MSI notebook order thread: post your orders here

I will still edit you this custom wallpaper deeming you the Glorious PC Maker Race. Enjoy!

 

Well, delivery was attempted while I was here at home but FedEx is ****ty and didn't knock hard enough for me to even hear them so now my laptop is just going to be sitting on a truck the whole weekend because of the signature requirement on the package. FedEx has to be the worst when it comes to delivering things around here I swear. Was hoping to have a fun weekend of setting up my laptop and now I have to wait until Monday evening until I get off of work and have my laptop sit out on my back porch all day since they couldn't knock hard enough while I was in the living room specifically waiting for them to show up. Get an email 10 minutes after they attempted delivery that no one was home... christ...

 

Find out what Fedex depot are holding the package, call the depot and let them know the package number and ask if you can drive over and pick up up today. Most depots are open till 2pm on Saturday...

 

I did, they said because it is a Ground shipment that the packages don't go back to a facility for pickup, they just stay on the truck until the next delivery attempt. I ask if the driver could re-deliver and he said the most he can do is send a message to the station to see if the driver can or not. They would contact me back if it was possible. Haven't heard anything yet and it's been about 45 minutes. Called them 10 minutes after the truck left, figured he was still close enough to just swing back by.

 

Well, I've actually had them re-deliver, so it can happen, Good luck

 

Just called back and spoke to another representative and she said that Home Deliveries and Ground Shipments are never re-delivered the same day... what a ****ty day this turned out to be. :/

 

Hmmm, I know I've had it done before, but it was years ago now, and on a weekday.

I've also been burned with the "it's on the truck" shtick before, looking at it through the Fedex fenced lot.

Try to have a nice weekend anyway

 

This is a complete and utter lie.
I've had MULTIPLE deliveries redelivered the same day by FedEx--because I lived in an apartment complex at the time which had a gated front area and they couldn't get in if no one was at the office.
It got so bad that I was even given the phone number to the warehouse!

As long as I contacted the driver VERY QUICKLY after a delivery was attempted, he would usually come back close to the end of his route (around 6-7 pm).

 

same thing happened with the delivery of my laptop. I went to take a shower, go out, then find a note from FedEx that we missed you

I then quickly called the driver as he left his cell phone number on that note, he said he already left the area. I told him to STOP RIGHT where he is! then drove up to him like 10 mins and collected my taptop.

I agree they don't try hard enough. They have this mentality in their head that the customer is not there, so they ring the bell once and leave. Horrendous.

DHL FTW

 

I agree with DHL if they have a route to carry what I am shipping I prefer them as well.

Fedex has been better in the past, and I think it's also regional, even down to your own route / driver coverage.

I've had great drivers for the most part, going out of their way to make sure they can deliver that same day.

 

--moved to it's own thread--

 

Order placed with HIDEvolution and is currently in pre-production!

Would like to thank @Phoenix for pumping out so much valuable knowledge on this forum which made me pull the trigger on this beast. He made a lurker like me decide to make the purchase.

My experience with HIDEvolution has been nothing short of amazing. Even though I did not have the opportunity to interact with the legendary @Donald@HIDevolution , I had the honor to work with the equally legendary @Ted@HIDevolution . Ted's customer service was insane, he had an hour long call with me to go through each options and answered all my questions with a depth of knowledge I did not expect (I usually do my own research and have had sales reps fail to even answer my questions which is ridiculous).

I'm quite sure my laptop is in great hands and that HIDEvolution will make sure it runs perfectly before sending it over. I mentioned to Ted that I'm not in a rush to get the laptop if it takes more time to stress time and ensure everything is in perfect order (I've had a bad previous experience with another reseller who I shall not name)

Looking forward to hopefully receiving this beast before Christmas and would love to hear if anyone has advice on how to make sure I setup the laptop for success once I first receive it.

Once again thank you @Phoenix and @Ted@HIDevolution , would not be had such a great experience without the both of you.

