Oh man, where to start? MSI just rolled out this funky little gadget at Computex, the Claw A8 BZ2EM. And hey, it’s packing an AMD chip this time. Swapping teams? Nah, just broadening horizons. Guess they wanted to mix things up a bit—a little Intel here, a pinch of AMD there. I mean, who doesn’t like options, right?
Anyway, this Claw A8, it’s got an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, which sounds super cool if you ask me. Imagine it’s like putting a rocket engine in a go-kart. And the feel of it? It’s got these rounded corners and chunky grips—probably as comfy as sitting on a cloud, if clouds had Xbox-style controllers. The controllers don’t even have stick drift, thanks to something called Hall Effect joysticks. Don’t ask me to explain that—it just means less frustration during your game night.
The specs though—wow, up to 24 gigs of RAM! Like, what are they doing, trying to prep us for an alien invasion or something? Seriously, Asus did something similar with their ROG Ally X, all the memory is shared, making it beastlier. But MSI’s being all mysterious about which markets get the goodies.
And here’s a weird tangent for you—specs sheets! There’s this top bit about an 80 WHr battery, which I guess makes the Claw go on and on, kind of like that drum-playing bunny. Ports aplenty, and you might even pull off some DIY SSD swapping if you’re into that kinda thing. And let’s not forget MSI’s software gaming wizardry now hugging Xbox Game Bar—Windows 11 and its, uh, “quirks” included.
Jumping to gaming laptops: MSI showed up at Computex not just to play, but to level up. Cue major upgrades with Nvidia’s RTX 5060 and 5070 cards. Crosshair series, fancy branding, spunky designs. They’ve got the 16, 17, and whopping 18-inch varieties. I get mixed up just keeping the names straight. They’ve got crazy features like RGB keyboards, which are probably brighter than my future!
Speaking of futures, pricing is a mystery wrapped in an enigma—because, yeah, nobody’s talking numbers yet. Okay, they dropped some hints for Costco and Best Buy, but mostly, we wait.
Finally, there’s a swift nod to the revamped Cyborg line. A translucent edge here, metal lid there, enough variations to make your head spin. A smorgasbord of processors and graphic cards pairing like fine wine and cheese. Fancy stuff coming our way, with a sprinkle of artistic flair on the Prestige line.
Anyway, I could ramble on, but you probably got better things to do. Like, playing games on all these sleek pieces of hardware maybe?
