Pros: The design is very sleek, the tilt adjustment angles to whatever cozy chair I want to put in front of my desk, I have plenty of room for my keyboard and peripherals in front of the monitor, its slim design allows for even laptop webcams to latch to the body, and the thing is shiny as all get-out (within the realm of being pretty, and not extending into annoying). The screen is bright, the colors are vibrant, picture quality is like I'm looking at a razor's edge, 16x9 has proven significantly beneficial over my previous 17" 1280x1024... and I repeat, the thing is shiny. Coincidentally, the aesthetic look of this monitor perfectly matches the black gloss of my speakers, keyboard, and tower.

Cons: The power light does have a bit of a shine to it, but it's not horribly bright. Height adjustment would be nice, but with my setup, it's not really necessary. No HDMI means no connecting my PS3, so I have to add to my list of reasons for getting a tv tuner card. Even though it doesn't have built-in speakers, nerds like me who know ways to get around the lack of sound reproduction could still send video to the monitor and use another audio source. It's just... unpleasant that I have no way to play Burnout Paradise until I get a TV tuner.

Overall Review: I would've liked to have seen this as a 120Hz monitor, since it has LED technology implemented into it, and that could allow for some 3D gaming and video, but I personally believe that 3D monitor/tv manufacturers jumped the gun on marketing the technology; until we can have wide 3D viewing angles without glasses, I'll settle for my 3DS and movie theaters. The thing is no lower in quality than what you'd expect of a monitor for this price, but that's at its lowest. I'd easily rate this at $160 or more.

Pros: Virus protection.

Cons: It's going to ultimately be blamed on me for not checking system requirements, but I assumed that the Avast program on Windows was made by the same ones who make it for Mac, was given pretty much equal features from Windows to Mac, and that there would be no reason that a code for a subscription service wouldn't work on one of the systems that I want on the subscription. This is Windows only, so scroll ALL the way down in the specifications to see that (instead of seeing it in the title or somewhere logical). I called Avast to ask them to sort out this illogical stupidity (and I don't say "stupid" unless there's either no brain activity whatsoever, or it's the opposite of logic), and for two hours, they were absolutely no help. The solution: Give me 18 characters/digits to type into my macbook so that I can get the service I paid for, on the program that's titled the same as its Windows counterpart. The result: Avast representatives insist on following stupid rules put over them by even dumber policy writers.

Overall Review: I feel like I took crazy pills or had a bad psychedelic trip that locked me into a reality where people take pride in creating stupid ideas and following them.

Pros: It behaves like an iPhone 8 should, but the people who refurbished it didn’t seal it 100%. Light bleeds from the edge of the glass beside the volume up button.

Overall Review: Besides having cracked the screen less than a week after the warranty period ended, I’m happy with it.

Pros: Small, sleek, reasonably unobtrusive, easy to set up.

Cons: It catches sneeze particles that drift for too long.

Overall Review: If used on a smartphone, the slider can catch in your pocket and open a little. I’ve also swiped my phone off a table and, in manipulating the phone in my hand, my thumb caught the slider that popped out. Also on a smartphone, you will certainly notice a bump that will always cause a soft, tightening tingle in the back of your mind. Fortunately I’m a paranoid mf who also has a case that happens to be the same height on the edge of the screen as the slider is over the camera.

Pros: Slim and modern design* The lighting isn't annoyingly bright* A decent array of shortcut keys that are actually kind of useful (but I still don't use them)

Cons: The trackpad size and button placement is perfectly horrible... The buttons are often too high when I drop down to click them, and the trackpad doesn't click. The keycaps do feel slightly mushy, but they are fairly quiet. I'd prefer a chicklet keyboard, but this one is good for living room use, since it's not going to be used very much for typing. The trackpad is a bit too sensitive when scrolling on a mac. It's simply inferior to what's attached to my notebook.

Overall Review: I currently use this with a macbook pro, and I have a Windows PC beside it. It's of course fine and dandy on the Windows pc, but it'd be fantastic if I could use three and four-finger gestures on the trackpad like on my macbook. Two-finger back/forward page navigation is also something I absolutely don't want to ever give up, to the point that I have it on my Windows machine. The trackpad is useful in an office setup, but I use an actual mouse most of the time, until I get replacement peripherals for my office.

