MSI's GT780DX Gaming Notebook Arrives in Time for Xmas

[exfileme]

This gaming notebook packs Intel's Core i7 CPU, Nvidia GTX 570M discreet graphics and up to 32 GB of DDR3 memory.

MSI's GT780DX Gaming Notebook Arrives in Time for Xmas : Read more

 

[rohitbaran]

When I read 780 first, I thought nVidia had skipped a generation with GPU naming again! But then I see the laptop news. Pretty impressive specs though.

 

[joytech22]

the Windows function key has been repositioned to the right side to reduce the possibility of accidentally striking it when you’re surrounded by bad guys

Or.. they could have added another button near the LED indicators (near the drive activity etc..) that disables the Windows key..

Like my aging Logitech G15 keyboard. lol.

 

[cobra5000]

I'll take Laptops for one million-billion dollars, Alex....

 

[gzhang11]

msi laptops are fugly

 

[jsrudd]

It also comes with RAID 0 accelerated dual hard disk architecture which doubles hard disk storage capacity

I thought RAID 0 effectively halved your storage capacity?

 

[jrharbort]

[citation][nom]jsrudd[/nom]I thought RAID 0 effectively halved your storage capacity?[/citation]
Nope, it doubles your capacity as well. RAID1 halves your total storage since 1 drive is being used for redundancy.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Why the hell does a LAPTOP need 32 GB of memory?

 

[Inferno1217]

Looks like it starts $1349 (google shopping)

 

[lotri]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]Why the hell does a LAPTOP need 32 GB of memory?[/citation]
Because you can. Does one need any other reason?

 

[ragenalien]

Virtualization. You could use it as a server. Erm, kinda.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]Why the hell does a LAPTOP need 32 GB of memory?[/citation]

a ram disc?
desktop replacement? if its this, than there are MANY uses for 32gb.

 

[richboyliang]

lmfao 4 x 8 gb of ram would be $320 overkill for desktops already...

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]jsrudd[/nom]I thought RAID 0 effectively halved your storage capacity?[/citation]
No, RAID 0 doesn't change storage capacity. It's the only type of RAID that storage remains the same as the combined size of all storage drives. It's focus is solely performance, it doesn't have any kind of redundancy or error checking.

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]jrharbort[/nom]Nope, it doubles your capacity as well. RAID1 halves your total storage since 1 drive is being used for redundancy.[/citation]
It doesn't double the capacity of the storage drives. The size of the RAID 0 array is the same as the combined sized of the storage drives used in the array.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]richboyliang[/nom]lmfao 4 x 8 gb of ram would be $320 overkill for desktops already...[/citation]
for casual computer use... yea, its over kill. but it does have its uses.

 

[masterasia]

Pretty sweet. But I have no use for a 17" laptop, because it's going to sit on my desktop all the time anyways.

 

[hoof_hearted]

Raid 0 doubles your performance less the overhead by interleaving the reads from two drives made to look as one.

 

[kenyee]

I've been looking for 6lb 15" 1080p laptops w/ 4 memory slots so I can run Virtual Machines on it and do development...you know how many I found? Zippo

They're all either 8-9lb gaming laptops that have been blinged up, or have really low resolution screens or only have 2 slots

 

[doomtomb]

MSI laptop build quality is crap.

 

[stingstang]

Can not imagine why all the mobile gpus have so much memory. It's pointless to me.

 

[Guest]

MSI rocks! I've had one for 5 years and the best gaming machine I've ever used. Fastest computer I ever used also...boots in seconds. I'l be trading the old one in on this one in January.

 

[thespieler]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]Why the hell does a LAPTOP need 32 GB of memory?[/citation]
Video editing or Cad drawing easily require more than 16 GB, so depending on your needs, 32 GB of possible ram makes this machine pretty versatile.

 

[Guest]

32GB is overkill for casual user.. but as for me its really heaven fall into my home..
you'll know when you involved in AUDIO/VIDEO/IMAGE editing.. and i'm doing all of this ..
But why some one said "MSI built is CRAP"? anyone can tell me please?