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Sorry you have a typo in the screen specs: The screen is 3072 x 1920 not 3720 x 1920 and is is 16:10. You just have to look at the picture to it is not the garbage class 16:9. Further 3720 would be 3.7K not 3K.

Ohh man, this is one of a kind laptop for under 1000 EUR!!!

First of all, very happy to see proper, T-shaped, full arrow keys. Other than that:

✅ Well built — aluminum case
✅ Great display — bight, no glossy, 165 Hz refresh rate
✅ Big battery — 99 Wh
✅ Pretty light (for 16 incher) — 1.867 kg
✅ Quiet fans - 32 dB (Load Average)
✅ Good cooling - 40.3 °C (Max upper side keyboard)

I think other laptop manufacturers take a lesson from it should follow this way!

Can anyone test it for Linux?

• sleep
• fingerpring
• wlan
• efficiency resource using without heavy tasks

this is real deal. no real cost cutting corner other than SSD, wifi speeds which are in acceptable range. and meteor lake is miles better than last gen, powerful enough and cool & efficient. hope you to review other xiaomi models too.

Again, stupid non-standard resolution, not compatible at the pixel level with either 4k or fhd resolution - there will always be a slightly fuzzy picture of content made under 4k/fhd. Why not 4k 16:10, where ppi is greater than the minimum, critical 220-230? It's sad and stupid.

The screen panel is not known to panelook, but according to the author, it is completely fake in terms of response speed - a monstrous 39ms on G2G and 14ms on B2W, adding them together and dividing by 2 we get an average of 37.7 fps per second. There can be no talk of any "165Hz" here - pure fraud from the manufacturer with a frame rate nameplate. It apparently cannot even render 60fps video stably and smoothly in 100% of cases.

The author himself pointed out that lazy Xiaomi developers simply cheated their future buyers (not very smart) without even making a driver-converter for the native panel space for sRGB, which is assumed by default in Windows and in most software, which, moreover, rarely knows how to work properly with Windows color profiles. By the way, Windows itself, all versions, cannot work with its own profiles in all possible output APIs. Absurd? But these are facts.

Thus, the unfortunate (if they are not colorblind) owners of this Xiaomi product will be forced to constantly look at the oversaturated and extremely poisonous colors of the screen, without hardware calibration, which, as I wrote above, still does not work in 100% of screen display options due to the fault of M$ .

If there was a processor from AMD, in adrenaline it would be possible to turn on the auto-calibrator, even if it is rougher than hardware calibration, because... relies on the factory EDID profile, but with one setting it brings all colors into the sRGB space (RGB32), which immediately improves the visual perception by an order of magnitude, for the unfortunate owners of laptops with wide gamut panels. But here is rotten Intel, which has not had an autocalibrator in its video driver for more than 15 years, just like Nvidia. To their shame.

Processor - I do not believe in the indicated performance with PL1=45W, because... it clearly does not correlate with the results of other surveys. Expect performance much lower than in this review.

Well, as usual, the idiotic bias for a MacBook reduces the sales of Xiaomi laptops by an order of magnitude, without a normal keyboard with a full-fledged classic numpad. It's impossible to work on something like this. What else is it used for, such a laptop at home or in the office? Who is its target audience? I do not understand.

Just a bunch of negatives.

@NikoB
"Who is its target audience?"

Guy who:
-Don't draw/rendering
-Don't play games
-Don't want to touch apple ecosystem even by long stick

Quote from: NikoB on April 22, 2024, 14:21:23Again, stupid non-standard resolution, not compatible at the pixel level with either 4k or fhd resolution - there will always be a slightly fuzzy picture of content made under 4k/fhd. Why not 4k 16:10, where ppi is greater than the minimum, critical 220-230? It's sad and stupid.

The screen panel is not known to panelook, but according to the author, it is completely fake in terms of response speed - a monstrous 39ms on G2G and 14ms on B2W, adding them together and dividing by 2 we get an average of 37.7 fps per second. There can be no talk of any "165Hz" here - pure fraud from the manufacturer with a frame rate nameplate. It apparently cannot even render 60fps video stably and smoothly in 100% of cases.

The author himself pointed out that lazy Xiaomi developers simply cheated their future buyers (not very smart) without even making a driver-converter for the native panel space for sRGB, which is assumed by default in Windows and in most software, which, moreover, rarely knows how to work properly with Windows color profiles. By the way, Windows itself, all versions, cannot work with its own profiles in all possible output APIs. Absurd? But these are facts.

