Nextec Mintbook

The Nextec Mintbook is a product line of mid-range, general purpose laptops designed and manufactured by Nextec. Its first model was launched on March 2019 in the Philippines, with a North American release on May 2019 and an European release on August 2019.

It's competitors include Apple's Macbook Air/Pro, Acer's Swift 3/5, Dell's XPS, HP's Envy/Spectre, Huawei's Matebook, Lenovo's Ideapad S340/S540/S740, and Microsoft's Surface Laptop 2 and 3.

Mintbook 14 (2019 model)
The first generation of the Mintbook 14 was launched on March 2019 in the Philippines, with a North American release on May 2019 and an European release on August 2019. The first generation of the Mintbook 14 featured an unique, colorful design. It's available in four colors (Forrest Green, Charcoal Black, Ocean Blue, and Joyful Yellow). While the thickness and weight are similar to its competitors (e.g. Acer Swift 3, Apple Macbook Pro, Dell XPS, and HP Envy), some of the compromises have to be made, while maintaining its premium-like feel.
 * 14-inch Full HD IPS display
 * Intel® Core™ i5-8265U or Intel® Core™ i7-8565U processor
 * 8GB or 16GB of dual-channel DDR4 system memory
 * 512GB of NVMe SSD storage
 * Intel UHD 620 with optional dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics chip
 * 54Whr battery
 * 1x Thunderbolt 3/USB-C, 2x USB 3.1-A, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x Ethernet, 1x SD card slot
 * Microsoft Windows 10 Home Edition 64-Bit

Both the Intel® Core™ i5-8265U and Intel® Core™ i7-8565U models feature a color gamut of approximately 100% sRGB. The version of the NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU on the Mintbook is based on the full-powered 25W version. The addition of the GeForce MX150 dedicated GPU allows to do some casual/light gaming at 720p, low settings.

Mintbook 14 (2020 model)
The Mintbook 14 received an Ice Lake update on January 2020. The second generation of the Mintbook 14 features the following specifications: The chassis for the second generation model had to be redesigned in order to have an optimal airflow and temperature. In addition to the integrated Intel Iris Plus G7 Graphics, both models will have an optional dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics chip. Like the first generation Mintbook 14, the 25W version of NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics chip is still used.
 * 14-inch Full HD IPS display
 * Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 or Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 processor
 * 8GB or 16GB of dual-channel LPDDR4 system memory
 * 512GB of NVMe SSD storage
 * Intel Iris Plus G7 Graphics with optional dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX250 graphics
 * 54Whr battery
 * 1x Thunderbolt 3/USB-C, 2x USB 3.1-A, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x Ethernet, 1x SD card slot
 * Microsoft Windows 10 Home Edition 64-Bit

Mintbook 14 (Tiger Lake model)
Recently, a Tiger Lake variant of the Mintbook 14 would be released on December 2020. It would be similar to the Ice Lake model with the following specifications:


 * 14-inch Full HD IPS display
 * Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 or Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7 processor
 * 8GB or 16GB of dual-channel LPDDR4 system memory
 * 512GB of NVMe SSD storage
 * Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics with optional dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX350 graphics
 * 54Whr battery
 * 1x Thunderbolt 4/USB-C, 2x USB 3.1-A, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x Ethernet, 1x SD card slot
 * Microsoft Windows 10 Home Edition 64-Bit

Mintbook 14a
The AMD variant of the second generation Mintbook 14 was released on July 2020. One major change from the Intel variant is that the processor is based on AMD's Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) mobile processors. In addition to that, The Thunderbolt 3 functionality from the USB Type-C was removed, since Thunderbolt 3 is only available on Intel's mobile processors. The technical specifications for the AMD model include the following:
 * 14-inch Full HD IPS display
 * AMD Ryzen 5 4500U or AMD Ryzen 7 4700U
 * 8GB or 16GB of dual-channel LPDDR4 system memory
 * 512GB of NVMe SSD storage
 * AMD Radeon RX Vega Graphics with optional NVIDIA GeForce MX350 graphics
 * 54Whr battery
 * 1x USB-C, 2x USB 3.1-A, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x Ethernet, 1x SD card slot
 * Microsoft Windows 10 Home Edition 64-Bit

Mintbook 15 (2021 model)
After some leaks and speculation, Nextec confirmed that a 15-inch version of the Mintbook is currently in development. It was originally for release in early 2021, but it was delayed to Q2 2021 due to the release of new processors/GPUs such as the Tiger Lake-H series CPUs from Intel and the laptop version of NVIDIA's GeForce 30-series GPUs.


 * 15-inch 1080p IPS or 4K OLED panel
 * Intel Core i5-11300H or Intel Core i7-11375H
 * 16GB of dual-channel LPDDR4 system memory
 * 512GB of NVMe SSD storage
 * NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q or RTX 3060 Max-Q
 * 80Whr battery
 * 1x Thunderbolt 3/USB-C, 2x USB 3.1-A, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x Ethernet, 1x SD card slot
 * Microsoft Windows 10 Home Edition 64-Bit

All models

 * Nextec System Panel
 * Nextec eWarranty