wh large-capacity battery, combined with unique intelligent power-saving technology, which improves the average battery life by about 15%. According to official data, local 1080P video 12 hours can be played continuously, or web pages 12 hours can be browsed, or documents 13 hours can be processed. Let's open the notebook first to see the parameters of the internal battery.
▲ Glory MagicBook notebook battery
The parameters are basically the same as the i7-8550U Xiaomi notebook Air 13.3 "quad-core enhanced version, but the officially released battery life data, including 8 hours of online video playback, 7.5 hours of local video playback and 7.5 hours of web browsing, is nearly 4 hours less than that of Glory MagicBook. Is the MagicBook really so powerful?
After charging to 100, we unplug the power supply and set the notebook to the best battery mode. 50% screen brightness is enough, which is actually the default parameter of the system. Then check the battery life, and it actually shows 18 hours, 5 1 minute! You scared me!
▲ Battery life display
▲ Battery information
But this is just a no-action mode, no application is opened, and other consumption is not high except for the monitor. Then we will open IE browser and open five web pages, including the video of iQiyi. Hot-blooded street dance is very popular recently. Let's take a look at this. After waiting for a while, I checked the battery life and showed 10 hour and 26 minutes, which was also quite a good result. Then we play it continuously, consuming the battery. In an hour and a half, the battery consumption is about 10%, which is quite consistent with the previous display time. It's really awesome!
▲ Watching video life is still very powerful.
I didn't open any more tasks in the application. After all, most applications are limited. If it is only document processing, web browsing and other operations, battery life will not consume more power than watching videos. If it is under the maximum pressure, what will happen to the performance of the glory MagicBook battery? Let's use professional PCMARK 8 to evaluate it. Finally dropped, but it is also a 6-hour battery life. Besides, by the time the test is completed, there are still 20% left, which is still not weak.
▲PCMARK 8 working mode endurance detection
In addition, Glory MagicBook also supports fast charging technology, which can be charged from 0 to 90% in one and a half hours.
Temperature and heat dissipation
It should be said that the glory MagicBook of 14 inch and the fuselage with the thickest thickness of only 15.8mm have some difficulties in heat dissipation, but in actual use, we feel that the surface temperature of the glory MagicBook notebook is really not high, and the heat is mainly concentrated on the back and bottom of the C surface. The radiator is below the screen, and there are vents on both sides of the bottom of the fuselage. We used AIDA64 copier for nearly 30 minutes, and used thermal imager to detect the temperature of the whole machine. The results are as follows:
▲ Glory MagicBook surface temperature detection
It can be clearly seen that the highest temperature at the rear end of the keyboard area on the C surface and below the screen is only 48.9, and the highest temperature at the outlet of the D surface is 52. 1, which also shows that the cooling effect of the fan is very obvious. On the surface, the temperature is quite high, but the post-cooling treatment makes users feel no high temperature and uncomfortable experience in actual operation.
Then we take the machine apart and see what the internal cooling system is like. Different from passive cooling, Glory MagicBook adopts a more efficient cooling method similar to canyon effect, and adopts the design scheme of copper-clad fan shell to achieve efficient cooling. In other words, the Glory MagicBook adopts a specially customized concave design of the fan casing to increase the air intake and generate airflow similar to the canyon effect; At the same time, the fan also adopts a double copper tube design, which increases the copper-clad area by 50%, and the copper has stronger thermal conductivity and can better dissipate heat.
▲ Glory MagicBook internal cooling system
▲ Schematic diagram of heat dissipation
After reading the evaluation of appearance and hardware, let's take a look at some software related to glory MagicBook notebook, computer housekeeper and a convenient and fast black technology application. What kind of magic is there? Let's continue our journey of glory MagicBook experience.
Computer housekeeper
In terms of software, glory MagicBook laptop is equipped with Microsoft Windows 10 family Chinese operating system, and pre-installed with genuine Office 20 16 office software, and also pre-installed with a very practical "computer housekeeper" for personal application. When it comes to applications such as computer housekeeper, everyone is familiar with it. I believe that everyone has encountered the installation of a third-party housekeeper, and there are a lot of junk software, or the security is hard to trust. Therefore, as the official housekeeper of MagicBook, there is no need to worry at all.
▲ computer housekeeper
The interface of computer housekeeper is very simple, users can log in with their own Huawei account, which is convenient for more management. On the left is a menu of user information and functions, including comprehensive physical examination, hardware detection, driver management, power management, mobile phone connection, cloud backup and so on. Finally, products and services, such as computer glitches, can be queried and solved here, and even directly connected to glory customer service.
Then we expand several menus to see the specific functions. You can also explore it yourself. It's actually very simple to use. First of all, you can do a comprehensive physical examination in your notebook. Any hardware problems will be displayed here for targeted solutions.
▲ Comprehensive experience
Driver management, which can detect all hardware drivers of notebook, such as video card, sound card and wireless. If there is an update, it can be found and upgraded in time.
▲ Drive management
For thin and light notebooks, endurance is very important. In use, which applications are consuming batteries and which hardware can be further optimized? You can see it at a glance by using "Battery Management".
▲ Battery management
Magic-Link intelligent internet black technology
After talking about several commonly used computer management, let's take a look at another black technology application. With the Glory MagicBook notebook, you may happen to have a glory or Huawei mobile phone. It is best to back up the photos taken on your mobile phone often, so that you can connect your mobile phone to back up your photo album at home.
▲ Mobile phone management
First of all, you need to scan this QR code, download and install the application of Huawei Mobile Assistant, turn on the Bluetooth and network on the mobile phone, then open the QR code inside to continue scanning the QR code and establish a connection with the computer.
▲ Scan the QR code of the home computer tube.
The following is a demonstration of the operation on the mobile phone, mainly to establish a wireless connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Of course, you can connect directly with a data cable.
▲PC and mobile phone pairing
▲ Use the mobile APP to establish a connection with the computer.
Once the connection is established, when you put your mobile phone close to your notebook, you can automatically connect the Glory MagicBook for photo transmission with one click, and you can back up photos on your mobile phone at any time, or transfer photos from your computer to your mobile phone. The most black technology is that when you leave your notebook and mobile phone a certain distance and time, your glory MagicBook will automatically lock the screen, which is especially useful for leaving or forgetting to lock the screen in an emergency to ensure user privacy.
▲ HONOR establishes a connection with Glory MagicBook, which can preview and back up the album.
Evaluation summary: The release of Glory MagicBook is indeed a bit unexpected. After all, Huawei already has notebooks, and there are many thin ones. Moreover, at present, the notebook market is highly competitive and relatively saturated, but glory has launched MagicBook. On the other hand, the notebook market has slowed down due to the lack of innovation and serious homogenization. It can also be said that the glory MagicBook has caught up with a good period, such as the release of Intel's latest eight-generation processor, the popularity of NVIDIA MX 150 in thin and light notebooks and so on. The development of these hardware makes the notebook thinner and lighter, and can handle the cooling system better. In addition, glory MagicBook has made some micro-innovations, such as integrating power supply and fingerprint to make it open faster, Dolby panoramic sound response system to make audio-visual effects more shocking, and the connection with mobile phone to make data and privacy more secure. These are all improvements in the user experience. So in general, the launch of the glory MagicBook notebook is just the right time! If you just like to experience new products and have a higher pursuit of products, you may wish to experience this brand-new glory MagicBook notebook, I believe there will be different feelings!