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Huawei MateBook 13

 & Eric Grevstad Contributing Editor

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Meet the Huawei MateBook 13

Its display's 3:2 aspect ratio makes the Huawei MateBook 13 stand out from the 16:9 crowd.

Front View

The 2,160-by-1,440-pixel (200ppi) touch screen features 4.4mm-thin bezels for an 88 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Rear View

According to Huawei, the MateBook 13's edges are curved with 5,252 aluminum chamfers cut with a CNC diamond technique.

Keyboard and Touchpad

A large touchpad and a combination power button/fingerprint reader bracket the surprisingly comfortable keyboard.

The Two Left Ports

Ports are decidedly skimpy. The laptop's left edge holds only a USB-C port for data transfer and charging, plus a headphone jack.

One Right Port

A second USB-C port, this one for data transfer and DisplayPort video, is on the right edge.

Flip Over the MateBook

Besides the speakers, you'll find an easily removable sticker with the Microsoft and Nvidia decals on the MateBook's bottom. (An Intel decal still claims pride of place on the palm rest.)

Logo on Lid

The Huawei's sandblasted finish gives a soft, glossy look.

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Eric Grevstad

Eric Grevstad

Contributing Editor

My Experience

I was picked to write PCMag's 40th Anniversary "Most Influential PCs" feature because I'm the geezer who remembers them all—I worked on TRS-80 and Apple II monthlies starting in 1982 and served as editor of Computer Shopper when it was a 700-page monthly rivaled only by Brides as America's fattest magazine. I was later the editor in chief of Home Office Computing, a magazine about using tech to work from home two decades before a pandemic made it standard practice. Even in semi-retirement, I can't stop playing with toys and telling people what gear to buy.

The Technology I Use

I wish I still had my TRS-80 Model 4P, Laser 128 (educational toymaker VTech's Apple IIc clone), Psion Series 5, and ThinkPad 701C with the fold-out "butterfly" keyboard.

My main machine is a Lenovo Yoga 9i all-in-one desktop with a 13th Gen Core i9 and 32-inch 4K display running Windows 11 Home, Microsoft 365 Family, and Norton 360 with LifeLock. My wife and I get 400Mbps Spectrum internet as part of our homeowners' association fee, but I pay a fortune for streaming services.

I also have a Google Pixel 7 Android phone and pay Mint Mobile $15 a month. We share a Volvo XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid; I'd have a car of my own, but it seems wasteful to buy a Corvette E-Ray to drive 10 miles a week.

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