MSI GT75VR 7RF TITAN PRO 202

17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) Anti-Glare Wide View Angle 120Hz~3ms 94% NTSC TN Matte LCD w/ G-Sync Technology
Display professionally calibrated w/ profile saved to USB drive
NVIDA Geforce GTX 1080 w/8GB DDR5X
Overclocked 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7820HK Quad Core Processor (HIDevolution Overclocked to 4.2GHz, Intel rated 2.9GHz to 3.9GHz), 6MB Smart Cache16GB DDR4/2400MHz
32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
500GB Samsumg 960 EVO M.2 SATA SSD
1TB Seagate FireCuda Hard Drive
Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU, Gelid GC Extreme on GPU, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces
Killer™ Wireless-AC N1535 ac/a/g/n 2x2 NGFF - Bluetooth 4.1
Windows 10 Home 64bit
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)
Clean Install of Windows 10 including 32GB Clean Install Flash Drive
Windows 10 Recovery USB Flash Drive

 

Awesome man! and very nice laptop. Feel free to tag me again once you get your laptop if you want me to do my magical tweaks:

1- Uninstallation of all the Windows Store Garbage Apps
2- Removing all Windows 10 Privacy Invasion stuff like Telemetry, sending your keystrokes to Microsoft, automatically installing suggested apps in the background, allowing Microsoft to conduct experiments on your laptop, disabling automatic driver updates through Windows updates, disabling Windows 10 ads, disabling cortana, etc.
3- Removal of nVIDIA and Intel Telemetry
4- Adjusting a lot of options in PC Settings like disabling Windows Tablet Mode (you have a laptop not a tablet), disabling suggestions appearing in the start menu, disabling automatically connecting to Paid WiFi Hotspots, disabling Game DVR which reduced performance in games, and a lot more.
5- Replacing Cortana with a much better search tool that finds results instantly
6- Restoring the classic Windows 7 Calculator and Windows Photo Viewer
7- Restoring the Classic Windows 7 Start Menu
8- Turning off smart multi-homed DNS name resolution in Windows which may lead to DNS Leakage when using a VPN (must have Windows 10 Pro for disabling it as it can only be disabled via the Group Policy Editor)

 

Thanks Phoenix, will definitely hit you up once I get my laptop! Thanks for the offer!

 

It's been picked up by Fedex shipping! Estimated arrival date is this Friday 11/17. @Phoenix How do I contact you for your magical tweaks?

 

you cannot contact me. I will PM you

 

Quoting an old post, but I have to also echo my displeasure for FedEx. I've had ongoing issues with them for years, from missed and late deliveries, to abhorrent customer service that, more than once, has lied straight to my face.

The most recent snafu came with the return of my 16L13. The day before it was supposed to arrive, there was a notice in the tracking that claimed a "weather delay" in central Illinois. That was a load of you-know-what because there was no severe weather event in the area where the truck allegedly was, at least not severe enough that would have delayed any other package courier from making it through the area. The package finally makes it to the Chicago area on Saturday, so I figure it will be ready to roll on Monday. Didn't happen. It was delayed another 36 hours before finally showing up on Tuesday, which screwed up my schedule for getting everything rebuilt. Instead of having one go at it, I now have to do it piecemeal, or else wait another week before I can get a few hours of serious time with it.

 

FedEx is truly garbage and I will never use them again to ship anything. Even when my 16L13 came, I had it get delivered to my office and was supposed to sign for it but I was out of the office at the time so they just dropped it off with the girls next door and left. Granted, I appreciate it in a sense because it didn't mean me having to wait and have them come back again when I was there so I could actually sign for it and since it's my workplace I trust it being left with people a little more...but still...A nearly $3k laptop I just bought and they just left it with 2 girls next door who answer our phones and I was no where around for him to confirm that it was going to actually get to me etc. God forbid he went to the wrong office in my building or something and just left it with other people, I don't know. Really not a fan. I had an issue as well when I was trying to ship something to someone and they had trouble delivering it or finding the address or something, so the receiver called them because we saw with the tracking it seemed like issues were going on. She called figured out what the issue was and tried to get everything resolved and they said it would be delivered to her tomorrow. Instead they shipped it from SC, all the way up the east coast back to the FedEx facility in CT where it shipped from, then shipped it all the way back down to where it needed to go. A month later I get a bill in the mail for 40-50 dollars saying I owe them all this money for x and y things with the delivery and gas for the travels etc. On top of that by the time the item got delivered to the person I was sending it to, the package was opened and missing contents from it. I had sent a $10 little cup/shot glass along with a couple other items. I had everything packed up with packing paper fully surrounding the items so they could not move or be damaged or have anything happen to them. When the person got the package it was crushed, ripped up, had been opened and resealed with different tape, i had shipped it in a white box that was now half brown because they ripped all the tape off and ripped up the box, and then left a sticky note on the outside of the package saying what was in it (was supposed to be a surprise for the person) and that one of the items was broken. They removed the "broken" item entirely, all of my paper packaging that was in the box and then delivered this mangled mess to the person. When I tried to file a claim they refused to give me any money back or reimburse me for the item that was broken claiming that "I did not pack the package properly or provide any form of packaging etc inside of the box". I was beyond livid after the ordeal I already went through (took like a month to get this item finally delivered). I was finally able to get them to cancel the charges that they were trying to make me pay for, but they still ruined my shipment, destroyed the packaging and items inside of it, opened the package and went through what was inside and removed one of the "broken" items, tried to charge me an extra 40 something dollars at the end of it, and refused to reimburse me for the things that they destroyed. I will never ship anything through fedex again. Even if I ever have to send my laptop back to HID again or something, I will pay out of pocket to use UPS or USPS or anything but fedex to get my item where it needs to go. They are the EA of shipping companies.

