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Cons mentioned:
Battery life, Graphics
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I would not recommend
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Let me preface this by saying this is going back to BB for a full return. I cannot express the level of frustration this device has caused since I was foolish enough to take it on a business trip instead of my business laptop-- which is now sitting in customs awaiting clearance in a foreign country because it is simply not usable-- for anyone. First, it loses the WiFi. No amount of disabling, removing the driver, airplane mode, etc will recapture a functional WiFi device. I believe the Ethernet card/driver is somehow conflicting despite never having had an Ethernet cable plugged in. The only solution is a full restart, and since this occurs literally at random you could be mid project when you can no longer connect to an internet connection. Restarting also has issues since it just spins and spins. I once left it there "rebooting" for 15 minutes, nothing. Each and every time requires a forced restart. This includes during Windows updates. For some reason the WU feature on this version of Windows 10 updates and then restarts-- but this computer cannot handle such technical issues so it just goes directly into a restart and then spins and spins. Forced reboot only goes back to the home screen where Windows says, Update!
Other issues include: slow.... slow... slow typing-- even for basic word processing. It will lose your pinned items and won't allow you to re-pin them (I have no idea why). I have the computer on mute and it still makes sounds. The fan spins really hard, but I've skin checked the underside and naturally the keyboard, and it's not hot. It's just spinning, loudly and constantly. The battery saver mode burns through battery. On reviews with low usage, 60% dimmed screen, and light wifi use the battery lasted 4 hours. In my case, on 20% screen, wifi turned off (and couldn't turn it back on without a restart, naturally), and light word processing use I didn't even get 2 hours!! This isn't the 4K screen, a trade-off I originally made for more battery life (oh the irony) and the graphics look terrible. Any folders on your desktop are and even adjusting this setting provides no relief because then they blur out at lower percentages.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Actuating keys, Number pad, Screen graphics
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great Desktop Replacement!
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One of the primary reasons that I wanted this laptop is because of the actuating keys on the keyboard. If you're use to a traditional QWERTY keyboard, this works great!
Another cool feature is the mouse pad that also functions as a number pad and lights up the numbers when tapping on the upper left hand corner of the mouse pad. I originally thought the number pad had stopped working about a month ago... but found out it's actually still working after updating the mouse pad driver from the MSI website. The screen graphics are great and the whites are nice and bright on the screen.
WiFi stopped working and wouldn't recognize any routers... but using the Ethernet connection and downloading the latest driver from the MSI website fixed that problem too!
The large solid state drive (fast booting and multitasking), blue ray burner, and lighted keyboard are some of the cool features of this 'laptop'.
One thing I wasn't aware of when purchasing this phenomenal machine, is that it actually uses 2 brick power supplies to power the machine up! This laptop is partially designed to be a replacement for a desktop machine (which it is in my case).
This machine is great if you're going to a conference and want to promote or sell something. Or if you're DJ for a reception... People tend gravitate to this laptop just to check it out because it's visually stunning!
I'd also say that the sound speakers on board this laptop work great. If you're into gaming, the graphics and sound work great!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing computer
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Unbelievable strong computer. Easy-to-use and set-up.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Durable, Screen graphics
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Very Pleased and Optimistic
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I got the MSI GS63 Stealth-010 after my previous Dell Inspiron died on me during the school year. As a student studying game design and digital art, I needed a capable machine for both the technical and work-heavy side of making games, but also the leisure of playing them.
So far while owning this laptop, I have had but a single issue of the battery shorting out (which can happen to any laptop, so I don't blame the model), and it was fixed very quickly. The amount of storage is great for me, and I love the colorful keyboard and accents. The metal casing makes it durable but super lightweight and great for carrying around campus.
Overall I'm very happy with this laptop and I hope it lasts me until past college.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
not impressed.
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Overall I like the device, however it could use some tweaks for sure. My biggest beef with it is how quickly the battery drains. Ive only had it out of the box for an hour and it started at full charge and now I'm at 39%...
I understand that for high performance laptops you wont get as much battery life off the charger but it shouldn't be THIS drastic.
I'm actually considering returning it. My other beef is its just way to expensive to have any problems in the first place in my opinion. For just under 2,000 dollars this thing should not have any complaints at all...
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Pretty Good Laptop
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Pretty good gaming laptop gets decent frames for the price the rgb keyboard is simple enough to configure. Only complaint is that if the power cable is not connected the cpu is slowed down to conserve power haven't figured out how to change this yet but all around a good gaming laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Fan quality
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Fan Failure after 5 months
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I specifically bought this notebooks because I needed a PC that had a high quality fan because I have had three of my past notebooks have fan failures because I bought cheap models. This morning the GPU fan makes an extremely loud squeaking nose, indicating that the bearings are failing. MSI wants 25 days to fix it, because I use this PC for work, that is a huge hit.
Avoid.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
No g-sync, Poor quality
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Do not buy MSI, not worth it at all
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DO NOT BUY MSI. OVERPRICED, POOR QUALITY, NO G SYNC.
I have returned 3 MSI laptops to Bestbuy. First had issue with 4K, than another one had fan issues, and the third one was lagging and loosing WiFi and keyboard acted like crazy. MSI needs to fix these laptops before selling them. BAD BAD BAD
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Mechanical engineering
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great laptop!
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I bought this laptop for college. I am going into mechanical engineering so I needed a laptop that would be able to handle all of the programs I would need to run and so far this laptop has been great. I haven't had anything to complex running on it yet, but the few programs I do have to run this laptop has been great.