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Finally , there are some creator laptops that can in reality match theMacBook Pro .
There are tons of powerful choice for gaming laptops out there that sport the most powerful GPUs and the most eminent - end displays . But none are true MacBook Pro competitors for mental object creators and creative professionals . MSI brought a couple of laptop toCES 2024that might do the prank , though .
The Creator 16 AI Studio and Stealth 18 AI Studio both tick off nigh every box , including using the fastest possible CPU and GPU , an HDR - capable mini - run showing , and a six - speaker audio frame-up — all in a form that weigh less than 6.6 pounds . These laptop are the only non - gaming laptop to bear both up to a Core Ultra 9 processor and an RTX 4090 .
This is of import because of how essential GPU performance is in tasks like video recording translation . Companies like Dell are going in the diametric direction , shrinking its RTX 4080 XPS 17 to a 16 - in devicelimited to the RTX 4070 .
The screen are also quite special . The Stealth 18 AI Studio is the first 18 - column inch display on a laptop to get the 4 K mini - LED handling , subject of peak brightness of 1,000 nits . That gets it comparatively nigh to what the MacBook Pro ’s XDR exhibit can do . The Creator 16 AI has a 16 - inch version of that same display , with options for lower - resolution IPS conformation , too .
The Creator 16 AI Studio does handle to get the heaviness and weight down quite a bit , at 0.79 in and 4.4 pounds . That ’s fairly closely to the 16 - inch MacBook Pro .
The only material problem is the look . Both of these laptop computer still see a lot like a play laptop — just slightly toned down . The Stealth 18 AI Studio , in particular , shares many similarities with the company ’s other flagship laptop computer this year , the Titan 18 HX . That system is a tried - and - truthful play laptop but shares the same 18 - inch , 4 K 120Hz mini - LED screen . It ’s a bite thicker and profound but is clear establish on the same introductory concept as the Stealth 18 . The Titan 18 HX comes with Intel ’s Raptor Lake Refresh chips and adds a seamless tactual trackpad to the mix . That ’s by all odds a feature I wish MSI had included in the Stealth 18 and Creator 16 , too .
Point being , though , a MacBook Pro this is not . It wo n’t get all - day electric battery life or have that quiet , efficient functioning , either .
But these MSI laptop have their own unique thing going on . If you want a laptop principally for all - day content work but can also game , these feels like reasonably undecomposed options . The only thing that really comes close is the Razer Blade 16 and 18 , which pull out off a minimalist design with a bit more finesse . Although not targeted specifically at creators first and foremost , Razer ’s laptops do have crossover voter appeal due to how slick and powerful they are .
We ’ll have to wait and see if the MSI organization can do as well as it claim , but this is one of the most interesting unexampled laptop computer set up at CES 2024 so far .
