MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio review: A big laptop with a big price tag [Video]

Price When Reviewed

$4,199.99

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Big laptops are back in style, and the largest have glorious 18-inch, 16:10 aspect ratio displays that feel barely smaller than a typical desktop monitor. The MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio is one such laptop, and it attempts to stand out by shaving a few pounds and reducing its profile to under an inch thick. These efforts do result in a lighter, more portable 18-inch powerhouse, but the laptop’s design, build quality, and overall performance fail to justify its high price.

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The MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio A1V boosts hardware typical of a top-tier laptop including an Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU, a 4K display, 64GB of RAM, and a 2TB solid state drive. It also has excellent network connectivity with support for 2.5Gbps Ethernet and Wi-Fi 7.

• CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
• Memory: 64GB LPDDR5
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