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Pros & Cons
Pros
Msi does not tout it's display enough, but it should, this is a top notch quality 17. Screen. Matte screen means almost no fingerprints on the glass, and there is no glare.
Fedora responds really well on this laptop.
Large screen for watching movies, and really enjoy the numeric keypad. The backlit keyboard is great too. I love the separate button for the cooling down mode which amps up the fans and lowers the laptop temp by 10 or so degrees.
To ensure proper operation with a msata ssd, a cooling pad is strongly recommended to prevent ssd overheat and * your laptop. Gb is excessive but allows me to comfortably dedicate 4gb to ubuntu vm.
This still get's pretty hot but it's because the graphics are throttled to the max. The additional fan helps, but its definitely heats a lot. Even with turbo cooler, the laptop gets really hot.
Cons
Qc is terrible, and tech support is unhelpful. Do not buy this laptop for gaming or for anything else.
The wifi goes dead multiple times per day. I have to reset the wifi on the computer every time to get it to pick it up. Their only answer is to reinstall the os and if that fails, file another rma claim.
Highlights
Quality
The in-built speakers are really cool, the audio is loud and the bass is good (considering a laptop speaker) and can be adjuste... Read More
Fast, high definition, good memory and looks awesome.
Replaced thermal paste on it once, the thermal paste applied to it was sloppy and overdone which ended up adding extra heat to the machine.
I run new games on this machine on full graphics and it doesn't miss a step.
Price
This is a great laptop for the price, it held up pretty good as a laptop i used for work.
Pros:amazing laptop for $1200, has enough ram and storage for all my files and programs.
For about $1000, i thought it was a good deal.
It was money well spent for me and i chose it over a mac.
Packaging/appearance
So far, i am a big fan of msi, their fit and finish as well as their cool packaging!
I may still add some to beef it up further but i'm very impressed with what came in the box.
Also, the packaging is really cool too.
Competitiveness
It is much easier to do with this laptop than any other laptop i owned so far.
Msi makes good computer hardware, almost all of the high end graphics cards i bought from the geforce gtx 260 to the geforce gt... Read More
I double i'll look elsewhere than msi when the time does finally come to switch to a new laptop.
Although there are other companies such as asus which are within the same price range, in my personal opinion, the look of the ... Read More
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- This product had a total of 123 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 16 2024.
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I wish other companies made laptops of this quality
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I got this in april 2014 and nearly 5 and a half years later its still going strong
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you like changing computers every couple of years like your phone msi is not for you
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I added more memory and a samsung msata ssd
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I double ill look elsewhere than msi when the time does finally come to switch to a new laptop
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I really dont play games on this laptop but i played some games on it like bioshock infinite war thunder modern warfare 3 and it didnt have any problems running them at 1080p
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However the gpu and cpu temperatures did go up a lot after i played games
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And im not able to run the steam game rust
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