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MSI WS66 11UX 15.6"

Mobile Workstation

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MSI WS66 is a premium, ultra-thin 15.6-inch mobile workstation based on the chassis of the GS66 Stealth gaming laptop unveiled a month before. It is powered by 11th-gen Intel Core Tiger Lake mobile processors and NVIDIA's new ISV-certified RTX A3000 or A5000 GPUs.

Like the GS66, the WS66 boasts a rich I/O interface, including Thunderbolt 4, full-size HDMI, and 2.5Gbps LAN as well as WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 wireless connectivity. There is also support for PCIe Gen4 SSD.

The WS66 offers a choice of FHD or 4K UHD displays. An option missing from the gaming laptop but present here is touch screen. As is the case with other MSI mobile workstations, the WS66 offers some security features that business users will appreciate.

Alongside the new WS66, MSI also refreshed its entire mobile workstation lineup with new Tiger Lake processors.

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What external reviewers found

External score 64%

Pros

Good battery life
Sleek, compact design
High-contrast display

Cons

Mediocre CPU performance
No Thunderbolt 3 port

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Specifications

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External Reviews

pcmag^[1]

Reviewer score 60% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from pcmag have found:

The WS66 did fine in PCMark 10 and Photoshop, but its Core i9 processor underwhelmed in HandBrake and Cinebench. The 15.6-inch flagship workstations from HP, Lenovo, and Dell deliver performance for demanding professionals. If you have $4,000 to spend, you can do better with the WS66.