Question 1

Is it possible to order the laptop with the OS not installed? If not, what kind of "bloatware" does it come with?

Accepted Answer

Not sure if you can order sans OS. Doubt it though. Personally, I've found all the pre-installed software to be quite useful. Only bloatware I felt the need to be rid of was Intel cloud server, which was no trouble to remove.   I've really enjoyed this laptop. Lots of bad reviews on the 48hz refresh rate, but it's hardly noticeable and its very easy to connect to 2x external monitors, if need be.  If you are using a gaming laptop to get awesome visuals, save your money and get a desktop. ??

Question 2

Is the MSI GS Series GS 60 Ghost Pro 4K-079 equipped with a touch screen?

Accepted Answer

I've been using the laptop now a few days and it is not, no. I don't think any of the GS series offers one. This laptop in particular though would not be particularly practical with a touchscreen considering the screen resolution and how thin the display is - it would wobble a lot.

Question 3

1) what is the resolution of the mini display port? I have a high resolution monitor I want to use with this system. 
2)what is the batter life?

Accepted Answer

Resolution: I have yet to actually try and utilze the mini port but the standard HDMI works like a charm. Only thing is that when in 4k, your going to have to adjust the screen size with MSI "sscreen size" program. (not to big of a deal) actually works quiet nice with all different sizes of TV.

2) I wont lie here, Battery life. Maybe 2 - 3 hours full charge with casual internet usage and other programs running in background. 
When it comes to on the go gaming with this battery. You will get a maximum of (maybe) 1-2 hrs play time with the MSI Boost on for gaming and running a pretty demanding game, GPU wise.

Is a very good laptop IMO. Last Con, only 3 USB.

Question 4

What is the maximum screen refresh rate on this computer?  I know some of the 4K screens don't hit 60Hz.  Does this one?

Accepted Answer

According to some people its only 48.

Question 5

Can you get 60Hz in 1920x1080 or is 48Hz the max for any resolution?

Accepted Answer

Hi.  Matt,

I am not sure about the frequency thing as I saw some blog posts saying this was a problem prior to buying this machine.  I did lots of research and looked at the originpc, sager/clevo, etc, etc.  It boils down to the fact that there are only two 15.6" 4K screens on the market right now: the Samsung and the Sharp.  This laptop has the Samsung 4K screen.  I have had no trouble running this in 4K or 1080P.  This is an awesome laptop!  I bought it to run Davinci Resolve and Premiere CC to do video color correcting and editing.  For this purpose, it rocks.  I also use it secondarily for doing Solidworks and Vectorworks CAD.  It seems to run Solidworks fine but there is a little bit more lag in Vectorworks, but still good.  If you are only going to do CAD, you might want to consider the workstation version WS60 (same chassis just different graphics card: instead of GeForce 970M you get a Quadro 2100M).  If you are going video editing or gaming, then the GS60 is the one for you with the 970M card.  Even though 4K is awesome, you will find yourself reverting to 1080P because many of the programs have not scaled their menu graphical user interface to work in 4K yet.  All Microsoft programs and OS look beautiful and scale properly, but programs like Davinci and most CAD programs have not upgraded the GUI yet to work well in 4K.

Hope this helps!

Todd

Question 6

Can you only get the 6GB GDDR5 in the Gold color?

Accepted Answer

At the time I purchased, yes.

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