When comparing Intel NUC vs Novasom Industries M7, the Slant community recommends Intel NUC for most people. In the question“What are the best single-board computers?” Intel NUC is ranked 13th while Novasom Industries M7 is ranked 62nd. The most important reason people chose Intel NUC is:
The Atom based Celeron and Pentium NUCs have a very low TDP of 10 or 15W.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Low TDPs
The Atom based Celeron and Pentium NUCs have a very low TDP of 10 or 15W.
Pro Intel based GPU
Almost any OS has support for the intel i9xx based GPUs.
Pro x86/amd64-based
Plenty of Operating Systems to choose.
Pro HDMI-CEC
6th gen+ models have CEC support.
Pro Industrial alternative of Pi3
Novasom Industries designed RASPMOOD that helps you to reaplce Pi3 immediately. It's a real plug and play.
You can see here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwn2kviXJZ0&feature=youtu.be
Pro This is a real industrial grade product
The users can get a lot more in terms of performance and moreover in industrial safety of the product (wide range protected power, don't eat µSD, available on logistic programmed production flow, technical assistance team always available and so on), without destroying them started project thanks to a compatible HW in form fit and functions.
Pro Access to the design team to discuss the options when the real solution requires additional functionality
This allows us to arrive at the optimum solution to our problems.
Pro OS works in RAM memory
It's stable and faster than on the MicroSD , and avoid the burn problem of the classic armbian installation.
Pro Low cost modification/customization are available.
Jusk ask!
Cons
Con Intel is a bitch
For an M2-port, HDR, better GPU power or more RAM support Intel wants you to buy the much higher priced iX-based models even if HDR would be possible on Atom GPU's.