Huawei incorporates its PC Manager software, which is a hub for checking on driver updates, making power management settings, troubleshooting features like the fingerprint sensor and wireless connectivity (both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 6), and for managing a phone connection. This was followed by work on various PCs and laptops that I maintained and repaired for friends and acquaintances.

After training to become a Telecommunications Systems Technician and gaining a few years of experience, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.

It’s a great experience to be able to review the latest devices and technologies and then compare them with each other. One oddity is that Huawei sets up the 256GB SSD as a C and D partition, which I recommend you convert into a single partition via Windows’ Disk Management feature (first delete the D partition and then extend the C partition). The updated version of the Huawei MateBook D 15 can also impress in many areas as an affordable multimedia laptop. ports, for example, seem a bit out of place, but since there's also a fast port on the other side, there should rarely be any limitations in practice in this respect.

The battery won't get you through a full day's use, although fast charging may come to the rescue if you can access a short burst of mains power. Super Device facilitates seamless cross-device collaboration, allowing a vast array of smart devices to function as one cohesive unit.The bottom cover of the Huawei MateBook D 15 can be removed once all the screws on the bottom are undone. Check out larger sizes with generous screens of up to 17 inches and pin-sharp HD displays for gorgeous visuals. I grew up with modern consumer electronics and my first computer was a Commodore C64, which encouraged my interest in building my own systems. If you want to change the operating system rather than the hardware, you’re in luck; launching Ubuntu 20. Huawei supplies a 65W USB-C mains charger, which it says will provide two hours of life from a 15-minute charge.

Huawei has done something a little different with the MateBook D, fitting it with an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor rather than an Intel chip. However, users will have to compromise when it comes to the ports, because only the absolute minimum is available here. it’s even heavier than the HP Pavilion; if size and weight are your main concerns rather than screen size, then the excellent 14in Acer Swift 5 is well worth a look as an alternative. The original 65 W charger is used to charge the laptop for 15 minutes in sleep mode from 1% battery level. Huawei includes the familiar 65-watt power adapter, which isn't particularly heavy, either, at 200 grams.

In the PCMark 8 and 10 benchmarks, the MateBook D 15 performs about as well as other notebooks with similar hardware. There are, of course, plenty of differences in the design – and some of them even work in the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020)’s favor. All in all, it is quite average in terms of energy consumption when compared to all other devices with similar hardware that we have reviewed. The actual battery capacity for each individual product may be slightly above or below the nominal battery capacity. The Wi-Fi module from RealTek doesn't support Wi-Fi 6 yet, but its performance is stable in our standardized test with the Netgear Nighthawk AX12 router, and there shouldn't be any problems in everyday use.