Xiaomi Book S 12.4″ 2-in-1 Review
Briefly
The Xiaomi Book S 12.4″ is a Windows tablet and there are very few of them. The use of an Arm processor is also rare. Although you can run more software on it than previous Windows Arm devices, the old Snapdragon performance Not so good, with simulation leading to more performance loss, the Book S 12.4″ offers good battery life. Xiaomi has equipped the flat computer with a minimalist design and there are some good accessories available. Connections are somewhat limited, with only one USB-C port, but there is an excellent display with high brightness, but colors are saturated.
Positives
- A Windows tablet
- a great offer
- beautiful accessories
Negatives
- slow processor arm
- Limited contacts
Xiaomi is famous when it comes to smartphones, but the manufacturer also produces all kinds of other equipment, from routers and monitors to vacuum cleaners. Tablets are also part of the offer, including a very special offer: Xiaomi Book S 12.4 “. From the name, you might think it’s supposed to be a laptop, but it’s actually a Windows tablet. This is a very rare product category, which in recent years has almost only entered Microsoft with its Surface lineup. There are a lot of switchable devices with Windows, but it’s often those where the keyboard can’t be detached. Book S 12.4″, such as Surface Go 3 and Surface Pro 8A real tablet where the device is behind the screen.
Besides the form factor, there is much more interesting about the Xiaomi Book S 12.4″. Instead of an x86 processor from Intel or AMD, as can be found in almost every Windows laptop or convertible, the manufacturer chose a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen that looks like 2 soc Arm processor very similar to Microsoft SQ1 at that revolutionary time Surface Pro X. When reviewing this machine about two years ago, it turned out that there were quite a few snags around Windows-on-Arm, such as 64-bit x86 applications that didn’t work.
Since 2020, Windows 10 has given way to Windows 11, which is x86 64-bit software I can run on arm processors. In addition, the operating system contains a file new scheduler Which could better take into account processors that have a mix of fast and slower cores, such as the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2. So we are curious about how to choose an Arm processor in 2022. The tablet is available in store for 700 euros, and the keyboard shown costs 130 extra euros.
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