First and foremost, because this laptop is built by MSI, there is NO BLOAT. None of that extra useless junk every other company puts on your computer. It comes with one thing pre-installed: WinRAR(other than the OS and all the standard windows components), surprisingly it doesn't come with Firefox pre-installed, though. On first bootup it will ask you which extra programs you want to install. The Burning software is required(to burn the recovery disk I suppose), and the CrazyTalk webcam software(I highly recommend installing it, you can have fun just playing with your webcam for hours!!)
The graphics on this laptop are top of the line. I can play Call of Duty 4 with full graphics with a minimum of 50-60 fps. If you are a gamer on the go this is definitely the laptop for you. The built in bluetooth is also a major plus(due to the lack of usb ports). I use a bluetooth mouse with it.
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Heat. This beast runs at a minimum of about 40 Celsius for the processor and around 45-50 for graphics processor. When gaming or running graphics and processor intensive applications I've recorded temperatures upwards of 70. So by all means, people, buy a cooling table. The turbo button has no fault protection, in other words if you hit it you have a decent chance of getting a BSOD or just locking up. So far I've determined it happens no matter what if you try to turbo boot up. So don't be impatient when it boots up. Similarly, don't press it in the middle of games. Go to the menu pause it, whatever. You've got a fairly good chance of it happening when you're using the processor a lot. (But just ventilate it good you should be fine)
The wireless card is standard "G" technology, hasn't been upgraded to "N".
Not so much of a con as annoying, but if you disable the trackpad it will re-enable when you restart windows, that includes waking up from sleep mode.
Other Thoughts: Not a pro not a con, but something you will need to know. Because it has such a powerful graphics card, while plugged in you will be able to run just about anything, but take the AC adapter off and you will notice considerable lag (from 60 to 4 fps).
One thing I thought was extremely awkward was that the keyboard has two backslash keys(the one that has | and \[right above enter][and below enter, between up and 1 on the numpad]) and as other people have said it gets dirty quick, so you people like me who need their stuff clean as can be, keep a microfiber cloth with you >.<
Finally the exhaust is ported directly where you would put an external mouse if you're a righty like 70-90% of the world. This could be a pro or a con. If you have cold hands like me it's great cause it keeps em nice and warm so you can click good while gaming. If you have hot hands it's not so fun cause it can get hot(with those temperatures reaching upwards of 70 Celsius or about 160 Fahrenheit and whatnot)
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