Lenovo ThinkCentre M90n Nano Review - Tiny PC
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2020
- Lisa Gade reviews the Lenovo ThinkCentre M90c Nano, a NUC Windows 10 PC that’s part of Lenovo’s M Series Tiny line of diminutive desktops. With a footprint not much bigger than an iPhone 11 Pro Max, the M90n Nano is as capable as any Ultrabook laptop. It’s available with Intel 8th gen quad core CPUs up to a Core i7, and Intel vPro is an option. It has up to 16GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM, M.2 NVMe SSDs, TPM 2.0 and a host of ports including two USB-C Gen. 2 ports, 4 USB-A and a full size DisplayPort. We use it connected to a 4K LG monitor via that DisplayPort.
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I just love the clarity in your voice, flawless presentation.
Love your channel Lisa. No clickbait, No fake thumbnail, No inflated fake personality. Just honest and thorough product reviews. It's a dying breed unfortunately, so I cherish every time I see a great channel on RUclips. Thanks!
We use mini-PCs at the ER I work in. Every room and every COW (computer on wheels) has one for running EPIC for bedside charting. Saves much space
God I so wish the hospital I was in had that it sounds amazing. This one had massive rigs with massive battery boxes and massive cooling fans. Was a bloody gigantic mess.
I love my Thinkcentre. If it ever needs to go, this tiny PC will be the perfect replacement to fit my tiny home.
i guess Im asking the wrong place but does anybody know a trick to log back into an instagram account?
I was dumb lost the password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
@Joseph Kellen Instablaster =)
I have a thinkcentre at work and that thing is so quick. I came here to see what the reviews were for me because I want to personally buy one. Thanks for the review.
Thank you Thing 1.
This would be great for an Internet access point and basic usage profiles.
Great review - as Always!!!! Thank you!!!
You're still awesome, thanks for the videos!
another great review! keep it up!
Brilliant review Lisa, though at first I thought it was a Windows palm top 🤔 with its own built in display and keyboard
i would love one of these and install pop os on it, it seems like it would a reasonably powerful computer
Great review
Great review, thank you !
6.05 minutes used efficiently for this review. Bravo Lisa 👍🏼
Yeah babe ❤️😘❤️
Hi, just wondering, what about the power draw?
Looking at a i5 8gb version and wondering would this run obs studio to stream via a xbox . Only would be running the streaming software not gaming . Thanks
Quick question, could i carry this around safely if i fly frequently given that i somewhat pack it snuggly ?
Comparing this to a NUC, I'll take the NUC due it's RAM slots, M2 slot and 2.5" drive bay if you buy that model and the Gen 8 had Thunderbolt too. Plus you can buy the NUC hat's for extra USB ports and other stuff.
Great videos. Solid content.
I also love your t-shirts!
2020 and im waiting AMD to make move on this kind of tiny PC with their Ryzen 4000 series
Also I want AMD to get their own version of PCIe-over-USB solution, like thunderbolt.
Yeah same, wont buy any pc until thé ryzen 4800 hit the market
Only a matter of months till more Ryzen 4000 computere rolls out.
Yes!
@@ironmango4880 Holy fuck power consumption would be tiny with just 35w.
It looks neat because I only use my PC for my music collection, but it’s huge.
Where do you get your T-shirts? I've seen dozens of them but I haven't figured out how get one!
Cool for meeting rooms and home media centres
Could this be a good option for on the go contiq users? Mobile studio pros are super expensive.
Excellent review Thing 1!
Hello
Should I get the M90n-1 or the Raspberry PI 4b?
My main uses will be as my external HD to download my photos and videos and to run the qDSLR Dashboard server to control my cameras (that requires Linux).
With the Raspberry, it seems much cheaper, but when I add the 8GB option, the enclose (though there are slick 3.5" touchscreen ones for $25), a good quality USB HD enclosure that will be limited to 3.0 speeds and the M.2 SSD and the microSD card.
In both cases, the idea is to use a smartphone with HDMI capture adapter and a foldable Bluetooth keyboard with touchpad. Would power the setup with the TP-Link 20.000 mAh in both cases.
Or should I forget about those options and go with a small laptop instead?
Love your honest reviews
Awesome Review as always ma'am! I wonder about that antenna though. The intel 9260 is a 2x2 mimo card, so one antenna doesn't make sense for it. I suspect it might just be for the Bluetooth since it is lower power and only needs one.
