Geekom X14 Pro

The CPU may be ageing, but Geekom's debut laptop delivers in every other area - if you can find it for sale

- ALUN TAYLOR

Geekom is primarily known for making mini PCs, and has now entered the altogether more challenging laptop market with a brace of slim and light machines called the X14 Pro and the X16 Pro.

For now, they’re only available through Geekom’s US (from $1,049) and German (from €1,149) sites, with a UK release still under consideration.

To keep the weight under 1kg, the X14 Pro is mainly made from magnesium alloy. It’s 200g lighter than the 13.3in MacBook Air and similarly thin, but the x14 Pro isn’t fragile: the lid and the body showed little flex when I tried to twist it out of shape. The only fault I can pick with the design is that the matte finish is prone to showing fingerprints.

The left side of the X14 Pro holds two 40Gbits/sec USB-C ports, both supporting video output. On the right sit a single 5Gbits/sec USB-A port and a 3.5mm audio jack. Geekom also bundles a USB-C dock with one USB-C port for passthrough charging, two USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, HDMI 2.0 and RJ45 Ethernet. Wireless is handled by a MediaTek MT7922 card, which supports 6GHz WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4.