Chinese device maker N-one has revised its NBook Fly laptop series with a new Comet Lake-based Xeon processor, but it’s arguably not a significant upgrade from earlier specifications, as revealed by Notebookcheck. If you crave more visual workspace for multitasking, this laptop’s dual-screen design is sure to appeal. At just $899, it’s quite reasonably priced given the features, but the dated processor and lack of a dedicated GPU might be a significant compromise, depending on your workflow. And that’s not to mention the potential for duties and tariffs that may drive the price well above $,1000.
N-one is a rather niche Chinese brand that specializes in laptops, tablets, and mini-PCs, with limited distribution and products available globally. Even the laptop in question today is only available from Banggood, which is a Chinese direct-to-consumer online retailer. The brand offers several laptop models, including dual-screen and traditional clamshell designs, to meet the needs of most consumers.
N-one’s NBook Fly family is a competitor the Asus Duo product line. So far, the only model in N-one’s lineup includes CPUs based on architectures that are half a decade old, which is obviously far from ideal. The NBook Fly originally featured a 14nm fabbed i7-10850H CPU with 6 cores / 12 threads, based on Intel’s Comet Lake architecture. The revised model upgrades this to a Xeon W-10885M, wielding 8 cores / 16 threads based on the same design, with faster clock speeds, support for ECC memory, and workstation-optimized iGPU drivers.
The key selling point is the dual-screen design, featuring a primary 16-inch 1920×1200 display atop a secondary 14.1-inch 3840×1110 touchscreen (both IPS) that automatically deploys when you open the laptop. Beneath that is a standard keyboard with a touchpad to the right. The laptop comes configured with 16GB of DDR4 memory and a 1TB SSD, with two SODIMMs and two M.2 2280 SSD slots in total. Connectivity technologies are slightly behind the curve, featuring Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2.