Thus, the unfortunate (if they are not colorblind) owners of this Xiaomi product will be forced to constantly look at the oversaturated and extremely poisonous colors of the screen, without hardware calibration, which, as I wrote above, still does not work in 100% of screen display options due to the fault of M$ .

If there was a processor from AMD, in adrenaline it would be possible to turn on the auto-calibrator, even if it is rougher than hardware calibration, because... relies on the factory EDID profile, but with one setting it brings all colors into the sRGB space (RGB32), which immediately improves the visual perception by an order of magnitude, for the unfortunate owners of laptops with wide gamut panels. But here is rotten Intel, which has not had an autocalibrator in its video driver for more than 15 years, just like Nvidia. To their shame.

Processor - I do not believe in the indicated performance with PL1=45W, because... it clearly does not correlate with the results of other surveys. Expect performance much lower than in this review.

Well, as usual, the idiotic bias for a MacBook reduces the sales of Xiaomi laptops by an order of magnitude, without a normal keyboard with a full-fledged classic numpad. It's impossible to work on something like this. What else is it used for, such a laptop at home or in the office? Who is its target audience? I do not understand.

Just a bunch of negatives.

Mister Troll! Ohh sorry, I meant NikoB 🤭

We will tell your concerns to laptop manufacturers and they will make a special, super duper laptop for you. But please, don't fill this article with your bunch of s*** that you did in your potty last night, okay?!

If these words feels harsh to you, go suck your dummy and lay down to sleep!

This is a really nice laptop! Very impressed. How does someone in the US buy this? Anyone have suggestions?

I don't know about the RedmiBook Pro 16 BUT you can definitely buy the RedmiBook 14 from Aliexpress.  The best time to get them is during an Aliexpress sales event.  I know that during said events like for example 11-11/Black Friday sales, you can get USD $100+ OFF the regular price of the laptop!

LOL @ NikoB.  How can the screen be faked?  It's sourced from a 3rd party company just like any other laptop brand.  Unless you mean Xiaomi specifically told their LCD screen supplier to fake their product, which I think is dubious! 

The display information summary is wrong,

QuoteDisplay16.00 inch 16:9, 3720 x 1920 pixel 262 PPI, TL160MDMP03_0, IPS, glossy: no, 165 Hz

Shouldn't that be 3072 x 1920 and 16:10?

Quote from: Hunter2020 on April 22, 2024, 19:49:09How can the screen be faked? 

Faked by response time and declarations for "165Hz", which should give a maximum response to B2W/G2G of no more than 1000/165 = 6ms. If you're dyslexic, that's your problem.

Quote from: Everything on April 22, 2024, 15:01:45@NikoB
"Who is its target audience?"

Guy who:
-Don't draw/rendering
-Don't play games
-Don't want to touch apple ecosystem even by long stick

indeed !

Quote from: RobertJasiek on Yesterday at 06:25:30
[...translation from german] Xiaomi burned me because of malware incidents and with Chinaware I also expect state trojans that would only be discovered later. Well, Qi Jiping, your policies have consequences!

- Unfortunatly I have to agree to what Robert Jasiek wrote in the german forum. The tech is great biu we don't need thought control.
- What about the VAT?
- With no CE marking the customs has the right to send it back or destroy it. The costs for that pays the buyer. I don't like this concept.
- Deficiency regulations are poor: you don't have any individual rights concerning this purchase in case of defect within 2 years

What about the keyboard backlight? Does it flicker when set to lower brightness level like the previous RedmiBook models did? Does it still use PWM?

Still rocking the 2016/2017 Mi Notebook Pro 15.6 (i7 8550U + 16GB RAM) and still has a good keyboard, good glas trackpad, good battery life, almost silent (only under compilation or other intensive tasks) and a general build quality that surpasses a lot of notebooks.

I wouldn't mind buying another Xiaomi/Redmi one, so glad they still keep doing a good quality product.

I'm running Linux on it and it's a real pleasure.