The 2nd antenna is embedded. Just like the 3x sized Tiny.
Good review thanks
Nothing surprises me after seeing (and owning) the 2016 Intel Compute Stick. That thing was cheap, efficient and effective. But this looks great if you need a lot more bang in a small case.
Can it do 3x 4k monitors at 60hz?
Lisa, if you have a stripped screw in plastic, sometimes you can slip a thin piece of metal or stiff plastic between the pieces and cause enough of a bind on the stripped threads to unscrew it. There's another way, rather unconventional though. Use a soldering iron on the head of the screw just enough to slightly melt the plastic around the screw threads. Be patient and let it cool all the way down. Then take a can of liquid air turn it upside down and chill the screw head. The sudden temperature drop helps release any plastic that has stuck to the screw. Very carefully use a new, undamaged, proper size driver, and without applying any downward force, unscrew the fastener. You can also mix a little baking soda and water into a thick paste and coat the end of your screwdriver very sparingly, then let it dry. The grit from the baking soda will help fill any gaps between the driver tip and the inside of the screw head and also help keep the screwdriver from slipping out.
If you know a serious engine builder, borrow some cloves valve lapping compound from him. Use that instead of the baking soda slurry.
I love your videos and reviews and hope this helps you. I have over 50 years of experience in manufacturing custom laboratory equipment. For fun, I also build custom parts for cars motorcycles and boats along with special tooling. Not as much anymore though, getting too old.
This seems to be a decent product capable of a great amount of things.
Even though the cooling seems to lack in this case.
It is passively cooled only or it is also active cooled?
No one would be able to passively cool an i7 in such a tiny case.
Active, fan-cooled
The biggest use case in a business environment is to use them a thin access clients. That is a single remote desktop kiosk, connecting to a virtualised VM environment like citrix, RDP, and or VMWare. Else display kiosks is also another. For most consumers, you may be better served by one of Lenovo's Tiny ThinkCentres. Some of the Tinies have GPUs built, in and are quite beefy as a low spec workstation.
Kudos for spelling Centre correctly :)
Is it for portable used too?
It would be interesting if they combined the Nano and keyboard like the Atari ST or Commodore 64. It would allow more room for cooling, and make a nice family PC, connected to the family HD TV. Offer an optional external GPU/HD expansion kit. It would have to have a thunderbolt port though.
Ty Lisa👍🏼 ..great as a Travel 🧳 Companion or to Use for any non smart TV 📺 ...in my Opinion 😁
These would be great at schools that way we could get more computers due to it being around a 10th of the pcs we have at school
Wow, impressive. But I wonder if another computer that was twice the size (which is still very small) but much cheaper wouldn't satisfy most people in a desktop environment. You can still shove it into an unused corner, behind your monitor or under your desk without it using up any workspace.
You can buy extremely small form factor PCs. Lots of companies make them. They can get very beefy.
@@emailjustinbyrd Yeah that's right. I question the use case for this, most times small enough is good enough if you're short of room without necessarily paying a huge premium. To be honest if I needed something that small, I'd just get a bigger desk.
Tiny monitor TIO compatible?
I have this model in my room and it’s perfect for watching anime, Netflix, and RUclips. I also use it to offload pictures from my iPhone to free up space on my phone. It really is a capable computer even after two years of ownership. Mine has the i8265u processor with 256gb hard drive.
Is the i3 good for 4k stream?
That's so cool.
This is going for 400 usd at the moment (4 core i5, 8GB ram and 512GB SSD) which honestly makes me want to buy one even though I have no use for it. I doubt the deal will last very long
I bought one. I use it as a media center. Will be using this to play HBO Max and Peacock TV until they are both available on Roku.
What the hell is that heatsink box and the pen thing they keep showing ??
ANyone know which monitor that is?
Can I get it with LTE
How big is the power brick? It's all very well to have a compact PC, but if the power brick is huge what's the benefit?
You can hook it up for power via USB-C.
would be nice to have another PC on the side to do basic stuff on without having to power up the gaming rig just to watch youtube. plus it's mobile!
Alright... But will this run dota?
Which cable should I use to connect it to a regular monitor ? Does it come with the package ?
