I switched to the MSI Prestige 13 AI+ for two weeks — I’m shocked at how much I could do on something this small and light

MSI Prestige 13 AI+.

I miss the ultra portability of 13-inch laptops, which is why I was pretty pumped to be one of the first to properly daily drive MSI’s new Prestige 13 AI+ on the planet. While Panther Lake is bringing this tiny form factor back to life in a big way, MSI has listened to some of our gripes about last year’s Prestige 13 AI+ Evo and addressed them head-on.

This £1,299 system is all about stretching its minuscule 1.9-pound stature to its max. It may be uber thin and light, but that 16:10 OLED panel is gorgeous, the stamina is decently long, and the Intel Core Ultra 7 355 processor is more capable than you may think in the day-to-day. It’s a demonstration of how Team Blue’s architecture thinking is on the right track, with this entry-tier model being (mostly) on par with the “hero” chip in the Core Ultra 7 258V in last year’s system.