MSI - Prestige14EVO012 14" Laptop - Intel® Evo™ Platform - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Carbon Gray

So far I have only had this laptop for a few days but I have very good impressions so far. For the price I paid, this laptop is excellent. The Core i-7 Processor is quite fast. I have a couple of older desktop NUC systems running quad core i-5 processors and this laptop is easily about 50% faster. The graphics performance is probably double what those older NUC systems can do. I've installed all my games and programming tools. I pulled down a rather large project from GitHub and built it with no problems. Side-by-side with my older work laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad P1) which is double the price and a much more powerful 6 core Intel CPU, this laptop feels subjectively much, much faster. Partly because our IT department pollutes the build with invasive software like Crowdstrike, but also partly because the 11th gen Core CPUs are much much better than 9th gen. I included some Geekbench 5 comparison numbers between my older desktop NUC i5 system and this laptop. It's not even close. Pros: 16 GB and 1 TB drive are great. Decent build quality for the price. Fast CPU for an ultrabook. Display is not glossy! (no reflections) Boot and restart times are nothing short of amazing. Can play some light games with ease. (League of Legends, Company of Heroes 2, Rocket League didn't cause significant fan noise) Size and weight are amazing. Two thuderbolt 4 ports! Cons: Keyboard isn't up to Thinkpad quality. It's not terrible, just not great. Pre-installed anti-virus software causes laggy behavior in many applications. MSI chose to use a PCIe 3.0 NVMe drive instead of PCIe 4.0 which means slower than it could have been. But still pretty fast. Display could be a little bit better. A single USB 2.0 (2.0!) plug.

Great graphics...not my favorite keyboard, but I solved that with an external. Responds super quick, and set up was painless.

After considerable research and debate, the decision was made to purchase this absolutely wonder machine. It's much faster with better graphics than the one I replaced. All the bells and whistles work like a charm, including blue tooth and cast to tv

Couldn't be happier. This replaced what I thought was the best laptop ever. This one is smaller, lighter, and faster and I really do like it.....(SO FAR). Not expecting problems but if I do I believe Best Buy will help to solve it. The keyboard it lit, you can turn it off if you so desire. The keyboard is also very quiet. Still getting familiar with all the bells and whistles but can't find anything I don't like.

I really wanted to like this machine, but a lot held me back from keeping it. Your mileage may vary, but I would recommend coming into this machine knowing it's a machine that makes compromises. Pro - great value for these specs and size. Love the size - I think more manufacturers need to make machines in this size. Great looks, the blue is nice and I like the matte screen. Nice keyboard and I liked the extra large track pad. The carrying case in the box was a great extra. Cons - bad thermals, the fan on this thing runs often and runs LOUD. This was a deal breaker for me, but if you can deal with this, may not be for you. Another concern of mine was the build quality - lots of flexing and inconsistent fit. At this price point, I guess you have to expect some corners cut, but if you are looking for something that's more solid feeling, look at the similarly spec'd options from Dell or HP.

Very happy with the purchase. This is my first purchase from MSI. I had used Dell, HP before, but was tempted seeing this specs from MSI and its price. Finally, I got this one for 899$ and here is my experience: 1. Experience opening this package was great starting the way it was designed, packed and the provided a bonus case. 2. Device was light, ease to setup and easy to carry 3. Tried running various work programs and it works great as of now. 4. Battery life is decent enough

We had an older laptop that needed replacement. This MSI laptop checked four important boxes for us; an i7 processor for power, 16 GB RAM for performance, a SSD hard drive for speed, and the 14 inch from factor for lighter weight. It has proven to be an exceptional laptop.

Excellent workhorse computer that has plenty of internal storage. The Iris XE Graphics are great for light gaming and video editing software, and the size of this "ultrabook" isn't hindered by a large graphics card. The single cooling fan is a bit loud when you're running some programs and the speakers are pretty quiet, but I usually use headphones anyway. 4/5