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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro with i5-8250U, 8GB DDR4 & 256GB NVMe SSD - £687.04 @ GearBest

Found 5th Nov 2017

I have accidentally come across it - it seems a pretty good deal to me.

And... I wanted to share it with you guys.

Grab yourself one before the offer is gone - it stops on Tuesday at 12.00 PM.

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5th Nov 2017

Looks like a nice machine, but I couldn't bring myself to risk almost £700 on GearBest.

5th Nov 2017

Chinese version? How would you change it to English in a legit way?

What could go wrong? You have PayPal guarantees if anything goes wrong, right?

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5th Nov 2017

Muir30 m ago
Looks like a nice machine, but I couldn't bring myself to risk almost £700 …Looks like a nice machine, but I couldn't bring myself to risk almost £700 on GearBest.

You still have PayPal Protection, though.

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5th Nov 2017

doublespresso15 m ago
Chinese version? How would you change it to English in a legit way?What …Chinese version? How would you change it to English in a legit way?What could go wrong? You have PayPal guarantees if anything goes wrong, right?

Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought a 2£ Windows 10 Pro Licence off eBay, installed it - everything worked fine without any issue.

Don't see why people complain so much about 'Chinese Version'....

5th Nov 2017

MrJohnGreeg2 m ago
Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought …Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought a 2£ Windows 10 Pro Licence off eBay, installed it - everything worked fine without any issue. Don't see why people complain so much about 'Chinese Version'....

Warranty?

5th Nov 2017

MrJohnGreeg12 m ago
Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought …Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought a 2£ Windows 10 Pro Licence off eBay, installed it - everything worked fine without any issue. Don't see why people complain so much about 'Chinese Version'....

Is it legit?

I assume you had to download the Windows 10 English version and install it from a USB stick?
Is there a step by step guide?

BTW is the Keyboard qwerty US version?

5th Nov 2017

MrJohnGreeg20 m ago
Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought …Yeah, I had a Chinese version Mi Notebook Air - I factory reset it, bought a 2£ Windows 10 Pro Licence off eBay, installed it - everything worked fine without any issue. Don't see why people complain so much about 'Chinese Version'....

Unless Windows proposes a region lock on it's activation, you shouldn't need to buy another copy of Windows. The machine technically will have a key saved to the machine so you should be free to simply re-install Windows using a English Windows image without re-buying. It WILL ask you for a licence key but you can skip this and Windows will activate as normal.

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5th Nov 2017

M0nk3h14 m ago
Unless Windows proposes a region lock on it's activation, you shouldn't …Unless Windows proposes a region lock on it's activation, you shouldn't need to buy another copy of Windows. The machine technically will have a key saved to the machine so you should be free to simply re-install Windows using a English Windows image without re-buying. It WILL ask you for a licence key but you can skip this and Windows will activate as normal.

Yeah, as that might be true for some - for mine it did not work - even though I did exactly as you said. Really depends - but you can find licenses very easily now; and let' say 5£ for a license is not that much.

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5th Nov 2017

doublespresso24 m ago
Is it legit?I assume you had to download the Windows 10 English version …Is it legit?I assume you had to download the Windows 10 English version and install it from a USB stick?Is there a step by step guide?BTW is the Keyboard qwerty US version?

It's perfectly legit for personal use. I believe the things stand quite differently when it come to enterprises.

Yeah, I used the Windows Media Creation tool from Microsoft website and it worked flawlessly. If you Google the name of it, on the page you will also find a guide.

Yeah, all Xiaomi laptops come with QWERTY US keyboard - something I do not find odd, even though I have got used to the UK layout after using the US layout for 12 years.

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5th Nov 2017

miaas35 m ago
Warranty?

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5th Nov 2017

MrJohnGreeg3 m ago
https://www.gearbest.com/about/warranty-and-return.html

Shipping fee pat able by the customer & non-refundable.

Wonder how much a couple of kilos to China costs.....

5th Nov 2017

MrJohnGreeg6 m ago
https://www.gearbest.com/about/warranty-and-return.html

Shipping fee payable by the customer & non-refundable.

2kg to China on 4 day delivery is £50!!!

I REALLY want to overlook that and buy a couple of laptops for the kids as they've got some great prices on top CPUs with SSD and even a Geforce 940 for example but the warranty thing just puts me off

VOYO i7 Notebook https://gearbest.app.link/mFJ6DKbMPH

Edited by: "Rich44" 5th Nov 2017

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5th Nov 2017

Rich4415 m ago
Shipping fee payable by the customer & non-refundable.2kg to China on 4 …Shipping fee payable by the customer & non-refundable.2kg to China on 4 day delivery is £50!!!I REALLY want to overlook that and buy a couple of laptops for the kids as they've got some great prices on top CPUs with SSD and even a Geforce 940 for example but the warranty thing just puts me off VOYO i7 Notebook https://gearbest.app.link/mFJ6DKbMPH

Yeah, I wanted to get the maxed out version myself but I got a beast PC instead.

Your best best is looking for something around the UK - in case they breakdown you will want to get a replacement quickly.

6th Nov 2017

My experience with the WiFi camera which arrived this weekend would put me off spending £15 never mind £500+

6th Nov 2017

MrJohnGreeg12 h, 42 m ago
It's perfectly legit for personal use. I believe the things stand quite …It's perfectly legit for personal use. I believe the things stand quite differently when it come to enterprises.Yeah, I used the Windows Media Creation tool from Microsoft website and it worked flawlessly. If you Google the name of it, on the page you will also find a guide.Yeah, all Xiaomi laptops come with QWERTY US keyboard - something I do not find odd, even though I have got used to the UK layout after using the US layout for 12 years.

£, @, #, and smaller return key are annoying; it annoyed me when I lived in the US.

6th Nov 2017

pealy7 h, 35 m ago
My experience with the WiFi camera which arrived this weekend would put me …My experience with the WiFi camera which arrived this weekend would put me off spending £15 never mind £500+

Bit of a pointless comment if you don't expand on what that 'experience' was

Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro with i5-8250U, 8GB DDR4 & 256GB NVMe SSD - £687.04 @ GearBest

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