I would use this epic system to crush my enemies online and punish them for their insolence. The fools will cower as I hunt them down and bring upon them a reckoning of biblical proportions.
Then as I crush my competitors souls with overpowering might, i'll cackle maniacally as I celebrate my victory, not only for defeating them, but for also winning this excellent MSI laptop.
Similar reasons.Though i have played some games but due to the low-end hardware in my PC , i had to turn the resolution down.If i win , i will be able to enjoy latest games in full Hd. :)
Seriously, the specs on this are ridiculous for a laptop! Not that I'd mind, my laptop just died, so replacing it and displacing my desktop as my primary computer at the same time would not be unwelcome.
The specs are way beyond amazing compared to a laptop this valued.Hats off MSI!I would be replacing my Pentium D machine with this if i get the chance but will i ? That's the question in my mind.
The laptop would allow me to game anywhere; from the coffee shops around campus to tables at a friend's house; I would no longer be confined to my room when the urge to slay dragons or frag foes arose.
I would use this notebook to play Battlefield 3 prominently in the entrance of my University's library. When people come by, in awe of the intense graphical power, and ask me what kind of notebook it is, I'll just point at the logo and say, "MSI baby... MSI"
I would use this computer to show off to my friends & would run PC games at the maximum detail which i think won't be a problem for the dedicated Geforce GTX 670 card.
I need something to replace my aging Core2 laptop and this would more than fit the bill. I have never had a laptop that was considered "gaming" so this would be neat to try.
I'm a big gamer and I'v already au good computer at home, but it's too heavy to carry it everywere. I would use it as my 'portable desktop' to play games like Diablo 3, Crysis, Tera...
To make the world better by programming the most awesome program to do the most important stuff, and also play games, cause my current computers can't play anything newer than games that are 5 yrs or older, thank you for your consideration
This would be perfect to replace my current desktop with so that I can reduce the clutter and keep it in a safe place so my children aren't always trying to play with the computer.
if i win i can finally play Angry Birds in 1080p with all eye candies turn on! :) Seriously, this laptop will blow away my ancient Core2 Duo CPU/HD4850 gaming pc. With this laptop i will be well equipped to go into battle... Battlefield 3! Thx AnandTech & MSI for an outrageous prize!
I would use this notebook whenever I'm away from my desktop for surfing the internet, reading an e-book, playing games, watching movies, listening to music, etc.
I'd use this to get back to actually playing FPS and current role playing PC games (for just me) as the PC at home is too old and I can never use the Wii/Xbox consoles. I'd also transfer all my other stuff to it and have it become my mobile PC as well.
This monster is much more powerful than my current desktop. I will use it for my everyday activities and for gaming of course :)) I had Commodore 64 when I was a boy. I'll put this one next to Commodore 64 and compare them...They are both computers, right? Of course they are! :)))
Stuck with a get ready, (Refurbished) Dell GX280 Slim Desktop my dad got me. It's a 1.8GHz and only has 128MB onboard graphics. The Fan ramps up really loud jut to open, OpenOffice and other various programs. I get a previous fan failure constantly and running a simple game like Roller coaster tycoon 2 make the machine sound like a hair dryer on low. I'm afraid to put a SB Audigy card in it. Bet the sound would be killer in this thing!
I would either give it to my best friend who is moving to South Korea for a year so we can keep playing Diablo III, or my selfish side would take over and I would keep it and give him my craptastic i3 netbook (yep those existed for a time) and tell him to suck it up and play.
If given the laptop, It would be used for a tremendous ammount of video streaming (of the e-sports variety). A good deal of strategy, and FPS gaming, with a dash of RPG's.
Im contemplating going back to school to get a degree and for a family man who focused more on his family than career money to purchase something like this is shall we say a challenge to come by.
I guess lastly it would be used for communicating to my family via social media's and skype trying to keep in touch across the country and for my wife with her family in Canada.
I suppose if I were to pick a specific game Ive been waiting on a better computer for, I guess it would be Arkham City with full dx11 support, or Crysis 2. Or maybe just allow my wife and I to enjoy Torchlight 2 together :)
Many hours of excellent Civ V, Deus Ex, and even Skyrim gameplay while at home or on the road. Oh, and maybe I would have to do some work on it occasionally.
I am disabled and on a fixed income and can't afford a decent computer. Also I would like to play some of the newer games which my current PC wont handle.
I am disabled and on a fixed income and can't afford a decent computer. Also I would like to play some of the newer games which my current PC wont handle.
I would use this to destroy my wife online. As she now has the fastest computer in the house. This would give me back my manhood and pride! Please help me.
Same here. Typing this on a $300(when new) bargain-bin laptop, where one hinge is about to give out. It creaks and I can see some cables :( This laptop would be such an improvement
to replace my six year old desktop. Create more space in my work area and save the money I would have spent to bring my wife and kids on a short vacation. As well as clean the trash around my computer area. Kinda organized chaos.
I'd use this to entertain myself with endless hours of gaming and watching videos. I'd most likely also do quite a bit of typing taking advantage of the very nice keyboard but instead of being chained to a desk I'd take it outside or just move freely from room to room.
I would use this notebook to do 3D programming. I recently moved to the US and had to leave my desktop PC behind, which means I have to do development on my old sucky laptop.
I would use this computer because I currently do not have a working laptop, and I need a computer that can play today's games. Specifically, I'd probably be playing a lot of starcraft 2 on this machine, with a decent set of Steam games like Team Fortress 2.
I would like to have this notebook becouse I need one. I don't have notebook so if I will win this it would be nice :-). Thank you and have a nice day.
MSI, as I have no current portable computing device, I'd use this beauty in my quest to finish my first bachelor's degree, which I've worked on and off starting in 1999. I've seen and experienced a lot of amazing things in life instead of finishing that degree, but it is time to return and finish what I started. Oh! And some gaming, of course. :-) Good luck to all!
I would use this in my law school studies. About to be a VERY in-debt law school student starting this fall. Current laptop is ancient and has some serious hardware issues. Minimizing costs is a great idea for me.
Well, being that I am going to be attending college for graphic and gaming designs next semester... I'm going to be needing a heavy duty laptop to have to work with. This fits the bill perfectly, especially being that I'm an extremely addicted gamer, and this laptop has the power to back all of it up, and then some. Heck, it's even enough to replace this desktop! (Well... Maybe not, I like the desk it's on)
I'd put it to it's limits and let it know I love it. ;D
I'm gonna use the laptop to do all my HW.... yeah right... I'll be playing games, watch movies, stream video, read articles, .... and maybe do some homework.
With that much memory and that much horsepower, I would have some fun setting up and playing with a network of VM's, not to mention I could really use a new gaming machine and I'm too broke to build one, plus this one's portable!
I would use this notebook for client meetings to present my work to them but also i would play games on it before the meetings while i wait for them to show up, and sometimes they are late as hell.
I'd replace my 3 year old CULV laptop and do some serios gaming with this thing! Wow, seriously going from integrated graphics for a GT670m would be stunning n.n!;
I'm a Master's student studying artificial intelligence, so I'd probably be doing lots of programming... at least until Guild Wars 2 comes out, at which point I will most likely fail all my classes.
I would use it as a replacement/upgrade for my poor old socket939 athlon64x2 system. I could finally turn the settings up past minimum. The poor old girl... everything slows her down.
.... so I don't have to drag my wife's crappy netbook to social gatherings and ruin my nerd cred.
Also so I don't have to lug my (rather heavy) PC to my friends' houses when we play games. Screw online gaming, it's much better when you're in the same room, believe it or not.
I'd be modeling in solidworks, playing half life, while encoding video ALL AT ONCE with that thing! All while getting longer battery life than my Lenovo here.
I would use this notebook to play awesome rounds of Mass Effect 3, as well as learn to develop command-line based C++ applications (aspiring programmer).
I think my health would take a serious turn for the better. Unlike all the couch potatoes who'd just be playing games, I'd probably incorporate this laptop into my workout since it weighs 8.5 lbs. Strength +10.
I've recently given my old notebook away to someone who had no computer. I've used that old notebook as a tool for educating this person in the finer aspects of computing so that they can develop some job skills and get some work (this person has been unemployed for a while).
I would use this laptop as a replacement for that laptop since I gave away the only one I had. The old one was an MSI laptop as well. I generally use my laptops as mobile workstations when I'm on the go, or for bringing media over to a friends house, or for a good old fashioned LAN party.
I'd use it as my everyday computer. I'd watch Youtube, do some general household banking work, and of course play games on it such as The Secret World and Guild Wars 2. I love the fact I can take it with me when I visit relatives (2-3 times a month on average) and be able to play the games I want to. My wife would love it because I can get rid of my current set up which in turn would get rid of some of clutter around my computer desk (wires, speakers, etc...). I also wouldn't have to borrow her netbook when I do fantasy football stuff outside of the house. I really, really want to win this.
I'd use it to play some BF3 and Crysis of course, and do some video encoding when on the move. Seriously, this machine's a beast that can handle everything, it seems!
No, on a more serious note, it would let me replace my old Dell M1530 that's showing its age. The thought of being able to have great looking games (again) on the go is quite the great though!
I am going to Beijing, China to teach computer science at a university there. I would very much appreciate having a computer that is more powerful than any other computer on campus (including their workstations and servers that I have seen), particularly one that comes from a Taiwanese company.
If I was lucky enough to win I'd use it for gaming in the living room and working overtime on the fly, been thinking bout replacing my Centrino Duo lappy for awhile now!!!
I am a studying Electrical Engineering. I need a computer I can take around with me to the library and the labs, and it needs to be powerful enough to run a lot of CAD software and development programs. I also play shooters on my downtime, so a laptop like this would be perfect for me. I would really appreciate it!
This looks like a great gaming laptop but I'd also love to watch movies on it. Sure the case looks a little cheesy, but it's what on the inside that counts, right?
I am a student at DePaul University and I will use this laptop for my career, which is Game Development. I am in desperate in need of a new computer. Thanks!
If I got this notebook, I'd use it for Civ V and maybe some old school Supreme Commander Forged Alliance when traveling. I'd try out the 7200 rpm drive first, especially considering the huge amount of RAM, but I would probably end up moving that to an external enclosure and replacing it with an SSD to make a fast system even faster.
If I was lucky enough to win this laptop, I'd use it for TCAD simulations of graphene based transistors! I'd be using the same software that was used to help develop the fin FETs in the IVB chip to work on my own research! Oh yeah, I'd probably play a bit of games on it too .... LOL.
It's been awhile since I played games. Job (progamming), hobby (programming :) ) and family have kept me away from gaming for last 5 or so years. If I win this laptop I will have no other choice but keep programming only at work for some time and finally play the games I have at my Steam account seating unplayed, some for years... This laptop seems to be a beast as a programming machine too, though... :D
Well, I'm a graduating high school senior. I have college coming up, and I haven't really ever had a very "high power" computer... I know I don't really need one for note-taking and typical college assignments, but I would be using it for so much more than just that. I like to game, and as such I have been trying to game using my laptop's Intel HD graphics (pre HD3000, mind you). Needless to say, that hasn't been going well for me. My solution was to get a GPU for my desktop... well. I got a cheap hand-me-down GPU from a buddy (GTX 260) that lets me play my games on medium, which is leagues better than what I'm used to, and threw that in my desktop. Its been holding me over, but unfortunately the computer I threw the 260 into is my mother's. She won't let me take her computer (can't blame her), which means I'll be stuck back with integrated graphics (basically, I won't be able to game at all anymore). Aside from losing my gaming ability, I'll also have a harder time keeping in touch with my friends because we all like to game together, and the friends that play together stay together! ...especially since they're all going to different schools.
I guess what I'm really saying is that I would use this notebook to game, do school work, keep in touch with my friends, and just enjoy using! Having something new and high powered is something I've never experienced, so it'd be an awesome experience haha. My sister would get my old laptop, which would be fine for her. She just needs a work/facebook machine. hahah
I would use the laptop as a mobile software development workstation (Java, iOS, Android). Though first I'd swap out that HDD for an SSD, and possibly add another 4 GB of RAM. Then I'd move the Win 7 install onto the SSD, and install VMWare to run an OSX Lion instance for iOS development. At which point I could make all the other iOS developers jealous because my development laptop would be 1) faster than a Macbook, 2) cooler looking than a Macbook, 3) running a better default OS than a Macbook, 4) more fun than a Macbook, and 5) not a Macbook. It would be a head-turning setup, to be sure.
Perhaps I'd play games on it too, if I could hook my external monitor, keyboard, and mouse up to it. But most of the time it would be a development box.
I already have two computers set up at my desk. I would use this with my 3rd copy of Battlefield 2 and have three copies running simultaneously because why not.
MSI, I am and amateur audio engineer as well as a big gamer. The notebook would blow my current desktop out of the water as well as I would be able to take it on the road to record live shows!
I would head to the coffee shop and get tweaked on espresso. Then I would power on my new gaming notebook and play some Team fortress 2 and some CS:GO beta! And then maybe study a little programing:)
I would gloat to my friends that I got a faster notebook than any of theirs-- FOR FREE! and then I would either give it to my brother on his birthday or use it for Diablo 3... tough call.
Even if this is a gaming notebook it will help me with finishing my phd: I got some stuff to recalculate. Ok, the time saved will be well spend in WoW and editing pics for a hobby, since my current machine consumes too much time :-( Good luck everyone :)
I'd take this to every lan party and gaming convention I go to. Instead of lugging my heavy desktop and monitor, I'd have this snazzy MSI laptop to set up with my gaming gear. It will cut 20 pounds off of my gaming kit! My gaming rig already uses an MSI video card which I absolutely love so I expect this laptop would give me great gaming experiences with awesome reliability, like all of my MSI stuff.
I'd easily use this desktop replacement as just that, a desktop replacement. At 8.6lbs, I'm not going to be carrying this around very often, but it would be perfect for LAN parties!
Funny thing is I actually sell this thing all the time since we got it in at Fry's Electronics where I work. One of my favorite laptops we just started carrying =D....I dream of getting one I just simply can't afford it >_<.
I would use this for literally everything. I'm actually going to be going to school for 3D modeling within the next few months and I pretty much need a portable workstation bad...I would LOVE to win this sucker. For my Photo, Video, and 3D projects the processing power of that cuda graphics cards and lovely ivybridge processor with that kicking Dynaudio speakers would be bliss...Love the feeling of the steel series keyboard also =D. Also when I'm not working the mass amounts of gaming whether it be MMO or FPS would definitely be run to it's potential =D...
Who knows, I might end up making the next great game under this baby! An investment to the world if I win! =P..lol..
I'd introduce my daughter to gaming. She shares a computer with me right now for casual games and likes to help me play Portal. It would be great to show her how LAN play works and what awesome hardware like this can do to the great games we have today.
My 6-year old Dell Inspiron E1705 has taken every upgrade I can give it (2.3 Ghz Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB Ram and Intel X-25M SSD) and I can't even play WoW with full shadows enabled with it's 7900GT video card! I definately can't play SW:TOR at anything but the lowest detail settings and this just sucks for getting into the game's full immersion. I've been looking at replacements such as MSI, as well as Asus and Alienware and it's really down to MSI and Asus. Come'on MSI, let me throw this Dell in a dumpster where it belongs and let me fire up some gaming goodness at full res and detail levels and let the love flow with a righteous gaming laptop!!
I'd use this for school, since my Pharm D. program requires that I have a laptop. Being able to play Diablo 3 on it from work would just be icing on the cake.
I just signed my first teaching contract and I do not have a Notebook and the school does not have the funds to give each teacher a notenook either. I am Technology Education Teacher and do drafting, design, graphic arts, Computer Engineering and many other areas that MSI would certianly be able to handle perfectly. It would certianly help me and make my students learning environment a much better place. I won't let you down!
Mostly for gaming. Although, the 12GB of RAM is delicious for various virtual machines. Maybe building the android source + kernel on that would be somewhat bearable...
I would use this laptop to play games like BF3 and RE6 to hone my skills in preparation for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. That's only if we somehow survive upcoming Mayan apocalypse first!
I would.. Do homework Do math Write stuff Make animated GIFs of old cartoons Browse the internetz Use notepad for making HTML only websites
OHWAIT, no I wouldn't! I'd play games on it. .. and take it to friends houses, to play games on it .. and take it to family events, to play games on it
Sounds pretty good to me!
And whenever i'm NOT gaming on it, I'll fold on it. Good causes!
I just stumbled upon this website about a week ago when I was bored and looking up info on a dream build. I love all the info available on your site; it gives me something to do other than watching whatever passes for television nowadays. If I won this laptop I'd probably try out Diablo 3 since a lot of my friends are playing it at the moment and I'd like to join them.
