Tech Advisor – October 2019

102 TECH ADVISOR • OCTOBER 2019

BUYING GUIDE

The keyboard is spill-proof and backlit and the keys

have just the right amount of travel and resistance.

The only niggle is that – like the MacBook Pro – the

keyboardhasa USlayoutthatplacesthe@ symbol

onthe2 keyinsteadofa UKkeyboard,whichhasit

onthe ‘ key.

Performance

Performance is as good as you’d expect from an Intel

Core i7/Nvidia MX150 combo. Windows 10 Home

is very responsive, largely thanks to the NVMe SSD

which far exceeds the read and write speeds you get

witha standardSATA-connectedSSD– over3GB/s

forreadingand around 1.3GB/s for writing.

However,theMateBookX Prodoesgetwarm.

Evenbrowsingcertainwebsitescancauseit toheat

up,and the fan kicks in more regularly that you might

like.It’snotanobtrusivesound, but still noticeable in

aquiet room or office.

For such a thin and

light laptop, the 15X

is pretty powerful