14" screen, MX 150

aisle9 · November 7, 2017

As the title says. The thought of lugging a 15.6" laptop around everywhere is borderline nauseating, and I much prefer the 14" screen form factor. This, of course, locks me out of the world of GTX 1050s, but puts me firmly into Kaby Lake-R ULV processors and the MX 150 for all my Skyrim needs (or the RX 550?).

Aside from the Acer Swift, which reportedly has a dreadful screen, what's out there in this category?

shadowbyte · November 7, 2017

what's your budget?

aisle9 · November 7, 2017

18 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

what's your budget?

I'd prefer $800 or less, but being that I'd like this laptop to not be a "compromise" thing and last me for 3-ish years, I could inch up to around $1k if necessary. Maybe even a hair farther for the right laptop.

D13H4RD · November 7, 2017

There aren't a lot of MX150 laptops which are decent that I know of.

Many of them (like the MSI GL/GV series) have mediocre build quality and a lot of them use TN panels which are the cheap kind (not the hyper advanced 3ms 120Hz ones you'd find on MSI's GE63 gaming laptop).

There could be a great one out there that I'm sure fellow users will point to, but as far as I know, when you're stepping in the range of MX150, you're pretty much looking in the realm of generic standard laptops which pack much more punch than their chassis design would suggest.