 

My best-worst moment with FedEx came a number of years ago. I ordered a mouse directly from Logitech and happened to be home the day it was supposed to arrive. It never showed up at my house, but the tracking indicated it as having been delivered. Even more peculiar, it said someone signed for it, which was strange because the package was only worth about $50. I called FedEx and was told that the box had been delivered to the Walmart store across town.

Anyway, long story shot, after three more calls to FedEx, I ended up going to the Walmart myself. The manager on duty went back to the stockroom, retrieved my package, and handed it to me on the spot (after verifying my identity). We both had a good laugh at FedEx's stupidity and went on our merry ways.

UPS has been flawless for me. They were extremely helpful when tracking a box that got stolen from my front porch, working with me, Newegg, and my local police on the matter. Heck, even the freaking Post Office has been better than FedEx. I was renewing my passport and had to send my old one to the central office for processing. It was sent certified mail and never showed as having been delivered. I called the USPS, and they put a tracer on it. Not expecting anything for a while, they called me the next day saying that it was in fact delivered safely and profusely apologized for the inconvenience. I was absolutely stunned.

 

These Fedex horror stories are making me pray for the safety of my laptop as it tries to make its way over to Chicago

 

Just ordered the following config from HIDevolution:

Custom Built MSI GE73VR 7RF Raider-045 17.3" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 $2359.00

LCD Panel
17.3" 1080p, 120Hz~5ms

Yes, display professionally calibrated w/ profile saved on USB
Yes, quality check and give me a panel with minimal backlight bleed.
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)​

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 w/ 8GB GDDR5

CPU
7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor, 2.8 GHz - 3.8GHz

Thermal Interface Materials
Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU, Gelid GC Extreme on GPU, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces

RAM
32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz (2 x 16GB)

M.2 PCIe x4 or SATA SSD Slot 1
None

M.2 PCIe x2 or SATA SSD Slot 2
None

2.5" Drive
2TB Seagate FireCuda Gaming 7mm SSHD (ST2000LX001)

Wireless Cards
Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.2

OS
Genuine Windows® 10 Home, 64bit, English

Clean Install of Windows 10 including 32GB Clean Install Flash Drive
​

Everything else comes standard on the laptop (Keyboard, Power Supply, Warranty,etc...)
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@Donald @hidevolution were a pleasure to work with. I went to HIDevolution's site and put in what I wanted. Donald emailed within 5 minutes of placing the order to talk about it. This was at 2330 his time when he should have been sleeping, noon for me as I am working in Afghanistan.

He was super helpful in getting me a couple of discounts, one being joining this site of which I have been a lurker for quite some time.

He also helped me in saving money on the build itself such as, saving money by getting no PCIe/SATA m.2 drive since I already have a Samsung 960 Pro 1TB awaiting this laptop when I receive it. All I need to do when I receive the laptop is put in my drive, plug in the clean install (Windows 10, drivers, MSi Utilities, NO BLOATWARE) USB they are creating for me and install the OS.

He also saved me money by talking me out of the 1 year dead pixel warranty, which is not needed. He said that they talk everyone they can out of getting that upgrade. The reason being that defects are going to happen during the manufacture process, not later on down the road unless 5-6 years down the road and with their 30 day warranty you are guaranteed to get a perfect panel with no dead pixels. They only offer it due to some people telling them that they went with other companies because it was offered and at the time HIDevolution didn't.

It is $100.00 extra, but I am so glad that they offer and I went with the 'Minimize Backlight Bleed" option. They take all models of the laptop you are ordering and check them out for light bleed and you will receive a panel that is in the top 20% (better than 4/5 panels).

Now the fun part begins...awaiting build and shipment!!! Will post up a full review once I receive the laptop and put it through its paces.

