MSI Stealth 16 AI Studio 16” 240Hz QHD+ Gaming Laptop: Intel Core Ultra 9-185H, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5, 1TB NVMe SSD, Thunderbolt 4, Win 11 Pro: Star Blue A1VGG-036US

Dead pixels, random blue screens and constant over heating. If you’re going to spend this kind of money, don’t go with MSI.

I'm loving this laptop. I'm in engineering school, and this is the kind of laptop I need for portability and power. It's less than an inch thick, and super lightweight for its size. I bought an ROG M16 before this, and this feels lighter than that machine, and it's significantly sturdier. I have to run software like Solidworks and AutoCAD/Revit/Fusion 360 all the time. The RTX 4070 and the 64GB of RAM help a lot with multitasking, and are great for having multiple resource-intensive programs open at the same time. The battery will actually get me through a full day of note-taking in classes (~6hrs) and still have battery left over for homework at the end of the night, as opposed to my old tablet, which was a ROG Flow Z13 with an i9. When testing the Thunderbolt transfer speeds, I was easily able to hit over 1GB/sec with a Thunderbolt m.2 enclosure and a PCIe 3.0 SSD. The Steelseries keyboard is amazing to type on for long periods of time, and I have a very low error rate on this keyboard. I keep the RGB off though to save battery, so I can't comment on that. The numpad is functional, though it is cramped and I struggle to use it efficiently in Excel. I haven't hit the power button accidentally yet so far, and I don't think I will thanks to the button being located over to the right side of the numpad. The screen is awesome, some would say Retina quality. It is a matte display, as expected, though there is a good amount of backlight bleed on one spot on the bottom edge of the display by the MSI logo. It's particularly visible on a black screen on bootup, but I don't really notice it in Windows. In games, it might be a bit annoying when in a dark scene.A few things need to be clarified though - MSI says that this laptop has a 100% magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis. This is true, though it's not a CNC monoblock chassis like you'd expect from someone like Razer or Apple. While there is still absolutely zero flex in the deck of this laptop, there is still some flex in the lid when twisted. The metal case is cool to the touch when the unit is off, but the bottom of the case will get uncomfortably warm quickly if you're using the machine on your lap, as the name "laptop" would imply. Since it's a metal case, it can retain heat longer than a comparable plastic case.MSI also bills this laptop as "fingerprint-proof", as denoted by the prominent sticker on the laptop body. This is bunk. I don't think I have particularly oily skin, but within a week of owning this machine, my fingerprints were all over the top case and lid. It's pretty hard to get the fingerprints off, though the non-brushed aluminum skin makes it easier to fix than a brushed finish.Overall, it's a damn good laptop with a few flaws, though they can be resolved in a future version. A note on the MUX switch - the machine needs to be rebooted every time the switch is changed from discrete to integrated.