MSI Thin 15 15.6" Gaming Laptop, 144Hz, Intel Core i5-13420H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB, 16GB DDR4 Memory, 512GB NVMe SSD, Windows 11 - B13UC-1000US

It's one of those products where some are good and some are bad through shipping but it's a very solid machine hate the cheap plastic tho but it runs off a 3050 and it plays current flagship games with ease… works even better with monitor

Ok soooo this is a great gaming laptop - once you get everything squared away. The two cumulative windows 11 updates didn't go through right away but that was fine, they did eventually. The main thing was - none of my games would launch. I tried every fix I could find online. Force the use of dedicated graphics driver from nvidia control panel, windows control panel, launch options. Verify integrity of files. Disable integrated graphics. I spent 24 hours trying fix after fix - it was a nightmare!!! Finally I downloaded directx and that fixed the issue - all of my games launch and run. I'm not sure why it wasn't already on a laptop that is specifically built for gaming. Anyway - so if you can't get your games to run, make sure to download directx, see if that works. For some reason that answer isn't anywhere online!!! Yeah, but I love it, it's super cute and the graphics are great. It plays smoothly, doesn't overheat. Battery life seems to be good. Easy to make your own. I like that it's lightweight because I have chronic pain and it's less painful to carry around than my old msi laptop. I do recommend it, I just wish I hadn't spent 24 hours pulling my hair out trying to get my games to launch and wondering if I just poured money down the drain. That's actually why I'm posting this - to help anyone else who may have the same problem.