This coverage at Computex 2019 has been sponsored by MSI, without them I wouldn’t be here
to check out all of these new laptops.
I’ve previously covered MSI’s new gaming laptops in another video, this time we’re
going to see what’s going on over on the professional side. These machines are aimed
more towards creators and designers for instance rather than those after pure gaming performance.
At Computex Nvidia announced that they would be introducing the studio badge to creator
laptops, and these are exactly the soft of machines that we’ll see fall into this category.
In general they tend to have things different creators are after, such as quadro graphics
for example.
Let’s start off by looking at MSI’s prestige series, these are basically their laptops
for creators.
First up is the P65 Creator, which looks very similar to MSI’s GS65 Stealth from the gaming
lineup except in white, they seem to share the same chassis. Like many other recent laptops,
they’ve been refreshed with Intel's latest 9th gen CPUs, so up to 8 cores and with Nvidia
RTX graphics. Otherwise it seems to differ from the GS65 by having a fingerprint scanner,
and option of 4K UHD screen with close to 100% sRGB coverage. If there’s one thing
I’d like to see added in future would be an SD card slot. The P75 is the bigger brother
to the P65, and is pretty similar to the GS75 from the gaming side.
Next up we’ve got the PS63 modern, which is a 15 inch laptop. This one is still using
Intel’s 8th gen CPUs because it’s using the U series chips, however the graphics have
been updated to Nvidia GTX 1650 in the highest specced 8SC model. Despite having the same
size 82 watt hour battery as the P65 creator just covered, the battery life should last
far longer due to the lower powered U series CPU.
The PS42 is one I’ve wanted to look at for a while, it’s a 14” machine and weighs
under 1.2kg, so quite a portable machine, though this is one of the lower powered options
available, again making use of 8th gen Intel U series CPUs and has Nvidia GTX 1050 Max-Q,
MX250, or Intel graphics options.
Following on from the prestige laptops for creators are the workstation laptops, which
are targeted towards professionals that need more power, such as for CAD and 3D modelling.
The workstation laptops have a different logo, just wanted to point that out as there were
comments in the live stream about MSI changing logo.
First up the WS65, which is a 15 inch workstation laptop. It’s got an Intel 9th gen i9 CPU,
so 8 cores, and the new Quadro RTX 5000 graphics with a whopping 16gb of VRAM. MSI had a demo
up that lets you toggle between using the CPU, or using the new Quadro graphics with
RTX, and I can tell you that on CPU after a while the progress was still on 0%, then
actually progressed with the GPU. Again like the P65, the chassis is very similar to the
GS65, which is fine, it’s a good thin body, while the WS75 is a larger 17 inch version
that closely aligns with the P75 and GS75.
Next they had the WE75, which I think is a bit newer, I hadn’t seen it before in any
case, it’s again got the new Nvidia RTX Quadro graphics, the 3000 in this one, though
despite being in a larger 17 inch form factor the highest CPU option available is the Intel
i7.
MSI’s workstation laptops are also ISV certified, so you can rest assured that various programs
like solidworks, 3D Studio Max and others are going to work well, which is something
you’d want if you’re doing important work.
There’s not too much new here when it comes to the actual laptop designs, we saw most
of these models at CES earlier this year, the major changes are the update to Intel
9th gen CPUs, and of course the addition of Nvidia’s new RTX Quadro series, giving them
more power. For the first time we can get quadro graphics inside thinner Max-Q sized
gaming laptops, and of course ray tracing in the quadro lineup. While only a few games
currently take advantage of RTX, I’ve seen a few demos that make it appear more useful
for certain content creators, so I could see this being a useful feature for certain users.
MSI appear to have you covered between the prestige and workstation series laptops, they
start from fairly entry level with intel integrated graphics or Nvidia MX graphics with Intel
U series CPUs, and go all the way up to 8 core Intel 9th gen CPUs and Quadro RTX 5000
GPUs with professional certifications, so there should be something for everyone. Let
me know your thoughts on MSI’s creator laptops down in the comments, and which models you’d
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