The MSI prestige 13+ ai ukiyo-e edition is nothing less than a work of art, and my only complaint is that so few people will see it personally
- Advertisement -
Defeated and subdued by Taitra guards, I am being taken back to the MSI Booth from where I came, the laptop that I had tried to hand over to MSI spiritual, while members of the North -American PR team watch me in Stony Silence. I lift my head and meet their eyes one by one.
“It belongs in a museum!” I scream about the screams and the roar of the Computex 2025 Showfloor.
One of the representatives I have known for years to be heard: “John, what for God’s sake, man? Have you gone crazy?”
“It belongs in a museum!”
OK, so that scene didn’t play anything like that yesterday when I first realized the MSI prestige 13+ Ai Ukiyo-E-edition laptop, but it could have damn good. The only thing I needed was a means to escape through the full crowd in the MSI stand, all of which watched me at what is undoubtedly the most beautiful laptop we have ever seen.
The MSI Prestige 13+ AI is already one of the Best laptops MSI has released in recent years, but the one who was shown on Computex was something completely different. Splashing over the lid is a hand -led reproduction of The Great Gulf of Kanagawa By the Japanese artist and print maker Hokusai, a master of the Ukiyo-E-art style that dominated Japan from the 17th to 19th centuries.
I am not as much of Japanese art and culture as many of my friends are, of whom some of whom have different degrees of Japanese people speak as a second language and all of whom have almost every manga that has been released in the United States (as well as many they have to pay extra to order Japanese stores directly), but I love Japanese stores), but I love Japanese stores), but I love Japanese stores), but I love Japanese stores), but I love Japanese stores), but I love Japanese shops) ukiyo-e..
I grew up in New York City and spent a lot of time transferring to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Met has a rather impressive collection of Ukiyo-E-prints, including an original print of The big wave, Produced for the first time in 1831.
Something about the bourgeois market scenes, manor intrigues and picturesque personal moments between friends and loved ones who have defined the Ukiyo-E-style to this day.
But it was always the images of vulnerable humanity in the presence of indisputable natural forces that spoke the strongest for me. And no artwork catches that as well The big waveWith his unstoppable water that lies over a few fishing boats, the owners of which are nowhere to be seen. The only proof of their existence is that the boats left behind, pilotless and handed over to nature.
Image 1 by 4
The Prestige 13+ AI UKIYO-E-edition reproduces this masterful scene thanks to the work of OkadayaA Japanese company that is known for its paintwork on fine Chinaware and earthenware.
Similar to how ukiyo-e prints were made in steps and layers in the past, the Okadaya process to make The big wave On the prestige 13+ AI lid includes applying eight thin layers of lacquer by hand, step by step to build the color and texture of the scene before you polish it to a smooth, resilient finish.
Image 1 by 3
The process is also not limited to just the lid. The keys to the keyboard are also stimulated to a polished, piano-key-like finish with gold-colored key labels that match the MSI logo on the inside of the device and on the lid, as well as the labels for the gates of the device.
While the artwork on the device steals the show (and by show, I mean Computex, as the Prestige 13+ Ai Ukiyo-E edition won the best choice of Computex this year), the underlying laptop is still impressive, with a maximum of one Intel Lunar Lake Soc, up to 32 GB LPDDR5X memory, 1 TB PCIE 4.0 SSD storage and a 13.3-inch 2.8k OLED display.
As an Artisan collection product, the new laptop will have a limited run of 1,000 units, each of which is etched on the bottom of the device. Given the hand scraping that went in these laptops, you can imagine that they will not be cheap, and it would not surprise me if the majority of them was already bought before they even made their debut during this year’s show.
Still, even if it is not possible to own one yourself (unless you get it terribly Lucky), perhaps one of the buyers could do their good deed the year and one of these masterpieces could donate somewhere to a museum, so that we can all enjoy the artistry that went on this device.
After I saw it up close and held it myself, I can tell you that it would not be out of place between the best ukiyo-e prints that can be seen at the with, and it is something that I like to take the time to look when I am there.
Maybe you like it too …
- Advertisement -
