Pros: The performance of this laptop is as advertised. the speed of the processor and the DD4 RAM is amazing. Rendering video or multi-tasking is not a problem and the screen is beautiful. Very thin and sleek.

Cons: The SSD drive could be bigger. and not having a built in drive is a little bit of a problem, but the USB3 allows for fast transfer to an external drive. I have had Blue screen of death a few times and a few issues with staying in sleep mode, but I think those are associated with Windows 10

Other Thoughts: Would recommend. I use this as a mobile workstation for business and do a lot of multi-tasking, video editing, and photo editing.

Pros: Outstanding form factor, DDR4, M.2 SSD, plenty of power for a truly mobile workstation.

Cons: Received this mobile workstation with great anticipation as finally a truly thin and mobile laptop would have enough power for my workflow.

Unfortunately, the unit I received was defective and after RMA received a second unit that was also defective.

Other Thoughts: Both units had the same problems:

- Keyboard backlight did not change color or "zones"

- "NumLock On" did not work after changing setting in BIOS

- "Shift Gears" which adjust CPU/GPU power did not work

- multiple "missing .dll" errors on first power up then randomly on subsequent power ups

- Norton AntiVirus pop up warning about invalid key on first and subsequent power ups (couldn't get this to go away)

-Took over 1 hour for the units to boot into Windows

Very disappointed as I have wanted a truly thin and mobile workstation for a very long time. It appears MSI may have some issues with their firmware/hardware on the initial batch of these coming off the line.

I attempted to update the BIOS in hopes that it would solve some of the issues. The BIOS that the units had were more current than the ones available from MSI. Still, I "downgraded" the BIOS but all of the problems still persisted.

At this price point and professional user base, these should work straight out of the box. After the second laptop exhibited the exact same problems I gave up and requested a refund.

I would not recommend these new MSI workstations at this time; perhaps MSI can get their quality control in check and these will be worth a shot at a later time.

Thumbs up to Newegg as always for seamless support!

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Thomas,
Sorry to hear about the issue you reported. MSI products are made using the best possible components in the industry, therefore two systems with same issue is really rare. Please do not hesitate to contact us directly at usreview@msi.com or at our toll free support phone number at 888-447-6564 M-F 6am to 6pm pst. and provide us with the system serial number so that we can better assist you further and to help find the root cause and solution. thank you.

Thanks for choosing MSI

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com