CHUWI MiniBook X 2-in-1 Laptop 10.51", 16GB LPDDR5 512GB SSD, Intel N150 (up to 3.6GHz), Windows 11 Convertible Laptop, 2TB SSD Expand, FHD IPS 2K Touchscreen, Backlit Keyboard, WiFi 6, BT5.2

I love this little CHUWI MiniBook laptop. I purchased this mini laptop in early October to take on our trip to Jamaica at the end of October this year. I loved that it was small and lightweight yet fairly powerful. The first one worked for about 2 days, but then wouldn't boot up. I contacted Amazon and they sent a replacement, which arrived before I had a chance to send the defective one back. I put the replacement through it's paces to feel sure that this one was a good unit. I didn't want any unpleasant surprises from the laptop during the trip. I also bought an adapter to connect to the 2nd full function USB Type C port built into the laptop. (The 1st USB Type C port of this laptop is used mostly for charging it.) The adapter was needed to allow the laptop to have extra USB ports (A & Type C), an HDMI port, Ethernet port, SD & Micro SD ports etc. All of the functions of the adapter were checked to be sure they worked with this CHUWI Minibook, and they did. On our trip this little laptop performed flawlessly. It boots up quickly from it's solid state drive. I feel the battery life is fairly good. The resort we were at, near Montego Bay, was in the direct path of Hurricane Melissa's eye. The resort was just built in 2024, so it was designed to handle a category 4 hurricane, but we were subjected to a category 5. We, and the new CHUWI, survived and are fine. We lost all connection to the outside world, so I didn't use the new laptop much at that resort. We were transferred to another resort which is in Ocho Rios. That resort still had WiFi service. This CHUWI MiniBook was very helpful in completing flight bookings out of Jamaica, which was some days after our original scheduled departure. Using the Delta app, on our cellphones, wasn't completely functional or accurate with the Delta booking system. This was most likely due to the hurricane damage to Delta's systems in Jamaica. The information, on the Delta site using the Chrome browser with the CHUWI laptop, was more accurate and trusted. Working with our travel agent, back in the states, along with assistance from using this mini laptop, we were able to get on our booked flight and back home. I wouldn't claim that this MiniBook was a lifesaver, but it almost was. I'm very happy with it. We're home safe and sound and the CHUWI's still working great!

What an amazing little laptop! I bought this for another person, and using the laptop to set it up for them has been quite enjoyable. The specs are great (4 core CPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD), and it's in such a small package, it will easily fit in a handbag or satchel. The screen is fantastic, really high res and sharp. The aluminium body is rugged and durable and good looking, and I can't believe how well they matched the plastic lid with the aluminium body's colour and texture (the lid is plastic to allow the WiFi antennas to work well, this is good design). Battery life seems to be about 6+ hours with light usage. There's a 12 volt charger included (not USB-C Power Delivery compatible) which will fry other electronics, so chuck that out to avoid accidents and use Power Delivery on the 2nd USB-C port (which is PD compatible - read the Chuwi forums for more information). Has WiFi 6, Bluetooth, a headphone socket, and two USB-C connectors - which is great for such a small form factor. The person it's intended for already has a USB-C to HDMI adaptor, so it will work fine for connecting to TV's. About the only drawbacks are the 12v non-PD charger, and the question mark over whether the 1st USB-C connector will work with a PD-compatible charger or not (TBC, more research required on my part).

