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MSI reveals first Intel Evo-certified laptop and Summit series of business notebooks (Updated)

By Hoots the Owl - on 1 Dec 2020, 12:10am

MSI reveals first Intel Evo-certified laptop and Summit series of business notebooks

Note: This article was first published on 4th September 2020 and is now re-published with local specs availability information.

Image Source: MSI

MSI is doubling down on business professionals with its latest laptop line-up. Hot on the heels of the announcement of Intel's 11th Gen Tiger Lake CPUs and its Evo (the former Project Athena) branding, MSI is rolling out laptops featuring the new Intel chips and its first-ever Evo-certified notebook for professionals on the go. 
 

Prestige and Modern series - Made to dazzle

One of the stars of the show is the Prestige 14 Evo, which is one of the first to be certified through Intel's new Evo program, which is basically a more stringent version of Project Athena. Evo notebooks are required to meet certain standards of battery life and performance – Evo notebooks with FHD displays will have to be able to provide over 9 hours of battery life in "real world" usage on a single charge. They must also wake from sleep in under a second, support Wi-Fi 6, and also Thunderbolt 4.

The Prestige 14 Evo has two Thunderbolt 4 ports, and MSI says its battery is good for over 12 hours of use. In addition, you should get up to 1.5 hours of use from just a 15-minute charge, as a result of its support for fast charging.

Elsewhere, MSI has refreshed its other Prestige and Modern laptops as well. The Modern series maintains all the trendy and contemporary colour options that come with the Prestige series - Urban Silver, Pure White, Carbon Gray, Rose Pink, Blue Stone and Beige Mousse - but with more basic hardware specs to please the everyday user. They now use Intel's 11th Gen chips too.

MSI Prestige & Modern Series 2020

Model

Display

CPU

GPU

Storage

RAM

Size

Weight

Price

MSI Prestige 15

15.6'' 4K UHD Thin Bezels

Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor @ 3.00 GHz 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

1TB SSD

32GB 

16.9 (H) x 357 (W) x 234mm (D)

1.6kg

S$3,099

15.6'' Full-HD, IPS 512GB SSD 16GB S$2,399

MSI Prestige 14

14'' 4K UHD Thin Bezels

Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor @ 3.00 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

1TB SSD

32GB

15.9 (H) x 319 (W) x 219mm (D)

1.29kg

S$3,049

14'' Full-HD, IPS 512GB 16GB S$2,349 (Gray) / S$2,399 (Rose)
14'' Full-HD Intel 
Iris Xe
Graphics
S$2,049

Modern 14

14” , Full-HD, IPS

Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor @ 2.80 GHz

Intel 
Iris Xe
Graphics

512GB

8GB

16.9 (H) x 319 (W) x 219mm (D)

1.3kg

S$1,349 (Blue or Gray) / S$1,399 (Beige)

 

Summit Series - Made for Business and Creative Pros

Image Source: MSI

On top of that, MSI is introducing a brand new line of business notebooks. The Summit E and Summit B series are shaping up to be premium business laptops in the style of the legendary ThinkPad, with aluminium bodies, minimal bezels, and so-called military-grade durability. Unsurprisingly, they will also be powered by the new Intel Tiger Lake processors and feature Thunderbolt 4.

All the Summit laptops also feature built-in AI noise cancellation, which can help with the elimination of background noise during remote meetings. And given that these are business notebooks, security is a focus here too, and you'll get support for facial recognition, a fingerprint reader, an SD card lock and TPM 2.0 chips. 

Image Source: MSI

The Summit E series appears targeted at content creators, with discrete graphics up to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q. There's also the E13 Flip, a convertible notebook that provides a more versatile take for those who want more than just another business laptop. In comparison, the B series appears geared toward those that move around more, and MSI is claiming over 10 hours of battery life. 

MSI Summit Series 2020

Model

Display

CPU

GPU

Storage

RAM

Size

Weight

Price

MSI Summit  B Series

15.6'' Full-HD, IPS

Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor @ 2.80 GHz

Intel 
Iris Xe
Graphics

 


1TB SSD

 


16GB

16.9 (H) x 357 (W) x 234mm (D)

1.6kg

S$2,199

14'' Full-HD, IPS 16.9 (H) x 319 (W) x 219mm (D) 1.3kg S$2,099

MSI's new business laptops are all available now (except the Summit E Series) and they can be purchased at the MSI's official local online store or at the following outlets:-

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