Translated with AI from the Russian original.

Chelyabinsk brand Echips has introduced a new inexpensive, yet powerful laptop - Echips Malachite. The color of the laptop's case is stylized to resemble the shade of malachite.

Inside the Chelyabinsk Malachite is a 4-core Intel Processor N100 from the Alder Lake-N series of energy-efficient chips. This chip is quite capable of handling games like GTA 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

However, the company itself does not market this laptop as a gaming one. Its design is primarily focused on everyday and work tasks.

The Echips Malachite has a 256 GB SSD and 8 GB of RAM.

The laptop has a 15.6” IPS screen. The display is matte and anti-glare – the laptop can be used comfortably even under bright sunlight. The webcam in the Echips Malachite is 2 MP. There is also a camera shutter for those who want extra privacy.

The laptop has all the necessary ports – 3 USB-A 3.0 ports, USB-C, HDMI, and a combined 3.5 mm audio and microphone jack-adapter. Separately, we note the presence of an RJ-45 Ethernet port, which is rarely found in modern laptops. The battery capacity in the Echips Malachite is 5,000 mAh. This is enough for about 5 hours of battery life.

The new laptop comes with pre-installed licensed Windows 11 Pro – powerful and secure. The Echips Malachite weighs 1.5 kg and costs 25,000 rubles.

The Chelyabinsk brand Echips has been producing laptops since 2019. The computers are specially adapted for Russia. The defect rate is less than 3%. Echips laptops are designed for people with average incomes, office workers, children, teenagers, students, the older generation, and representatives of small and medium-sized businesses.

In addition, the company provides customers with a special service: if the laptop breaks down within the warranty period (up to 3 years), a courier comes to the house, picks up the broken laptop, and provides an identical replacement for the duration of the repair. And the repaired one is returned within a week at most.

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