 So MSI, a company that is mostly known for its powerful gaming-oriented hardware and laptops, is trying to diversify its portfolio by creating new devices that are most suited towards the general audience. The MSI Modern brand does exactly that and the new modern 15a11x comes in at a great price, considering the hardware that you're getting with it. Moreover, it presents the new visual aesthetic that MSI has chosen, along with the new logo of the company. The laptop comes with two options for a Tiger Lake processor, which includes the quite capable Iris Z graphics G7. Today we are presenting you with our top 5 picks about the MSI Modern 15a11x. We really like the new design language that MSI has chosen for its new devices. Also, the body uses premium materials, such as aluminum alloy, which makes the laptop be very thin and lightweight considering that it is a 15-inch device. It weighs 1.60 kg and is 16.9 mm tall. However, despite the metal build, the body suffers from major flexes with the touchpad registering clicks when you swap the direction of the twist. The lid is less flexible and it almost opens with a single hand. The bezels on the screen are really thin and on par for 2021. Overall the design of the laptop is really modern, while not being intrusive. The upgradeability is superb here, with the laptop having 2 Sodom RAM slots and 2 M.2 PCI-EX4 drives for further RAM and SSD expansion. They can be accessed by unscrewing the screws on the bottom panel and popping the plate with a plastic pry tool. Beware, however, that there is a sticker on one of the screws, which in some regions may act as a warranty sticker, and by damaging it you void your warranty. Please remember, it would be of great help to us if you just hit the like button and subscribe to our channel. That would motivate us to make even more and better videos for you. The laptop comes with either the Core i5-1135G7 or the Core i7-1165G7, both of which are fantastic processors and can handle any task without an issue. Of course, the Core i5 is a bit limited when it comes to heavy resource tasks, and if you want maximum performance you should opt in for the Core i7 model. The CPUs come with Intel's integrated GPU solution, the Iris Z Graphics G7. There is a difference between the one in the Core i5 and the one in the Core i7, in the number of execution units. This means that the Core i7's GPU is better. The Tiger Lake CPUs are super power efficient and if we had to guess we would have said that the battery would last for around 9-10 hours. Unfortunately, the battery life on this thing isn't what we thought it was gonna be. However, in our battery life test, the device's 52 Watt hours battery unit managed to last for 5 hours and 58 minutes of web browsing, and 5 hours of video playback. Finally, we have to mention the display. It comes in at a size of 15.6 inches and has a full HD resolution and an IPS matrix. Although it has comfortable viewing angles and a good contrast ratio, its color coverage comes in at 50%, which is important if you perhaps are studying art or graphic design or are just passionate about it. Fortunately, the screen doesn't use PWM to adjust its brightness so your eyes will at least be healthy if you use the laptop for a prolonged period of time, which we assume you would. Moving over to the color accuracy, both with the factory settings, left, and with our gaming and web design, profile, right, the panel couldn't reach a value that matches the standard.