PC World - USA (2020-04)

62 PCWorld APRIL 2020

REVIEWS MSI PRESTIGE 14

Size and weight: The laptop is 12.6 x

8.5 x 0.63 inches thick and weighs 2.8

pounds, 3.7 pounds with the included

90-watt USB-C power adapter.

Wireless: MSI uses an Intel AX201 2x2

WiFi 6 controller with support for Bluetooth

5.

Windows Hello: The laptop features

both facial and fingerprint biometric readers.

Accessories: In a nice touch, MSI

includes a USB-C dongle with two more USB

Type A 5GBps ports, an SD card reader, a

microSD card reader, and a Realtek-based

Gigabit ethernet port. Oddly, the dongle has

what we believe to be a supplementary cable

you stretch to the USB Type A port on the

right side of the laptop. We say oddly,

because we had no issues running Gigabit

ethernet, a mouse, keyboard, and an SD card

in the dongle without the optional power

plug. MSI also includes a

leather-like case for the

laptop.

KEYBOARD,

MOUSE AND

SPEAKERS

The backlit keyboard action

on the Prestige 14 is

functional, but under hard

typing can sound hollow

and bouncy. It’s serviceable

for most except the picky-

The MSI Prestige 14 (middle) is between an HP Spectre x360 13 (top) and a Dell XPS 15 (bottom).

MSI bundles a USB-C dongle with ethernet and USB ports along with a

90 watt USB-C power brick.