Conclusion: Alternately, you could wait and keep an eye on Computer Shopper's review pages, as both MSI and its competitors are sure to offer additional enticing machines built
Pros: Spectacular gaming and (especially) productivity performance, Speedy mSATA/RAID array as boot drive
Cons: Screen could be better (notably, viewing angles), Chassis isn't quite as nice as we'd like, given price
Summary: MSI's beast of a dragon-themed gaming notebook combines Intel's new Haswell CPU with Nvidia's most powerful GPU ever for a grand-slam of power.
Pros: Beautiful red chassis; Loud rich audio; Comfortable customizable keyboard; Excellent overall and graphics performance; Above-average battery life
Cons: Expensive; Heavy; Display dimmer than average
Summary: The MSI GT70 combines a quad-core processor, Nvidia GTX GPU, a massive amount of storage and customizable backlit keyboard to achieve gaming nirvana.
Pros: Powerful graphics and performance; Matte 1080p screen; Good audio; Comfortable keyboard; Good battery life for gaming rig;
Conclusion: If it's extreme mobile performance you're after, look past the current surge of Ultrabooks and take a long hard glance at MSI's GT70.
Pros: Excellent all-round performance, High-speed SSD storage, Respectable battery life, Convincing audio, Good keyboard and trackpad, All the trimmings; Blu-ray writer, USB...
Cons: Very expensive, Gets noisy at times, Chassis looks dated
Excerpt: MSI's new GT70 notebook is one of the first to feature an Intel Ivy Bridge Core i7-3610QM processor. It also boasts NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 670M GPU, dual SSDs, 16GB RAM,...
Pros: Steelseries Keyboard, Killer Gaming NIC, Good performance, Blu-ray burner.
Cons: Shallow viewing angles, Heavy, Big footprint