If I won this, I would use it for gaming, but also for school and my career. I am an industrial design major and would frequently be using Adobe's Creative Suite along with rendering programs such as Solidworks, Rhino, and others.
I'd probably use it as a bit of a mobile workstation honestly. I work in computational condensed matter and it would be nice. The RAM would be incredibly useful. Definitely want
...well, to game of course - at least some of the time. The rest of the time I'd use it for software development - fast CPU like that, and a CUDA /OpenCL capable GPU would make work on the go much nicer.
SteelSeries from MSI looks great, I always appreciated the "industrial" "tough" design. My 7 years old Pavilion zd8000 needs to go :) I think I am the only one running Pentium 4 , LOL! I was always waiting for something "better" . This looks like the perfect desktop replacement. Its Ivy Bridge processor is super fast while the 670M gpu will allow to play any games. Maybe I would add a ssd like the samsung 830 series or crucial m4 (but not really necessarily).I would use it for cad/cam and multimedia. Of course, I would not be able not to play BF3,Dirt3 and formula 1 . Damn, I'm in love with this laptop! Its about $1550 on newegg.com btw Looks like it has great cooling and heat dissipation. There's a turbo fan hotkey button you can press at any time. Main vent blows air out of the left side, with slight exhaust from the rear-left.
I would use it to bring to my friends house so we can play some LAN and other multiplayer games together. Or let my friends use it when they come over to my house to do the same. It would also be very handy to take on vacations and trips, being able to have some nice gaming sessions while away from home.
What would I do? Well simply put just about everything! I would spend my free time gaming, my school time doing school work (and gaming), and of course when I'm sleeping it would probably be running Folding @ Home.
I am really interested in hearing the Dynaudio speakers as well. I know its a laptop but I've heard some of the top end Dynaudio stuff at audio shows and I'm sure they know what they are doing. I am really curious to how good a laptop can sound.
MSI is truly an amazing company, imo they make some of the best computer parts around, especially their video cards. The custom Frozr series is just mind boggling good. I own the MSI HD 7850 and could not be more happy with it!
Besides the obvious of using this to keep my steam library happy no matter where I am, I would use this laptop to learn more about 3D Modeling and game engines such as Unity and Unreal. With the goal of one day making my own games. :)
Thank you for running this contest. :) Best of luck to everyone and congrats to the winner. :)
Diablo 3 at home. Diablo 3 in-between engineering lectures next year at college. Diablo 3 on the bus back home for break. Diablo 3 everywhere. Also, Guild Wars 2.
I would parade this thing around, telling everyone how awesome my laptop was and how great MSI is. MSI will make billions more dollars as a result. The end.
You're kidding right? What would I do with this laptop? I'll have a jolly good damn time with it, that's what!
It'll beat out this aging, decaying no good.. I have for a desktop right now by mountains.
Finally I would actually be able to play all these newer games coming out for the past couple of years as well as watch HD movies for simple enjoyment & browse the web with more than a few tabs open without worry it'll bog my system down!
Simply put as above, I'll have a jolly good damn time with it, that's what!
Thanks both Anand and MSI for having this Giveaway!
I'll use it to take over the world. By sending everybody cupcakes that are three different colors. Whilst simultaneously fragging in Quake III and Crysis. And eating caek. There has to be caek. :)
...to play all the back logged pc games I've been putting off. Assuming I win of course :-) It would be a nice upgrade to the 6yr old system I'm currently rockin :-(
I would rock gaming on my HDTV and also my buddy's HDTV to make him weep in jealousy and it would also help me be productive while at my college... making my classmates envious.
I'd replace my aging workhorse of a laptop [circa 2007] for a much needed boost of productivity in my Unity-based game development (currently crawling!) and visual effects development. Hopefully to be able to show something off cool by GDC 2013!
To do some intense gaming sessions, write some prolific research papers and ponder the universe in all its complexities amid considering a single blade of grass because, really, they are not that different.
I'd use it for mobile gaming. I have a gaming PC at home, and a 11.6" traveling notebook for school, but a GT70 would be great for vacation-time gaming. Currently playing Path of Exile, planning to get some Diablo 3 and Heart of the Swarm in as well. 8D
I'd like to win such a laptop to have a portable computer as many prospective universities now require that I won't be ashamed of, and won't force me to break what little bank I have buying both a laptop and building a new desktop!
Plus it would put to shame my current rig in gaming, regardless of how absurdly overclocked it currently is. :(
For school, as I am away at school most of the time and am without a laptop as my current one has just died, I would be able to game while in the lounge at school with my friends, which would be nice, as they all have powerful laptops. I would use it for schoolwork, the 1920x1080 screen much better than the 1280x1024 screens on most of the lab computers. And I would use it pretty much all the time, I don't like to use my desktop that much as I don't like being stuck in one location and enjoy moving around a lot, and I'm 6'7, which makes a 17" manageable to carry around :) Working on my Bachelor's in Computer Science right now, this would also compile code nice and fast.
Use it to replace my current cracked and damaged laptop (with a 1.6 ghz amd single core processor) that took a hit when it flew across my jeep while sliding during a snowstorm the beginning of this semester at PSU. Oh, and of course get some studying done on it.
Of course this notebook would see some gaming action. One would really have to be a boring old stiff not to load some games... It would also suffer the brunt of a large Handbrake que, maybe some Folding, and certainly would be host to some VM. 12GBs on a mobile makes me rethink the meaning of "computing."
Winning this laptop would be the final key to completing my portal to the 12th planet. There I would run rampant among the Anunnaki and consume all the Kardashian's. And play Crysis.
I currently have a Dell Inspiron 700m. I bought it in my first year of college, and that's about ten years ago now. I'm currently in the market for a new laptop, and have been waiting, forever, to buy a laptop. I was going to buy one four years ago, but I went to Japan. I was going to buy one last year, but I ended up getting married instead, and all my money went to that. I was going to get one this year, but everyone told me to wait for ivy bridge.
In any case, I program, graphic design, read, write, play games, watch pr0n, and do and everything else on my 700m on at the moment. And it hurts so bad. It's not exactly a desktop replacement.
You had better believe I would show it off everywhere, and tell people that MSI can build a sick notebook.
I can't believe that there are still (non-budget) Core2 and AMD laptops being sold for more than $400, especially without discrete graphics.
Woot, nice graphics hardware, really necessary to do any sort of 3D on a high-res screen, and with a laptop you only get the one display onboard, so it had better have the pixels and the graphics solution.
My current laptop is pretty capable, but my sister's is borderline unusable. I'd like to pass mine along to her and get a new one for myself - think this would fill in nicely. :)
I've been using my Toshiba Satellite for nearly half my life (about 8 years) and it hasn't failed me yet. It was with me when I moved to another country. It was with me when I had to learn how to quickly adapt to a new culture and language. It was with me when I was fighting my way through high school life. It was with me when I received an admissions e-mail from my dream university which had seemed so unattainable at the beginning. My laptop was there when it mattered the most. It contains my life as a teen, but it is time for a new chapter.
The MSI GT70 seems like it's more than capable of replacing my Toshiba that has meant so much to me over the years. The GT70 will be with me when I graduate undergraduate school. The GT70 will be with me when I graduate law school. And perhaps, the GT70 will be with me when I'm arguing my first civil rights case in federal court. I invest time and care into my computer, and I can see myself going a long way with a computer of the MSI GT70's caliber.
I currently have an older MSI Notebook and loved it. I would use my new notebook as a sales tool/HTPC, gaming monster and portable "bling" machine! Since I am in sales, my customers are always checking out what hardware I am carrying. My older MSI really impressed quite a few people and probably generated some MSI laptop sales. Having the ability to hookup to a customer's projector for a demo, as well as showing them the gaming power, would be a dream come true!
In addition to the obvious gaming (which I could finally do again with this powerhouse) the size of the screen on this thing and the resolution would make it ideal for CAD and schematic capture work that I do frequently. I'll bet this thing would be no slouch with Ableton Live either. Time for my Core Duo Acer to go!
I come from the most impoverished background, and there is no way I can show how much this would help not just me but my 8 year old little brother, i can finally have him play that grand theft auto game hes bugging me about and teach him how to type.
I'd play games while pretending to watch TV. I'd take it on vacation, and end up watching TV while the kids play with it. I'd play videos from YouTube while working in the kitchen.
This laptop can do everything.It sounds better , it looks better , it has got a great screen & highend components inside.I will use it for all day to day uses.
use it to upload a virus to an alien spaceship and save the world from their hostile invasion with Jeff Goldblum as my wingman. Using it for anything less is just a waste.
to play games at lan parties and stuff like that. Lugging my desktop around is really annoying and takes like three trips to get all the equipment in and out of the car.
I ould LOVE to have this to use in my home photography studio for tethered Lightroom shooting and Photoshop editing on the road along with video production!
To update my facebook page of course... oh and play solitare. :P No, I'm just kidding I'd be using it to play Skyrim, Diablo 3, and Team Fortress 2 and other various games.
Yeah this this will be very handy while we are on tours or out of our cities etc.We can play games , check E Mails , listen to audio & also watch high quality movies.
I would use this notebook to replace my old/slow acer laptop. I would do software development (currently doing work related to servers, web services/apps, and machine learning), schoolwork, and certainly a fair amount of gaming!
Having a laptop like this would make it possible, for the first time, to attend LANs easily and game on the road, when attending conventions, visiting relatives, etc.
Planning on going to graduate school in the fall and my current laptop is on it's last leg. I'd love to have this at the start of the semester, for school work, gaming, video editing and working on some web design projects.
I'm a bit of a geek of all trades - in addition to the obvious gaming needs, I need something capable of coding, 3D rendering, video editing, and performing statistical analysis (I do a lot of research with governmental data sets, so the quicker I can process gigabytes of data, the better).
I'd probably use it to play Diablo 3 into the wee hours of the night, making me unable to function in my daily life; that in turn will crumble what self respect I have, making me retreat more and more into the gaming world until the house is littered with empty pizza boxes, underwear worn inside-out and so on and so forth.
Just kidding; I'd still like to play Diablo 3 on it, though.
If I won, I would use this laptop to play games. Maybe multitask with some afk-able game while playing another game or doing some programming/simulation work.
I'll use this on my imminent vacation to play Diablo 3, Civilization 5, and do other nerdy things while on vacation instead of getting fresh air and exercise like I'm supposed to. ;)
This is a stellar notebook. I'd used it to game with my friends and family. I'm anchored to my pc I share at home, and my 6 year old sony viao. This would release me from my bonds, and allow me to game while moving!
Since I got rid of my laptop because it was too old to run anymore games and my desktop is getting outdated, this notebook would fill the void of not having a laptop anymore and take the place of my desktop as well. Thanks for hosting the contest!
I would use it to edit video/audio for a comedy open-mic I'm starting. This laptop would let me use more money for stage equipment. Maybe even record, if the camera is good enough.
I would use it to aid the forces of High Heaven defeat the demons of the Burning Hells for the third and final time! Diablo 3 looks like an amazing game and I would love to be able to play it with fresh new hardware. Thanks, MSI!
I would use this notebook for blogging, writing my third novel, digital art, photography, music, and of course, GAMES! Anything from crusty ancient DOS games to Skyrim would soar across this notebook screen. Anything from scratchy blues to modern electronica and epic musical scores would pump from the speakers. When the dragon roars, all five of my dogs would bark and howl because I'd be on the couch with them, instead of stuck back here with my old desktop rattletrap heat pump. Unfortunately, my wife would howl too because I'd be free from my office cave, free to annoy her with geeky exclamations of spectacular gaming moments, free to roam, create, and play with MSI's new notebook power. Thanks MSI and Anandtech!
The world of gaming that is. If I won this notebook the first thing I would do is host a huge lan party/BBQ for my friends and break it in with a nice light 24hr game-a-thon, afterwards sleep. Following that I would most likely use this for mobile gaming/work. The specs are nice and better than my desktop plus its mobile! Extra wins for all.
I would use this beautiful beast of silicon glory to immense myself into Diablo 3, but most importantly, to get through my next two years of college at UCSD!
Well, IB isn't much of an upgrade over SB, but I'll be damned if this wouldn't be a fantastic upgrade from just about any laptop. Mine's getting a little long in the tooth.
I'd like to tell you I'd do all sorts of impressive stuff with the MSI if I won, but I'd probably just play a lot of Skyrim on it at the airport.
to finally give my wife something other than one of my gaming handme downs... But, being devious, I would find a way to program the lighted keyboard to freak out disco style anytime she played a facebook game. In theory this would make her dislike new technology and I wouldn't have to get lip everytime I upgraded my PC and upgrader her PC with my "old bits". It could also possibly train her pavlovian style to dislike the crap games (we're talking stuff even more base than Farmville) she plays on facebook and start playing the "real" games she owns.
This laptop has more power than my current work computer. It would make my video transcoding and 3D rendering go so much smoother. Plus I could finally play Skyrim.
I know it's a gaming notebook, but I'm sorely in need of a portable workstation. I get a desktop at work but we don't have the budget for a portable workstation and I find that a lot of times I need to be at a desk other than mine. So I can stay connected to my work computer using RDP but still have mobility using a notebook.
My life got flip turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there. I'll tell you how became the prince of Battlefield 3 thanks to MSI bequeathing a GT70 upon me.
I'm a soldier who lives in a barracks without the space, necessarily, to use or keep a desktop. I was a gamer before I joined, and all I've done for the past two years is look at amazing games come out that my crappy laptop would simply never be able to play. If I win this laptop, it will travel the world with me, and I will play the living hell out it :) Here's hoping.
Desktop replacement incl. some gaming, since that's what a 8.5 lb laptop with a 75W GPU is for.
BTW after checking out Asus's product page for this (http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GT70-0NC.html), I am super excited about "Audio boost design for greatly enhance headphone performance" which will "enhance sound output by 30%" and help me to "Response faster!" For great justice!!
awesome promo msi! i would use the laptop to farm loot in torchlight 2 (just fin the beta) and d3. having a capable machine would also be beneficial in image editing (photoshop). here's hoping i win. thanks again msi. thanks to you too anandtech!
to play all upcoming games at the highest settings possible for alteast the next 2 years (or the next game-so-intense-brings-graphic cards-to-knees, whichever is earlier), while doing some miscellaneous 'computer' stuff but most importantly, enjoying the nice, warm exhaust air from the laptop in cold wintry evenings...Cheers!!!
I have never had a non-work owned laptop, and this one would be a sweet way to correct that. I hate being on business trips and unable to play anything but solitaire.
I am hoping for winning it.Already crossed the fingers.If i do win , i will be able to enjoy awesome quality audio from Dynaudio speakers which even got a Subwoofer , 1080p videos & full high speed gaming.
to replace my old Thinkpad that broke on me a few months ago. I miss having a notebook to play games on while I am on the road & this one is actually made for games, AWSOME.
To get some awesome gaming time in at school before class starts - and maybe after it ends... For all my homework and productivity needs at home, since this is actually much better than my desktop. I guess I would just use it for everything. And Diablo 3 and Skyrim. :)
I would use it to replace my current HP Envy 17, which would get thermal shut down in minutes playing Diablo 3 w/o the aid of a good laptop cooler. Even then, it is not guaranteed.
Its tough being a PC gamer. Upgrading your pc gets more and more expensive every year. If I win I will play D3 lag free, then play Gemini Rue because nothing is better then crushing pistachio with a forklift.
I work on climate science and genetic analysis. It's amazing that the GT70 has processing power and memory that rivals our current servers. The GT70 could load reference sequences in the multiple GB, and processes thousands of monte carlo simulations. GT70 = more science!
Its a gaming notebook and gaming is more than a hobby for me, Its my life. Diablo III and Max Payne 3 are out and waiting to motorboat this beast. GTA V is coming later this year. I'm probably gonna spend the rest of my days with this notebook playing GTA V :)
I would use the laptop to compete in the next MSI battlegrounds (viOlet, your going down!) and win other Awesome MSI products for my lackluster desktop T.T
One distracted me by peeing on the floor and as I was cleaning that the other kid yanked it off my desk where it fell to its death. This would be for compiling android builds and general mobile hackery oh and I promise to keep it on the high shelf where they can't get to it if I win
Hey MSI I have no pc right now. I sold my 2008 Macbook Pro now I use an iPad exclusively. This will prevent me from investing in Apple and keep my eyes focused on your machines. MSI you have been around since 1986 and going strong never have purchased anything from you and this hopeful win will change that. Thank you very much for this chance...
