Posted by Alumni from Wired
June 2, 2025
The MSI Titan is not for the faint of heart'it never has been. It's an 18-inch behemoth, fitting into that 'desktop replacement' class of gaming laptop. This one in particular is meant for PC gamers who want not just top performance but also some bling. You'll be hard-pressed to find a gaming laptop with this many high-end features. With a mini-LED display, a mechanical keyboard, and an invisible haptic touchpad, there's no other 18-inch gaming laptop like it, and that means a flashy price too. The MSI Titan is massive. It's 1.26 inches thick at its largest point and weighs nearly 8 pounds. You read that right. Eight whole pounds. Gaming laptops aren't known for being particularly portable, especially ones with 18-inch screens, but the MSI Titan HX is almost a full pound heavier than the Razer Blade 18. It's hefty and well crafted, though, as you'd hope for in a laptop north of $5,000. It's not a single piece of machined aluminum like the Razer Blade 18, but the magnesium-aluminum... learn more