Creator 17 Professional Laptop: 17.3" UHD 120Hz 100% AdobeRGB Display, Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVME SSD, Thunderbolt 4, Win10, Core Black (B11UE-471)

Running a small family business you want to buy the best of the best but still be careful with where you spend your dollars. Generally we would have just gone the Apple or hp route, everything we have is Apple for personal and currently hp for business but honestly when we compared apple v hp v msi v asus v Lenovo I forgot what other, we decided to lean into MSI.We got 2 different MSI Creator units because they were both on promotion and looking at spec for the price we think we got a good deal. We're familiar with their gaming line which is all about high performance so we assumed they'd be bringing that level of performance to their Creator line. It's also why we chose MSI over the other guys because they know what they're doing when it comes to high performance.Out the box they powered on easily, only one of the two needed an update but took less than five minutes. We're going to have to get used to the windows platform but other than that pretty satisfied with our purchases. And to be honest, I like the Creator look over Apple. It has a touch more of class. Gasp I know.The only thing I have to note is that the battery life could be better BUT with the kind of GPU it has you can't really complain. And when I am on editing or running design softwares I am usually plugged in anyway soooo honestly not a kill for our little business.so far so good, if it works out long term, don't think I'll have to buy another apple/hp laptop for our business again.

Not every MSI Creator 17 laptop has the Mini-LED Display. I saw the B11UE-471 on sale for $1219 so I bought it immediately because that would have been a steal for a pretty good laptop with an amazing display. After unboxing it I quickly realized it was just a regular LCD panel, not super bright, black levels nowhere near as good as an OLED panel. I was disappointed that the Amazon listing had Mini-LED everywhere and yet that is not what I got.I had to go on the MSI website to see exactly which Creator 17 models have the Mini-LED screen and which don't. I listed them here for your convenience.Models with Mini-LED panel:B11UH-236B11UH-241B11UH-238B11UG-239Models with LCD panel:B11UH-495B11UH-497B11UH-496B11UG-494B11UE-471So, everything with a 2 in the hundreds place has Mini-LED. I might end up keeping the computer anyway, because even though mine is not Mini-LED, it is still a pretty good deal on a good laptop with lots of ports, backlit keyboard with numpad, big 4K screen, WiFi 6E, dedicated graphics, nice all metal construction, understated aesthetics, and replaceable RAM modules, which are all important to me. Also I can't find a 17" Mini-LED laptop for less than $3000. It has the weird quirk of the keyboard not being at the top edge of the chassis but I guess that is better for cooling because additional vents are located up there.EDIT 7/2/24 (2 months after purchase) : I ended up replacing the RAM, and even though it's technically doable, it's a LOT more risky than a regular RAM swap. You have to take everything out of the computer because the RAM is mounted between the motherboard and keyboard for some reason. There are a bunch of tiny proprietary cables you have to be careful with or you'll brick your laptop. I watched a teardown by Binh on YouTube to replace the RAM.