Hi folks,
Owner of the Minibook X N5100 with punchhole cutout, and the newer 2023 Minibook X N100 variant.
The original screen, despite the camera placement, is impeccable. It’s bright, vibrant, saturated colours, deep blacks and everything you really want from a small screen. The new version’s screen is pretty poor in comparison; only 300 nits, and an older IPS panel with dull colours and a blue tint on blacks. The bezels are huge on the new one, and the screen is somehow more relective/glossy.
The old Minibook X keyboard has a softer tactile feedback with accurate key presses. The new one is much more rigid and doesn’t log a key press unless you make it fully down. The backlight also turns off after 15 seconds on the new model, where on the old model it was permanently on
The overall design - size, layout, thickness, ports, speakers, colours, finish - is the same between the old and 2023 model.
The big difference is in the CPU, from the N5100 to N100. It’s about 75% faster due to the heatsink and forced air cooling. The fan is almost silent, even at full system load. It does still warm up like the original model, but doesn’t get “hot”. Everyday tasks are noticeably quicker on the N100, but graphics/GPU performance is about the same.
The SSD is now NVMe rather than SATA, and it’s pretty quick for a laptop of this calibre. Battery life is again about the same as the original model, and looks to be the exact same battery.
If you’re torn between the 2023 N5100 and 2023 N100, there isn’t much difference in performance. The N5100 can reach 2.8GHz top speed, and N100 3.4GHz. You will therefore see a slight edge on the N100, also with its 4800MHz RAM, but both these chips can turbo to full speeds for extended periods with the fan, so you’ll be good with either choice.
Hope this helps. Any questions, please ask.