Intel’s NUC M15 productivity laptop will give smaller brands new encouragement to take on the likes of Dell and HP. It’s part of Intel’s ‘Next Unit of Computing’ or NUC line (pronounced “Knuck”) that has so far been concentrating on mini desktop PCs, especially compact gaming rigs.
The NUC M15, codenamed ‘Bishop Country’, is a customizable base unit or a laptop Equipment that can be retrofitted with different storage options. Intel doesn’t sell its NUC line of products directly to consumers but partners with brands that customize and sell these products under their own names.
Intel NUC M15 specifications The Intel NUC M15 is a 15.6-inch and laptop that weighs below 1.7 kg. It has a CNC anodized aluminum frame that is 14.9mm (0.59 in) thick and gets in two color choices: Shadow Grey and Black.
The NUC M15 has been built to hold up Intel’s new 10nm, 11th-generation Tiger Lake processors. The choices are among Core i5-1135G7 and Core i7-1165G7 quad-core processors. The laptop will also feature Intel’s new Iris Xe integrated graphics declared last month.
Intel declared that the NUC M15’s 73 Who battery can carry up to 16 hours of video playback on a device. The laptop also holds up fast charging and is state to give a four-hour video playback with 30 minutes of charging. The laptop also occurs with Wi-Fi 6.
Intel statement the new laptop is built on the lines of its Project Athena an initiative the company said will focus on fine-tuning performance and experience on ultraportable laptops. Although the NUC M15 does not fall in the ultraportable class , Intel says that the NUC M15 can get the Intel ‘Evo’ branding introduced by Intel prior to this year for premium ultraportables that have undergone huge testing and validation at the design stage depending on the final customizations included by the brands that sell it.
Intel NUC M15 price and accessibility Intel hasn’t started what brands will sell customizations depending on the NUC M15 ‘Bishop County’ but has said that the laptop will become accessible starting January 2021.
And while the final price of the product will depend on its layout as well as on the pricing plan of brands that customize and sell it, Intel says that it expects the NUC M15-based laptops to be cost around between $999 and $1,499 (roughly Rs. 74,000 and Rs. 104,000).