I'd use this notebook to replace my aging Core 2 Duo laptop so that I could run...well...most anything. And I'd use it to show friends and family that have never heard of MSI just what MSI can do.
I would sell my current desktop and use this as my sole PC as it is way much faster than the 4 year old pc I have:) I will definitely use it for gaming, watching movie, and of course work and study:)
I too never had a powerful laptop with separate GPU.All i got is the crappy Intel HD Graphics which can barely run games at acceptable levels.I would want to experience how a gaming laptop looks & feels like!
My old gaming notebook from 2007 is about to go. The screen's got something like 25 lines running down it now, one of the hinges is busted, and it can't run shit anymore. Too bad its what I use for school and I'm broke.
I could never bear to pay for a gaming laptop on the basis that a desktop could perform better for similar cost, but if I were to be given one that's a different story :)
Would definitely be nice to game occasionally while I'm out and about, and I'll be spending more time at school next year!
I would use this laptop for video editing & 3D Animation which requires high processing power from CPU & GPU.And with those powerful contents , i know for sure it will not let me down!
this is the gaming laptop equivalent of a mustache ride! i want one!
but seriously, my girlfriend's mom lost her job at the end of the spring semester, when she wasn't able to get a job because of exams to make up for what her parents had been giving her. Had to watch as she sold her transformer prime (an xmas gift), her nexus s, and her 2008 macbook along with most of the other things she owns to afford to pay bills the past 2 months. a gaming laptop would be a little overkill, but would be an awesome treat for her (and me!) pick me msi!
Less money spent on the upgrades also means more money that can be spent on the games themselves! (and other useless things like necessities, but who cares about those?)
I would be using this for my LAN parties.It's not possible to carry a desktop everywhere when it's a full tower cabinet but this MSI laptop can be brought along wherever i go.
I will use this notebook to read Anandtech, peruse DailyTech, surf the web, game a little, watch movies, run a virtual machine, reply to emails, research products, shop online, type a document, game a lot, save the world, play a YouTube video, bake a cake and show off my MSI laptop. All at the same time.
how would i use it? Well for the graphics and processor power alone it would be great to help aid projects like folding@home and it would def get good use there from me. I'd also use it for auto cad projects that i'm currently working on, i can't imagine the graphics power this thing has for projects for my auto cad. And of course a little gaming too during breaks from work would be nice to especially with the cpu and gpu power this thing has. All and all this would be a great all around laptop for me to help others help fight illnesses and help me do the work i need to do.
For the past year+ I've lovingly used an msi notebook powered by AMD's spunky E-350 to crank out all manner of commercially unsuccessful novels, so if I won this sweet little unit I think a "vacation" from MS Word would be in order.
I have never won a Gaming Notebook because i couldn't afford one.If i win this awesome notebook , first of all , i wouldn't believe it & you will have to hit me very hard so that i get to know that i really have won & not was day-dreaming.
If i win this , i will play all the high-end games on it which i have always wanted to play.
Thank You MSI & Anandtech for this great opportunity.I really do hope i win.Thank You. :)
While I can't deny having a laptop this powerful would necessitate some serious power gaming, I would use it most often for my graduate research on massively parallel processing using consumer graphics hardware. Having this machine, with the power and RAM it had and a whopping 3GB of video RAM, I wouldn't be stuck in a lab all day... every day...
I'm going off to college next year and having a laptop that doesn't fall apart when I pick it up and has a battery life of greater than five minutes would just be fantastic.
I can finally play Pc Games in its full Glory.. (Yeah, i dont have a pc.. :P) And Stop browsing on my Ancient N82.... And Show off the Cool Back Lights to my Friends :P
I am in India btw.. Dont know if i am eligible for this Promotion, i hope i have my Chances :)
I can finally play Pc Games in its full Glory.. (Yeah, i dont have a pc.. :P) And Stop browsing on my Ancient N82.... And Show off the Cool Back Lights to my Friends :P
I am in India btw.. Dont know if i am eligible for this Promotion, i hope i have my Chances :)
I would use this notebook for gaming, obviously. I then might use it to edit the next James Cameron epic masterpiece. Then we'll see about installing Mountain Lion when it comes out.
My current Core 2 Duo laptop is getting old in the tooth. The fan is getting extremely loud and I fear it's on it's last legs. I'd use the laptop as a secondary computer to my own Sandy Bridge desktop. It's always good to have a second computer for backups or to save resources on your main desktop when you are gaming or doing some intensive video encoding.
I'd love to win this laptop not because my laptop is worse, or i don't have a better desktop or this or that. I signed up and subscribed to Anandtech not for the sole reason of giveaways but also the chance to be a part of a great community that revolves around hardware and software. Thanks to Anandtech and MSI for yet another great giveaway. Good luck to all who enter!
In regards to the actual use I'd have for this laptop if I were to win it... I'd probably use it as a desktop away from my desktop, general purpose use, web development and of course a side of gaming ;)
I would use it for everything possible, including GAMING!, Graphic Designing, Playback of HD Movies, hook it up to my LCD. :). Doing a bit of video editing :), and post processing alot images, and heavy ram+Gpu+CPU usage,
I would definately play games, school work(programming), and generally make all my friends jealous!.. and teach my daughter to be the next generation of total gaming geeks..
I would be playing games , watching high-def videos , listening to music , surfing the internet & pretty much everything someone does on his computer but this computer will be an awesome device to have cause it's special & so much more powerful than my currnt computer.
for going back to school, would give me something that I could game on some diablo over at buddies places and would certainly be an upgrade at home. Kudos to MSI for doing this. (:
as a straight replacement for my Pentium M laptop! I would utilize it not only for gaming, but with that much memory and with that CPU I'd use it for massive virtualization workloads. And when idle all that power will become a low-power folding@home system....
-I would take it with me to all the LAN parties, including PDX 20 this summer. -I would rampage across the fields of distant worlds in Tribes. -I would leave a trail of smoking wrecks in my wake of terror across New Eden in EVE Online. -I would blast my way through the rubble of Kharkand in Battlefield 3 -I would brag to my victims about how they were owned by a player on an MSI GT70 0NC wherever I am, be it at school, on a plane, or on a train. I would dominate wherever I go (or die trying).
the first thing I'm going to do is gently trace it's curves with my fingertips. Once I've satisfied myself with the feel of it, I'll open it up and turn it on. At this point, I'll receive a text from my girlfriend, it'll be a text that goes unnoticed. Next, I start installing my games and other programs. Giddiness will build up inside me as I prepare to experience gaming ecstasy with Skyrim and Battlefield, the way they were meant to be played. I'll never play a game with the graphics set to low again. I turn on Battlefield first. I can't help but feel that my competitors have a handicap now, as I mow them down one by one, with no video lag to hold me back. My phone rings. My brain naturally tunes out the sound of a crappy cell phone speaker in favor of the superior sound of my notebook. I continue gaming blissfully. A half hour later, a Skype window pops up. It's the girlfriend. Apparently, not answering the phone in a reasonable amount of time is highly illegal and punishable by death. She suddenly realizes she can see me. "I thought the webcam I took from you three months ago was the only one you had!? I can't believe I've had to talk to my friends on this relic while you've got one that looks so good! Wait! You won that computer didn't you?! Fine. Call me when you get tired of it. It's bound to happen sometime." That's what she thinks. I finally own a computer capable of 3d modeling. After I beat Skyrim, I download Blender and some tutorials and start the task of making a great game even better. A long time goes by and I become great at playing games and game development. My new found skills make me rich and famous. Every time someone asks me how I got started, I say "MSI and AnandTech hooked me up."
Considering my current laptop (a Thinkpad from 2004) has a single-core Pentium M and 1GB of DDR, this would be quite the upgrade. It'd be nice to be able to actually use my laptop for more than just web browsing and watching SC2 streams - being able to actually play something like SC2 or BF3 would be nice.
I would use this laptop for a plethora of things, quite probably all at the same time. I am a multi-tasking junkie so I need a powerful machine to be able to keep up with me.
I would use this notebook as a powerful tool to get me through medical school. On second thought, all of that CPU / GPU power would be best utilized playing Battlefield 3 in between exams.
First i would dance.... then i would sing or perhaps i would do them both.... Then start showing it off to anyone who would not kick me out..... Then i would try installing the most hardware intensive software/game i could find AND then BOAST the results to anyone who cares to listen or not listen but i would love to tell ........ May be at the end, when even my neighbor's cat won't hear my hurray, i would log in back here and leave a thank you post or something
I would use the MSI GT70 Ivy Bridge Gaming Notebook to replace my aging 8 year olds AMD Athlon 64 3200+ destop. I've never own an labtop before, would be awesome to test this on Diablo 3.
I would use it to show other people how insane gaming computer companies feel they need to make their computers look. I would point to it and go SEE, THIS IS WHY NO ONE TAKES GAMING SERIOUSLY.
It will be used for my job works.I work in Multimedia industry & it will really help me doing all the graphics intensive works because of its powerful configuration.
I would like to use this amazing MSi notebook not only for school/studies but also to stream live entertainments to share the amazing stories that I have everyday. Whether its from gaming or everyday life, I will be able to have the resources to share this amazing experience.
Nice, this system would look nice to replace the roll my desktop plays :) and it would free up space. If I got it I would first hunt down any thing that would strain the notebook, then I would use that massive amount of ram for Photoshoping something really big :D
Of course i'm going to also game lilke a mad man on it, and use it for college notes :)
I'd use it to speed up the videos I am going to be making for my girlfriend's grandmother's business to help her business get more modernized so it can reach a wider range of clients.
But of course, almost any ol' laptop can render video (albeit rather long when I try to render a 1080p project xP I think my last 10 minute video project took 2 hours to render... or was it 3? Can't remember, I took a nap)
But of course, rendering a video project is an injustice to that video card, so expect me to get in plenty of Crysis 2, Diablo III, and Skyrim too :D
I would use that nice, sleek looking gaming laptop to game on the road in hotels or maybe on an occasional job site (while on break) when working out of town. Racking up wins in dota 2, killing tens of thousands of mobs in diablo 3, going for headshots in battlefield 3 and other fps'. Currently my gaming desktop stays home and I don't get to game on the road.
move to the US so i could participate on this giveaway to win that monster notebook so I could finally start playing all of the games i always wanted to play!
I would use this for my down time playing games. I'm a busy nurse working long hours and gaming on my free day would be a blessing. I currently own a Macbook Air and while it's great for videos and some paper work, I'm getting tired of just basic games. I'd love to be able to play full-on settings in Skyrim or Battlefield 3 with this. Good luck to everyone.
I would primarily use this notebook for school, I would dual boot Linux (for school) and Windows (for gaming while not doing school work). The laptop I have for school currently isn't a very good one.
I've been a MacBook Pro user since Windows XP and quite frankly... I'm no longer familiar with how to do a lot of things on a Windows PC. >o< I've been fixing my parents and friends problems of for a long time... and now I have to look up how to do the simplest things online. I would love to have a very powerful modern gaming PC to get back up to date with Windows and get back into PC gaming. Again, I haven't done any PC gaming since Windows XP was the most current Microsoft OS. Finally, I'm a teacher and a lot of the software that I need to use with my students can't be installed on a Mac... >o< so I'm stuck using a seven year old school laptop for any modern, multimedia lessons. I have to make sure everything is properly preloaded before the students come in... or I'll be waiting minutes to get things up, wasting my students' chance to learn.
I play tabletop wargames, and having a platform to learn CAD on would be nice to plan out terrain/building designs before I built it. Plastic card ain't cheap!
I would use it for college courses as well as gaming and for entertainment. It would be replacing a Samsung Netbook that is about 2 years old and doesn't do much and is difficult to use for school.
Of course I would game on it! Tera, BF3, Diablo 3. The list could go on (and on and on). But I would also use is to help me build the open source projects I work on: CM9, AOKP, Apache Shindig, and a few others. My current machine is becoming dated and this powerful notebook would be a great, and mobile, replacement.
Conroe ring a bell? Battery life in minutes counted on one hand Display thats unreadable even in moon light Long past are the days when my Dell Latitude was king The king is dead long live the king
My new MSI GT70 would be my everything, and my Dell Latitude would make an excellent stand for it.
Everyone else is saying they would use the laptop for all the currently popular games. Diablo III, WoW, etc, etc. I would use this for Spider Solitaire all day every day 24/7.
To take with me on my trip around the world so that I can develop photos and videos to show loved ones at home, learn how to web design, learn a new language, teach other people how to use a computer and of course play the latest and greatest games.
I have never owned a gaming laptop before, and an upgrade would be really great.
I'm a gamer so it would be perfect to bring along to my friends to play games together. It will also be great for when I start my new education soon. It would be used for many things.
This would make a nice replacement for my 6+ year old C2D desktop. It's served me well, but it can get a bit overwhelmed at times as I use it for CAD, GIS, desktop publishing, and a sprinkling of audio and video transcoding. This MSI would fit the bill, and be portable as well.
I would use it for gaming of course. I will play Diablo 3, Skyrim, WoW, and Starcraft 2, with some Portal 2 thrown in here and there. Also some oldies but goodies like Age of Empires 3!
When my wife was pregnant with my second child I sold my Asus gaming laptop to put some money aside. Since then I've gamed solely on the Xbox 360 and would love to get back online with Diablo III and the likes.
I think the breakdown of what I'd do with it:
- Game (of course), first probably being Diablo III - Edit photos - Edit video - Edit my website - Run 1 or more VM's (Ubuntu, new Windows OS, etc)
Play Diablo 3, watch movies, and do my school work at my job site above the arctic circle in the middle of nowhere Alaska. Spending my summer in the tundra would be much nicer with this sweet notebook!
I want to report that I have in fact received my new motherboard and have ordered processor, memory, and a DVD burner necessary to install in my desktop. I will upgrade to intel's SRT later this fall as phase II of my upgrade. Thank you Anandtech.
Let someone else win this Laptop. I want it of course, but I am very happy looking forward to my new desktop.
I haven't played very many video games recently. I love my Mac mini, but it's my only computer and that's one area where it's sadly lacking. If I won this laptop I'd start with Diablo III, Starcraft II, and Skyrim, and go from there.
I am using MSI products since 7-8 years now & they produce rock solid productsn with great performance & stability.So, i am sure , this laptop wouldn't be an exception too.i love owning MSI products because they speak class.
I would use this laptop to help me finish my engineering degree, to stay connected with my kids who are all grown and moved away, to edit video footage of the family, and to play the occasional game of course.
I would use this notebook to run Linux for environmental modeling apps and to demo the kind of work I do (small apps, anyway; my "big" apps run about 800 Gulftown core-hours and generate 1.4 TB of output...)
Wow, I'd actually be able to play modern games with this laptop, I'm still on Core2 with nvidia8400. But I'd definitely move my SSD from my current laptop into this one.
I would replace my existing MSI laptop that struggles to handle Visual Studio, photoshop, and games (Diablo III, SCII, etc) with this one, so I would use it for Gaming, photo/video editing, programming, and of course...surfing the web.
I'd really like to get back into gaming on a PC (I'm currently a 360 user). I have a work Macbook that I use for email and surfing, but this machine would help me replace my personal old custom built Pentium D rig and my netbook with an atom in it. It would also be great for my as she'll be going back to school in the Fall and we'll need to get her a laptop (if I won this, I could sell the netbook and even my desktop to buy my wife's laptop, and I could go completely portable and powerful with this beasttop!). I've never owned MSI before, but I'd like to start now!
I currently only own a Mac but have been getting more and more interested in PC Gaming. Steam has a limited selection of Mac games, but I want to really dive into what PC gaming has to offer. This notebook would be the perfect thing to get me into and excited about PC gaming and would allow me to finally play some of the big games that I have been missing out on.
I would start with a little Diablo 3, then a long walk in BF3, then we would go back to my place for some HoN, and hopefully before you know it we are playing CS:S all night long.
Would use this for development work for anything ranging from Android apps to programming microprocessors for little projects I work on to, of course, gaming as well (Super Monday Night Combat go!).
Would certainly beat my desktop too at this point.
I have not had good success getting a job after months of searching so this would be a nice change of luck. I would use it for job applications, work, various other important stuff, and when it is time to relax ill play some gmaes on it lol
This is from a nerd-in-disguise physician/scientist who programs in Python and R on my nights and weekends (at least when my daughter lets me :)). I'd love to have this laptop to run microarray and next gen sequencing parsing programs. I know it may not be the intended use, but it qualifies as play for me and may help us all a bit :) aleks
I would use this notebook to make my friends jealous. I would take it to LAN parties and laugh as I watched them lug around their enormous desktops sporting inferior specs.
