Lol, that batter life difference though. and the display on the MSI is kind of schiit and it's a lot bigger than the 9550 right?
And eh, I'd go try a spyderco knife out first, the opening mechanism can take some getting used to. I like the Kershaws because they have an assisted opening function so they're *almost* like owning switchblades, which are illegal in my state so I tootally don't have any! XD
And you and those WASRs LOL. Might do you better to look at Zastavas right now btw, depending on whichever is cheaper. Apparently they're only imported in batches every 6 months or so, so prices can fluctuate quite heavily and they've been going up and up ever year.
Baaaaaaad dude, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. =_=
And I know, that's super lame though, damn the evil left leaning states not letting you guys have your FREEDOMS!
It's almost like gaming laptops don't ever have good batteries, lol
The color reproduction on the MSI is 'better' but at the cost of using a third party app that changes the profile on bootup (and thus uses some startup resources). The MSI is noticeably bigger if you had them side by side but not too noticeable otherwise.
The MSI however feels flaky compared to the XPS which feels solid and like a Macbook Pro. One reason is because the MSI uses thin plastic on the display that flexes actually when you hold the laptop with your palm. The XPS doesn't do this and has very nice weight balance distritubtion which the MSI doesn't.
When it actually comes down to it, the only things the MSI does better are the much faster GTX 1060 6GB, better color screen, webcam location, Sabre DAC/"Hifi" amp (never tested), and the massive amount of ports it has which is the reason we got it.
As it turns out, despite advertising PCIE Gen 3 SSD. They leave and only have SATA support at the moment meaning it is still limited to only 500MB/s RW whereas my XPS does 1.7GB/s R and 750MB/s W. The MSI has a permanent slot open for an extra HDD/SSD (7-9mm) to be mounted which we did the other day (added 2TB HDD) whereas the XPS 15 can only do this if you get the smaller battery. I have the larger 10Hr battery so the slot on mine is filled. But 512GB is enough.
Overall....yeah, the MSI GS63VR, despite being a good gaming computer. Shows full well why Apple is still very popular. ....because so few companies actually make laptops as good in the overall sense as a MBP. And the closest thing to a MBP for Windows is the XPS 15 (as ranked and reviewed as one of the best top professional laptops of 2016)....and this is still leagues behind the MBPs still.
Overall; I would take the XPS (especially the new model with the GTX 1050) over the MSI or most gaming laptops on the market. These gaming laptops are paper spec monsters, but fail in the human interfacing dept compared to the XPS.
WASR is mostly a place holding name right now. I don't care for the American model name rebrand but more of me just wanting an affordable USA import AK47.
I know it was a baaa baaaad joke haha.