fred

I actually am fine with the content of the video. I imagine a lot of less savvy people search on how to speed up their laptop and it would be lucrative to be a top search result for that. It's okay if not every single LTT upload is relevant for the subscriber base.
 
That being said, I am not a fan of the new direction for thumbnails and especially titles. Titles in particular are getting a lot less descriptive (see videos from ~2 months ago to see what I mean).

I would be interested if it used a non-proprietary connection (such as thunderbolt) and could be used by other notebooks. As it stands this is pretty much a waste of money.
I have a couple concerns with this thing:
Because the GPU housing is proprietary, when you inevitably need to get a new laptop, the GPU enclosure becomes trash (unless MSI makes more models, which isn't much better as you are locked to a brand). The notebook has Iris Pro graphics, which means any "high-end" gaming without the cinder block is pretty much not feasible. I am not terribly fussed about this given the GPU enclosure but something dedicated like a 965M for the road would have been a lot better. Given the elevated height, an external keyboard is pretty much required while using the GPU brick with any semblance of comfort and ergonomics, which MSI could have avoided by using a cable, and something Alienware was smart enough to do. From the little I have seen, the build quality seems sub par for it's price category. I am not going to excuse thing kind of thing because of the "value add" of the GPU enclosure, especially when the standalone model without the GPU igloo is only ~$300 cheaper. Anyone with $2000 (not including GPU) is much better off buying a laptop with equivalent or better specs and spending the rest on a separate gaming desktop (even a prebuilt).
For example you could get a ~$1300-1500 notebook, plus a ~$500-700 desktop minus GPU, plus whatever GPU you were going to use with the GS30 Shadow:
The ~$1300-1500 notebook would be about the same or better than the GS30 Shadow without external GPU.  The ~$500-700 (not including GPU) desktop would be substantially better than the GS30 Shadow with its dollhouse. The two aren't dependant on each other, can be used separately at the same time, and doesn't use proprietary crap. Your desktop benefits from the numerous advantages of a desktop motherboard including more expansion slots. I love the idea of external GPU enclosures, and good ones are on the horizon, but anyone who gets this is probably in for some early adopter woes when thunderbolt ones start hitting the market. If you want the desktop vs. laptop best of both worlds you are still better off getting both and staying away from this frankenstein machine.
 
Rant over.

After a luke-warm review of the A50's, I would like it if you also checked out the A40s, since I think many of the issues you have with the wireless version are better in the wired version. For starters, it weighs less due to not having an internal DAC, and I expect it would sound better. In other reviews I have seen audio-enthusiasts approximate the sound of the A40s to things like the PC360. It has a much better frequency response and most likely a higher impedance. Also, I know for a fact that the microphone quality of the A40 is much better, and actually very good, again probably due to the fact it isn't wireless. You can also ditch the boom-mic for an included in-line mic. The A40 system costs less also, despite being a lot better where it matters.

After a luke-warm review of the A50's, I would like it if you also checked out the A40s, since I think many of the issues you have with the wireless version are better in the wired version. For starters, it weighs less due to not having an internal DAC, and I expect it would sound better. In other reviews I have seen audio-enthusiasts approximate the sound of the A40s to things like the PC360. It has a much better frequency response and most likely a higher impedance. Also, I know for a fact that the microphone quality of the A40 is much better, and actually very good, again probably due to the fact it isn't wireless. You can also ditch the boom-mic for an included in-line mic. The A40 system costs less also, despite being a lot better where it matters.