I would wander the country, challenging people to any game of their choice. "But he's just on a laptop", they would say, not knowing that it's a tiny (Well, 17-inch) beast. "So you are feeling lucky?" I'll say, as we boot up Tribes: Ascend or something similar, ready to hustle this poor guy.
And then I'll probably lose, but at least the scene will be pretty great.
I have to travel for my job and nothing is worse than trying to watch an episode of Game of Thrones on lousy hotel internet. With this I could waste time playing games instead (and cursing the lousy hotel internet when Diablo 3 drops after finding a legendary)
I have few games on my OLD Q6600 CPU with some other outdated parts and It can even play BF3 lol... Im sure this one can play better than my Destop... Need to put something I bought into useful play and this laptop will solve my problem :D... BF3 been on my Destop for like ever since it came out, never even touched it after my first time opening it, lag life crap lol...
I would scramble my eggs, slice my bread, bludgeon the hordes of envious tech zombies that come a-drooling, scorch the laps of my enemies, and surf off into the sunset.
my old dell m1710's geforce 7950gtx gpu just fried a few days ago. patterns and what not all over the place. i would like something to play diablo3 with :)
I currently have an MSI GX 640. It's very nice and I like it a lot. Only quibble I have with it, is that the Fn and Ctrl keys are backwards. Ctrl should be in the far left keyboard corner. Other than that I like it a good bit.
This would be a nice upgrade. I could pass my old MSI onto my 10 year old and this would be a nice upgrade. I'd have to get a bigger bag though. The old laptopt is 15.6" where this behemoth is much larger.
The motherboard on my Dell XPS laptop died last Summer, out of warranty and too expensive to be worth fixing. Since then I have been either stuck with my old desktop, which is slow as hell, or mooching my wife's laptop whenever I can. For almost a year now I have missed all the cool new games that have come out because I don't have a system that will play anything modern. Been trying to save for a new laptop but these are hard times, our family has recently grown by 1 and there are priorities that need to be met before anything gets saved towards daddy's new laptop. The withdrawal symptoms are kicking in big time and I'm in dire need of some proper gaming :)
Would be perfect for me. The lady doesnt like me scurrying off into our office and disappearing for hours playing games. This would allow me to park it right next to her wherever in the house she is and still get my game on!!
I'd play some friggin AAA games again, been surviving on Indies for a long time and this would be just the ticket for getting back into the flow of modern pc gaming.
To be honest, this would probably go to keep my wife off of my computer. Probably let the kid game on it as well. A bit big to be my travel computer, but would be great as an extra powerhouse at home.
It's like literally finding needle in a haystack, basically impossible. It looks like a good laptop though, I would def like to have this for games. In the future when I require one, I might just end up buying one just like this.
Would take this laptop to college, it would be fast enough to keep up with the big dogs of stock trading (business college). Gaming would be nice on this machine, and programming macros and programming spreadsheets would be incredible on this machine (woot for multi-monitors on laptops!).
I would finally be able to replace my aging MacBook Pro 17" and start gaming on-the-go once again. It would be great to have a mobile workstation for the consulting work that I do as well.
Gaming, web editing, photo editing and take the final plunge in retiring some of my desktops! I can picture it now... Playing Skyrim while hosting a minecraft server... all on this badboy!
I would use this prize, if awarded, to promote world peace, end hunger, solve the global warming crisis and train a crack force of scrappy, wisecracking citizen-soldiers to defend these gains from loss during the forthcoming robot/zombie apocalypse(s).
I might also let my kids watch Yo Gabba Gabba on Netflix.
Ever since our son came, I haven't been able to play any PC games on my desktop. I would use this to catch up on the new PC titles out there and video chat with both grandmas so they can see their grandson grow up!
I'd use this to play some LOTRO, SWTOR, EVE, and probably whatever cool comes out on Steam. Having such a laptop would also spur me on to getting around to writing my first Windows Phone application.
If I won this laptop, I'd use it to replace my Macbook from 2008, which has been... well... struggling. My girlfriend calls it lifesupport. Should you accept this mission, you have until the new Macbook Pro's launch to convince me to return to the Windows side of mobile PC's.
Oh and BTW, I've built a gaming PC before so my standards aren't by any means low, hope this laptop lives up to its specs... Challenge accepted, MSI?
I could finally transition my desktop to a full-time server and use this laptop as my main rig. 36 years old and I've never owned a laptop - always been a desktop man. This machine could bring me into the early 2000's!
i have been in the military for many years. a laptop with enough horsepower to play games while traveling is a must. especially when you are limited to how much you can bring with you. my current laptop is several years old and i am giving it to my mother so she will have a computer to use. looking at the laptop i can use it to play any game i would throw at it along with syncing my ipod for music and downloading my picsfrom my camera while traveling other countries. with the integrated hd web cam i will be able to find mobile hotspots when i do get off the ship to skyp with my family back home.
Since I would not need to be in the back room office all day to use my desktop, I could use the most powerful computer in my house anywhere, keeping the wife happy since she will actually be able to see me for more than a few minutes a day ;D
To play Diablo III with friends! Using an old re-purposed desktop now. Having a powerful machine like this to lug around in a backpack would be pretty awesome.
My son's Alienware M15x laptop died a wile back pretty much a day after the warranty ran out (typical) Ever since then we have been looking at gaming notebooks to replace it. We visited the MSI booth at PAX East and were floored by the GT70. From that point on he has set his mind on the GT70. So with that, I wouldn't use the notebook myself, but give it to my son. (Its been a long few months for him and he has had to revert to playing mindcraft on my old macbook pro core duo. His battlefield/call of duty chops are getting rusty)
simplify my computer use. Instead of running a htpc and desktop, with a powerful laptop I could use it primarily for both functions with less power consumption, space usage, and noise for gaming and entertainment for family and friends.
As a laptop that really COULD play Games. My old hand-me-down Vostro 1000 was given to me with the words "hope you have fun gaming on this". I chuckled and chocked another one down for clueless but well meaning old people :)
As Aristotle (or was it the Spider Man movie) said, "with great power, comes great responsibility". With a laptop as powerful as this, I'd probably have to use it to find some way to correct grave injustices or find a solution for the cure for cancer (maybe use the GPU to augment my folding at home speeds). Hmm, in actuality I'd probably use it to play the hell out of Diablo, Starcraft 2, and SW:TOR.
Either way, I'd really love to try to tame this beast.
I'd use this so I could play games while watching TV with my wife instead of playing in the other room and getting in trouble for ignoring her. It also happens to be faster then my current desktop. :-)
Traveling frequently, I would use it as a remote office workhorse (when I'm not taking arrows in the knee). Back in the office, i'd lower the house lights to show off its keyboard and display.
Considering my 45 birthday will be tomorrow, it would be a welcomed gift 8); besides would love to have a laptop to play Diablo 3 while away from my home computer.
This would be a great replacement for my aging gaming laptop. It hit the floor and has been whacky since. I use MSI board for most of my Gaming PC builds. Their Quality\Performace\Feature Set is the best for the buck.
Definitively would be playing Diablo 3, MW3 and other new games on it. Also it would be used for software development.. movie watching.. all the nice things one can do with this awesome laptop! Dang what a nice computer1
This laptop would transition between being a HTPC for my apartment switching from screen to screen. In that same vein, those screen could also become nice game stations using this laptop to power any multitude of games that it is capable of playing. Once work call, I can use its portability to take with me to run my analyses as well as report on the results while still using only battery power. TL;DR- Laptop would basically become the center of my computing world. :)
After I left my last job I had to give up my Sony Vaio Z (previous generation) and I've mourned the lost ever since. I was offered a Dell Latitude D620 with a broken hinge where I work now but then they took it away to give to someone else... I'm only the network admin after all...
With this laptop I would do many wonderful things like Daiblo III, Portal 2, etc oh and I'd use it for work stuff too.
Would use this to replace my current laptop, which I would give to a friend of mine... or my brother who's just graduating high school and going to college.
I would love to have this! I love to game and being able to get more than a half dozen FPS would be sweet. I also develop and would consider it an honor to stress the processor and hard drive of this machine on a regular basis.
I would use this powerful and great looking laptop for a mix of business and pleasure. Having the ability to use one laptop for both work and to be able to play the latest of games would be a blessing.
I'd get her into PC gaming now that she is a budding gamer. Probably something along the lines of me rolling a dude on Diablo 3 and going through the game with her.
My current laptop is a first generation i-series, and it is still almost working, except for several of the ports, but it obviously has some limitations. The capabilities of this unit would not only be totally functional, but a huge step up.
I would use this notebook to play diablo3!! i currently have a very old 2007 macbook with integrated xma intel graphics and have no shot at playing diablo 3 on it :(. I could really use the new MSI!
to keep from having to use my work MacBook. And to have a Windows machine to try things on other than my desktop which is also the whole-house DVR would be very nice.
I travel by car and plane to LAN parties several times a year. Hauling/Shipping my desktop system around is risky and I'm always envious of those with the sweet gaming notebooks. Even worse, my old rig ($650 new in 2009) is falling behind in modern games.
I'm crossing my fingers that MSI can help out this hard-core PC gamer!
It would be nice to see how well they've done on the laptop design and hardware. My laptop is getting quite old and I would really appreciate if it can do my CAD several times faster than it is now on my machine and if I could run some of the newer games I want on it.
I would use this laptop to fill the void in my bed where my wife used to lay. Ever since I bought her an Ipad she has been curling up and sleeping with it instead of me. At nights I get cold, And lack the basic cuddle-delight that a man should get from his bride. Now, AnandTech and MSI have offered me the one chance to get back at my wife AND fill the void that the evil Apple corporation has inadvertantly caused...
I'm the support for the CS/IS Dept. in the local college, and I'm stuck on a crappy old laptop. I'd love to have one that I could use to run more than one VM at a time on, it would make my life (and by extension the students) much better. ;)
Oh yeah, and I'd game on it too when there's down time.
I'd love to be able to game elsewhere than my basement. Lugging around a 30" monitor and a 50lb desktop tower is not exactly the easiest thing in the world to do ...
I currently have a Asus G53SW and it is a piece of junk and need this MSI notebook.
I went the route of going a "desktop replacement" notebook and overall I like that I did it - the problem is that this notebook is not the model I should have done this with.
The thing locks up from overheating even with a top of the line notebook cooler and their "innovative and revolutionary air flow designs". Also the machine suffers from a CPU throttling problem which they refuse to fix.
I am tired of Asus products that look nice but repeatedly fail. I am tired of their worthless technical support that will hang up on you if they don't feel like talking to you. I am sick of not being able to use a "gaming notebook" to game on.
When I get this notebook as replacement I will begin by throwing the thing out of my second story of my house to my drive way like a frisbee. I will then take my truck and drive over it a few times. I will then take a crowbar and finish what is left of the unit. I will record it all and post it for MSI to use.
The last MSI laptop (GT735) gave so much trouble I had to send it back 3 times. and their arrogance in the process was so horrendous also that I am not inclined to deal with these people.
Their gaming laptops run extremely hot dramatically reducing the life of the laptop. These people have no clue how to put fast power hungry graphics cards in a laptop and make them last. Even with improvements now, their service was so bad I have a problem with them.
Under warranty they had to replace Processor, and CPU fan, and then later motherboard. They reformatted the hard drive and destroyed all user data, even after telling them that the hard drive was off limits and must not be touched. They simply told me they have the right to reformat it as part of their normal processing. These people are miscreants.
After a while I refused to send the laptop back for service because it invariably came back with more issues. When the graphics card finally failed I requested a replacement to install myself because I could not trust them this laptop. They refused to sell me a graphics card, even though it was by now no longer under warranty (hence no risk to them).
This laptop awaits a graphics card - cannot find one to buy anywhere. There is no way in hell I would send that laptop back to them for any reason, so we are at an impasse.
I wont even buy their motherboards because of their attitude and service. Now a free MSI laptop is a really good deal.
This is a really nice notebook. Its hardware performance is indeed impressive. However, I am more interested in its display, sound quality, build quality, and heat control. Those are the first things I would like to find out if I won this :) Then its basically gaming and working.
That was capable of playing Starcraft II / GW2 / BF3 at reasonable settings. The integrated graphics on my current laptop (sandy bridge) limit me to gaming on my desktop only!
I would use it for studies as well as gaming, as I won't have a desktop in college (though it's faster than my current desktop so it wouldn't matter if I brought it ^^).
Even though the game just hit its 4th year Anniversary, Age of Conan is still, without a doubt, one of the greatest graphical experiences out there in terms of MMOs and hands down has the greatest combat system to date. It is truly an amazing game that I have had the pleasure of being apart of the for the better part of that 4 years.
If I were to win this laptop, I would use it to play Age of Conan on the road and on lunch breaks!
Awesome looking system for sure!
sad plug but I want more people to know how awesome Age of Conan is... it is Free 2 Play so check it out! www.ageofconan.com
If I won, I'd use this notebook to play Skyrim by myself, Left for Dead 2 with my girlfriend, and Minecraft with my daughter. I'd also use it for developing software -- it sounds like a beast!
Apart from pushing boundaries in gaming, I am very eager to see where this notebook will take me in terms of visual computing. I spend most of my time rendering graphs and simulating physical phenomena in Matlab and Mathematica...
Apart from this, I'd like to split the atom using this notebook. This is a marvel of engineering, no doubt.. I hope I win this machine :)
My life with this creation of 0's and 1's would begin with the anticipation of the arrival date. Upon the arrival date I would carefully (eg tear into like a rabid dog on steroids) open the package to unveil all of its electronic goodness. After doing my due dilegence as 'Dad' for the night, I would hunker down in my man cave, lights dim, choice beverage chilled to perfection, and fire up this sweet creation for some uninterrupted gaming pleasure.
I would use this notebook (in addition to a nice 4g hotspot) to make those dreaded afternoon meetings ( the ones just after lunch so you have food coma) fly by!
I would finally be able to extricate myself from grad school. Would actually use the notebook to run MatLab with CUDA for some nifty speed up via parallel processing.
I'd make my co-worker who owns an Alienware laptop, sit down and watch me run benchmarks on this laptop so I can watch him cry that he spent 3x as much for half the performance ;)
I would use this laptop for work every day, and I would game with it at home as often as I could. Jeez, look't those specifications! Can't stop drooling.
I've started working on a video game so I can switch from 'working for the man' to being self employed. It'd be nice to have a legitimate gaming rig to test work on.
I would like to use this notebook to run VMWARE workstation for testing purposes at work. Since most of my clients use VMWARE ESX and ESXI, it is fairly easy for me to convert their live servers into virtual machines I can run on a PC or notebook. 12GB of ram and a quad core CPU would allow run more simultaneous virtual machines on my notebook so I can safely test updates, patches, configuration changes, and migrations in a mobile and convenient test environment.
In addition, when not at work, I would use this notebook to play KOTOR online and Diablo 3 so the GPU would be useful to me as well.
I would use it for Photoshop CS6 for sure. Huge amount of ram! Woo-wee!! But the big question for me is: Will it bring Flight Simulator X to it's knees? "Well, will it Punk?" I's got to know.
I've seen recent high end DESKTOPS with less graphics memory. This thing would be SICK. Too bad we haven't come farther with laptop battery technology.
To keep from firing up my desktop PC anytime I wanted to do something needing a little muscle.
To take on trips for work, so instead of saying "well, it's ok if I can't game on this laptop, the hotel has crappy wireless anyway." I can say "Damn this crappy WiFi, now I can't game!"
To convince my colorblind friend the backlit keys are changing colors when they aren't, and aren't changing when they do. (don't hate - he has a sense of humor about it, otherwise I wouldn't do it... As he says, he sees the world in 8 bit color.)
Basically anything I want to do with it, cause it looks like it can handle things pretty well.
I have a good home pc but since I travel alot with my work I need to run the same stuff as my home desktop with all the bells and whistles on. Recently with all the new games out there it is not possible and I have to scale down the graphics. I don't know about you all but it sucks when you get used to a games graphics and have to run it on a slower machine.
As a developer of AVX code I would first use this to program for both the new FMA on Ivy Bridge as well as the integrated GPU on Ivy Bridge in OpenCL. I would be using both of these technologies to leverage better computing on a single processor. After that, I would spend countless hours playing Diablo 3. That game is addictive... Also, I would do independent Android development for funsies. Yes, that is a new word, funsies.
I would probably get in trouble even using it at work (different tech company name be damned!)... some gaming, some multi-OS fun... anything to replace a pentium 4 desktop at home
I would use this notebook to replace my aging 16" ASUS notebook as my "hideable" gaming station. Since the wedding, I don't get a full corner of a room to put a gaming desktop, so I am relegated to more expensive laptops to get my SC2 and Day of Defeat fix. However, my current laptop is starting to reboot randomly, and I'd really like to continue to be able to pwn n00bs.
