MSI Workstation laptops with mobile Skylake and Xeon

[NumLock21]

MSI GT72 series

 

Now this might be old news to some of you, but for those that doesn't know this, MSI has released their workstation laptops and there are plenty to choose from. I actually found out about it, when they showed off their motherboard for skylake xeons. Anyway there are 3 series in their line up, WT, WS, and GT, with each series offering a variety of specifications. The specs ranges from 6th Gen Core i7 or Xeon E3 mobile processors, 15" to 17.3" screen at a resolution of either 1920x1080, 2880x1620, or 3840x2160. Storage comes in either your standard SATA, M.2 or PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe in RAID 0, 16-32GB of ECC ram running DDR4 2133 max up to 64GB. Nvidia Quadro graphics with 2-4GB of GDDR5, Gigabit lan, bluetooth, wireless AC, USB 3.0, USB 3.1  or Thunder bolt 3 type C, on some models. Dynaudio Tech speakers with some even having a subwoofer. SteelSeries keyboard with full color backlight, I'm guessing this it must be RGB. MSRP, cheapest I spotted in that list was $1899 and most expensive is $4999. Comes with a 2 year warranty with 1 year global warranty.

 

http://us.msi.com/product/workstation/

[ivan134]

Why does it look so gamer-y?

[winningsince1337]

As an Mechanical Engineering College Student, aside from my desktop, I've used a laptop with an i5-4200m and it's integrated GPU is more than enough for CAD. Is it enough for simulations? No. But then again that's what the desktop is for. I really don't see a real practical use/justification for this. Not to metion the fact that that's the most unprofessional laptop I've ever seen aimed at anyone working in the engineering field. We don't want this ugly shit MSI. This isn't some dank RGB OC SUPER BRIGHT laptop for engineers.

[Agent181]

This is just an excuse for students to say they need a good laptop for engineering work and play games on it, I say if you really want an engineering laptop ditch the bullshit leds and upgrade to decent specs, no engineering should come with 4 gigs of ram at all they should at least have 8gb and 6gb min, the cad programs do love to eat the ram like candy adn the side folders to get the work done doesnt help either 

 

Desktop pc > laptop for any engineers (unless its basic work)

 

-Engineering student 

[ashypanda]

yeah i'd still buy a thinkpad or precision, just for the proven durability and repairability.

[QueenDemetria]

Why does it look so gamer-y?

MSI uses the same chassis for both their gaming and workstation series. They often times "black out" the workstations to make them look less gamer-y(instead of having red accents). 

[Misanthrope]

Why does it look so gamer-y?

 

Why indeed. They call this a "workstation" yet they assume engineers, designers, etc. Requesting this machines will also be teenagers that like bling and need subwooflers....for science!

 

Yeah no, people who need a workstation would just get a fucking desktop, a smaller form factor if some mobility is needed. This is just a nonsense, repackaged gaming laptop some people like to kid themselves into thinking it can for a second replace an actual workstation PC

[Dabombinable]

No modern laptop over AUD 700 should have less than 8GB RAM. Sorry but when this old laptop came out in 2010 4GB was standard because DDR3 SODIMM were a lot more expensive, and it wasn't designed for productivity but entertainment. We are in 2016 and seeing a laptop that's costs over AUD 700 with only 4GB RAM is pathetic. (BTW, with the specs of this laptop, it is the equivalent of modern AUD 700-800 laptops that I've been seeing in stores, and it only cost AUD 999+AUD 135 for the Phenom II N970)

[NumLock21]

Gpu has 2-4gb. The laptop has 16-32gb of ecc ddr4 2133. Max up to 64gb.

[alicskysareblue]

Why does it look so gamer-y?

Msi uses the gaming chassis, its not a great choice as workstations laptops need different ports and need to more rugged