MSI PS42 8RB-059 User Reviews and Ratings

It weighs a little, a little more than my dell 13 2-in-1 that I had before, the processor performance is enough, there is also enough RAM, the drawbacks are small - the bottom heats up under load, the battery lasts about 4 hours with my load. For games is not the best option, but copes with undemanding games.Great for work, I like it

The laptop looks better in person and feels solid. There is a little flex by the power button, but it really isn't that noticable. Colors are vibrant and the screen looks really good. There are lots of port options included which is nice as you won't need to carry around extra dongles. The laptop does get warm under load and it can get pretty hot on the bottom during really heavy loads. Overall, it's a great laptop for work and some casual gaming which is what I wanted in a laptop. If you have gaming as your priority then you should look specifically at a gaming laptop instead of this. This is marked as a professional laptop and it for that purpose it's great.

I bought this laptop about a month ago for a coding bootcamp i signed up for and i love it. Considering the fact it has a discreet gpu i can't believe how thin and light weight it is. I was considering a macbook (since that seems to be the standard for alot of Developers) but i'm glad i went for the MSI. Apple doesn't make a 13 inch laptop that even compares to this one. You have to buy one of the higher end 15 inch laptops to get anything even close to the specs on the PS42. I love the form factor and the performance. While Apple does make the best trackpad on the market, the one on the MSI is almost as good. If you're in the market for reasonably priced high performance laptop I can't recommend this one enough.

Good price good quality

I own a larger MSI laptop and needed a smaller one while I had some repairs done (not MSI's fault) I was away in Canada for a few weeks. I am a photographer and needed to be able to download and edit my photos. This laptop did a fantastic job. Thin and lite I am able to carry in my camera bags. This computer did the job and then some!!!!

Nicest laptop I have used ever. So far the laptop is the one that I wanted, innovation, different, elegant, just the laptop that you want for you.

Excelente calidad y portabilidad

Makes a very nice travel-work laptop.

Excelente computador me llego sin ningún daño, súper ligero y muy rápido...tiene buenos gráficos en juegos como Max Peyne 3...excelente producto

I bought this for my mother who will really only use this laptop (i5-8250U, UMA version) for general purposes , meaning doing finances, surfing the web, looking at pictures, Word and a few other programs, playing solitaire real basic stuff like that. In setting everything up for her I have noticed that the i5-8250U is a pretty awesome processor for it's class. Before purchasing I did some research and comparing the i5-8250U processor vs the other i7-8550U processor the i7 they are also selling with a graphics card that's a bit more expensive. Through researching the i5-8250U is just about as fast, the difference is negligible in my opinion, so I bought the cheapest version here which was the i5-8250U, UMA. Totally worth it! Now add the 256GB SSD and this little laptop hums, it's super fast. Some people may say that just the 256GB SSD is too small but in this case it's perfect because I have a network drive setup to store our files, this way the 256GB is strictly for programs and whatnot. This thing will last my mother for a few years (at least 5). Oh, it also has a back lit keyboard (that's a plus), I think it's always on and the color is white, it's a nice tough. I have the laptop set to sleep when the lid is closed, when you open the lid back up the laptop is virtually instantaneously on right where you left off. In terms of battery life, I have not used it much other than setup which took a few hours (4 hours roughly, I uninstall useless software, not to much installed on this laptop which is good and disable tons of stuff in windows 10, then install better software and security). The battery held up nicely through several restarts and a few install/uninstalls (pretty taxing stuff for not being plugged in), it went from 100% to 38% in roughly 4 hours of constant work, also I have had it sleeping for two days now and the battery went from 100% to 71%, not bad at all. I definitely like this computer. This would also be a great PLEX server (PLEX is a media organizer/player and much more, look it up its great). I have a feeling this laptop will suit my mother's needs and then some, I would absolutely recommend this laptop. MSI is a great brand for a computer.

Ningun inconveniente con la compra y con el producto.

If you liked how computers looked circa 2005, then this will work for you. Rather flashy silver with lots of blinking lights. Not my cup of tea, but the user I purchased for doesn't mind. The unit is very lightweight, but to get there it needed to be made of plastic. It feels flimsy with lots of flex. The keyboard is alright but not something I would enjoy to use very long. The person using this just wanted something more portable. If that is what you want then go for it.The nvme drive died within a month. I was able to RMA it to MSI and they replaced without a fuss. It was done in a week which was much faster than they originally quoted.When you receive it they partitioned the disk into separate OS and data partitions. Windows 10 would NOT let me delete the data partition so It remains separate (I have too many other things to do than fight Windows). The problem is that Windows 10 Pro will not let you encrypt the data partition along with the OS drive. You have to use a separate passphrase which is a real pain. Instead I encrypted the OS drive using secure boot and left the data drive un-encrypted. My user doesn't know how to use the data drive any way.

This laptop looks nice and clean but I have 2 major dislikes. The design is NOT as advertised. There are supposed to be 2 vents and 2 fans in the back. And 2 intake vents on the bottom. There is only 1 of each. The fans also make a super high pitched whining sound after they reach a certain speed. Very hurtful to my ears and indiscreet.