Labels like “the world’s thinnest and lightest” don’t seem to last for long in the tech industry. But MSI Computer has claimed that title for a nanosecond with the announcement of its GS70, the “world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch portable gaming laptop.”
MSI GS70
The company says the computer can play the most demanding games on the road. The machine is less than 1-inch thick and weighs 5.7 pounds. It uses the Haswell-based 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M graphics chip, Killer DoubleShot networking, and a SteelSeries backlit keyboard with “anti-ghosting” keys. It can display images in high-definition 1920 x 1080 resolution, and it has a 2.1 speaker system with an integrated subwoofer. It has Sound Blaster Cinema software that is capable of delivering “the quality of 5.1 surround sound” from the 2.1 speakers. It comes with 16 gigabytes of DDR3L memory, 4 USB 3.0 ports, 3 audio jacks, and a 720p HD webcam. It is housed in a brushed aluminum chassis.
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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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