Getting this MSI Gaming Laptop will enable me to finally retire my Acer Ferrari 3200 laptop. I will now be able to catch-up on my 100+ games in my Steam account while on the go instead of just when I am sitting in front of my desktop! Vrrrooommmm MSI!
...for school this fall. I'm going back to get another degree and working full time, so a laptop will be very helpful for when I'm on campus and in class. And it won't hurt to be able to pop D3 on it so my friend and I can play together, since she doesn't have a computer that can play it and I only have my desktop.
both work and play. I would be coding using ASP.NET with C#, doing graphics design work with Photoshop, and working with debug tools like Fiddler. For play I would be using the notebook for Netflix, playing a variety of games I am in to, and in general surfing the internet.
I would replace my laptop and give my 6 year old one to my friend (who really needs it.) I might even sell my desktop if this laptop is fast enough. It would certainly be put to good use for grad school, work, and gaming.
What would I do with this laptop? Run 6 VMs at the same time, just because I can. Haha, assuming I'd be able to tear myself away from video games, I'd use it to finish learning Maya before I lose my eligibility for the free educational version. A real license is so expensive T_T
to free myself from being locked to my tower PC in my home office. Would be nice to work from coffee shop sometime...to be able to see the outside world again :) or at least more of it..
I'd use this notebook for peace and quiet; as in me being able to play a game without my wife whining about me taking up the laptop and keeping her from checking her damn facebook...
Step 1: Get a great computer with world beating (I apologize for NO PUNS) graphics and processing power. In this way, the maps I wish to create showing my most recent conquests can be shown in full live glory as my armies spread like ants across the globe. the MSI system listed above would be more than adequate to show my minions our progress remotely.
Step 2:
Step 3: Profit.
As you can see, this computer is a necessary part of the process, and you would be remiss to pass up such an opportunity to be on the Supreme Overlord's "Nice" list.
This MSI machine would be a statement. It would be something I would carry with me as a declaration of my entertainment independence. I am not a drone, a slave the to corporate hardware encased in black. Nor am I a hipster, encased in white plastic shinny skinny jeans. I love gaming, and my hardware should love games, too.
I am an avid gamer, and old school one at that. Mangar's Mallet rolls off my finger tips as easily as they construct complex healing macros for Azeroth deployment. Rails and Rockets fly from my mouse as precisely as my aim for my last Peggle ball.
A place for two deaths. A Radiant Goldbox for Skyrim. A Notebook for a Gamer.
I could take over the world, first. I think I'd do that first. I'd probably use it to align all my forces quickly and effortlessly around all the choke-points around World Capitals, then proceed to cinch-tight the ties that bind them, those ties being my forces, and I'd compel the local governments in the areas to bow before me and my MSI laptop. They would. Mostly because of the laptop.
Then, I'd probably go about trying to find the cure for cancer with it. Then next, AIDS. Then, I'd use it to determine how the human brain works, and see if I couldn't unlock all of it's secrets. I'd then build a webpage telling of my exploits throughout the world.
But mostly, I think I'd show off Diablo 3 to all my friends and say "DEAR SWEET LORD THIS THING TOOK OVER THE WORLD ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO AND STILL HAS ROOM FOR MORE."
I neeeeed it! I want to replace my aging monolith of a i920 system, especially since summer is rapidly approaching and I want something that won't make my power go out if i turn the computer and the A/C on at the same time :p
It should be my desktop replacement & i will do everything on this notebook which i used to do so far on my desktop because it's got extreme hardware parts inside.
To play BF3 and all my other games and new ones that i can't play well because of my aging machine that lags a lot on modern games... and also to do some Photoshop and video montages owning friends with this beast.
Quite simply I'd use this notebook for mobile gaming. I have to be on the road a lot for my job, which means I miss out on a lot of weeknight gaming, this would certainly remedy that!
I would love this thing. I currently have a 7 year old desktop for gaming that reallllly struggles with anything. Problem is, I'm moving into a smaller place soon and I have no where to put this ancient tower... so I will probably not have a gaming machine anymore :(
I would use this notebook to replace my aging and dieing notebook that I bought almost 7 years ago. It would be a big improvement and allow me to play newer games on decent settings.
I would put it on a marble table with a bright halogen light shining down on it to let it bask in all of its glory that a ultimate gaming machine deserves.
My laptop is definitely outdated and lags so hard now in modern games. I would love to get back that competitive edge for mobile gaming and this laptop will do just that for the next few years.
I'd use this beast to start playing PC games again while traveling for work. I need something to kill the time I spend waiting in airports and whatnot.
I would use this as a mobile workstation more than a gaming laptop for Photoshop on the go. I might load a few games on it here or there for the amusement of course.
as my primary computer, to play games, browse the web and to talk with my wife on IM until she and my stepson are here with me. I had a Sony Vaio laptop that after 14 months developed overheating problems after about 14 months of use and Sony wants $1200 to fix it. Considering I paid $1400 for the laptop in the first place I won't be repairing it, so I've been without a computer at home and it would be nice to have one again.
As a student in high energy physics, I do a lot of processor-intensive calculations on very large data sets. A powerful laptop like this would be a great tool. And also, you know, for gaming when I'm not working.
Is to show off to my clients some really cool new technology that they might deploy in their own office and/or home. The jealousy factor is a definite plus in this case not only for my techy friends but for clients alike!
I have been looking to replace my desktop (currently with an MSI motherboard) for a while now. I would use this laptop to play some Arkham City and SCII, and even my fiancee would be able to take advantage of its MEGA-power to do her work as an engineer. I look forward to a nice box showing up at my door in a few weeks.
I'd make this my portable gaming computer, and when I wasn't using it for that maybe make it the center of an audio recording setup I'm creating in another room of my house.
MSI's gaming notebooks have always been of the highest quality and not only have better specs than alienware, but also have a better price point...
That being said, I'd be using this laptop to play Blacklight: Retribution, Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2 (eventually), Aion, and Boarderlands 2. Would easily replace my AMD Acer.
I have a few papers on my desk that get blown around when I open the window, and at 8.6lbs with the sleek design, I think this would make the perfect paper weight...
replace my old Dell 10z mini netbook with this B.A. piece of machinery. It will also probably end receiving a nickname like "Jezebel" from my jealous wife...
Played World of Tanks on a 12" alienware w/ T9600 CPU and a GTX260 once. Yeah that was not so great, does the whole gaming laptop thing really work? I'll let you know when I win. :P
It's been quite some time since I've done some "actual" gaming (usually just game on my phone), mainly because I've been too lazy to upgrade my old crap-top. I would definitely use this bad boy to get back into some new games :-)
I would love to bring this powerful laptop to lan parties to play Diablo 3. My current HP laptop has core2duo(penryn) @ 2.4ghz with integrated graphic card. It will not run Diablo 3 in the lowest setting.
I would use this killer rig for work and play. With a powerhouse like this, I could get easily get the best of both worlds, and that's nothing short of awesome.
I would use it as my secondary machine. I currently use a Cr-48 chromebook running Ubuntu for the task and its holds up well for what it is, but something more powerful is always nice.
My 3.5 year old gaming laptop needs to be replaced it cannot keep up with today's games. Diablo 3 on Low setting. :( I travel every so often for work & my gaming laptop keeps me sane late @ night. :D
I have no proper idea what I would do with it since I have never actually owned a laptop before! I guess I would hug it and pet it and squeeze it and call it George. I would also probably play some games in locations other than my desk, like the couch, or even outside!
One game that is beyond my current hardware: Diablo III. However I would love to find a computer worthy of putting and using visual studio 2010. Maybe even dual boot. Oh, the possibilities. Arduino programming. I guess what I'm saying is I would love this computer.
Might as well give it a shot. Bit like playing the lottery.
Use for this laptop would be as a gaming machine, considering that I have no computer capable of playing anything at an acceptable framerate. Battlefield 3 is something I've always been able to run properly.
I'd try and make it cry with the latest PC games that I've been missing out on since I had the bright idea of trying to be productive and got a Mac. I miss gaming so much...
for so much more than games. Work, entertainment, communicating with friends and family. So many things revolve around having a quality reliable laptop. In every area this notebook will serve me well.
I'd like to say I'd use this notebook to make wonderful images and produce magnificent videos, but I wouldn't. I'd use this notebook to play video games. All the time.
I work in the offshore industry. So the way i would use it, after a long day on an offshore platform hundreds of miles in the middle of nowhere, is to get some anger and frustration out in MOH!!!!
This notebook would finally allow me to carry my ministry materials along with me on trips and visitations. and also allowing for some quality time playing a few relaxing games. Blessings to all.
I would use this at work....I have to travel a lot and I would use this as my gaming platform on the road. everyone else would be dying of jealousy....let's see their macbooks game...muahaha
I am a software developer and this notebook has the specs I have been looking for in a development machine, which I would also use for gaming during hours off.
For a notebook this powerful i would use all its power for MS Office......and gaming. Carrying my ft02 case to my friends house for mini lan parties gets pretty tiring. That case is 33 lbs empty.
By profession I am a graphics programmer, so I might in my spare time use it to develop new and interesting shader programs. For the most part it will be just to play games when I am not at home.
Yep, I'm that guy, running a machine that barely boots up in the morning. One that drools over the new stuff every day, dreaming about his new machine in 2013 (or 2014...15...16).
The last upgrade I did was to swap out my Athlon 3100+ for an Optron 165. Man those dual cores are FAST! I even got a 1.9GHz overclock going on (still a bit slower than the 2.4GHz single core overclock... but you know...heat! Never could get 2.0GHz stable. Oh well, at least my EPOX board is state of the art. Hey what happened to the 939 socket upgrade path anyway?
If I won this laptop, I would show to all my Mac friends, how POWERFUL a PC is and how much better a gaming experience can be on such a powerful laptop like this one from MSI!
We used to game every Friday night but now that he is deployed things have changed. This laptop would allow him to get in some single player fun while in the field.
I'd sell it to give it to a friend who could use it as the Clevo w110er (stock version of the monster 1.0 you guys reviewed) that I just got is just as good and nearly as powerful.
Holy jeez that is one sexy laptop. Great aesthetic design and wonderful specs.
My astronomically low odds of winning this aside, were I to get it....
I would likely repurpose my entire desktop rig as a fileserver/gameserver host, and make this my primary personal, college, work, and gaming machine. It's got enough power to go around and supply all those needs with power to spare, and I would not mind using something that looks like that.
Travel: I travel at least three days a week, often with overnights involved. This wonderful notebook would be a great companion. Right now I'm playing through Mass Effect 3, it would be great to continue the experience on the road. (if I'm away from my family... I might as well be killing reapers!)
Home: My kids like programming their LEGO Mindstorm system. With the blue-tooth enabled notebook, this would be a great platform for them to learn more about programming, and communicate instantly with the NXT brick.
Spouse: My wife teaches all kinds of hobby classes (photography for kids, knitting, spinning wool). Last year we purchased a used projector for her to use in class. We don't really have a portable machine for her to use with it though... lugging around a desktop works but isn't the best plan. So, this little notebook would find itself at the public library... helping kids to learn photography... it would end up at fiber arts days... helping to teach all kinds of crafts with wool. Having a camera built in will work great, she would be able to demonstrate complicated stitches and such live for all to see.
If I won this notebook computer, I would use it as my primary system. This means that I would use it for school, work, and gaming. This computer would blow away the one I am currently using.
My Macbook has failed me in the gaming department. I now realize the error of my ways. Please, MSI, help me get back on the right path! I would use it for everything; games, photos, video, spreadsheets, presentations, documents, surfing, you name it!
Of having the most and best computers of my friends. So i can be mobile and finally be able to play something substantial instead of watching my two friends play games when i visit them.
to replace my old gaming laptop (gateway 17'' w/ 8800m gpu) for some gaming goodness on the go.. and the occasional bug swatting, should the need arise :)
My desktop only has 1gb ram lol.This laptop should be insanely fast.Needless to say , i will throw away ( or sell on eBay ) my antique piece desktop if i win this awesome prize..
I wouldn't use this notebook. I just got myself a brand spanking new Alienware m17x R3 this January and I am guessing it will work for me for at least a few years.
But I know someone who would really use it. My friend, Kevin, who has been trying to build a system from parts people are throwing away so that he can play Diablo 3. It has been pretty difficult for him to get all the parts running together. He even had a GoFundMe page just for donations to build a PC for Diablo for a little while where we all chipped in a little bit.
So I would give the laptop to him. I know he would be ecstatic about it!
This notebook would grant me the ability to explore vast new lands, take part in exciting battles, and troll like nobody has trolled before...it shall be glorious!!! Not to mention it'd play a huge part in my potentially getting divorced...lol.
I would use this notebook to move out of my office and into the living room with my wife. I could game while she watches tv and be accessable to her to talk and share our day while fragging noobs!
Please MSI, help me improve my marriage relationship with my wife and destroy my online enemies faster than ever before!
I'm definitely in the market for a gaming laptop right now and this rig would be perfect to suit my needs! Looking forward to gaming after long days at work!
for school! I would totally study really hard and definitely not play video games because I want to be a good student (if you didn't notice the sarcasm, I would definitely play a crazy amount of video games). I would probably throw an SSD in that bad boy as well
She's in high school but being raised by a single mother so a new PC would be a great addition for her studies. Plus it doesn't hurt that she's a gamer so the 670M wouldn't go to waste.
I would use this notebook to go to LAN partieswith friends and family. It would replace my original notebook, which I sold to purchase a birthday gift for a close friend.
While it would certaintly be used for games I'd also be letting it work on some distributed computing projects. I know Kepler isnt great for Folding@Home but it'll be a far cry better than my HD 5570
As strange as it sounds, the computer would mostly be used to run CAD software as the need arises. I may attempt CUDA or OpenCL programming on it. I'm afraid that I may begin gaming again, but that is a risk I am willing to take. :)
With this laptop I could hunt for jobs as the consummate professional seeking employment by day, and begin moonlighting as a gaming fiend by night, all from anywhere I choose!!!
...so awesome, I would find anyway reason to bring it out and show it off to people! I would replace it as my work computer, and sit in front of the class to let my fellow Macbook classmates read my costume wallpaper: "MSI Rules!".
I would love the portability! I'm tied to an older system right now that resides in my basement and it would be nice to finally get out and still be able to get work and gaming done.
I know EXACTLY what I'd do with this beauty:) It's been well over a decade and a half since I've 'Gamed' on a computer!!! I spend all my time editing audio, video, and still photography files...It's a "Work Thing!"
LoL....I'd really enjoy 'getting back' in to gaming again---Microsoft Flight Simulator was always one of my favorites (played it from 3.1--before MS had an OS:) on an Apple IIe), It would be Very VERY cool to have that option again---to use a computer to have 'Fun' Again!
Good Luck to everyone!!! This is an incredible example of computer engineering---all that power in a backpack? WoW!!!
First of all Id give my gaming desktop to a friend for his girlfriend to play Diablo 3 with us. THEN, I would be gaming, programming, video editing, pretty much make this laptop my desktop replacement. ...what WOULDNT you do with this laptop? lol
I'm currently in the market for a laptop that would allow me to test stuff in virtual environments (VMWare Player/Desktop and/or VirtualBox) while on the go. 12GB high speed memory and a quad i7? Yes, please.
But it would be a nice bonus to play Civ V in a hotel room at the end of the day, too...
I would finally have a replacement for my current aging laptop, that is barely functioning after its tour in Afghanistan, and finally reconnect with my gamer buddies and spend less time in the school library!
to play when I am on the road, and when at home, I think I would set my 15 year old daughter up with Diablo 3.. she loves sitting and watching me play and I know she is just itching to try it out, so I would celebrate winning by treating her to her own copy of the game and let her go to town.. who knows, maybe I will end up partying up with her and playing co-op.. that would be pretty cool.
I would use this computer to show all my friends who use other various manufacturers "gaming" laptops that MSI produces the best computer equipment anywhere and clean the floor in all the games that this computer would breeze through with its serious horsepower!!!
But can it run Crysis 3? MSI can DESTROY Crysis 3!!!
I'm excited about some of the big games coming out in the next 12 months (Bioshock Infinite, Dishonored). But in the meantime, I have a bunch of games that I've bought on Steam sales or in anticipation of free time that never showed up - Arkham Asylum and Dead Space are the first two on my list. If I got a new PC, I'd finally make some time for this.