Update after one month The basic laptop is exactly what I wanted (despite having to work around the way you get into the BIOS now). Two things, one bad, one good. Bad: I knew better than this, but... I forgot. I plugged in the power cord that came with the Chuwi to a PD dongle and fried it. I knew better! The power cord has USB-C connector, but it is NOT USB-C compliant. It's a 12-volt 3-amp power supply with a USB-C connector! Arg!!! Any 36-watt or more REAL USB-C power supply works. I buried the fired dongle, and tossed the power cord so I don't do that again. Its perfectly happy on my Anker multi-port power brick, and the Anker does not fry dongles. The good: I replaced the NVMe SSD M2 with a Samsung Evo Plus. Now the SSD is faster than the rest of the laptops i/o buss, but it sped up the boot and response times subjectively by a factor of 2. it was not slow to start, but now it rips. If I want to add a few virtual machines to carry around other test versions of Linux (like Kali) I have all the space in the world. The new blank SSD meant it did not even pause before it booted the USB-C flash drive to reinstall KDE Neon. Downloading all the updates and the 6.16.9 kernel was a look away and you'll miss it event. I wish Apple was not moving away from Intel a little now (a little, anyway), because this little laptop would make a great hackintosh. ------ Normally, with a Chuwi laptop, to get to the BIOS, you press escape during the boot. Does not work on this one. I never wanted to run Windows on this thing, and plenty of other reviews and websites talked about Linux working fine. But to install KDE Neon, I had to change the boot order so it would boot the USB-c flash drive. After research, I found the incantation on Windows to reboot into the BIOS. There are laborious ways to do this on the GUi. The easiest is to pop open command:: shutdown /fw /r Once KDE Neon was on, I realized I still could not use 'escape' to get to the BIOS. WTF? Secure boot was off. The config erased. I can't find any settings to enable the escape key. It's simple on Linux to get to the firmware. One console command. sudo systemctl reboot --firmware-setup With KDE Neon, the system is working great, and exactly what I wanted it to be: An easy-to-carry-around to carry around Linux laptop I can toss in my bag with my Macbook Air, in case I need a Linux system. The screen is a nice repurposed tablet display. Looks good, even though it likes to boot to portrait mode. The keyboard is good. The keyboard Backlight is a little dim but OK. Trackpad works pretty well, but I had to dial its sensitivity way down on scrolling. The N150 is plenty quick for my use case (not gaming). I really would have preferred an N100 to make the battery last longer. the 24-Watt/hr battery will probably be able to be coddled into nearly four hours of unplugged time, but I think a high-output external battery pack will make that more tolerable. A Snapdragon version of this would be even cooler. The power brick is dangerous: It looks like a USB-C, but it's only the connector. It's really a 12v / 3 amp (36-watt) power brick. Plug anything else in, and you will likely fry it with this. With 2 USB-C ports, all my Mac accessories work here for extra ports / HDMI, etc. It would be 5 stars if Chuwi had left the escape key as it is supposed to be! I guess MS wanted that to make it harder to put an OS on the computer.

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Me encantó, es super pequeña, un poco más grande que un iPad mini. Pero puedo decir que va muy bien, pensé que sería más lenta pero la verdad me sorprendió el N150. Tengo una Asus que pagué casi lo mismo con Celeron, 64gb de almacenamiento y 4GB de ram, puedo decir que nada que ver. Muy fluida, funciona bien, era lo que buscaba para no cargar la otra de Core I5 que está más lenta. 3 horas de batería, depende de lo que hagas, me parece bien a mí para ser un equipo Intel con Windows

Good laptop 💻 good 👍

Esta computadora es excelente para llevar a todas partes. Los materiales son de alta calidad, el equipo se siente bien construido y el diseño es minimalista. La experiencia es similar a la que se tenía con mini portátiles de la década de los 2000, solo que actualizado con componentes modernos. Tiene solo 2 detalles a tener en cuenta. El primero es que se calienta bastante, aun cuando en las pruebas internas la temperatura se encuentra dentro de lo normal en el procesador, la carcasa sí experimenta mucho calor, tal vez porque es de metal. Otro punto importante es la batería, puede agotarse algo rápido, aunque en este sentido, se puede cargar con otras fuentes de energía, como una batería externa que ofrezca al menos 40wh de potencia. En general me parece que es un excelente equipo, ya que sus cualidades superan las pocas desventajas que puede tener. Lo recomiendo. He comprado un segundo equipo para mi madre, ojalá que también le sea útil.

El equipo no trae la garantía ni las calcomanías del teclado solo viene la mini book en la caja original, instructivo de inicio y eliminador de corriente.