I will figure you mean HDMI, for "regular" ... There are Displayport to HDMI cables, likewise USB-c to HDMI. If you wanted VGA analog it would be more complex, and probably require an external hub.
Yes, a USB-C to HDMI adapter came with mine
Where is Thing 2?
Hey Lisa, when can we expect a hands on review of the Dell XPS 13 2020?
Mainly want to know how good the speakers are now that they are bottom facing.
can i use it for skype without glitch?
I like it. I would think if they had just added a second display port, that would met almost any business requirement. More and more frequently, two LCD/monitors are required now. Most people need to live with at least one application open all the time (Outlook, e-mail, scheduling, whatever) and another area (LCD) for their actual work (word processing, spreadsheeting, business apps, etc.). Other than that, I think this is the perfect mini/micro PC for business. Probably meets the needs of most home-based users as well. Perfect for the front reception desk and for mom!
If you look on the thumbnail, you'll see the included USB-C to DP adapter for a second display. It can run two displays, or better yet if you get a newer monitor that supports power and display over USB-C it will take power from the display and put DP back up the cable to the monitor.
I haven't seen you in my feed for a while Lisa....where have you been?
This is pretty sleek. Does it or any others support external touch screen monitors?
Where the heck is thing 2?
Would be cool if the ThinkPad USB-C dock could slide into that monitor
Are you NUCs?
Considering the price of a barebones NUC, this seems like a fair deal.
Really? 🙄
@@simongreaves210 only relative to the nuc. I personally would much rather build a mini rig which isn't limited to a low tdp cpu and will be better value in terms of performance.
Missing HDMI and SIM mobile BB
Haven't Giada been making these for years.
Maybe, but that company name sounds like an STD so no one is going to buy anything from them in English speaking countries.
this could be great for people wanting to host game servers for their friends locally, assuming it copes well with extended high loads.
I’m happy with my 8th gen i5 NUC, cheaper and with thunderbolt
Any link?
markun petrucci Model BOXNUC8i5BEK1, got it from newegg a while back. I believe there are newer models now.
Angultra Of course they are cheaper it’s a barebones unit. When you’ve added ram, ssd and win10 it works out more expensive.
I would use this to share files connected to and SSD or possibly a VPN Network Bridge. There is so much you could with these. Basically you can use this as a small office server OR floor displays. Lenovo is really doing a lot to convince the public to buy their products lately. The other great product is the their thinkbook plus. I actually thought HP was heading in the PC Nirvana direction but lately they've been moving to the highend premium market which they don't have a chance at winning in the consumer market. That winner would be Apple
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love watching your videos lisa ,, very imformative ,, great presentation,, right now on ebay levono tiny pc,, i5 8th gen is around 120 to 150 dollars,, would not recomend the 4gb model because it has 2gb x2 solderd on the levono tiny motherborad,, i do like this levovo but i would not buy it i will keep my Dell Optiplex 5050 Micro Intel Core i7 7700T DDR4 16GB RAM,, 1tb SSD Win10 ,, i upgraded to windows 11 in it ,, for my office it still hooks back of my dell monitor ,, i will keep watching your videos
Attach it to Kamvas pro and you have diy Wacom workstation, but with cables and no battery.
They made it portable, yay. But, what's the point? It's meant to sit on a desk and be connected to a monitor.
It could use SD / microSD card slots..
Cloud computing will make products like these obsolete. Offering an unbeatable physical size (invisible) and superior performance (full gaming pc performance). Both cloud computing and these tiny computers need you to find a screen and peripherals so I think that is checkmate.
I am looking at getting a shadow cloud virtual windows subscription, has Lisa ever tried any of these type of services? This shadow one offers a full windows computer to run on any device.
$130 Lenovo ideapad 130S Celeron N4000 competitor?
Cant wait for Alderlake ultra mobile and AMD 5000/6000U series
Super
Hmmm....this makes me wonder if Lenovo makes a USB keyboard that is the same as the keyboards found in their Thinkpads. Do they? I'd buy one to use with my iPads, for sure!
....and, as it turns out, they defintely do! They even make Thinkpad branded versions of it, and they're fairly cheap on Amazon! :D
@@GaryR55 Watch out though, the micro USB port fails regularly on them, the bluetooth one has the same USB port so will probably fail quickly to. I bought one in August 2017 and it broke a couple of days ago and that was well looked after. Shame because I love the trackpointer and the typing experience. Pity as there doesn't seem to be any alternative to it and looks like Lenovo aren't developing it anymore.