Pros: Great gaming performance Beautiful aesthetic design Relatively cool temperatures under loads Ample memory for multitasking Amazingly fast boot and wake times External expansion galore (my current setup has a single 23" monitor connected, with input for two more) 4 USB 3.0 ports (mouse, keyboard, 360 controller, and headphones if I'm barebones, but I have a 10-port hub, which is a huge advantage) Great speakers for a notebook Decently sharp webcam Along with intense gaming, it's great for workstation and production tasks

Cons: Brushed metal. Always a con. I simply don't touch the lid of the notebook because I don't want any fingerprints on it. It was a horrible idea when it was first used, and it's a horrible idea today. It uses a slotted power input connector. This is the year 2015. We should have advanced from this type of connector because it has too much risk to break both inside the notebook and on the charging tip itself. But it seems that no manufacturer is addressing this problem except apple. Magnets are not a patent. Certain designs are, but that doesn't mean that a $1800 laptop should have something so volatile as this type of connector. And if MSi wants to become truly awesome, then they'll start manufacturing notebooks that have magnetic breakaway cables, and they'll manufacture adapters that users can put into these power sockets so that they're flush with the body of the notebook, and a replacement cable that goes from the power brick to the notebook that ends in a magnetic tip. It's just absolutely appalling and embarrassing that a $1800 laptop is still using what was used 20 years ago when we've had all that time to try to improve all of our technology. But only apple does this, and no other company considers that people who pay price premiums for notebooks would also want a power connector that provides absolutely no risk of damaging the most important port on the entire notebook. Shame on you, MSi. And now the reason I'm giving this product a 1-egg rating: MSi support. It is simply terrible. I'm currently an exchange student in Japan, here until one month after my warranty expires. I've contacted MSi in the US, the UK, and Japan because when I got here, the notebook wouldn't say that it was charging (but was plugged in), and because I have a dead pixel (yes, dead, I've run the tests). I've replaced screens on my own before, and since it's vital that I always have a notebook with me where I live in Japan, I can't send my notebook to MSi to get the screen replaced. But I'd love to converse with them about perhaps livestreaming or making a video, taking responsibility for whatever damages might occur under my replacement skills. But MSi simply has NOT responded. My only response was from someone running the MSi UK Notebook page on Facebook, and that person contacted US support in the most direct way possible from within the company. So while the product performs fantastically, know that your 1-year warranty means absolutely nothing. Once you buy this, and you're outside of your 30-day Newegg warranty, you're on your own. MSi doesn't care about anything that may happen to the product, and all repairs/replacements will have to be done by you. Again, shame on you, MSi. If you want to make this right, send me the panel for the 2QE-003 so I can spend two hours with this in my possession to carefully, professionally replace the screen and send you the defective panel. And then pay attention to your customers. E-mail them. Don't be office

Overall Review: The most important thing to take from this is that when you buy this, you're getting only a 30-day warranty from Newegg. Any defects or issues you have with this will NOT be covered by MSi because you simply cannot get a response from them. Your best shot is to hope that one of the PR people on their facebook or twitter pages will respond to you, but the best that person can do is give you a link to e-mail, which will not receive a reply. As MSi makes renown components and products, I'm hoping that they see this review and how I'm dissuading people from buying one of their top-tier products for the single reason that MSi doesn't serve its customers after they have our purchase money. Companies/departments with this poor of a relationship with their customer base simply don't need to exist. And if MSi doesn't reply to me here, then when I'm able to settle and decide to stop traveling, my next desktop will not have any MSi or MSi subsidiary products in it. This notebook will have been the last MSi product that I will ever buy.

The only hitch was the delivery time, and that I couldn’t track my order. When I contacted the seller, they were very quick to reply, telling me where the package was and when they thought it’d arrive. When it didn’t arrive on their expected date, they linked me to a USPS page that allowed me to get text message updates on the delivery, and a few days later it arrived. I don’t hold the late delivery against the seller, it had to come a long way. But they were swift to reply to my inquiries, and I very much appreciate that.

It’s functional as it should be, but when the screen was glued back down, the seal isn’t quite complete at the edge of the screen by the volume-up button. Light bleeds through, so I know it won’t survive rain or splashes.

My order took too long to ship, so I cancelled it. They didn't cancel it because they said it already shipped (though I got no tracking updates). Furthermore, this Sony-labeled controller is not an actual licensed Sony product. My intention was to use this controller for my Mac, but it wouldn't connect via Bluetooth, neither would it be discovered when plugged into a USB port. Finally, after leaving it plugged into the computer to charge while I was walking my dog, I've come back to discover that the controller does not operate anymore. It had a total working time of 3 minutes from the time I brought it in, through some connection tests, and the time I left to walk my dog.