Well, first I would play video games, then use it to edit photos, then to show up my friends with Alienware, which I currently have, albeit outdated with a Core 2 Quad.
I'm a writer and nascent film maker with over thirty years of programming behind me; to coin a phrase:
"I see the world from both sides now"
The film I'm going to make references Jay Forrester's work on system dynamics. This is a laptop for that kind of manager; a manager using it for a different kind of "gaming".
Virtual sets, digital storyboards, CGI; editing RAW Red "footage"; tools for the Indie; yet another kind of gaming.
In that world you take your studio with you; your hardware is never fast enough, there's never enough of it and there's always something else for the software to do.
I knew that when I started out, though I didn't know the path would lead to this; making dreams using dreams.
I'm using a MacBook Pro 13'' now. It has a core 2 duo and a 320m. Needless to say, not many games are being played on it right now. I was thinking of upgrading to something like this anyways. So why not?
I'm looking to downsize my home machine and start to use a powerful notebook exclusively. This would allow me to game remotely, but most importantly, allow me to take, what is essentially my life, with me wherever I go.
I will enjoy being able to play my baseball game when I'm away from home. And I will watch movies. And I will encode video. And I will probably havbe to do some work on it. And I will give it tender looks.
This would make a great gift for my daughter who is a graduating senior this year. Our family owns several notebooks from MSI and appreciates the reliability. My daughter is planning to go to college and study Japanese and international business and can use the horsepower of the Intel Core i7-3610Q with 12GB memory and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M video to give her the edge in all of her classwork. The THX TruStudio PRO, Dynaudio Premium Speakers w/ Subwoofer will provide the superior audio to enjoy many relaxing weekends listening to her vast collection of music and videos (750GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive will ensure that she'll be able to expand her already vast collection). The MSI GT70 is an exceptional gift for an exceptional girl from a parent who couldn't be more proud of all of her.
I would use this notebook mainly for video editing and rendering animation as my current laptop struggles on all but the simplest files. The 12gb of ram would be insane for things such as after effects as well.
I'm not just a gamer, but a photographer too - I need power to churn through thousands of RAW files in Lightroom and retouch in Photoshop. I'm on an MSI laptop right now that's been good to me, but now I need a full fledged desktop replacement. And this fits the bill.
i would love and care for your laptop like a child. a powerful enough laptop would enable to to work away from my desktop. i live in florida and would love to sit outside and get work done when its not pouring rain! i have dozens of games that are dying to be installed on your laptop, they only need an amazing computer to be installed on.
I would use this laptop for many various uses. Primarily it would by used by my wife as she finishes her BS in Political Science/Philosophy, as well as getting a lot of use for video in our bedroom, and gaming around the house. I have 3 desktop gaming rigs, and I have 3 kids that share one of those. With this laptop, I would have 4 computers, letting 4 members play L4D2 and Civ 5, as well as other games.
To finally be able to game on the go! My old laptop is an original 1.4GHz Centrino with Geforce2 Go that struggled to run counter strike on low settings. I think this would be a small step up :)
I have never owned a good gaming pc or notebook. All I have now is a macbook from 2009. I would use this computer to play all the games from the last 2 decades that I have missed out on.
I'll save the planet with this laptop. I'm working in a research lab writing GC/MS software to determine levels of environmental contamination, and I will use it to run matlab simulations on the same topic. My current computer is sufficiently lacking in power.
I've also purchased diablo III, but my laptop can't run it. I'll use this laptop to finally indulge in a game that I've waited ten years to play.
I would give this notebook to my 16 year old son. We both are avid gamers but he is currently gaming on my four year old notebook - it's OK but this would make an awesome gift for him!
I would definitely use this to show off at LAN parties and of course get my little one interested in computers opposed to dolls or Dora the Explorer even though she is only 6 weeks old and would have to wait awhile but that wouldn't matter this notebook will be a beast for a good while. Also Starcraft 2, Battlefield 3, and more would be amazing on this monster of a machine.
I'd give it to my wife (to-be) as part of her wedding present. She really needs a new laptop and can't justify buying a new one with the cost of a wedding.
replacing desktop gaming (low end build sigh) with laptop gaming. move my games across and have fun all day :) ill even switch to the laptop for hw and such haha
For work, I would use this notebook to run multiple virtual machines since it has such a large amount of system RAM. I would also run Folding@Home in the background to keep that GPU busy.
When I travel to visit old college friends, I often wish I had a laptop capable of playing SC2 and other modern games with them, but I can't justify the cost of a gaming laptop.
With this laptop I would design and build a self replicating (Von Neumann) army of nano robots to take over the Universe with. Afterwards, it would be enshrined atop a great monument to MSI for their contribution to the downfall of the world.
DayZ. Everywhere. That is what I shall use this notebook for.
(Would love to have a chance to try out some of the mobile Kepler parts, and I've always appreciated "gaming" notebooks for their willingness to push the envelope of performance in a portable package. Plus, my first motherboard for the first computer I built was an MSI, so there's some nostalgia in there too somewhere... :D )
...be all, "Gaming *G* Series, bee-atch!", like, pretty much every time I pulled it out of my messenger bag. Also I heard of some ARMA zombie world mod which I'd like to try.
to play games when the homework is done. Would be great to use for not only gaming but work on my Master's in GIS, Geographical Information Systems while at the University's Library and show off my MSI laptop to everyone on campus.
I'd use this as a work PC (on-site computer repair); and, since this notebook is 4 times more powerful than my home desktop (a Dimension E521), I'd use it for everything else as well.
I'd use it for work (website designs, 3ds max, adobe premiere, adobe after effects) and play after work (crysis 2, starcraft II, diablo 3 and the upcoming farcry 3!)
for all of my gaming and development needs. Sense I work for a company who develops software for Public Safety you would be helping to save people who may call 911 in a life threatening emergency! :-)
I've been homeless for nearly 4 years. Only in the last year have I gotten a gaming grade laptop. Games help keep my sad thoughts at bay, while allowing me to keep current with what's going on. I run a site talking about PC hardware and suggest system builds. I also run a podcast that discusses motivation / psychology / sociology behind why we play (as well as general rambling about gaming). A moar uber laptop would help me with all of these things.
Sure, getting back into a home and having a desktop would be far better, but as long as my sad times persist, having something that allows me to experience gaming and create content without restriction makes things seem a little less sad.
I would take my work and gaming to new places. CAD, gaming, programming, and movies could be taken to work, home, and if I wanted to, I could go to the top of a mountain and game. It would be so much nicer to replace my huge gaming desktop huge 17" programming machine with a single, more powerful system.
Imagine... gaming with no bounds. I think I would go sit at the top of Mount Soledad, enjoy the view, and maybe play some Mass Effect 3 finally.
Not only would I use this notebook to play newer games such as D3, I would also use it to help with school as I need a new laptop to take notes. I wouldn't even mind the weight as the specs of this laptop more than makes up for it.
This is one of a select few gaming laptops I really like the look of. This would finally give me a platform that I could realistically do Lan Parties with! Lugging around my desktop just isn't practical....
I'm an IT tech who games and dabbles in photography. My wife is a singer with a day job as a graphic artist and web designer. This laptop would be the best of both worlds for us. With a quad core, 17" high def screen and 12GB of RAM, we could edit photos and videos of her performances in real time or use it as a mobile recording studio. And during downtime I could fire up Skyrim or an FPS.... :-)
My old notebook broke a few months ago, and I've been using a hand-me-down netbook as a replacement to do my schoolwork on, since I can't afford a new one right now. I would use this notebook to finally get my productivity up to where it should be, which will make my thesis writing a lot less painful.
...I would be gaming all night long....and during the day I'd put it to good use at work doing graphic intensive 3D design and modeling. In the mean time, I'll get a bib to catch the drool :)
I would use it as my main work machine, developing software using Java, C++ and MySQL. I would bring it with me on the road so I can play Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, and Starcraft II.
I would use the MSI laptop to play games. I used to game all the time in highschool, but my desktop is old and cant play any new games. I have an old laptop with integrated graphics for study/work, but can't play games! With specs like this, I would use this laptop for photo editing, music recording/editing, video editing, and EVERYTHING else I could possible do on a computer.
I'm shipping off to bootcamp in December and will be Studying in School for the Navy for 2 years, and I'm sure if I win this laptop will save me from having to buy one!
I would use this laptop to write android apps/office on the move, play games of course, and teach my young boys how to use a keyboard....(no more iPad)
As my new multimedia PC, to take on tailgating, vacation, work trips, as a desktop lite, with gaming, movie watching, and gaming capabilities that I could wish for, while also providing a powerful work computer, if work demands it.
Work, creative outlet, and play! Most of all I would look forward to being able to quickly and easily hang out w/ my friends in person when playing games with them instead of remotely.
That is a heck of a computer, I think it's faster than my desktop system (geek cred -1). It would be my main system for Gaming / school, and would do a little light folding@home in the evening.
I'm trying to land a job in another part of the country, so I'm spending a lot of time away from home. Being a gamer it would be really nice to have a laptop that can actually play modern games while I'm bored out of my mind with horrible hotel cable TV =)
I'd be able to play games when I'm out of state visiting family! I've been without a laptop since I donated my old one to my church, they needed it more than me.
That being said I have an awesome desktop, and am saving for a laptop, so good luck everybody!
This laptop is more powerful than the self-built computer I currently use. Use would be lots of gaming, partial to RPG's and some shooters. Diablo 3 will be next. This offer actually caused me to create an account here at Anandtech (have been lurking for years and have gotten mush very useful info on this site)
I would make this laptop my baby and use it for everything! Well, almost: As a college student, I have to be productive, so I definitely won't use it for gaming...honest!
I'd use it to build stuff in my Minecraft world or maybe some less focus requiring games on Steam. I'd also use it to test out how well various distributions of Linux support the strange combination of Intel framebuffer and Nvidia pixel pushing.
I'm actually trying to save $$$. A little hard when the wife hate games. I would use it to game and I just started working for a company that does lighting controls for venues, parks and hotels so I need a laptop to program the plc. The laptops they give out have celeron cpus. I would only dream of winning something let alone winning this. Hope I win it.
I would use this notebook for everything, work, personal, and play. Best of all I would have a notebook with the power to play my favorite games on the go, which is something I can not do now.
As everyone in the gaming world knows, Diablo 3 recently came out. The diablo series holds a special place in my heart, not just for being one of the earliest games I truly played completely, but for being the only game series I've ever played with my dad. Almost every weekend for the past 10 years we've loaded up a pair of our champion; My father on one of his many barbarians and me on a flavor of the month of some sort. We strolled together through the ease of act 1, toiled in the infernal sameness of act 2, got lost trying to find all the pieces of khalim, died to diablo's flame breath again and again, and done more bloody runs than I could ever count. We've had fun every step of the way and every since the third installment was officially revealed, we've looked forward to doing a new routine all over again. Well, it's finally here, and my laptop simply can't run it. Using our desktops from across the city, we have both played through normal and part of nightmare in the relative loneliness of playing online(sometimes in the same party, sometimes not), and while fun it isn't the same.
If I won this laptop, I'd use it every weekend for the next 10 years when I drive up to my parent's house to play some more diablo with my father.
Two years ago my wife got me an hp laptop for Christmas to play games on when we go on vacation. That laptop was terrible. The 17 screen was washed out with no contrast. The AMD processor in it Idles at 60 degrees C under load it got over 100 degrees C even after applying new thermal paste on it and was slower than a core i3. The power supply died in 6 months. I spent hours trying to calibrate the screen to make it look better but you can't polish a turd. If I get this laptop I would use in the car on the long drive for Florida and use the CUDA cores for folding home since I read that the laptop has a very good cooling system. Thank you for your time
I would love to have this laptop. I have a very nice gaming desktop but when it comes time to go mobile its an absolute pain. At college, LAN events, a laptop would be really helpful. Even around the house. I'd love to have such an excellent piece of hardware to show off and keep me gaming on the go!
It's not so much what I would use it for but more of what I wouldn't use it for. With that group of specs it would be a desktop replacement which I could take everywhere. I would use it for code development and testing (trying to get a MUD off the ground), VM testing, GAMING, school work, work work, when I go to my friends, multitask playing online games and SHADOWRUN (the traditional rpg, with the assitance of software on my new laptop; character gen, pdf source books, etc..)
So I guess I would have a good time with it. That's what I would do with it.
quite a bit. I've been wanting a notebook computer for a long time. Haven't been able to swing one that could play games well into the budget though. I've wanted a computer to take with me to help diagnose issues when fixing friends or families computers for a while now. But I want to be able to use it for other purposes also, which means the cheap ones I could afford aren't the ones I really want.
since it's a gaming notebook, I'd most likely use it to further destroy my life by playing diablo iii away from home. and also for lightroom 4...yeah...lightroom 4...
A poor and broke brother of mine needs to upgrade from his old and tattered laptop for the next year's college season. This one seems pretty ideal for a Computer Science major: nice for coding, great for fun.
Only one minor issue (for coding), is the relatively low screen resolution: a 1920x1200 screen would've been preferable in a 17'' form factor... But at least, this one can't be beat on price :-)
I would use this MSI GT70 to finish off all my opponents in TF2 and finally quit my day job, and apply to become an MSI ambassador and test the heck out of every single piece of MSI hardware.
I am in school, so I can do all of those things mentioned above. For school I can use it for stuff like CFD simulations with CUDA cores. A laptop is also much more mobile.
I'm a PhD student at U of Virginia, studying quantum computing. I'd use this laptop for CAD work when designing things for the lab, in SolidWorks. I would play a few games too :)
I don't currently own a laptop, because my macbook pro died, and a laptop that can do CAD is too expensive for me.
Benchmark this beast to no end all while laughing at the poor excuse my old quad Phenom desktop would be compared to this. Also gaming, lots and lots of gaming. MW3, BF3, Skyrim, TF2, CSS, CSS Beta, Torchlight 2, and more!
I currently use my work CAD laptop to game with while at home. This would allow me to do proper in front of TV gaming without killing myself bringing the gigantic Dell M6600 home.
This would be an amazing upgrade from my current desktop and give me some portability to hook up the display to my TV. I can't easily haul my desktop around to do big screen gaming, and my current laptop can't handle any modern games!
There are so many new games that I would play. I'm a huge MMORPG player though so I'd most likely use it for Diablo III, and WOW:MOP, I'm really starting to feel the lag in my current machine.
I would use this notebook for gaming on the go. The specifications are impressive and it would certainly handle pretty much anything you could throw at it. I'd bet you could even stream gameplay for others to watch as well. There'd be no need to lug around a desktop PC if I had a laptop like this.
First I would hold a funeral ceremony for my 5-year old lenovo and its poor, noisy, dying fan.
Then I would boot the new laptop, pat it gently, wipe it with a silk napkin, whisper sweet nothings to it... and then I would kill Diablo again and again and again and again and again and again and again!
I'd use it to code in bed. My ancient netbook isn't even remotely able to fire up a modern IDE, and there are days I just don't want to get out from under the covers...
I mean, yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I'd totally play some games with this machine, but with a full HD screen I'd have room for a lot of lines of code, and a Fermi-based GPU lets me develop both CUDA and OpenCL applications.
I have a nice desktop at home to game on but in college there are a lot of gaming clubs I have friends in. I can't haul my massive desktop around and go to all these LANs because I'm not mobile. It sucks because they all have gaming laptops that they bring and I miss out because I have a full tower desktop. If I had this laptop I'd use it to game on the go!
Were I to win, I might just have to get a dock and replace my desktop with it. More likely, however, I would use it to be able to keep playing games or doing graphic work when I travel. Or possibly much too late into the night, while lying in bed. ;> I hope the screen quality matches up the to the rest of the specs.
I would use this notebook for my masters in CS, working on programming new games in XNA, Unreal Engine etc. I also love to mod existing games like the Fallout Series. It would also be incredible for LAN parties, that is one sweet computer MSI put together.
to power through my parents' endless videos and pictures of their new granddaughter using Light Room, Premiere, and Photoshop, and multitask with Diablo 3 on the side.
Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, and Star Wars: The Old Republic are my current addictions of choice, and it seems to me they'd be a lot of fun playing on this really nice laptop!
This looks like a pretty sweet rig. Blows my current computer out of the water. The only downside will be my wife's nagging me to get off the computer once I have this thing.
take the place of all my other computers develop software start playing WoW again try out modern games (maybe i can find something new i like) spend more time outside (with the laptop of course)
Id use this laptop as my new gaming rig(old one lags with Diablo III) and also my computer for college next year. I need a nice, powerful laptop for that too ;-)
I will be spending the next 6 months deployed to the middle east. This would be a great way to relieve stress. Lan party anyone? (we don't always have Internet so we play lan based games.) Just like to add that I love MSI I have a MSI mother board and graphics card, i also put MSI in all my friends computers.
