Both of those notes are things to consider when it comes to traveling with this laptop. It didn't seem like that much of a difference in the specs, but with the charging block, it adds a decent amount of weight.

Additionally it is quite a bit heavier than my Razer Blade. I actually have a bit of an issue with how big it is cause it doesn't fit into my hiking/photography backpack in the laptop slot anymore. It is my first 15 inch, my last laptop was 13 and I really liked that size better for mobile work, I have a PC for all of my real content creation. Better storage, better cooling, better graphics, better ram, the only thing I miss is the touch screen. I was picking between the newer version of the Razer Blade which supposedly has better cooling and this laptop, but the specs on the MSI really blew me away. The only real issue I had with my Razer was that it had serious cooling issues which started causing frequent reliability issues and then I broke my charger which really prompted me to get this laptop.

I purchased this laptop after having my Razer Blade Stealth for about 6 years.

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