Supercar Style: Unboxing MSI's Stealth 16 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Laptop

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Comparing fast cars and juiced-up laptops? Yes, it's a tech-reviewer trope that PCMag and plenty of others have rolled with since unfolding the first notebook PCs. But what about when those two worlds actually do collide? That's much rarer.

MSI hopes to have found common ground between gear-heads and tech-heads, and their need for both style and speed. Racing over to New York City, MSI made a pit stop at PC Labs to give us a closer look at a fresh new collaboration with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, first teased at Computex 2023. With this branded and stylized Stealth 16 gaming laptop, priced at a blistering $2,899, MSI is set to deliver one of the most distinctive mobile gaming computers of 2023.

The latest addition to MSI’s lineup of Stealth laptops is different than you’d expect. Partnering with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, the newest Stealth is tricked out with some top-of-the-line gear, including an Intel Core i9-13900H CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and a gorgeous 4K, 16:10 OLED panel.

Don't expect a dull cardboard box for your bucks: This laptop’s packaging is worth noting.

Opening the massive box reveals two panels, and once you pull those out, you’re greeted with a souped-up laptop, served up on what might as well be a literal platter. 

But the luxury experience doesn't stop there. Popping the top of the box reveals additional peripherals and accessories, including a mouse, a mouse pad, and a 128GB USB thumb drive—all tagged with the Mercedes logo.

This Stealth 16 comes framed in a magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis, painted in a Selenite Gray finish, that keeps the laptop light. Meanwhile, MSI's Cooler Boost 5 system, which uses dual fans and five heat pipes, keeps the internals cool.