Once again it was a pleasure dealing with Donald and HIDevolution and would reccomend them to anyone in the market for a new laptop.

 

Congrats man! Welcome to the MSI Gaming Team!

Let me know once you get it if you want me to help you tweak it over TeamViewer, here are the Phoenix tweaks:

1- Uninstallation of all the Windows Store Garbage Apps
2- Removing all Windows 10 Privacy Invasion stuff like Telemetry, sending your keystrokes to Microsoft, automatically installing suggested apps in the background, allowing Microsoft to conduct experiments on your laptop, disabling automatic driver updates through Windows updates, disabling Windows 10 ads, disabling cortana, etc.
3- Removal of nVIDIA and Intel Telemetry
4- Adjusting a lot of options in PC Settings like disabling Windows Tablet Mode (you have a laptop not a tablet), disabling suggestions appearing in the start menu, disabling automatically connecting to Paid WiFi Hotspots, disabling Game DVR which reduced performance in games, and a lot more.
5- Replacing Cortana with a much better search tool that finds results instantly
6- Restoring the classic Windows 7 Calculator and Windows Photo Viewer
7- Restoring the Classic Windows 7 Start Menu
8- Turning off smart multi-homed DNS name resolution in Windows which may lead to DNS Leakage when using a VPN (must have Windows 10 Pro for disabling it as it can only be disabled via the Group Policy Editor)

 

Thanks, man!!!

Appreciate the offer, but I already do most of that myself, other than the Win 7 stuff. I actually like the start menu on Win 10. I just unpin everything from start so all I see are my apps/programs and I turn off all the suggestions for the start menu like recently installed,most used, etc...

As far as Windows telemetry stuff, I can't turn it off, although I know how to do it and turn off automatic Windows updates. I am in the Fast Ring of Windows Insider. Downloading the newest Redstone 4 preview build as I speak (17040). I am really digging the Acrylic design moving forward.

 

Nothing is nicer/cleaner than the old style


Can this be any worse? @Phoenix

 

Is that Windows or a Cartoon OS brah?

 

It's a Cartoon OS bruh. Don't forget to use the puke screaming pastel colors Click save changes!!

 

Can't get any cleaner looking than my screenshot below. Makes you old school look like poop!!!


Plus I like being able to right click on the Start button and get immediate access to stuff you have to go through the Control Panel to get to.

 

You mean like this? If you want more option in Win+X Menu



15 reasons to use Classic Shell’s Start Menu in Windows 10

Compare Start Menus:Classic Shell vs Windows 10 and others

10 Ways to Customize Windows 10 With Classic Shell

 

At least swapping to that ****ty looking Win 7 start button and menu didn't take away some built in Win 10 functionality.....you want a cookie?

 

No need. I can find them myself They are free you know

 

I just ate a couple of Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies myself!!!

 

Hope you didn't have to pay. The one above is FREE Not as a upgrade to Win 10 @Phoenix

 

Got an update on build on the 17th. Awaiting RAM to arrive for the extra 16GB I ordered. Should arrive at HIDevolution on Monday, the 20th. Was hoping that my laptop might ship before Thanksgiving, but looking like it will be after the holiday. They can take as long as they need, however, if my laptop shows up in perfect condition.

I am a little worried after reading another thread on these GEx3 laptops. Some people were complaining of what should have been coil whine, but they were talking about it coming from different places on the laptop. One person said they heard it coming from around the RAM which probably was coil whine from the GPU, but someone else said it was coming from the front of the laptop. Also, definitely glad I went with the screen options I did after one person in the thread had to return their laptop (to a different reseller) after their screen messed up after very little use.

 

It's been a few days since I received my MSI GT75VR and so far it has been a blast.

The screen (colored corrected by HIDEvolution) is the best I've seen, even given that it's a TN panel. The laptop runs games buttery smooth with it's 120hz 3ms g-sync panel and GTX 1080 graphics card. They keyboard is a joy to type on, being really responsive and good to the touch. The laptop is deadly silent when browsing the web compared to my old ASUS G750 and the fans keep the laptop cool. The only aspect of the laptop that I'm getting used to is the sound quality. At times with lower quality videos, the sound does not come off as clear.

Huge shout out to @Phoenix for also hooking me up with his legendary tweaks. I initially thought it would only take 15mins to do some quick tweaks, but Phoenix took the time to really ensure that the tweaks were not only made, but he also explained to me in detail on why the tweaks are needed. He showed me step by step how he did it and also explained how the steps I would need to take to maintain my laptop in the future. This man is a legend who takes time out of his busy schedule to help others and I'm really grateful for his contributions to this forum.

