Need an opinion on which one.

[Agate F150]

So, I'm finally shifting away from my wife's MBP and wanting to get a gaming derived laptop. I need a laptop as I'm still a full time college student and stay at home parent, so mobility around the house and traveling is a must and I would prefer to keep it at the 15" models as a 17" begins to be tedious when I'm typing papers.

I know most laptops can run AAA games at decent FPS and resolution nowadays, but the I/O selection is where my debate has been, as my wife and I want to VR and display onto our TV/projector/hotels, so my search has been narrowed to needing a dedicated DP/mDP (Sorry Asus).

Next, to add onto this fiasco, my shopping is primarily limited to AAFES online and they either have dirt crap or $3500 systems and not much in between.

Unfortunately, due to these criteria, I seem to limited to either the MSI GL63 SEK-615, MSI GP65 10SFK-47, or a version of the Alienware M15 R3 with the RTX 2070. Obviously the MSI models are cheaper by a few hundred than AW, but would like input.

TIA!

Note: my selection is limited to Pre-built configurations that the retailer has in their warehouse, which is why G14, GS66, etc are not mentioned. 

[Bombastinator]

59 minutes ago, Agate F150 said:

So, I'm finally shifting away from my wife's MBP and wanting to get a gaming derived laptop. I need a laptop as I'm still a full time college student and stay at home parent, so mobility around the house and traveling is a must and I would prefer to keep it at the 15" models as a 17" begins to be tedious when I'm typing papers.

I know most laptops can run AAA games at decent FPS and resolution nowadays, but the I/O selection is where my debate has been, as my wife and I want to VR and display onto our TV/projector/hotels, so my search has been narrowed to needing a dedicated DP/mDP (Sorry Asus).

Next, to add onto this fiasco, my shopping is primarily limited to AAFES online and they either have dirt crap or $3500 systems and not much in between.

Unfortunately, due to these criteria, I seem to limited to either the MSI GL63 SEK-615, MSI GP65 10SFK-47, or a version of the Alienware M15 R3 with the RTX 2070. Obviously the MSI models are cheaper by a few hundred than AW, but would like input.

TIA!

Note: my selection is limited to Pre-built configurations that the retailer has in their warehouse, which is why G14, GS66, etc are not mentioned. 

I would say “more” rather than “most”.   What kind of VR is key.  There are several.  (The google one is having some problems lately btw) 

 

VR often takes non trivial GPU, and they all will have different port and processing needs.

[Agate F150]

9 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

I would say “more” rather than “most”.   What kind of VR is key.  There are several.  (The google one is having some problems lately btw) 

 

VR often takes non trivial GPU, and they all will have different port and processing needs.

Was gifted a rift S, so that's why I mentioned the need of a DP/mDP. This necessity and how ASUS mounts their usb-c/display to prioritize the onboard makes ASUS models the exchange has in the price range of 14ish out of the question. 

[Bombastinator]

56 minutes ago, Agate F150 said:

Was gifted a rift S, so that's why I mentioned the need of a DP/mDP. This necessity and how ASUS mounts their usb-c/display to prioritize the onboard makes ASUS models the exchange has in the price range of 14ish out of the question. 

Well you’re ahead of me then.  There are people here who use the rift S (I don’t) and will know what kind of hardware to run what software hopefully. All I know is I’ve heard Facebook made some announcements about changes to accounts and logins and things that are in direct opposition to previous company statements and are producing some bad press.  Not sure of the details. 
 

It’s moderately rare gear.  I don’t know how long you might have to wait to find someone with the knowledge you need.  Have patience