When my home server recently died I was in a rush, and Amazon had Beelink EQ12's for next day delivery. The N100 made me think "Intel is back!". The article's

When my home server recently died I was in a rush, and Amazon had Beelink EQ12's for next day delivery. The N100 made me think "Intel is back!". The article's description is spot on - sips power (6W) yet snappy enough for day to day tasks. GPU isn't anything to write home about, but it supports hardware video codecs so it's fast enough for general web browsing. I'd guesstimate 10x improvement in MIPS/Watt over the GX-420CA based box it replaced. The Beelink EQ12 case made me wish I had more time to find what I was really after: the same hardware in a fanless box. Fans have to be cleaned, and if you every have to take the thing apart to blow the dust out be prepared for to spend an inordinately long time getting the all screws back in. It's entirely possible you will give up. But overall, it's a pretty awesome machine for the price. The N100 is undoubtedly the current sweet spot.