48 PCWorld JULY 2019REVIEWS MSI GS65 STEALTH THIN
The trackpad, however, is going to cause
consternation among some people. It’s a
wide aspect-ratio trackpad with a fairly
smooth surface. The original GS65 Stealth
Thin 8RE featured a more conventionally sized
trackpad, centered on the Y key. The GS65
Stealth Thin 9SD’s trackpad is
so wide it’s centered nearly
an inch to the right of last
year’s model, making it
almost impossible to keep
your right palm off of it while
typing. To its credit,
however, the palm rejection
is excellent. And if you
mouse with your thumb
instead of your index finger,
as some people do, this
trackpad is for you.Our last word on the
trackpad is to point out that it’s
compliant with Microsoft
Precision Touchpad drivers.
That means you get access to
the full gestures of Windows 10,
and technically it’s been tested
to meet the Microsoft’s criteria.UPGRADE
OPTIONS:
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Outside of hulks such as
Alienware’s Area 51m (go.
pcworld.com/15r1), upgrades
on gaming laptops are generally limited to
storage and RAM. With the GS65 Stealth Thin,
however, the inverted motherboard design
places the two M.2 slots and two SO-DIMM
slots out of reach. You’d need to remove ribbon
cables and pull the motherboard out of theThe keyboard features per key RGB lighting and a wide-aspect ratio
trackpad with Microsoft precision driver support.MSI’s GS65 Stealth Thin continues to use an inverted motherboard
design which makes adding storage or RAM a scary proposition for
most consumers.