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Matebook 16 Amazing laptop. I'm never going back to a small screen or a non 3:2 screen Very hard to source though. Had to have it shipped specially from China

by geokon 4y ago

abdusco 4y ago
How is the serviceability? Can you swap ssd / battery?
- geokon 4y ago
  nothing special in that department.. It's not a framework You can see the notebookcheck review for details: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-Multimedia-laptop-impresses-with-its-Ryzen-7-CPU.575022.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-... My main concern would be procuring parts. I'd have to order them over Taobao and then have them forwarded and wait a while. Fingers crossed nothing comes up..
  - abdusco 4y ago
    Better get a battery replacement before you need it. It becomes really difficult to find replacement parts after a couple of years because the device is not "popular" and most sellers stop keeping stock.
ClumsyPilot 4y ago
that looks like an interesting machine, reasonably priced
- geokon 4y ago
  Especially if you purchase on Taobao/VMall - then it's under $1K. I think they also sell a version in Germany, but the price is marked up a lot
dark-star 4y ago
I wonder what's with all the "3:2 screen" aficionados recently. Some years ago, a 3:4 screen was considered "bad" and "unusable" and 16:9 or 16:10 was what you needed to have. Now 16:9 is bad and 3:2 (pretty close to 4:3) is back in business? Is this just about chasing the latest fad? I mean 16:9 or even 16:10 has so much horizontal space that it's perfect if you do software development for example. Why is it so common now to give that up for more vertical space?
- waynesonfire 4y ago
  4:3 is not a fad, it's superior but lost out due to manufacturers consolidating tv displays with monitors. I guess they would like you to think it's bad since they don't make them for cost savings reasons. I'd buy 4:3. There are still a few niche makers for medical and industrial purposes but the specs are crummy and prices high relative to mainstream displays.
  - thereddaikon 4y ago
    I'd love to have a 4:3 laptop again. Best general use display. I find it amazing how we have been forced to use widescreens for so long yet our content, except for movies, still doesn't fit it. Office documents can fit on screen. Websites have to pad endless whitespace on the sides. The list goes on. We need to return to 4:3.
  - ISL 4y ago
    It is my belief that wider aspect ratio displays are easier to manufacture, too. At a given pixel-pitch, you need fewer rows. In extremis, imagine a display that is N x 1 -- much easier to limit defects and handle the necessary multiplexing.
- Delk 4y ago
  Back when 16:10 and 16:9 displays became common, I remember they weren't received particularly fondly by many of the developers I knew. Non-technical people seemed to like them more. More hardcore developers rather had to somewhat begrudgingly accept them. Maybe the 3:2 aficionados aren't the same people who started disliking 4:3 displays when widescreen became popular?
lhl 4y ago
A few notes that may or may not matter to people: * great res/aspect ratio, but claimed 300 nits, which is good enough for most indoor usage, but not in brighter environments) - that being said, Notebookcheck tested theirs at 350 nits * RAM is soldered so you're locked into 16GB (M.2 wifi and 2280 SSD can be replaced) * no USB-A ports Overall though it's a pretty great laptop, can't wait to see how the Ryzen 6000 version performs (and if it had a 32GB version would be high on my personal shopping list). NBC review for those interested: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-Multimedia-laptop-impresses-with-its-Ryzen-7-CPU.575022.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-...
- geokon 4y ago
  * no USB-A ports I'm not sure what you mean. It's got two on the right side. And two USB-C on the left (though one will typically be used by your charger) - which seems to be unusual still.. 16GB hasn't been an issue so far - but it's def my number 1 concern. But for under $1k I can't really expect more
  - lhl 4y ago
    Ah, you're right, I had a different Huawei laptop page open for the spec sheet. having 2 x USB-A ports is great (personally, I usually have a wireless keyboard and mouse dongle, so it's something I'm still concerned about). If 16GB is enough then that's great. Sadly, I will usually end up hitting swap even with 32GB, so getting to at least 40GB (8GB+ soldered, 1 SODIMM), but preferably 2xSODIMMs for 64GB ends up thinning out my options considerably.

