(automated voice speaking in Chinese)
- Hey, what's up guys?
Keaton here.
So I know it's back to school season,
and a lot of you guys are actually buying computers.
So I found a $600 MacBook knockoff,
literally half the cost of an actual MacBook,
and I kinda wanna see what it's like
and how good it is, so let's check it out.
Don't tip over.
So I just kinda wanted to get a few things
out of the way here.
This thing is $639,
and it looks really close to an actual MacBook.
Obviously, this company, they're pretty well known,
it's Xiaomi, and it's not a one for one copy,
but when you see it, you'll know.
Like when you see it, you'll know.
So this thing goes for 639 bucks.
This guy goes for around $1300,
and it's over that when tax and everything is included.
So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna unbox this one
because I wanna know what you actually get inside.
I have never seen this thing before,
so you'll get my first impressions,
and then we'll unbox this one, fire it up, it'll be fun.
So if you look at the box here, yes, you know.
It looks legit like a MacBook knockoff.
Just look at this thing.
This box size is roughly the same.
Like, please, look at this!
I am not crazy here.
Yes, it looks like a knockoff.
I am not going crazy.
So let's go ahead and pop the top on this thing.
This is the smaller size.
They make two sizes, one that's 12 and a half inches
and one that's 13.3 inches.
Comes in a bunch of different colors.
Dude, it even smells like the MacBook.
Whoa.
I wasn't thinking this would look this good,
but yo, this looks nice.
It feels nice.
Ooh, it's cold.
It's got that aluminum coldness.
All right, what else do we get?
Do we get stickers?
I we do not get Apple stickers or some sort of sticker here,
probably not Apple stickers, I'm gonna be upset.
Do I get stickers?
No stickers.
A USB charging cord,
'cause this charges via USB like the MacBook.
Yep, looks awfully similar to the Macbook, mm-hmm.
Accessories and all.
All right, well that was pretty simple.
I'll take this off, and then we'll hop on into the MacBook
just to show you how ridiculously similar this is.
Okay.
Wow, this thing feels, it's obviously thicker,
but I don't really feel it.
Oh my god.
It looks like a MacBook.
All right, all right, all right, all right.
We're gonna unbox the MacBook now,
'cause I'm getting too excited here,
getting way too excited.
All right.
You now see what I'm saying?
You now see what I'm saying here?
You pull up, I got the pink option, you know how it goes.
So unlike the other one, this one you get a brick instead,
and then you just plug, you plug the cable, oh my.
Dude, I am spazzing hard in this video.
And then you just plug the USBC cable into the brick,
you charge it.
It's not rocket science.
It's really not.
Okay, so this definitely feels lighter,
definitely feels lighter.
Okay, okay, it feels smaller, too.
I don't know if that's 'cause of the thinness or not,
but you can see...
I already dented the Mac.
I'm like, dude, legit look!
That little thing right there, I already dented it.
Oh, wow, okay.
Chill Keaton, chill.
Don't be a spazz, bro.
You can see the MacBook just opening up here.
See, looks great.
This was the OG, the OG is always gonna look great.
All right, respect, respect.
Put some respect on it, all right.
And then this one,
it's not like 100%, but it's pretty similar.
Like, look.
All right, so we got both MacBooks, they are ready to go.
Let me know in the comments if you guys own any knockoffs.
This is my first knockoff computer, or replica, close to it.
It looks too similar.
Everything is way too similar to not call it a knockoff.
So I'm gonna show you how thick both are.
This one is definitely thick,
I think like two times thicker, I think that's fair to say.
It has an HDMI port on here,
whereas this one only has one port.
I made a video on this, and it's not good.
The other has a actual USB port, you're standard USB 3 port,
and then recharge it, USB type C.
I like how this has a lot more ports
and it still looks really good,
but with this one, it's badass.
It doesn't have all that magic.
So let's...
Ho-iy!
I'm gonna look at both of these.
Okay, all right, I got it, I got it.
We're gonna turn both of them on.
(MacBook chimes)
Give me a noise like that.
Don't let me down like that.
Why aren't you turning on?
It's not turning on.
Can you please plug this in?
All right, so I plugged it in the power.
Hopefully we can get this thing to boot up.
The track pad feels buttery.
Buttery, buttery, ooh that,
oop, we're good, all right.
It's powering up.
Oh my.
Chill Keaton, chill.
So we got this one turning on, doing a thang,
and the MacBook is of course already ready to go.
It looks pretty clean, that looks pretty good.
I think it's safe to say this is a knockoff.
Can I change the language, maybe?
Mm 'kay, I can't.
Supports a lot of different countries.
Does it support English?
Sure, we'll just go on.
The keyboard feels awesome.
Do I really need a Microsoft account?
Oh my god, I do.
(automated voice speaking in Chinese)
I'm really glad I took Chinese in high school guys.
So I finally got both computers started,
and wow, that was intense.
So basically, the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air,
what a name, it took a while
just because it's all in Chinese.
So they're coming out with an English version
just like a software update or whatever, super simple,
and you'll be able to use English on here,
but I had to use the Google Translate app,
which was a lot of fun, so other than that,
it's not that bad.
The MacBook supports English,
pretty much any language you need.
If I had to pick which one,
I would probably wanna check out this one a little bit more
just because it has nearly the same specs.
The only real difference is
is this one has half the storage as this one,
and this one has half the ram as this one.
What does that really mean?
Basically this one, in theory, can handle more apps
better than this one.
I'll have to check that out with time.
It's Windows versus Mac.
This isn't what I do.
I just check out cool stuff.
I'm not a review channel.
So yeah.
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