MSI unveiled a new business and editing series laptop, MSI Prestige PS42 with hosts of premium features and advanced hardware configurations. Makers of high-end gaming series like Titan, Titan Pro, and Dominator, brings a refreshing 14-inch notebook in sleek aluminum chassis. Windows 10 powered laptop paired up with the latest 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and 16 GB DDR4 RAM confirms exceptional speed and performance throughout usage.
MSI’s love for discrete NVIDIA graphics chipset continues in this machine as well. Prestige PS42 is fortified with NVIDIA GeForce MX150 graphics card for stunning visuals and amazing graphics. A new champion in a elite category, looking to roar and perform.
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Introduction
MSI is a trusted name in the gaming arena. Think about a gaming laptop; whether budget, mid-tier, or high-end range, MSI has everything in store for you. But from the past few years, MSI focused not only play but on work as well and introduced Prestige series to cater the need or requirements of business end users.
Prestige series is known for both work and play devices. The main aim of Prestige series is to target business, professionals, or work end community and it is quite successful in recent years with its Prestige products. Prestige series consists of three different series which includes PE, PL, and PS series. All products vary in hardware, style, design, and price giving various options for the users to choose from.
In PS series, MSI Prestige PS42 introduced just recently with classy aesthetics, slim, sleek, portable, durable profile, and bezel-less screen. The top-end advanced hardware configuration and latest technologies ensure speed and performance and the design made of the brushed aluminum frame gives the style and durability.
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MSI Prestige PS42 Design
When MSI laptops come to mind, you can picture bold red lines, black metallic surface, LEDs, flashy lookups, RGB backlit keyboard automatically to the laptop. But this thinking is changing with Prestige series of laptops. In prestige series, MSI gives a more sophisticated look, more business-oriented colors, and design to their laptops.
PS42 is quite elegant in design and stylish in nature. Layered with hairline brushed silver aluminum chassis provides this Ultrabook durability and premium look and feel. The weight of just 2.64 pounds (1.19 kg) and profile of 0.62-inch (15.9mm) thickness makes this notebook ultra-light and portable to handle.
A 14-inch screen with 5.7mm thin bezels and 80 percent screen to body ratio welcomes you opening the lid. The keyboard seems to be inspired from MacBook. Haze white backlit keyboard with soft keys gives you the comfort of handling long typing schedules with ease. The trackpad is unique with the rounded shape on the top rather than straight lines and attached with a fingerprint reader on the upper left corner of the trackpad.
Hardware and Performance
Updated hardware is MSI’s forte, and they don’t want to compromise at all on that either with their business laptop as well. As far as the processor is concerned, MSI Prestige PS42 is equipped with all-new 8th Gen Intel Core processors in two variants i5-8250U or i7-8550U. Paired up with 16 GB DDR4 2400 RAM and NVIDIA MX 150 graphics chipset, PS42 enthralls you with incredible performance.
Storage is quick and fast with M.2 Solid State Drive Combo option. Built-in fingerprint sensor in collaboration with Windows Hello provides you secure and swift login using just a touch of your fingertip. Cooler Boost 3 technology boasts with dedicated dual exhaust fans and three copper heat pipes eliminates any extra heating of the system and keep the system cool and calm even under extreme pressure.
Display
The 14-inch full HD IPS-level anti-glare display with just 5.7mm thin bezels and 1920 x 1080 resolutions is an absolute beauty on this device. The resolution 80 percent screen to body ratio screen backed up by NVIDIA MX150 discrete graphics card delivers magnificent view.
Additional 2 GB GDDR5 dedicated video memory gives you the advantage of 4x better performance altogether. Apart from that, True Color Technology gives you various modes like Gamer, Office, Designer, Move, Anti-Blue, and sRGB to get the best display as per your usage and requirements.
Battery and Sound
MSI Prestige PS42 holds 50Wh lithium-polymer battery which company claims can give you a backup of approx. 10 hours on the move. A huge amount of battery life allows you to remain connected and productive for the longer period in comparison to the normal battery life. But this seems to be little ambitious looking at discrete graphics card and 14-inch full HD screen.
Crystal clear sound comes from the backdrop of Nahimic 3 Audio technology. You can enjoy movies or music to the fullest with Immersive 7.1 surround cinematic sound on this laptop.
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Connectivity
Connectivity got an array of options in PS42. This device is armed with highly efficient USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A port which is 10x faster than traditional USB ports and USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C port for massive data transfers at a swift rate. The SD Card Reader, HDMI, and audio jack option are also available for varied usage. Internet connectivity can only be managed by wireless through 802.11ac WiFi or Bluetooth 4.1 options. See more details on MSI Official website.
| Specs of MSI Prestige PS42 |
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| Processor | 8th Generation Intel Core i7 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce MX150 2GB |
| RAM | 16GB DDR4 |
| Display | 14-inch 5.7mm Thin Bezel FHD |
