Chuwi Minibook X Review: A Modern Netbook Revival with Solid Specs
By
Tyler Cipriani
1h ago· 7 min readenReview
100/100
Golden Brown
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Summary
The Chuwi Minibook X is a modern take on the classic netbook — a 10.5-inch x86_64 sub-ultrabook with 16GB RAM and a 512GB NVMe drive. While netbooks are considered dead, this budget-friendly device fills that niche with decent specs for a utility laptop. The author shares their positive experience using it as a knock-around laptop, noting only one major Linux compatibility quirk.
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The Minibook X is a 10.5″ x86_64 sub-ultrabook with 16GB RAM, a 512GB NVMe drive, and only one majorly annyoing Linux quirk.
The more I tote it around, the more I'm having with this ridiculous little computer.
Much like the netbooks of yore, the Minibook is a budget machine. But it's 2026, so even budget machines pack more oomph than I need from a utility laptop.
Netbooks are dead, but the Chuwi Minibook X scratches the same
itch.
