First of all, I am not a professional reviewer or a gamer. My main application is photo/video editing, casual surfing, and media viewing.
1. Build quality: It is good! No complaints here. Screen being thin has a bit of movement to it, but not a big deal. No squeaking sounds. Very lightweight for this much performance!
2. Performance: It is fast! Right from booting up, to opening apps, it is really snappy. I haven't played games on it yet (don't think I will much) but most of the day-to-day apps run without any problems.
3. Thermals: For normal use, it runs cool and quiet No problems at all! I did a Lightroom import which pushed the CPU to 100 %, that time it got really hot at the bottom and bit warm at the top, with fans spinning at full speed. They are loud, but I don't find that a negative.
4. Display: I really like it! It gets quite bright (haven't tested in outdoor daylight but I think it's bright enough for that). It's calibrated very well out of the box with profiles for Adobe RGB, movies and so on. Content looks vibrant. A great screen for photo editing for sure.
5. Battery: It's not a super long battery life, but it should comfortably last for 5-6 hours for normal use. Heavy applications will drain it faster, but then ideally I'd do that when plugged in. Given a laptop this thin and powerful, battery life is pretty acceptable.
6. Sound: It's loud enough, not much bass to it though. Bottom firing speakers. Nothing to brag here, but definitely not terrible. I use headphones majority of times anyways.
7. MSI apps: I felt this is where this laptop shines. Creator center is amazing. Default display calibration, battery calibration, and many more apps make it really easy to update and manage the machine.
8. Other points: Keyboard was easy to get used to, touchpad is good (not the best out there, but not bad either). Ample ports. Fingerprint reader works fast (works well 80-85 % time).
Overall, very happy with the purchase! I will recommend this laptop to others!
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Processor | 2.6 GHz apple_ci7 |
| RAM | 32 GB SO-DIMM |
| Memory Speed | 2400 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | Dedicated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 32 GB |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 4 |
