Differences between the Nitrokey NitroPad V56 and the NovaCustom V56 Series

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What’s the difference between these two? They look the same to me.

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It’s the same thing the only difference is the price

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Same frame but different SSD/ RAM. I prefer Nova Custom’s Goodram

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NovaCustom participated in last Qubes OS summit and contributes on coreboot development for their laptops. I don’t know if Nitrokey is doing the same with regards to Qubes OS / coreboot.

The two laptop are based on the same frame from Clevo.

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RAM modules are same for both, from goodram.

  • Novacustom equest payed subscription for coreboot-heads support, provide patches and updates to bios much faster then Nitrokey.

  • Novacustom ship for free over 500euro orders and include tax in checkout, accept paypal only from Europe.

  • Novacustom allow personal customization to orders.

  • From Nitrokey, Device branded as Nitrokey product.

  • Nitrokey let clients to choose SSD’s from Samsung.

  • Nitrokey have custom bios for their own devices, and updates may arrive with delay compare to Nitrokey.

  • Nitrokey don’t request additional subscription for firmware support.

  • Nitrokey accept paypal worldwide, don’t include tax in checkout and no free shipping.

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The NovaCustom V56 has recertification for Dasharo + Heads, whereas the NitroPad V56 does not:

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I see. Then I get the NovaCustom V56.