 

Bought my MSI GS63VR 7RF Stealth Pro-230 from Donald at HIDevolution.com Will later write a longer post about the experience.

 

Laptop went into production, yesterday, 27-Nov-2017. Hopefully it will not be too much longer now.

Again thanks to Donald and the entire team at HIDevolution!!!

Hope you all that celebrated Thanksgiving had a blessed and great time with family and friends!!!

 

Awesome! Let me know if you want me to help you tweak your laptop when it arrives. Here are the tweaks that I normally do for fellow HIDevolution Gaming Team Members:

1- Uninstallation of all the Windows Store Garbage Apps like 3D Paint, Print 3D, Alarms & Clock, Feedback Hub, Maps, Groove Music, News, Weather, etc.
2- Removing all Windows 10 Privacy Invasion stuff like Telemetry, sending your keystrokes to Microsoft, automatically installing suggested apps in the background, allowing Microsoft to conduct experiments on your laptop, disabling automatic driver updates through Windows updates, disabling Windows 10 ads, disabling Cortana, Cloud Search etc.
3- Removal of nVIDIA and Intel Telemetry
4- Adjusting a lot of options in PC Settings like disabling Windows Tablet Mode (you have a laptop not a tablet), disabling suggestions appearing in the start menu, disabling automatically connecting to Paid WiFi Hotspots, disabling Game DVR which reduced performance in games, and a lot more.
5- Replacing Cortana with a much better search tool that finds results instantly called Everything which finds any file you want as soon as you start typing even a few letters of its name and it doesn't even rely on the Windows Indexing Service to do this!
6- Restoring the classic Windows Photo Viewer
7- Restoring the Classic Windows 7 Start Menu
8- Removal of the new and useless 3D Objects Folder that appears when you open "Computer"
9- Completely disabling Windows Defender from its roots (including all scheduled tasks and startup files) for those who want to install their own AV. ESET NOD32 Antivirus is highly recommended if you want the utmost security with the least system performance impact.

 

Order is now awaiting shipment!!!

I may get in touch with you after it arrives. Thinking about getting out of the Windows Insider program. I have not run into any problems at all until this latest build (17046) and the problem I am having is a weird one. If I download an installer for a program and run it. It will not run after clicking yes in UAC. However, if I reboot my computer and run the installer right after reboot it works like a charm.

 

Bought my MSI GT75VR 7RF Titan Pro-202 from Donald at HIDevolution.com. I'll write a longer post this weekend about the experience.

I'm so excited I can hardly stand it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I just ordered a MSI Stealth Pro - 078 from Donald at HIDEvolution with a number of upgrades and really looking forward to trying it/the max-Q 1070 out.

Specs are below:

Spoiler: Specs here

LCD Panel

15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) 120Hz 3ms 94% NTSC Anti-Glare Wide View Angle LCD​

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q w/ 8GB GDDR5
Processor

7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ Quad Core Processor, 2.8 GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.8GHz), 6MB Smart Cache​

Thermal Interface Materials

Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU, Gelid GC Extreme on GPU, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces​

Memory
32GB Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
M.2 PCIe x4 or SATA SSD Slot 1

Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D-VNAND SSD - Up to 3,500 MB/s Read-2100 MB/s Write​

2.5" Drive Bay

Samsung 850 EVO Series (3D VNAND Tech) SATA3 6Gb/s 1TB SSD​

Wireless Card

Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 4.1 - installed by HIDevolution - $20.00​

Internal Battery
Internal 3 cell battery - 57Whr
Audio
Dynaudio Tech Speakers x 4
Keyboard
SteelSeries Programmable Full Color Backlit

 

GE63VR 7RF - Placed an order with www.GenTechPC.com and getting it brought by a relative coming in around 2-3 weeks.