Should I win this giveaway, I'd be using this laptop for both gaming (especially Diablo 3) and programming (mainly C++, C#, and Java [for Android development]). I really love the idea of a laptop being able to handle both of these tasks. Being able to start, pause midway, and resume wherever I happen to be going is priceless.
Deus Ex, Skyrim, Minecraft....probably a lot of Minecraft on trips. My 6 year old daughter can't get enough. Flying in creative mode wows her and the Zombies in survival mode scare the hell out of her..lol
I would replace my MSI gx740 with this. And donate my GX740 to my brother so we can play PC games together. I've moved away from console gaming and he wants to as well, just can't afford it. The gx740 is plenty for Diablo 3 with core i7, radeon 5870m, and 8gb of ram. :)
I use computers as a production studio. It would be nice to have a mobile production studio that didn't overheat when idling (Like my current gaming laptop). I'd edit videos, produce audio, play games, host servers at LAN parties, and fold proteins like a mad man desperate to not die from some sort of P53-based cancer.
To avoid using my crappy 300 dollar laptop that barely works. Probably for some moderate gaming, and mostly video editing which I've heard the i7s are amazing at. Sony Vegas takes forever to render video on my desktop, which has an AMD A8-3820 APU.
for my first uses of a notebook ever. Seriously, I have never owned a laptop or notebook, I even find smartphones to be excessive, but I could sure use a notebook now.
I would give to my mother so she could take her VMware Player virtual machines on-the-go. With such beefy 3D onboard, even the 3D in her virtual machines won't skip a beat! The built-in bluetooth will mean no more dinging up a blueooth USB dongle when on the road as she dials up through bluetooth PAM. At 8.6lbs, though, I might have round up a pack-mule or a floating magic carpet to carry it for her as she travels!
I would use it on all the notebook haters with their lame phones/tabs. I would type on my keyboard and mock their snooty ways with their little tiny germ covered screens. I could easily type some words and stuff to point them in the direction of a docking station or plug in keyboard. I would change all their facebook to single so 25 seconds ago. Oh and i would probably play diablo 3 on it
If I won this, I would be able to go play games at friends' houses; my notebook is employer-provided, and a Fractal Define R3 isn't the easiest case to move. :)
...as I'm on the road a bunch, sitting in hotel rooms watching crappy TV isn't really doing it for me. I'd love to be able to log into steam and play my favorite games (Civ V, L4D2, Fallout) on a laptop that can truly handle them.
As a photographer I would probably use this more to crunch through photos and videos. With an SSD this laptop would fly. Please let me win! Thanks Anand and MSI!
I would use this...to generate jealousy and envious stares from all my friends for being able to play the latest games on a laptop! And of course when they ask me how I am doing it, show off my new MSI powerhouse!
I would use this laptop for gaming, and for when I travel. I do a lot of grpahics work and having a more powerful laptop would go a long way towards getting my work done quicker and smarter.
I promise to use it to play Diablo 3. And maybe Half-life 3. And Portal 3. And considering how often I buy new laptops I will probably also use it to play the third version of games that haven't even come out yet. Which this laptop might actually run, because it's much better than my current laptop, which has less RAM in total then this has in it's video card.
Since my current laptop is an old IBM T42, I really can't use it to play games. I would love to with this new laptop though. Looks like a great gaming machine and would be a HUGE upgrade. :)
Portable gaming and 3D modeling/rendering are where it's at for me, especially during substantial downtimes I have been faced with regarding my desktop system (and for a change of scenery once in a while even one everything else is functioning normally).
I need a laptop with a good GPU and keyboard for college, and I will use it for 3D rendering software like Solidworks for classes required for my degree, since I want to be a mechanical engineer. Having all those CUDA cores will definitely help over the terrible laptops my college rents out. I am also an avid gamer and will use it to play games on Steam, like Battlefield 3 or Left 4 Dead 2. If I get this computer it would be awesome because I won't have to spend a lot of money on a laptop until I finish college in 3-4 years.
From deep within the bowls of my most secretive fortress, my face is illuminated solely by light from the powerful pixels of my MSI GT70. The red phone next to me is ringing, but its pleas fall upon ears heeding only the strains of Wagner rolling majestically from the Dynaudio speakers. The moment has come, and as I click on the friendly red doomsday button on the screen, the world trembles before its new master.
I work in the CAD industry and travel often. I'd use the laptop as my travel machine. With this machine, I would be a mild mannered CAD engineer by day, and Super Geek Gamer by night!
I would use it as a portable gaming rig to go meet with my guildmates for an awesome gaming party. My current desktop rig would be too expensive / difficult to transport that far.
As a long time gamer I would use this laptop as both a gaming machine and a work machine, all in one. Diablo 3, Mass Effect 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and the numerous programs that my job requires.
to game it up! I'm a long time pc gamer and would use this to play the upcoming Guild Wars 2, my all time favorite game SC2, and also Battlefield 3 :) This would make my year, I would love a REAL gaming laptop like this.
To vanquish all my foes in all my games, and then settle down after a battle to enjoy other multimedia content. Not to mention it is a gigantic step up from my ~5 year old laptop.
I would love to see how this laptop would perform in my favorite MMO - Fallen Earth - http://www.fallenearth.com it's a post-apocalyptic setting and blends rpg mmo elements with good old fashioned first person shooter play style and a heavy emphasis on PVP. Also has a pretty good crafting system and no classes! It's also F2P! It's a lot of fun!
This laptop would become my primary workstation for daily usage doing things like running virtual machines for development and testing, web browsing and media, productivity/email apps, and the desktop it replaces would become a file server/backup server.
I got laid off two months ago, and took the opportunity to apply to graduate school. I've been out of the whole education thing for a while now, and have really wanted to go back, and the timing was right. I'm currently waiting to start classes in the fall. I've just sold my desktop, which was a very good system, so my wife and I have some money until the unemployment checks start to come in. Between losing my job and my wife and I finding out we are pregnant, money is tight. The goal was to sell off my desktop, but a cheap laptop, give up gaming, and then pocket the remaining money for expected medical expenses. This would be an amazing way to keep myself able to occaisionally play Skyrim and Civ V while still having the flexibility to go to classes and do my research.
As someone with an old machine I got during sophomore year of college, this class of notebook would let me keep up with my friends when gaming, and yield millions more pixels in real estate for programming and productivity. The possible efficiency! It's astounding!
For persaonal and business use. I would bring this beautiful piece of technical wonder to my business meetings and show everyone what a real laptop is and not those lousy IMAC/IPAD peices of cr** that everyone brings nowadays. I wold show them what a real laptop is...
My wife has been out of school for 15 years and has recently decided to go to college this fall. This step in her life requires a laptop, and we do not own one yet. We're both PC gamers so the laptop I decide on has to be a good performer with any games we throw at it in addition to any required school work that will need to be done. This one definitely hits the mark! I've got my eye on you MSI.
I would pretty much use this everywhere and anyhow I am legally allowed to use it. Desktop computer is exceptionally old, been nursing it along for a while. Work laptop not allowed to be used for anything practical (pretty much work only at this point). Could use some good flexibility for travel/home/entertainment. This looks to fit the bill.
My 4 year old notebook just doesn't cut it anymore, I would use this computer for my job and may be able to work in "real-time", instead of waiting for my computer to catch up to my mouse clicks and keyboard typing.
And now I could actually play some games that I hear everybody talking about since my iGpu with 64MB of ram doesn't cut it.
To play games? I don't have a desk right now, so my desktop is sitting there unuseable, and my 4-year old cheapo laptop isn't exactly up to running the newest games (or most older games as a matter of fact).
As someone who spends most weekends traveling to family while his gaming desktop stays at home collecting dust, I'd find a lot of value in having a portable gaming solution (no matter where the gaming industry is going, my smartphone does not count as a serious portable gaming solution).
If anything, being able to game on the road would give me an opportunity to put a dent in my ever growing Steam collection.
I live in Europe and my fiancée lives in the US which means I travel a lot to be with her. we both enjoy playing games online but the old system I use while I'm there is quite old now.
I spend my money on traveling and the gaming rig at home, I'm away months at a time so having a capable laptop would be awesome, something MSI is definitely able to provide. Right now I end up bringing my own keyboard, HDD etc. taking up a lot of space and the risk of loosing or breaking the components, a laptop would solve some of these issues as well.
Hopefully I'll get lucky and if not I hope it will make someone else really happy :)
I'd use this to play games! Well that and some on the go photo/video editing. I'd also use it at work since all i have there is a sad old Pentium D w/ 2 GB of RAM. =(
When I was on the road at PAX Prime last year, the laptop I had brought to play games on started having video problems. First, the screen went green, then every other line was blank, and finally I stopped getting any video signal at all.
So now I need a replacement in order to take my gaming on the road.
generate fear and envy in all my friends as I trash them in games they have to play from their desktops and watch the shock on their surprised faces when I show them I beat them from a laptop!
I would use this notebook for everything from playing games(Portal 2 co-op anyone?) to work for heavier usage DSP programming. Always nice to have the power you need!(or just want)
I would use the laptop at work in-between taking x-rays of patients. I am sure my attitude, quality of care, and image quality would greatly increase thanks to the happiness and joy this new laptop is sure to give me.
I can give her my laptop so she stops complaining about her crummy overheating HP and quits trying to steal my Asus. Then we could both be totally absorbed in our laptops and not have to talk to each other.
Playing Skyrim while traveling, as well as other games, plus it would allow to have a decent laptop, rather than the peice of junk my employer provides!
This laptop well bestow upon me the power to save the world many times over. Once saved enough times, it will shield me as I descend dark tunnels into the very depths of the underworlds. Once there, the laptop will release chain whips of lighting to allow me to banish every champion mob, boss, mini-boss, and epic secret boss in existence. Wash. Rinse. Repeat...
Use this notebook as a communication, gaming, research and entertainment hub. It would stop me from having to use my roommates desktop to do all these things and give me my own computer to play games with my friends, talk to family and friends that live hundreds of miles away, and help me complete my Business and Accounting degrees.
I would use this laptop to its fullest potential. My old computer just died on me (graphics card blew and so did the power source) I am an avid gamer without a machine to sate my appetite. This beastly machine would be more then up to the challenge
I travel a lot for work, and it sucks not being able to game (they gave me a cheap $400 laptop to use). I would use this to feed my gaming addiction (currently stuck on Diablo 3 with a little Skyrim mixed in) while I have to be away for work.
This may come as a surprise, but I'd use this notebook to play games. And I'd probably use it as a test vehicle for swapping a mechanical hard drive out of a notebook for an SSD.
If I were to win, I'd give it to my wife, who stays at home with our son while I work, and plays on a really old laptop that barely starts up. She deserves something better.
I would use this for many, many things. I would edit photos and videos, write and compile code, write papers, edit books, do video conferencing, and remote into my workstation for tasks that require a bit more power.
P.S. Actually, I would also use it to calibrate the audio in a room with a reference microphone and RTA software and to stream live events on the web. At this time I do not have a working laptop at all and I really need one.
I'd use it to occupy my time while waiting to ship to Basic Training. D3, SC2, LoL, CS:GO, Skyrim, and all those games that haven't come out yet (Torchlight 2, etc).
I would be able to have a machine that i could use to game and surf at home at work and bring to friends house. Unfortunately all of my friends computers suck.
I would use it to play Counter Strike 1,6 on high level. I would play Diablo 3, Scrim, Gothic, and many others games that my computer would NOW be able to play.. It could be sooo nice to play those games... (:
Primarily for LAN parties with my friends, though for school as well. My old laptop fried out if graphics card so if we ever do things now I'm kinda left out unless we are in our own homes.
If i had this laptop I would first learn how to program a artificial intelligence being. Then after that I would use it to design robots that are supposed to be able to help everyone so that no one will have to work any-longer. Then everyone can live happily ever after but that's the problem because the AI being decides that it wants to help the humans live longer so it decides to shut down the robots because the people are not doing anything. Then the people go back to working but they are complaining. So with the computer I am able to create exercise machines that harness the energy from the people using them. What that allows is to have the people still exercising and the AI turns the robots back on running off the power of the people so all the people have to do is keep in good shape. Also the robots stop all world wars because that's not in the interest of the people.
Now that I have solved all of the worlds problems I can move onto my goals. I will use the laptop to design a rocket and capsule to be able to go to space. Then I will use the laptop to power all of the guidance as I fly it in space to the moon. I will use the laptop to also store all of the videos that I will take while in space and then use that beefy processor to encode them so I can stream them back to earth. Once I'm done with that I will finally be able to finish Portal 2 and maybe I can find the cake!
Sorry for double post. Didn't see requirement. Would use it for some video games, but also creating videos/motion graphics/3d assets for small business and teaching.
I made a mistake of buying a MAC i could afford just to have one. After 2 years of playing games on the lowest perfomance I would use this notebook to finally enjoy games as they should be... great graphics!... also i should be able to run some programs smoothly from my graphic design career.
I've never been able to play a game with maxed out graphics settings in my life. It'd be nice to experience that, especially with a laptop that I can take everywhere. I can make my wife drive even so I can play games on the road! MSI FTW!
I always had to tone down the graphical settings before i can play a game.I found that 1280x1024 is the max i can go.More than that the game either hangs or just don't want to start at all.
This gaming notebook will allow me to game at 1920 x 1080 because of the screen resolution & the awesome Nvidia GTX670.
I would play league of legends, edit video, develop with verilog, c, and c++, and take it to class so I can show it off. When i go to england next year id miss my 4.2GHz 2500k less. I'm majoring in computer engineering and loving every minute of it. Id put this machine to good use.
@MSI , simply put this laptop makes my ASUS Desktop rig look like a pile of rubble. I would be a serious killing machine in most of the games I play! I use my desktop as a workstation as well and this laptop will do anything that my desktop can do and probably more. Thanks MSI and AnandTech for such an outstanding giveaway! WOW!
Seriously - this is would be awesome in helping me continue to work on the film when mobile - www.outsideinthemovie.com. 12 GB of RAM, fast GPU and big drive spanks my current notebook.
I would use it to play Bioshock Infinite, Assassins Creed 3, and more. I just graduated college and this would be a great replacement for my old school computer. :)
I will use this notebook to fire thunderbolts at my school assignments as I conquer my college career at lightning speed, and in style. I will use this notebook to crush the spirits of those around me...or inspire them to get one, if they are strong enough. I will think more clearly, stand taller, and achieve more...all while gaming.
Wow, over two thousand comments already. I have to doubt my chances to win, but what does it hurt?
If I won the laptop, I could use it at my new job that will have long hours away from home, but still with lots of time to kill... it would be nice to have something that can play great games and is also powerful enough for video production software.
This is the perfect machine for me, a $1500 Facebook and Reddit machine with some spare processing power left over for Microsoft Bob. I can't wait to upgrade, since my current machine specs won't let me get the juicy graphics detail Bob can produce.
To keep my family off my existing laptop so I don't have to constantly reinstall/disinfect because the wife and kids don't know how to "safely" explore the web.
mostly play games my current computer can already handle, but most importantly the games it can barely handle or not at all. That way I can play the games in full(ultra, high or whatever you want to call it) settings, compared to the lowest settings which look awful. I'd alo use it for school wether for typing up papers or taking notes during class. I'd also try and figure out a way to use it as some sort of media hub when I'm not gaming or doing school work so I can watch all of my favorite shows or movies since it has video ports, listening to music on it's nice speakers and subwoofer, and I guess the occasional skype call with the parents.
Definitely would be mine for a while - probably to play Diablo III. After that, I would unfortunately have to relinquish it to my son to take off to college with him...
I would undoubtedly use this for gaming. This would give me a reason to buy all of the latest and greatest games since it would have no problem running them.
I'd go in to my backyard and select an area. I'd then design and begin construction of an alter in honor of the MSI gods who brought this gift of awesomeness upon me.
I would then install every FPS in my collection and dedicate 100 days of games, gladiator style!! Each frag would be in tribute to the design and construction of the instrument I would then be using the destroy others in combat!!! EACH IN-GAME HEADSHOT TO MY OPPONENTS WOULD WARRANT THE BATTLECRY "YOU'VE BEEN PWNED BY MSI-FUELED BADASSERY!!!!"
I would use this computer to finish my college degree and explore what MSI has to offer to the gaming community. MSI products (motherboards, chipsets, etc.) have always been my number one choice and a laptop from them would be something unimaginable.
