Intel made their own Macbook?? - XPG Xenia Xe
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The video opens by addressing the surprising premise of Intel creating a laptop that resembles a MacBook, highlighting the unusual collaboration between Intel and XPG on the Xenia Xe. The host explains the historical context of Intel making reference designs and working with partners to produce ready-to-market Windows laptops, contrasting this approach with Apple’s vertically integrated MacBook strategy. The discussion then delves into the Xenia Xe’s hardware, noting the Core i7-1185G7/1165G7 variants, Iris Xe graphics, and a design that mimics a slim MacBook form factor while remaining a Windows lifestyle gaming notebook. The host examines the balance between performance and portability, pointing out the two Thunderbolt 4 ports, USB Gen 2 ports, HDMI, and a 1TB NVMe SSD, along with Windows Hello and proximity sensors that streamline login. The video then assesses the overall performance, including gaming at low to medium settings, LuxMark and Cinebench benchmarks, and photo/video workloads like Photoshop and Handbrake, comparing it to MacBooks and other ultrabooks. Finally, the host evaluates pricing, arguing that the Xenia Xe offers competitive value with a premium build, while acknowledging tradeoffs such as screen resolution and battery life, and closes by recognizing Intel’s strategy to push Windows laptops forward through collaborative custom designs with partners like XPG.
Topics · technology · hardware · laptops · computing · consumer electronics
Questions answered
- What is the Intel Xenia Xe and how does it relate to the MacBook design?
- The Xenia Xe is a lifestyle gaming notebook developed as a collaboration based on Intel's NUC M15 reference design, produced with XPG. It adopts a MacBook-like aluminum shell and a slim form factor while running Windows, offering high portability with gaming-oriented components.
- How does the Xenia Xe perform in gaming versus professional workloads?
- In gaming, it delivers playable frame rates at low to medium settings and shows solid performance in benchmarks like LuxMark and Cinebench, though not matching MacBooks in all tasks. For professional workloads, Photoshop, 4K video scrubbing, and Handbrake encode show strong responsiveness, with some limitations due to screen resolution and thermals.
- Is Intel truly making its own laptops or just designing reference models?
- Intel has a history of creating reference designs and collaborating with partners to produce finalized laptops. The Xenia Xe represents a concretization of that approach, where Intel designs the core platform and partners like XPG assemble and brand the product for market.