MSI Laptop: Enjoy gaming wherever you go with this MSI Stealth Pro laptop. Its 16GB of RAM and Intel Core i7 processor provide smooth, fast action, and its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card creates a superior detailed display with high resolution on the 15.6-inch screen. This MSI Stealth Pro Laptop includes a 256GB solid-state drive for ample file storage.
Q: Is the 1TB hdd 7200rpm or 5400rpm?
A: The hard drive is 5400 rpm
Q: can someone explain me what is the diferencce between this best-buy version with the msi version ?
A: From the YouTube reviews, the Best Buy has a TN panel (Non-IPS) for it's screen (horrible viewing angles). I confirmed this by looking at their display model in store. Unless you are directly in square in front the colors and picture itself degrades
Q: Can this laptop be upgraded to 32GB memory? If so is it 2133MHz or will 2400MHz DDR4 be better?
A: This laptop comes with 16 GB DDR 2400 Mhz (2 slots with 8 GB RAM each). The maximum supported is listed as 32 GB RAM (using two 16 GB RAM chips).
A: I'm currently an Engineering student that bought this laptop to run programs like AutoCAD 2017 and also things like Vectorworks and Revit. It does have a 64-bit operating system, and runs all of those programs super well while also being really light and thin if you need to carry it around in a pack of some sort.
Q: what's the battery's life in this laptop?
A: Not super great. When doing regular stuff I get 3-4 hours. When gaming, it's much less which is to be expected obviously. I haven't measured it but I'd gather around 1 hour of battery while gaming. Not a big deal for me as I got it for the power/gaming aspects and understand that battery is somewhat of a sacrifice especially with the smaller chassis.
Q: One part of the description says "4K" and the other says "1080x1920". So which is it?
A: It's the latter, 1920x1080. There are models with a 4K screen and it appears they used that text here by accident. It is an excellent screen, though. While researching this laptop before purchase I did see quite a few reviewers talking about the difference between this and a 4K screen, and the general consensus was that the higher resolution didn't make much of a difference for a laptop.
Q: Do the individual keys light up by program or only zone lighting?
A: By Zone....you can make all the zones the same color or different colors. There are 3 zones. There is a "gaming" option that only lights up the left side of the keyboard (I guess to emphasize those keys used in gaming...but it's the whole zone and not individual keys such as WASD.
A: It is the cheaper version screen, as stated previously. However, to correct the poster who said that the 230 version has the same specs, that is not true. The 230 version has the better ips screen, as well as a PCIE SSD (vs M.2 SATA for the 252) and a 2TB SATA HD (vs 1TB for 252). The 230 version also has an MSRP that is $250 more expensive.