Bottom line: MSI's foray into the business laptop segment happened in September final year with the launch of its new 'Summit' series of ultrabooks. The company has now added its first-ever thirteen-inch touchscreen convertible to that lineup, packing productivity-focused features like stylus support on a taller brandish and a fast-charge capable 70WHr battery rated for 18 hours of use between charges.

Although MSI has been churning out thin and light laptops for quite some time with its gaming-focused Stealth series, it needed a different feature-fix and design for competing in the productivity and business market. The visitor's new Meridian E13 Flip 13-inch convertible aims to achieve precisely that, with a sleek, restrained pattern featuring MSI's new logo, sans the dragon and RGB.

This ultrabook should also compete nicely against rivals like Dell's class-leading XPS 13 two-in-1, Lenovo's updated ThinkPads, or the Razer Book 13, which starts cheaper, has a 4K display option but is limited in terms of RAM and storage configurations, and as well doesn't have an included stylus.

Coming in at 2.97lbs (1.35 kgs) and 14.9mm thick, MSI's thirteen.iv-inch ultrabook merely has a 1,920 10 1,200 resolution 60Hz brandish, but it's got 100% sRGB coverage and the increasingly trending sixteen:10 attribute ratio that should benefit from the 360-degree hinge and the included stylus. MSI's MPP ii.0 pen features tilt back up, four,096 levels of force per unit area, and tin stick magnetically to the laptop'southward left side.

All 4 configurations of the Summit E13 are powered by Intel's 4C/8T Core i7-1185G7 and Iris Xe graphics. This combo is paired with 16GB RAM/512GB SSD in the $one,599 base of operations version and 32GB RAM/1TB SSD on the $1,899 height-end model, both of which come up with either Windows 10 Home or Pro.

In terms of connectivity, the laptop packs Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.1 on board, while ports include 2 x Thunderbolt iv.0, 1 10 USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, 1 x USB-A 3.two Gen 1, a MicroSD slot, and an audio combo jack. At that place's also a 720p webcam with a privacy shutter.

MSI has not revealed availability or pre-social club dates for the Summit E13 convertible, though it is expected to arrive in diverse markets in the upcoming weeks.