Laptop: MSI GE63VR Raider-075

Screen: 15.6" 1920x1080 TN LED Matte-Type, 94% NTSC @120Hz 3ms, anti-glare, non-reflection

CPU: Kaby Lake: 7th Gen Intel Kaby Lake Core i7-7700HQ, 2.8~3.8GHz, 14nm, 6MB 45W

GPU: nVidia GeForce Pascal GTX1070 8GB GDDR5 DX12

Thermal Interface: Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU & GPU

RAM: 16GB DDR4 2400MHz/PC4 19200 (16G X 1)

PCIe SSD Slot 1: 500GB Samsung 960 EVO PCIe NVMe SSD 3,200MB/s

PCIe SSD Slot 2: 1TB Samsung 850 EVO SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 SSD

HDD: 2TB 5400rpm 2.5-inch 9.5mm SATA III 6Gb/s 32MB Cache

Ethernet Controller: Killer Gaming E2500 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

WiFi / Bluetooth: Intel Wireless-AC 8265 802.11 2.4Ghz/5.0Ghz Dual-Band 300/867 Mbps + Bluetooth 4.2 / WiDi

Laptop has shipped. Dreading the wait of 2-3 weeks.

 

You could have opted for Traditional paste like ICD. Be careful while riding public transport since LM might slip off the CPU/GPU onto the board and thereby it.
Killer cards are better when you have any Killer hardware esp. Killer Ethernet. You can always buy the killer card from India as well it will be pricey but Killer has good coverage even when wifi signal is low.
Follow @Phoenix Win 10 Installation guide and tweaks to get the most out of ur PC.

 

Thanks for the heads-up on the LM.
About the network card, I went with Intel 8265 purely because it has Bluetooh 4.2, which Killer does not have. (I'm not sure if it matters at all)

Also, I do intend to follow that guide as well as the official laptop thread where people have given great suggestions.

 

I think it can updated to BT 4.2. I'm unsure whether or not Killer will provide an driver update. You will not lose much BT functions since most device is backwards compatible.

 

The Killer Wireless-AC 1435/1525/1535 are Bluetooth 4.2. However, Windows is not Bluetooth 4.2 capable. Check for yourself - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn133849(v=vs.85).aspx

-- Anthony with Killer Networking

 

I don't get how windows is not bluetooth 4.2 compatible, when Intel is including bluetooth *5.0* in their upcoming 9260 card. So surely it will have to be compatible eventually.

 

I was surprised the first time I heard this too, and that was 2 years ago for Windows UWP...:

">> Does Windows support Bluetooth Smart 4.2 and IPv6 communication over bluetooth? If not what is the estimate on when it will be supported.”

According to the MSDN document, the windows 10 mobile currently supports Bluetooth 4.1. Microsoft official did not give a clear time to show when it will support Bluetooth 4.2.

If you want to support Bluetooth 4.2, you could give a feedback to UserVoice:
https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-universal-windows-platform

Microsoft will arrange the development priority according to the number of submissions.

Best Regards,

Xavier Eoro"
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/F...3bb43dd/uwpbluetooth-smart-42?forum=wpdevelop

More current info from Microsoft Docs:

Bluetooth
05/02/2017
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/component-guidelines/bluetooth

 

Just ordered my MSI GT75VR. I’ve built gaming desktops in the past but this is my first gaming laptop. Kind of bittersweet to leave my old trusty i-5 2500K w 2 SLI GTX 680’s desktop to my kids. I purchased from HIDevolution and Donald was awesome in answering all of my questions. I’m looking forward to seeing how this compares.

Here are my specs:
LCD Panel
17.3" Full HD (1920x1080) Anti-Glare Wide View Angle 120Hz~3ms 94% NTSC TN Matte LCD w/ G-Sync Technology
Display Warranty
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee)
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 w/ 8GB GDDR5X
Processor
7th Generation Intel Core i7-7820HK Quad Core Processor Overclocked to 4.2GHz, Intel rated 2.9GHz to 3.9GHz), 6MB Smart Cache - Overclocked by HIDevolution
Thermal Interface Materials
Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut on CPU, Gelid GC Extreme on GPU, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces
Memory
16GB Dual Channel DDR4/2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
M.2 PCIe RAID Options
RAID 0 (Striping) - MSI Super RAID 4
M.2 PCIe NVMe or SATA SSD RAID Configurations
256GB (2 x 128GB) M.2 SATA SSD
M.2 SATA SSD Slot 3
None
2.5" HDD/SSD Bay
2TB Seagate FireCuda Gaming 7mm SSHD
Operating System
Genuine Windows® 10 Pro, 64bit

 

The vast majority of the improvements from Bluetooth 4.1 to Bluetooth 4.2 were Internet of Things related, and those devices tend not to run Windows. I believe all modern Linux distros support Bluetooth 4.2, but I could be mistaken.

-- Anthony with Killer Networks

 

Who'da thunk it!
Well, I guess I learn something new everyday.