I purchased a Prestige 15 and the back of the screen started to come off with less than 6 months of use (I found out later that it is a recurring problem with MSI laptops). I'm living abroad and the guarantee cannot be activated in my country. Totally disappointed with MSI, I don't recommend it to anyone.

MSI Prestige 15, UHD screen, 16GB RAM, 512GB capacity, Nvidia 1650 Max Q Consider this: If you buy the FHD (1080p) version, you'll get better battery life, and the laptop will generate less heat when under heavy load. The MSI Prestige 15 is an ultrabook. It's lightweight and thin, so there will be trade-offs regarding some of the complaints people have about this device. Overall, this laptop is impressive. It's got more input/output ports than most other ultrabooks (it even has two thunderbolt 3 ports). After trying 5 different premium ultrabooks, I'm sticking with the MSI Prestige 15. Fan noise - Yes, there will be noise when using this laptop under heavy load (gaming/video rendering/heavy multitasking). Not an issue with everyday use. This is normal for any ultrabook. When not under heavy load, the fans are either off or barely audible, in a quiet room. It's easy to toggle different power settings with the touch of a button. Heat - This laptop gets warm when under heavy load. Again, this is an ultrabook, so the cooling solution isn't going to be as efficient as a thicker laptop. Note: the i7-10710U Intel processor will run cooler than the i7-9750H, a common alternative in high-end ultrabooks. Unlike some ultrabooks, RAM on this device can be expanded beyond 16GB (up to 64). There's also an extra port for expanded capacity (mine came with 512GB). Build quality - The body is not as rigid (it's somewhat bendable) as I would like. Not because it's cheap, but because it's so thin and light. If they made this 1lb heavier with a thicker chassis, I would be happy. Be careful when traveling with this device. Performance - Adobe Premiere ran no problem on this laptop. Rendering a 7-minute 1080p@30fps video using a 2-pass VBR, 50 mbit video quality, and maxed depth took about 25 minutes. Using CBR, the same video took 3-4 minutes. - Gaming: The MSI Prestige 15 will run Starcraft 2, ultra settings, 4K @ 60fps without trouble - World of Warcraft, ultra, 4K @ 30fps. Change it to 1080p/ultra and it'll run past 60fps. - It will struggle with modern AAA games when set to ultra. Whatevs, thunderbolt 3 ports can hook this laptop up to an external GPU. Problem solved. The mouse pad is super smooth. I also dig the keyboard. Sound - I've heard better speakers, but this will suffice.

As a graphic designer I needed a laptop with a great display and the power to run big programs. This laptop checks those boxes with ease at a price much cheaper than similar laptops such as the Dell XPS 15. The display is color accurate out of the box, very bright, and 4K makes everything super crisp. The processor is a current gen i7 that makes light work of heavy programs like Photoshop and Premiere Pro. The dedicated graphics are powerful enough too. With the GTX 1650 I can run COD: Warzone at 60 frames at 1080p. The laptop runs cool and quiet a majority of the time. When gaming I do turn the fans to max to keep it cool and that gets a little loud. The battery life is good but not great mainly because of the bright 4K display. I can get about 8 hours of casual use but during work I'll get closer to 5 hours of use. The laptop charges with USB C which is super convenient and comes with 2 thunderbolt ports for it. In the package a dongle is included for a standard SD card, micro usb, an additional micro sd card, 2 additional usb type A, and an ethernet port.

I'm 36 and I've owned Dell desktops and laptops since I got my first Dell desktop for Christmas as a high school junior in 2001. At the time, it was top of the line and it actually carried me through until I finished college in 2008 and shortly thereafter. In 2008, laptops were taking over, so I decided to go with Dell due to my great experience. Since 2008, I've owned 2 Dell laptops that worked fine and I was happy with them (also easy to upgrade). Now in 2020, I was looking for something that could really withstand obsolescence. Instead of going for an i-3 with 8GB RAM and a factory video card, I wanted something I could have for more than just a few years at a time. I also record and master my own music. Enter the MSI Prestige. HEX core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GTX 1650 graphics card... this guy is blazing fast! The wireless card is amazing as well! My home office is in the basement and my router is upstairs and speedtest is showing 350mbps. As others have mentioned, it does run hot, so I decided to buy a laptop fan for it to sit on and have it constantly running, whether I'm browsing the net, recording music, or playing games on Steam. So you'll want to get one (mine was $20 and keeps it nice and cool with no issues). Now, if you're a hardcore gamer, you're going to want a better graphics card. This one definitely suits my needs as the games I play aren't super graphics-intensive. But from what I've read, the GTX 1650 will hold it's own for most things, but for the latest and greatest games, you're going to want to upgrade that. The build is solid. Nothing plastic about this machine. It's got weight to it, but I'll take it over a piece of plastic any day if it means longevity. Honestly, the Dells I was looking at in this price range just didn't seem to cover everything I was looking for in a major laptop purchase. I get so much more out of the MSI for the money. Plus, it's not goofy looking like most "gaming machines" but the Prestige is also MSI's foray into the "business computing" world. But do a search for the Dell G-Series gaming laptops, then compare them to the MSI Prestige and you'll see one looks like a toy, the other you could take into the office no problem. While I think this is my laptop for the foreseeable future, I think I'm an MSI convert. I think this machine is better built, looks better, and performs at a higher level (for the money) than the Dells I was also considering. I hope this review helps anyone considering this one!

I've had previously a Dell XPS from the last 4 years. When it came time to replace it, I was actually looking to get another Dell, however the most recent generation XPS has so many issues from overheating, to hardware incompatibility to customer service problems, this last one which I had experienced myself with the XPS that I had (I was given a run around for about 6 months and countless hours of call with support when I had BSOD, before I was given a replacement SSD which solved the issue once and for all), I decided to look for another maker. This is where MSI Prestige comes in. It is more than a pound lighter than current XPS. It has better thermal (combination of both 10th gen Intel even though 14Nm chip and the layout), dual SSD and pretty good battery. BestBuy sweetened the deal by offering the sku with 4K but only 16Gb RAM and 512 SSD. This way I got the 4K which has 100% Adobe color, and was still able to upgrade my own RAM to 32GB for reasonable price. What's not to like?