MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio A1V - DISASSEMBLY AND UPGRADE OPTIONS

MSI Stealth 18 AI Studio A1V - DISASSEMBLY AND UPGRADE OPTIONS
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[@CrewElite]

Great teardown as always! I'm getting the MSI Creator 16 AI Studio once its available

[@simeyla78]

Lucky! You have a right Ctrl key instead of a stupid Copilot key (Like the production version has).

[@A_Planner_and_a_Dreamer]

Thank you for uploading this. Got a question about the cooling. How does it work, or more specifically from where cool air enters first to cool the laptop? I plan to buy a cooling pad and it would be great if the cool air enters from the bottom on this laptop.

[@dalskiBo]

They've taken so long releasing it the WiFi is already out of date lol

[@zechssiguro7476]

What do you mean by "No storage limit!" After stating the Max Capacity they state is 8TB? ( Assuming the same for the Titan & Raider 18..) do you mean these laptops can be upgraded in SSD storage beyond 8TB? Like 32TB ? Etc, once the PCIe4 or 5 spec is met?

[@MakaiTechReviews]

That is correct. NTFS can support volumes as large as 8 petabytes on Windows Server 2019 and newer and Windows 10, version 1709 and newer (older versions support up to 256 TB). Obviously when we reach these capacity limits these machines will be obsolete anyway. I assume manufacturers determine "storage limit" only because they either ship which those modules only, or the currently available module on the market makes these limitations. (usually it is the first one)

[@zechssiguro7476]

@@MakaiTechReviews tks for the feedback! Good to know the upgradeability is not only I guess similar & not less than the Alienware m18 r1 or r2, but they both can upgrade further than their advertised "MAX Capacity!" Hence qualifying them as *TRUE* Desktop Replacements, with some portability!