1 more type-c port would have been great. Anyway this seems to be a good buy with any deal

Quote from: Mr. Longuee on April 26, 2024, 18:28:50advertising China Tech and ideology

I dont get people writing something like that.
You are already monitored by all services you are using be it big corporations, american or/and european government or your mobile telecom.
Why do you care about chinese government having some info about you? When you will basically never have any interactions with them while you are daily interacting with google/apple services.
You should be more concerned with google/apple/amazon/[any company] selling/leaking your private info which happens all the time

Hi, can someone explain why power consumption in one test stabilized at ~45W and in another at 78W? Why are they throttled at different levels? Were all tests done in maximum power mode (there are 4 different power modes)?

Quote from: Pioter888 on May 19, 2024, 13:42:52Hi, can someone explain why power consumption in one test stabilized at ~45W and in another at 78W? Why are they throttled at different levels?

If I understand it correctly the 45W is where the CPU stabilizes. The spec sheet at the beginning of the article shows that the CPU is configured with a PL1 of 45W, which is the value it will stabilize under sustained load. Higher wattage (PL2 of 90W) can only be used for short load spikes.

Also those 45W apply to the CPU only, without any other components (like mainboard, RAM, SSD, cooler).


Then later in the section "Power Management", they measured 78W which probably applies to the whole device (all components together: CPU, mainboard, RAM, SSD, cooler) under sustained load. Whereas 45W from the 78W are already used by the CPU, and the remaining 32W are used by the other components.

At least that's what I think it is...

Quote...and the remaining 32W are used by the other components.

Uhm... small correction: 33W

Please check if this machine has the ability to do raids.

Quote from: Mr. Longuee on April 26, 2024, 18:28:50Either some editors of Notebookcheck are AfD members or they are directly financed by the CCP of China or Russia.
The "Law of the People's Republic of China on National Security" of 2015 (National Security Law) and the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Cybersecurity" of 2017 (Cybersecurity Law) stipulate that all organizations and citizens are obliged to ensure national security and to cooperate with the state security authorities.
According to the 2017 Cybersecurity Law, companies operating in China are required to store important data on servers within the country and to provide authorities with access to their systems and data as part of security audits.
Why is Notebookcheck advertising China Tech and ideology?

Such non-sense.
The US have similar laws with the National Security Act and they have already used it not only to spy its own citizens but also its "allies" either with the Danish embassy or the military bases around the world.

China is getting better than the u.s with high end technology and cost-quality products, it's your own lose if you don't wanna buy it.

Something is off about your calibration, like, even color balance isn't correct, you really need to work hard to not balance out R G and B. Is it some kind of default "quick auto calibration"?

I've easily calibrated it to <1 sRGB and <2 P3. Used DisplayCAL with a big colorset.

For its price tag I'd say this is the best productivity Windows laptop of 2024 so far.

Almost exactly what I was looking for. Just left little bit off by display. Not bothered by lack numpad at all, I like Macbook pro 16 - like design as well. Will wait a little bit for lunar lake model and if they swap/improve display  I 'll go for it next year. Thanks

Hello,
can anyone explain me what the function of the key above the Home button and right of the delete button is, please?
Thanx.

Quote from: calib on July 11, 2024, 14:56:25Something is off about your calibration, like, even color balance isn't correct, you really need to work hard to not balance out R G and B. Is it some kind of default "quick auto calibration"?

I've easily calibrated it to <1 sRGB and <2 P3. Used DisplayCAL with a big colorset.

Hi,

Can you give us your profile please ?
I am very interested !

Thanks !

Quote from: Simon Germany on September 30, 2024, 22:35:38Hello,
can anyone explain me what the function of the key above the Home button and right of the delete button is, please?
Thanx.

It's a privacy shutter button for the webcam. I reinstalled windows to transfer data from my previous laptop and now the webcam as well as the camera privacy shutter aren't working. All the search that I've done suggests that I should reinstall the driver for my webcam but I was unable to find it on the internet or on the Xiaomi website.
Could anyone help me find the right driver?

Just got the new version Pro 16 2025.
Great laptop overall with minor improvements over 2024. CPU is nice step forward in terms of efficiency. WLAN problem solved.
What I would I still improve in future:
1. display - Looks like, it's same like the one from 2024 model (not guaranteed). Could be slightly better, brighter (when I compare this to my Macbook M4 pro 16)
2. I was hoping to get even higher spec model this year, something like 64 GB + 2GB SSD.
3. Keyboard is good, but I have some problems with short shift key near arrow keys. I think this was better on old model.


   

I also got the 2025 version

Sharing more about on dedicated telegram group, named:
Xiaomi RedmiBook Pro 16 2025

Thanks