Matebook 16 Amazing laptop. I'm never going back to a small screen or a non 3:2 screen Very hard to source though. Had to have it shipped specially from China

by geokon 4y ago

Matebook 16 Amazing laptop. I'm never going back to a small screen or a non 3:2 screen Very hard to source though. Had to have it shipped specially from China

abdusco 4y ago

How is the serviceability? Can you swap ssd / battery?

geokon 4y ago
nothing special in that department.. It's not a framework You can see the notebookcheck review for details: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-Multimedia-laptop-impresses-with-its-Ryzen-7-CPU.575022.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-... My main concern would be procuring parts. I'd have to order them over Taobao and then have them forwarded and wait a while. Fingers crossed nothing comes up..
- abdusco 4y ago
  Better get a battery replacement before you need it. It becomes really difficult to find replacement parts after a couple of years because the device is not "popular" and most sellers stop keeping stock.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago

that looks like an interesting machine, reasonably priced

geokon 4y ago
Especially if you purchase on Taobao/VMall - then it's under $1K. I think they also sell a version in Germany, but the price is marked up a lot

dark-star 4y ago

I wonder what's with all the "3:2 screen" aficionados recently. Some years ago, a 3:4 screen was considered "bad" and "unusable" and 16:9 or 16:10 was what you needed to have. Now 16:9 is bad and 3:2 (pretty close to 4:3) is back in business? Is this just about chasing the latest fad? I mean 16:9 or even 16:10 has so much horizontal space that it's perfect if you do software development for example. Why is it so common now to give that up for more vertical space?

waynesonfire 4y ago
4:3 is not a fad, it's superior but lost out due to manufacturers consolidating tv displays with monitors. I guess they would like you to think it's bad since they don't make them for cost savings reasons. I'd buy 4:3. There are still a few niche makers for medical and industrial purposes but the specs are crummy and prices high relative to mainstream displays.
- thereddaikon 4y ago
  I'd love to have a 4:3 laptop again. Best general use display. I find it amazing how we have been forced to use widescreens for so long yet our content, except for movies, still doesn't fit it. Office documents can fit on screen. Websites have to pad endless whitespace on the sides. The list goes on. We need to return to 4:3.
- ISL 4y ago
  It is my belief that wider aspect ratio displays are easier to manufacture, too. At a given pixel-pitch, you need fewer rows. In extremis, imagine a display that is N x 1 -- much easier to limit defects and handle the necessary multiplexing.
Delk 4y ago
Back when 16:10 and 16:9 displays became common, I remember they weren't received particularly fondly by many of the developers I knew. Non-technical people seemed to like them more. More hardcore developers rather had to somewhat begrudgingly accept them. Maybe the 3:2 aficionados aren't the same people who started disliking 4:3 displays when widescreen became popular?

lhl 4y ago

A few notes that may or may not matter to people: * great res/aspect ratio, but claimed 300 nits, which is good enough for most indoor usage, but not in brighter environments) - that being said, Notebookcheck tested theirs at 350 nits * RAM is soldered so you're locked into 16GB (M.2 wifi and 2280 SSD can be replaced) * no USB-A ports Overall though it's a pretty great laptop, can't wait to see how the Ryzen 6000 version performs (and if it had a 32GB version would be high on my personal shopping list). NBC review for those interested: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-Multimedia-laptop-impresses-with-its-Ryzen-7-CPU.575022.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-MateBook-16-AMD-Review-...

geokon 4y ago
* no USB-A ports I'm not sure what you mean. It's got two on the right side. And two USB-C on the left (though one will typically be used by your charger) - which seems to be unusual still.. 16GB hasn't been an issue so far - but it's def my number 1 concern. But for under $1k I can't really expect more
- lhl 4y ago
  Ah, you're right, I had a different Huawei laptop page open for the spec sheet. having 2 x USB-A ports is great (personally, I usually have a wireless keyboard and mouse dongle, so it's something I'm still concerned about). If 16GB is enough then that's great. Sadly, I will usually end up hitting swap even with 32GB, so getting to at least 40GB (8GB+ soldered, 1 SODIMM), but preferably 2xSODIMMs for 64GB ends up thinning out my options considerably.