MSI Katana A15 AI laptop review: RTX 4070 gamer hurt by cost-saving measures

[Redaktion]

MSI ventures into the competitive mid-range gaming laptop sector with the Katana A15 AI. This 15-inch laptop features a powerful Ryzen processor along with a GeForce RTX 4060 or RTX 4070 - and is massively disappointing in one crucial area.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-Katana-A15-AI-laptop-review-RTX-4070-gamer-hurt-by-cost-saving-measures.936689.0.html

[Chat gpt escape]

Notebookcheck: "what was MSI thinking?"
MSI sucking a lollypop: "what?"

[MSItard]

Heh!

Also MSI:
—Of course in the AI gimmick! AI because it's treeeeending, d000d! EEEEIIII EYYYYEEE!

[LL]

Horrible screen. Must be one of the worst possible.

[CuriousMarmot]

If this laptop gets a 76% "good", then what gets a 66% (presumably "okay")? Because you haven't scored a laptop that low in the last year despite reviewing dozens each month.

And would a laptop being 10% worse really be okay by your standards? What gets a 55% (surely mediocre?) What about 44%? Do you never get a bad laptop?

If every laptop scores in the top 30% is there perhaps something that should be reconsidered with the scoring system?

I'm not going all "this is a shameful disgrace" type weirdo ranting, it just seems the scoring system is a bit silly/unhelpful in this context. Here's a laptop you just cannot recommend to anyone, yet it gets a really good score, as do all your worst laptops.

[Terry]

This thing is hot garbage, why does it get 76%? Should be much lower