I purchased the Nimo N151 (N100 CPU, 16GB + 1TB SSD) and am totally satisfied with my purchase and with the service this company offers. I wanted an inexpensive and light-weight computer to be part of my emergency radio communication "Go Kit." With the 4-core N100 CPU, it has enough power to handle some relatively CPU-intensive applications such as real-time decoding of amateur radio digital modes. The screen is bright with almost no bleed around the edges and the keyboard has a great feel for a laptop. I can switch between my desktop ergonomic keyboard and the Nimo without feeling that I need an hour to adjust to the feel of the laptop keyboard. I find the fingerprint reader to be reliable and the number of ports to meet my needs. The addition of a micro-SD card slot is a nice plus for me as the Nimo will go on the road from time to time, possibly needing some extra storage to take along some movies.
The graphics are crisp and the unit worked fine streaming Amazon Prim Video, Paramount, and Netflix. You won't be running the more recent games on this Intel UHD equipped laptop, but just as an experiment I installed my old Skyrim AE from Steam and it ran quite well – even with a fair number of mods – provided I reduced resolution to 720p. I understand the UHD 700 on this Alder Lake generation CPU is about equivalent to an Nvidia GT770. Not bad for a low power consumption chip set – 6W for the whole shebang. For those interested, I ran this on solar power from a fold-out solar cell array feeding a 13.8v charger into a LiFePo4 battery driving a USB-C socket. The Nimo ran just fine, even when I took the battery out of the circuit and left it on solar only – and that was on a partially sunny day in the notoriously cloudy Pacific Northwest.
A word about SERVICE. One reason I purchased the Nimo was the solid reputation for service that I saw in other reviews. As a self-proclaimed expert I didn't expect to need help, but after I fiddled around with resolution changes, suddenly my trackpad stopped working cold. A USB mouse or bluetooth mouse worked perfectly, but not even an icon appeared for the trackpad. I rolled up my sleeves and started at the bottom: hardware issue? BIOS? Driver? Nothing I did worked, so I fired off a missive to Nimo Support. The next day I recived an answer with a series of things I could try. Well, their first suggestion took only few seconds to implement and VOILÀ! Trackpad back in service. Now, I've owned maybe 12 laptops going back to 1992, but it has been quite a few years since I bought a new one (being retired). I had never owned one where a function key toggled the trackpad and felt a bit chastened when all I had to do was press Fn F5. So my advice is: when trouble-shooting a computer problem start at the mostly place – user error. So kudos to Nimo for their product AND their service.
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