Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I wanted to buy an MSI laptop for a while and after waiting for nearly 2 yrs finally I was able to purchase this beauty. Excellent packaging. Good protection. When I got the laptop for the first time, the screen was defective and Amazon customer service did a fantastic job in not only making sure they arranged for the quick return of the laptop but also ensured replacement was sent in time. Thank you for understanding my plea and for your prompt action. Laptop looks great & it is extremely light (very surprised by this) Processor:- It comes with the i7 7700hq processor. It is fast and provides smooth operation. Backlit keyboard - red color. Keyboard:- The keyboard layout is excellent, well spaced out keys for fast typing. There is a separate number keypad like what you find on normal keyboards for desktop pcs. There are many shortcut keys. Keys feel great while typing. Experienced typists will have a great time typing on this keyboard. The touchpad is very responsive and works very well. You can pinch to zoom or scroll up and down using two fingers. Windows:- It came with Windows 10 home edition. I should have spoken with customer service to get windows 10 pro, don't like home edition at all. Being an IT guy I prefer Windows 10 pro over home edition any day. Battery:- Laptop doesn't get heated up at all. You won't think about it even once. The adapter doesn't get heated up either even after using for long hours. So people who want to use this laptop for long hours, you will love this. I always have the power adapter connected. Battery lasts for 4 hrs - browsing, office work (There is MSI battery software that calibrates the battery, very useful). It was saying 94% plugged in, not charging. I used MSI battery calibration app & overnight it calibrated very well. Now it is showing 100% fully charged. Warning* Do not unplug the charger or use the laptop while this is going on. You will see get this warning even in that app.If you still see this message then drain the battery completely Screen:- I think the screen is a matte finish. No reflections on the screen & great viewing angles. The 1080p screen is really noticeable. Watching videos or playing games has been a great experience on this laptop. The screen is crystal clear & absolutely gorgeous. Boot time:- Performance - outstanding!!! I am very impressed with fast boot times. 10 seconds to boot up into Windows OS.The laptop is fast and there is no lag whatsoever. Compressing & extracting zip files extremely quickly. Connectivity:- WIFI is excellent, has many options in the settings. Bluetooth connectivity is great. The laptop connects to my Bluetooth speaker pretty quickly and stays connected even after the reboot. 4 USB ports. 1 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0 and 1 USB 3.1 port along with USB type-c port. Fast data transfer- > It was transferring at 100MB/s speed. Tested it multiple times. 128 GB SSD is outstanding, if you have an option go for 256 GB SSD it is really worth the money. There is also 1 TB hard disk for storage. So you have enough space. Wireless Display:- There is Wireless Display option which works really great. This is a huge deal for me because I want to connect to the projector using RKCast and I am extremely happy that it works very well. No lag at all. I played Mortal Kombat XL and didn't notice any lag even with highest settings. Nvidia 1050 totally worth it. But if you are undecided then go for Nvidia GTX 1060 as it supports VR. RAM:- This laptop comes with 8 GB RAM DDR4. The main reason I chose this one because it has the option to upgrade to 32GB in future. Since I didn't have enough money I could afford only 8 GB but if money is not an issue then pick 32 GB. It is totally worth it. Absolutely brilliant performance. Fan noise is very minimal so that is not a problem either because I read many reviews for other laptops (MSI or others) where people complained about laptop fan noise. But that is not a problem at all for this laptop. It is pretty silent and pleasant to use. Camera:- The camera is really good. Press Fn + F6 if you face an issue with camera app on windows. You can take burst shot ( continuous photos) like you can in android phones. Speakers:- Speakers are good, very clear sound, but not comparable to JBL speakers that I used before in my old Dell XPS laptop. They are louder and have good bass. Having said that, I still like the speakers on this laptop. They are not exactly an issue. It will take some time for me to get used to them. But the new buyers can always get great Bluetooth powered speakers for less than 50$ on Amazon. Overall:- I am not deducting any stars for that because the positives in this laptop overshadow everything else. Experience in using this laptop has been outstanding!!!! I totally recommend this laptop to everyone who is looking for a good laptop at a decent price. It is totally worth it whether it is typing documents or running virtual machines or watching videos or playing graphics-intensive games or duplicating the screen to the projector. It does everything flawlessly. I am very impressed. So far I am extremely happy and I hope I don't face any issues or have unpleasant surprises in future. Thank you for reading my review. Update Dec 29th, 2017:- Upgraded my laptop to 32GB after 1 month of purchase. Spent 265$ for 32GB RAM from Crucial 2400 MTS from Newegg website. But my observation is laptop won't use more than 16GB of RAM. So you can decide as per your requirements. When I opened 3 or 4 VMs and running them parallelly, it used at the most 12 or 13GB of RAM but the CPU usage was very high. My setting was 90% for Max CPU usage & Min is at 5% for balanced mode & for high performance - I kept the minimum at 50%. You can set this in Power settings. So my laptop's performance is still outstanding even after 5 months of purchase. It kept getting better & faster every day. Update - June 9th 2018 Laptop's performance just kept getting better. Do not install Nvidia driver from the website. Let Windows install the drivers. This way you won't lose the option to connect wirelessly to your projector or TV. Performed best with Windows 1709 update. But after 1803 volume became comparatively lower. I am using Equalizer APO to boost the volume but it is still less for my liking. Windows 1803 has also messed up Bluetooth These issues are more related to Windows 10 pro 1803 update than laptop itself. So watch out for these two problems. Having said that. Windows 1803 improved gaming performance. I can also watch Netflix wirelessly using Intel WiDi on my laptop connected to projector with HDMI dongle. Cheers! Sam