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    Sneak Peak at MSI's new GT72 Dominator and WS60 Workstation

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Jerry Jackson, Jul 14, 2014.

  1. Jerry Jackson

    Jerry Jackson Administrator NBR Reviewer

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    MSI plans to take the idea of thin and light laptops to all new levels in 2014 with the upcoming release of the MSI GT72 Dominator (which will replace the current flagship gaming notebook, the GT70, later this year. We had an early look at the new GT72 and the upcoming MSI WS60 Workstation and it's clear that MSI is paying attention to the competition ... and trying to raise the bar.

    Read the full content of this Article: http://www.notebookreview.com/news/sneak-peak-at-msis-new-gt72-dominator-and-gs60-workstation/
     
    Jerry Jackson, Jul 14, 2014
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  2. ghegde

    ghegde Notebook Evangelist

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    does the WS60 have 4 ram slots? looking for a laptop with 32gb ram to run a bunch of vms
     
    ghegde, Jul 14, 2014
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    zippo72 Notebook Enthusiast

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    WS60 is just like the GS60 and employees 2 memory slots. if you want 32gb configuration, go with the GT60 or GT70 series. WS60 also has the thunderbolt 2 built in.
     
    zippo72, Jul 14, 2014
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    ghegde Notebook Evangelist

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    ghegde, Jul 14, 2014
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    zippo72 Notebook Enthusiast

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    That NZ site has wrong info.

    Operating System Windows 7 Professional / Windows 8 Pro
    Display 15.6" WQHD+(2880x1620 ) 3K IPS Edition
    Processor 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
    Chipset Intel HM87
    Memory Type DDR3L, up to 1600 MHz
    Memory Slot 2, max 16GB
    Graphics NVIDIA Quadro K2100M GDDR5 2GB
    Hard Drive MSI Exclusive SuperRAID
    up to 256GB SSD (2x128GB M.2 SATA SSD)
    1TB HDD 7200rpm (Raid 0/1 Options)
    Keyboard Full-color Backlight Keyboard by SteelSeries
    USB 3.0/2.0 3/0
    Card Reader SD (XC/HC)
    Audio Sound by Dynaudio
    Exclusive Audio Boost technology Creative Sound Blaster Cinema 2
    Video Output (Thunderbolt/Mini Display Port/VGA/HDMI) 1/*v1.2/0/v1.4
    (Note: Thunderbolt port is compatible with Mini DisplayPort )
    Mic-in/ Headphone out 1/1
    LAN Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps
    Wireless LAN Wi-Fi (Intel 802.11 a/c)
    Bluetooth Bluetooth v4.0
    Webcam FHD type (30fps@1080p)
    Battery 6-Cell Li-Polymer (4840mAh)
    Power Adapter 150W Slim
    Dimension (WxDxH) 390 x 266 x 19.9mm
    Weight 1.9Kg (incl. Battery)
     
    zippo72, Jul 29, 2014
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  6. Editor

    Editor Notebook Guru

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    MSI WS60 2OJ 3k IPS Edition vs Dell Precision M3800 vs HP ZBook series, Lenovo ThinkPad W series and HP EliteBook W lines anyone?
     
    Editor, Jul 29, 2014
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