Note: This deal requires an
After-Purchase Rebate to get the final sale price, please
see the Rebate Form for full details and submission information.
Newegg has
MSI Thin Gaming Laptop (Thin A15 AI B8VF-270US) on sale for $899.99-
$200 Mail-in Rebate =
$699.99 after Rebate.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
Dr.Wajahat for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- 15.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz IPS-level Display
- AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS 4.00 GHz 8-Core Processor
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6 Laptop Graphics
- 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Gen4x4 Solid State Drive
- 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR5 Memory
- AMD RZ616 Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3
- Blue Backlit Keyboard + HD Webcam
- Windows 11 Home 64-bit
- Ports:
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C w/ DP1.4
- 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 1x HDMI 2.1 (8K@60Hz/4K@120Hz)
- 1x RJ-45 (1Gbps)
- Audio Ports: 1 x Mic in / 1 x headphone out
- 3 cell, 52.4Whr Li-Polymer Battery
Top Comments
RAM is supposed to be fully upgradable though - 2 slots.
Lots of people reporting issues with the MSI rebates though, specifically from the $200 MIR laptops - even with evidence of valid submissions. Doesn't appear to be worth the headache for the lower performing product, and the battle of trying to get your rebate, without spending more than $200 on legal expenses.
Honestly, I'm surprised rebates are even a thing again. I haven't done a MIR in over a decade now. They seemed dead.
45W should be around 70% the performance of the 115W 4060. It's about in the middle between a 4050 and full power laptop 4060.
If this was $700 out the door, no rebate, I think it'd be a fine price if a person is okay with the screen, and you don't get one with excessive backlight bleed.
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RAM is supposed to be fully upgradable though - 2 slots.
Lots of people reporting issues with the MSI rebates though, specifically from the $200 MIR laptops - even with evidence of valid submissions. Doesn't appear to be worth the headache for the lower performing product, and the battle of trying to get your rebate, without spending more than $200 on legal expenses.
Honestly, I'm surprised rebates are even a thing again. I haven't done a MIR in over a decade now. They seemed dead.
RAM is supposed to be fully upgradable though - 2 slots.
Lots of people reporting issues with the MSI rebates though, specifically from the $200 MIR laptops - even with evidence of valid submissions. Doesn't appear to be worth the headache for the lower performing product, and the battle of trying to get your rebate, without spending more than $200 on legal expenses.
Honestly, I'm surprised rebates are even a thing again. I haven't done a MIR in over a decade now. They seemed dead.
Do you know the limiting on the video card? 45w?
45W should be around 70% the performance of the 115W 4060. It's about in the middle between a 4050 and full power laptop 4060.
If this was $700 out the door, no rebate, I think it'd be a fine price if a person is okay with the screen, and you don't get one with excessive backlight bleed.
1080p is fine for the screen size, especially with the lower power gpu. A 45w 4060 with 1440 144hz would suck at native
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People saying, "1080p in 2025." 🙄 While I don't like 1080p, the vast majority of people couldn't care less about anything higher.
If you want 4K, a full size keyboard, 34" ultra widescreen etc....there are ports for that stuff. A laptop by design is a bundle of compromises...especially at $700.
And like someone else pointed out this laptop is clearly geared for gaming so a lower resolution makes sense so you can take advantage of the refresh rate (with similar FPS) at achievable *native* resolutions. I highly doubt this laptop will pump out 144+ FPS @ 4K for many games otherwise you are trading specs on a piece of paper over real world function. If gaming isn't your thing the you probably (not certainly though) do not care that much about the 4060.
*I predict the reply centering around my analogy and not the actual point being conveyed...always the hallmark of a good rebuttal
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Technology evolves. 4K is the standard these days. Anything less than 1440p may as well be an antique.
Steam hardware results shows that more than 50% of primary monitors are 1080p today.
1440p has gained a lot of ground in the past year, nearly 30%
4K as a primary monitor? Just 3%, hardly the standard