MSI Prestige 14 EVO A11M
Has MSI mastered the art of business laptops?
MSI has been making some good laptops of late, and the Prestige 14 Evo isn’t about to break that streak. Coming in at just 1.29kg the Prestige 14 EVO is on the lighter side of 13-inch laptops available in 2021. At first glance it might feel like it’s made out of cheaper materials but the sandblasted aluminium provides a sturdy shell that prevents any flex and helps keep it under 1.6cm thick. It looks like there’s really only one configuration available locally, featuring an i7-1165G7 with Iris Xe GPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB PCIe SSD. This unit is one of the few to feature a 4th generation PCIe SSD, which means you can expect ridiculously fast read speeds of 4,910MB/s… even if we could only get this one to 2,508MB/s when writing.
Performance is on par with what you’ll see from the rest of the units here. This means it’s powerful enough to accommodate the workflows of most business users, with only designers and other creative pro’s needing a little more under the hood. As with everything here you also get the Iris Xe GPU gaming capabilities which means you’ll get playable frame rates for low 1080p settings on many modern games.
Apart from the 4th-gen PCIe SSD, the main drawcard of the MSI prestige is the price, which is on the more affordable end without sacrificing on components. If you need a high-res screen you’ll have to look elsewhere, but everything else on this unit is top notch.
Great all-round professional device at a reasonable price.