8 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI Plus $1,300 at MSI Pros Playable framerates from integrated Intel Arc B390 graphics
Around-the-clock battery life
Thin and light and quiet
MSI's new Prestige design is huge improvement Cons Display is only 60Hz
Bottom panel gets hot during games
Diving-board effect with mechanical touchpad
The MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI Plus is the first laptop I've tested with an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processor. At the heart of this 14-inch two-in-one is a Core Ultra X7 358H processor from Intel's Panther Lake series. Intel has touted the new chips for their application and AI performance, while also providing longer battery life. But most notably, the integrated Arc B390 graphics processor delivers gaming and content-creation performance typically unheard of from an iGPU. With Panther Lake, the biggest question is this: Have we finally arrived at the promised land where an iGPU has enough 3D muscle to allow a typical thin-and-light laptop with a long-running battery life to also be a gaming laptop?
As impressive as its performance is on the whole, I wouldn't classify the Prestige 14 Flip AI Plus as a gaming laptop. Calling it an ultraportable laptop with some gaming capabilities is a more accurate description. It offers playable framerates in AAA titles, even if you'll need to employ Intel's Xe Super Sampling Frame Generation in some instances for smooth gameplay. And the Prestige 14 Flip AI Plus operates in near silence while offering all-day battery life, two items that are never part of a true gaming laptop's list of capabilities.
To help launch Intel's new processor, MSI introduces a new design for its Prestige series, and it's a big improvement over past efforts. New Intel internals and a completely redesigned look from MSI -- let's jump in.
MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI Plus Price as reviewed $1,300 Display size/resolution 14-inch 1920x1200 60Hz touch OLED CPU Intel Core Ultra X7 358H Memory 32GB LPDDR5X-8533 Graphics Intel Arc B390 Storage 1TB SSD Ports 2x USB-C Thunderbolt 4. 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen2, HDMI 2.1, combo audio Networking Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 Operating system Windows 11 Home Weight 3 pounds (1.4 kilograms)
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