Thanks to technological improvements, gaming brands such as MSI can now manufacture thinner gaming laptops. Gone are the days of lugging around a fat gaming laptop with you. In this review, we check out the MSI Stealth 15M (A11UEK) and see what makes it a good laptop for gamers. Let’s just get right into it, shall we?
The core design theme for the Stealth 15M is “Slim, Sharp and Stylish”, and we can’t deny that MSI nailed it. For your info, this gaming laptop measures 16.16mm thin and weighs 1.7kg only, which is ridiculously lightweight. Other than that, it looks as simple as it should and comes in two simple colour variants – Pure White and Carbon Grey.
Sleek Carbon Grey, nothing too fancy as a gaming laptop
Surprisingly, you can lay the screen flat on a surface like this
Here are all the available I/O ports on both sides of the laptop. Don’t mistake the vents for extra USB-A ports!
The bottom has a unique design for the airflow
As an ultrathin gaming laptop, you should also expect it to come with some compromises. At first, I thought that the vents on both sides were a row of four USB-A ports. In reality, there are only two of them, but at least MSI compensated with two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports. It may not be mainstream for Malaysians yet, but Thunderbolt 4 will eventually see more use.
Moving on, the Stealth 15M has a couple of pre-installed apps. First, there’s the Xbox app, which doesn’t see much use in Malaysia. That’s because Microsoft doesn’t retail its Xbox consoles in Malaysia due to a lack of popularity. Furthermore, all the prices listed in the game store are in USD, and that’s not pocket-friendly to our wallets.
You don’t see the Xbox app on most Windows laptops
The Dragon Center to check and customise your gaming preference
Even if you set it to Extreme Performance, the laptop can be quiet most of the time (when not gaming)
Then there’s the Dragon Center, which functions like any gaming control app typically found on gaming laptops/PCs. With the app, you can customise …….