@@pageboy1974 They just announced a new USB-C version at CES this year. On sale in a few months
@@StewartStewart Interesting, thanks for that, does look about the same quality as the old one which after 7 years and asking $100 for it is a bit disappointing. Here is a little review of it someone did at CES. ruclips.net/video/IKcvrlwy2Ug/видео.html
Around this price getting a CompuLab Airtop with crazy desktop level performance in tiny well cooled case makes much more sense. Lisa please do a review of the Airtop!!
Not made in China? WTF is this sorcery?
Have one of these with quad core 8 thread cpu and something beefier in the gpu department and I will gladly consider it.
thanks for the video.
At last people have sense. Break out box is necessary. Those cumbersome ones earlier.
This is very good for playing SKYRIM
There is no Ryzen 3400g edition?
Maisonier m75q
@@yemail5555 Thanks. I Also see on aliexpress the chatreey s1. But now Im looking for something with the 4800u
Plz add more broll
Lon.TV did a video about this guy!
I didn't need a Tiny PC until you mentioned it. Now I need a Tin- 1:33 never mind
Heh, something you gotta give up, the thing gives you Core performance in a cellphone package... but at least the storage is not soldered on. That would really blow.
mini ITX is still pretty small, and AMD APUs are getting better all the time.
@@teaspoon966 whats the benefit of soldering down the ram ?
@@darkarchon777 Oh, it sucks that it's soldered. But the thing is as big as a smartphone and it gets a pass imho. I would get an itx instead, but this one has an impressive size nonetheless.
@@darkarchon777 Ram slots take up alot more space than you would think. It's in the effort to get it smaller.
This could be a portable desktop for normal use. intresting. Please review hp line up also, please.
you can get a very portable laptop with the same specs for the same price
I’d love to see one of these with an eight core AMD Ryzen 4000 APU.
Jake Sullivan this one has a previous generation Ryzen 3000 APU that only has four cores. Zen 2 for mobile just got released at CES, so I’m pretty sure it’ll take a little while
@@ElZamo92 3400G is a desktop APU while the 4000 series that just launched are mobile chips
Jake Sullivan I know it’s confusing, but the 3000 series Ryzen APUs (CPUs with integrated graphics) no matter if it’s mobile or not, are based on Zen+, which only had quad cores for these types of processors.
Have you calculated its volume instead of its thickness? I argue that the NUC (K, not the H) occupies less space. And that would be with the antennae inside.
Lenovo: bringing the 'dongle life' to the desktop
The video didn't say anything about whether or not this could be VESA mounted to the back of a monitor or not.
Also of less importance how much power does this thing draw? Is it in the 15 watts or 40 watt range?
So can't you get a same-spec laptop for the same price and get a battery, keyboard and display for free?
YMMV but I use stuff like this to drive large information displays.
@@TSAlpha2933 but aren't there more cost-effective solutions for that? Like raspberry?
You drive a hard bargain.
@@TSAlpha2933 laptop can be attache with a big screen
It's honestly for a really niche market.
Can I add and external gpu?
No thunderbolt so it seems like you can't.
Buy one and find out
@@simongreaves210 why should I waste my money when someone can give me and answer
Gone are the times you could even buy a Mac mini for 500$. Yeah they weren't that expensive a few years ago.
I think you're having a "I remember back in the day when" moment. Macs were about the same price back then as they are now. The last time a Mac mini started at $500 ($499 or $650 adjusted for inflation) was fifteen years ago before they went to Intel processors. Then they jumped to $599 or about $750 adjusted for inflation. Today they start at $799 or about $50 more than the first Intel models.
Y pensar que esa máquina la nano la ensambló yo en lenovo Mty.
I preffer buy this PC than all in ones, i had a Lenovo all in one and was awfull just 2 years of lífe a true shame, thanks good video.
It’s very precious! So small!
you can get an ultrabook that comes with an actual display and input devices built into a convenient package for the same price :)
Right, but those are significantly wider. Two different use cases.
Put a ryzen CPU in it and I'm sold
They're also available with Ryzen CPU's, the M75n.
this tiny thing is huge.
Damn. Couldn't pry it open huh?