For the 8GB RAM(star of the show), sleek design, mid range to high quality display-- you cannot find a better or cheaper REMOTE DESKTOP. That's right. Other laptops in this price range do not offer this amount of RAM, with this lightweight of a device, and looking this pretty. You might be able to find one that satisfies 1 or 2 of those criteria, but not one that satisfies all 3. The Chuwi Lapbook Pro does, and this is exactly why I bought it. The camera is awful the couple times I've used zoom meetings on it, but you plug it in to your charger, you load up Chrome Remote Desktop and connect it to your Ryzen 9 desktop tower with 16GB RAM, and you're in business.
You are not going to be gaming in 4k on this. This is not what it was meant to do. I've seen other reviews(I believe the international ones) saying it caught fire or something crazy-- and they were probably trying to overclock it. Although, the battery cooling is poor and it does get noticeably hot-- never had an issue with that and I don't force it to do things it isn't capable of doing. Imagine that!
Battery is ok, but then again, I'm constantly using Remote Desktop, with the screen brightness on max-- if I cranked the brightness down and tried to write a research paper, I'm sure I could get the 6-8hrs Chuwi claims. But keep your laptops plugged in regardless. You're a bad purchaser if you let your battery die repeatedly, and you'll have a dead battery sooner or later on any laptop.
Now for what I actually use it for:
I use Chrome Remote Desktop. The 8GB ram is a must for this and I have 400mbps internet. I tried using my iPad Pro, and Google could care less about supporting that device. I've tried using laptops with 4-6GB RAM with diminishing returns. Basically unusable. I had a nice 16GB RAM Thinkpad, but it was old and massive, so I decided to look for something small and light but with a massive screen with minimal beveling on the edges of the screen. That's impossible right? WRONG! Chuwi did it with this. You're getting the form factor of a 2016-18 MacBook Pro here, for a fraction of a MacBooks price.
I use Unreal Engine 4 on my main desktop in my office. I use the Chuwi downstairs or in bed because it's as light as a feather, and Remote Desktop runs absolutely flawlessly on it. I literally design video games set on max graphics on the Lapbook Pro-- thanks to Remote Desktop. You can do incredible things with this device, if you've already ponied up the money elsewhere for things that let you do incredible things. You wanna design a 4k video game on your couch and keep an eye out while your kids play Vacation Simulator in front of you? Lapbook Pro helps you achieve this. You can do it with other uglier, heavy, and bulky laptops-- but it's all about comfort and quality of life.
So Remote Desktop, and a beast desktop are a must if you want to do things it was not made for. It can become your best friend if you use it like that.
For gaming, I've tried mostly remote related things. PS Now, or lighter games on Xbox Game Pass. The Lapbook Pro performs as you'd expect. It's a low priced, mid-tier laptop. It's better than a notebook, it is not an ultrabook.
I've already finished my History degree, but man I wish I had this when I was typing up the 16pg research papers a week before they were due. Would've made life easier.
Would definitely recommend this to students. You're not gonna be cool without a MacBook, but it's as sleek as a MacBook, displays as well as a MacBook. Just runs windows instead. Also doesn't have any branding on the outer shell, so throw an apple sticker on there and fake it till you make it.
| Standing screen display size | 14.1 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels |
| Processor | 2.8 GHz celeron_n4020 |
| RAM | 6 GB LPDDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| Hard Drive | 256 GB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Intel UHD Graphics 600 |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 802.11bgn |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 9 Hours |
