The laptop CAN be charged via thunderbolt unlike what is written on this review. This is mentioned on other notebookcheck reviews as well. But it requires a 65W charger not a 45W one. Below 65W, it won't charge even a bit.

That's really one of the main selling points of this notebook, with a 100Whr battery bank with 65W delivery you can get 12+ hours of unplugged usage.

If you buy this laptop do not use xotic-pc the after the sale support will string you along and lie when it comes to issues, purchase this direct or from other resellers.

Quote from: Jesse on August 09, 2020, 00:58:31
but even the lowly G5 you compare it to kicks a$$ in most categories.  Faster processor, arguably faster graphics, quieter, cooler, and around half the price.   An AMD cpu and gpu enable this kind of performance.  I can't wait until MSI starts offering more AMD options in it's laptops.    To be fair, the G5 doesn't have the 240hz screen and does weigh around 100g more.

Do you refer to this notebookcheck.net/Going-all-in-on-AMD-Dell-G5-15-Special-Edition-Radeon-RX-5600M-Laptop-Review.477090.0.html laptop?
Unique 144Hz screen with 198Hz PWM screen on any level of brightness and bad temps. Also, google about mono hinge quality.

You really should do a review of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G15.  This is the direct competitor to the MSI G66.   The main difference between the two is that the Asus G15 uses the AMD 4800HS for the CPU.   Everything else seems to be identical.

I noticed you did give the Dell G5 a higher review score just now, so bully for Dell for doing more for so much less money.

The weight of the GS series keeps creeping higher every version.   I have an old one that is probably 400g lighter.

Also, I'm not a dell fan after owning a couple over the years, but even the lowly G5 you compare it to kicks a$$ in most categories.  Faster processor, arguably faster graphics, quieter, cooler, and around half the price.   An AMD cpu and gpu enable this kind of performance.  I can't wait until MSI starts offering more AMD options in it's laptops.    To be fair, the G5 doesn't have the 240hz screen and does weigh around 100g more.

Why did you stop evaluating the quality of the keyboard in the text? This is a very important parameter on a laptop.

Just imagine how will be good to get rid of that 14nm legacy CPU and put all that extra power and cooling space into better GPU.