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NitroPad X230
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      **Warning:** The CPU in this computer no longer receives microcode updates from Intel. Without microcode updates, Qubes OS cannot ensure that this computer is secure against CPU vulnerabilities. While this computer remains certified for Qubes OS Release 4, we recommend that prospective buyers consider a newer Qubes-certified computer instead.

The `NitroPad X230 <https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitropad-x230-67>`__ is :doc:`officially certified </user/hardware/certified-hardware/certified-hardware>` for Qubes OS Release 4.

|Photo of the NitroPad X230|

The `NitroPad X230 <https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitropad-x230-67>`__ offers users unprecedented control over the security of their hardware. Key features include:

- Tamper detection through measured boot with `coreboot <https://www.coreboot.org/>`__, `Heads <https://github.com/osresearch/heads/>`__, and Nitrokey USB hardware, including support for :doc:`Anti Evil Maid (AEM) </user/security-in-qubes/anti-evil-maid>`

- Deactivated `Intel Management Engine <https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intelme>`__

- User-replaceable cryptographic keys

- Included Nitrokey USB key

- Professional ThinkPad hardware based on the `ThinkPad X230 <https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X230>`__

- Security-conscious shipping to mitigate against third-party `interdiction <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdiction>`__



.. |Photo of the NitroPad X230| image:: /attachment/site/nitropad-x230.jpg
   :target: https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop/product/nitropad-x230-67