This notebook would be great to get my son interested in computing (he's 8 now) and for me to have fun on BF3 and DiabloIII when he's asleep. Getting work done during the day would be a huge bonus too as this would be faster than my current computer.
I travel a lot, and ever since my laptop from a certain... (H)ardware (P)roducts company went kaput, I've had to leave gaming at home. With this, I'd be able to get my game on wherever I go. If it's half as good as my MSI mobo in my rig, it'll be with me for quite some time :)
I already have a laptop that is in need of repair, so I could use this to just keep at work most of the time and not have to cart my other one back and forth everyday. :)
I actually very much need a new laptop. My previous laptop was stolen by my now wife... and abused. I could really use a new laptop to call my own to love and cherish.
I would run actuarial programs, while blasting music from itunes, while skyping with colleagues and playing WOW all at the same time - just to see what happens! Pick me, please!
My parents could use this as their main computer in the kitchen. We have a junky notebook there now. This thing would scream for what they do, and when the grandkids come they would enjoy playing games.
As a replacement for my dying desktop, it would allow me to play the latest games and not with slideshow/stick figure settings!!!
My cat would stop getting hairballs! My hair would stop falling out! My epeen would obviously grow by a factor of 10+
This laptop in fact is so awesome, just being in it's proximity would stop any and all leaks my car has, cause our carpets to self clean, make the water hotter and stop my skalding when someone flushes while I am in the shower!
I want to brag to all my geek buddies about my new MSI laptop. I want to laugh when I tell them it's faster than their desktops. And yes I work out, so carrying it around with me won't be a problem. Would you please throw in an MSI branded laptop bag or backpack just so people know I'm "packin heat!" Yeah - video editing, gaming, watching movies (gotta get some sweet headphones too), and all that! And no - my kids cannot go to nickjr.com or poptropica.com! NO!!!
I would play Final Fantasy XIV on this. I love the specs on this MSI GT70 Ivy Bridge Gaming Notebook. Its a gamers dream. Thanks so much for having this giveaway.
to replace my warhorse that needs retiring. 6 years is a good life for laptop. I had been eying the previous generation GT from MSI but never pulled the trigger. I would be using this for both work and play, I am a PC gamer through and through. I also do some light android dev and it would be nice to have a system that compiles faster than an abacus. Plus I would show it off to my colleagues and make them jealous,
As a college student working full time in IT this would make it much easier for me to do school and office work concurrently without having to turn off Diablo 3.
I'd use this in both my business and my play time. For business, it would be excellent for being able to diagnose other computer, have a research tool, and generally have all the software tools that I normally need on-site when on a computer repair job. For play, I'd use it as a mobile gaming platform for the many LAN events that I go to each year. This notebook looks like it will have all the components I would need wrapped up into one nice little package.
I am looking to be able to better edit the pictures and videos I take of my children, as well as try the revamp of Baldur's Gate, right now I do not have a PC with the power to play games.
I would use my notebook to solve the worlds problems and if not that just rock out to some wicked hardware for anything there is out there to throw on it.
I just moved to Hawaii, and am currently working over 80 hours a week. I haven't been able to play a single video game since I moved here. I'm getting the shakes. Also, when I was still in NYC (where I moved from), my gaming computer got stolen; so I also don't have a way to play games.
In summation, if you give me this laptop, I will make time for video games and send pictures of me playing games from crazy places, like atop each of the 3 Olomana peaks on this hike: http://www.unrealhawaii.com/2009/10/third-peak-of-...
I would use this notebook the way it's meant to be used. As a small form factor and mobile, but powerful gaming system. Currently i'm staying in the Den of a two bedroom apartment with roommates. My room is the smallest of the house. Seriously it's a glorified storage closet. Having to have a small desk +tower and monitor takes up half my room. Not to mention it being such a small area my desktop pc works Ike a space heater. Makes my room unbearably hot after long gaming sessions. Obviously i can't just pick up my tower and move to the living room were it would be cooler. So usually i have to make a choice do i want to game while being uncomfortably hot in the summer? or do i want shut my system off and be comfortable. Not to mention i miss alot of sleep do to the heat. Especially now that d3 is out and i'm dieing to play more, if it wasn't for the trade offs. In short i desperately could use this notebook as a poor cash starved gamer. Heck it even blows my current system out of the water. Q8200, gtx260, 4gb ddr2 ram.
I would use this notebook to pursue video production and art, as well as gaming with a noce computer that gives me the ability to do it, and quickly. I also would prefer it over my old HP.
I'm a huge fan of MSI equipment and this laptop would be awesome to have, for both gaming and productivity. My Sony laptop is 7 years old, needs a new battery, and I have to reinstall windows xp on it every 6 months. I've had to replace the hard drive and power adapters on it. Could really use a system like this since I am in the field and do so much of my work away from home.
i would love this gaming labtop, i cant wait to play diablo 3, counter strike (1.6,source, and go), star carft 2, and league of legends, all my friends have teams we have been working with for years. id alo like to have a labtop that i could take with me to use for all the nonprofit organizations that i work for. keeping track and helping kids.
I would love to have this, I would give my laptop to my father to replace his 12 year old campaq he runs his business on. Recently did a fresh install of XP and it took 2 full days of installing updates.
I'd use this notebook to play games of course heh...I already have a T420s for productivity stuff... Diablo III and LoL haven't been running so great on it though...
I really need a desktop replacement, as I'm still running on a core 2 duo e6600 ddr2. I'd like to be able to skyrim/diablo3/crysis2 anywhere in the house instead of being locked down to my desk. And, of course, take it to work and show it off :).
Play all my games on the go. I can sit in class before lecture and play Battlefield 3. People will wonder, why is that game so beautiful. I'll say because it's being played on an MSI gaming notebook. And they'll be like what's your name? I'll be like "Sorry, no time for a social life."
I would use this notebook to feel like I have grown a pair. Currently, our only laptop is my wife's. It is pink with pink speakers, pink headphones, pink mouse, pink mousepad, and a pink bag.
If I won this, I could quit carrying around this pink laptop, I would feel like a man carrying a beast machine, and I would no longer be ridiculed by my friends, family, and complete strangers for carrying a pink laptop.
I would use this notebook for video editing using Adobe Premiere Elements. The specs for this MSI notebook clearly show that it can handle basic video editing and the native USB 3.0 compliments the addition of an external USB3.0 HDD for content.
I would use it to finally be able to play some of the recent games that I've been wanting to play but didn't have the horsepower for (ex. Skyrim, Diablo III).
Well, my existing laptop is currently being used as a paperweight, so I would more than likely use this as a laptopweight to ensure the first one doesn't blow away. Until they send me out of town for work, and then I would bring both and play co-op Diablo 3 with myself.
If i win this laptop i would use it epicly to play Tera online and Diablo 3 with my wife, because then she could have my old laptop coz our other computer can't run any of those games.... and i really, really wanna game with her...
I would use this to finally be able to play some of the new games I've been wanting to play but don't have the horsepower for (ex. Skyrim, Diablo III).
I would take this when I travel for work or pleasure to have a full fledged capable machine with me with absolutely no compromise in performance compared to what I have at the office or at home.
i would love to use this laptop to play all of the games i play it would ROCK! i have an asus that is going out and gets so hot from the fan not working properly. i would put it through its paces. the force is strong with that laptop i feel it.
*Hug it and squeeze it! *Show it off and brag on it to every living creature on earth 8-) *Work on homework and study real hard with it :-) *Browse the internet ;-) *Play games of course! Like: Batman Arkham City - Star Wars The Old Republic - Portal 2 - Max Payne 3. *Talk to it - using Microsoft speech to text. *Pay bills *Read e-books *Skype with friends :o *type in the dark with the beautiful back lit keyboard. *Network it! *Sniff it, I just LOVE that new computer smell. *Listen to music with it. *Watch movies and you tube videos on it. *Always keep it clean and sparkling. *Never leave it alone or lose it. *LOVE IT ALWAYS Just Like I have Always Loved MSI. "Micro Star International"
...to embarass and shame my netbook... I would set this notebook on a pedestal in front of which my netbook would be prostrate in the glory of this portable monster. The netbook would accept it's new lord and master as successor, and exclaim it's lack of worth to continue existing - nay - to wish itself back to sand because it realizes itself as hardly worth the silicon and polymer from which it was formed and came to be! And the MSI GT70 0NC would sit on its pedestal and bask in the warm multi-colored light of it's own glory while chewing through binary streams provided by it's human pet and spitting out the images, stories, sounds, video, and MEANING that make the human pet purr - if the human pet could purr. And the netbook would continue to exclaim it's last expression in silence and succession: "I am not worthy!!"
If I won the GT70 first of all I would probably cry just a little bit. I do amateur video work and would love a computer fast enough to render in HD. Video games, of course... using it at school would be terrific too, because it glows so much that I would probably distract half the class. I've never had a fast Windows laptop, I would love to experience what that is like.
First of all, I love MSI products. Secondly, I when would I not use this laptop? I'd be a able to entertain myself when my wife insists that I sit down at watch some horrible reality TV program with her. So in reality, this laptop could potentially save my marriage.
Well I would use this for multiple things. I would use this to record music. Using Adobe Audition CS6. I find the program usually crashes because my system can not fully support the program. I also will play Diablo 3 Crysis 2 and so many others I have through Origin and/or Steam that Do not meet the requirements for my Sony Vaio. Lastly I will also use this computer to keep up on school to get online and do assignments and everything else. I will also use it to edit photos and manage my music and videos.
i would like to get this i would put it though its paces,and play all the best games on it only the best for that laptop am still useing my asus g05v series and it is nothing compared to that laptopmy asus is going out on me the screen goes green and it gets so hot i could roast smores in front of the vent. i want that laptop.
I would use this computer strictly for gaming and watching my DVDs on the go. Whenever I'm not home or get bored of my room. I'd be able to go out n take to LAN parties without the extra time it takes to lug my desktop around. I would then be able to leave my desktop for school work and game reviews while playing on my laptop or for having ppl game with me @ home!
Hmmm...I guess I'd use this the way most of us use our computers. To cure cancer, end world hunger, solve the energy crisis and stop global warming. But I'd mostly just use it for porn.
pleaaaaase let me win this. need a new laptop for school. they have tons of outlets everywhere, so i wont be in much trouble in terms of battery life. cnc machining......
I would use this notebook as my gaming machine. My current laptop just barely squeaks by playing games at low-medium details at 1366x768. I'd love to upgrade.
Honestly, I would replace my six year old notebook with this beautiful creation. I would then proceed to create an overview and unboxing of this beauty and then edit and produce the footage on the laptop. I am not surprised to see a high quality product like this from MSI. They always bring upon the best products. MSI=QUALITY
My previous laptop broke about 2 weeks ago. This would be a great replacement, I could use it for my school work and to play the 10+ games I bought during the last steam sale but haven't even installed...
I would use it... to do just about everything yes everything.... to say it would be for only a few things would be a lie, Diablo3? yes yes I would... paper weight? I don't see why not! a reason to sit at Star Bucks and pick up women for sure! the possibilities are endless.
...so I could swap my current notebook with my friend's identical but very cantankerous notebook; I'd be very happy+she'd be happy with a non flaky notebook.
Keeping my games away from my work computer, and to replace my older overheating laptop (that isn't exactly portable anymore, thanks to a defunct battery). Working from home, it's hard for me to resist the urge to slack off and indulge in my favorite PC games. I'd love to be able to keep my gaming on one machine and work on the oher.
I would use this to A) work on my college coursework while away from home(im majoring in computer science with an emphasis on game design), and when im not doing homework i would show off my 1337 gaming skills :)
I would probably walk into my IT VP office and say " Hey remember when we talked about BYOPC, Yeah I would like to be the first beta tester." Then bring it home everyday to whoop up on the little son in LAN games also.
I would use this wonderful machine to keep me sane while stuck in a hotel with 3 cats for the next month. My cats and I would have League of Legends to keep us busy(they enjoy watching.) Hopefully they take a liking to Diablo III. We would also use it to keep in touch with our family(my wife,their mama.)
This machine would make a perfect mobile workstation for when I need to do real work away from my home office, including handling the more demanding tasks my more "sane" little portable isn't able to.
Oh, and gaming on the road would be way cool, too. ;-)
Throw away my old desktop, HP 6110n with integrated graphics. Trying to play WoW and SCII is unbearable. I cannot even buy new games because even the minimum requirements are to high for my machine :( I would actually 'use' this beast laptop and I would be able to get BF3 and have the ability to play my other games on settings that don't disgrace me (800x600, low settings) I wouldn't be ashamed when I go to LAN parties because I would now have the king of all laptops!! :)
everyday! My MSI died a cpl of weeks ago,...and I am broke,...and desperate! Today was my last day of work for the summer,..oh what will I do w/o my puter!! ;(
I would use this notebook's awesome GPU to find the next undiscovered prime number! Then, I would use the wifi to connect to SETI and find E.T. Next, I would store all the protien chains for breast cancer on the giant 750 GB hard drive, and use the processor power to discover the cure for breast cancer! Last, I would use the 17.3 inch HD screen to design MSI T-shirts, and wear them to a nationally telecast baseball game!
Oh, and I might play a little Starcraft II in my spare time :)
to keep up with the highest of the competitors in hardware as I shut everyone down with my superior gaming skills. But really it's just so I can enjoy myself freely and play game without hindrance on the go!
I'd use this to play games, especially MMORPG's since I'm quite into them. I currently have a Toshiba laptop with a GT 230M in it. Talk about "ancient" by current standards but still a bit better than modern integrated crap!
That and I'd be showing off the laptop to others, while at the same time keeping it away from their drools.
I would totaly use this laptop for gaming..hidden in my corner of the house away from wife and kids afer hard days work... if you got the same you understand!
- Hook it up to my TV and plug in a controller and play games like Borderlands, CoD, Need for Speed, and Batman Arkham City - Take it to a friends place and actually have a fantastic gaming rig on the go instead of coming to a friends house and play on less than capable spare machines. - Use it as a host for a couple of virtual machines when I need to test stuff for work using different OS's
With that much memory and power, I think it would be a very versatile machine.
I would use this note book not entirely for gaming, but for programming and web development. At the moment I am stuck on a small Alienware that has really been a let down. I thought it would be fast and reliable to do school work such as coding, and it just ends up crashing or I end up having to reinstall the OS on it. With this notebook I would be able to continue to learn code and become an even better programmer of both programs and websites. Of course I would get back into gaming too if I had something this. I really need something fast and the specs on this machine I believe would give me what I am looking for. As I expand my knowledge I need to expand my inventory of items to use, and this would be a really useful tool to use.
I would love to play Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 on this awesome MSI gaming notebook!!! I would also use it to edit a low budget film I'm involved in, and give props to MSI in the credits. :)
I would use it to further my gaming experience. I am limited to a outdated comp that cannot play many video games. I have bought Diablo 3 and would like to post that. I would use it for other purposes such as school and home use, but mainly gaming with the New Counter Strike and whenever Half Life 3 comes out and breaks every gaming record.
Im from Serbia, 22years studing electrical enginering and still dont have laptop becouse i dont have money. I would realy like to get this laptop for my school it would be great help to my projects, and ofcourse to try some great games like Skyrim, dota2, Mass Effect 1,2,3 Bioshock etc.
My old gaming laptop is getting seriously underpowered these days (has a nVidia 7950 Go video card if that dates it ;). This MSI laptop is sweet! I would jump to the MSI system in a heartbeat! :)
Yeah, about time I pick up Diablo III. I had been on a Dawn of War kick for a long time. With all that RAM I can run some VMs also. I'll even be kind enough to post how the speakers are if I win.
I always feel more comfortable using my own stuff at other places x] Also I wouldn't mind such a nice upgrade. My friend has an old version of this computer and it's just bomb.
I would game on this so my girlfriend can have my gaming desktop. She is always hogging my machine since we both game and she refuses to shell out cash to buy her own... This would allow me to get some good solid Diablo 3 time in. =)
msi make one the best gaming laptop for the money cant go wrong and they look beautiful dell makes alienware now and the build them like sh.........t when Microsoft owed them they were best now so meany companies are getting in to the game
i would use this notebook because i have been trying my hardest to convince my parents to buy me the msi gt780dxr then the gt70 for over 5 months now. and right now my life's been tough with financial issues and schooling problems due to gaming. Its a perfect laptop for gaming and school needs!
I would use this laptop to replace my MacBook Pro that has an old Nvidia 9400M graphics card. These days, I use my laptop more than my desktop, so a gaming laptop like this would be perfect for me. And I would be able to play Diablo III on the go! What more could I ask for? That 12GB of DDR3 RAM is awesome!
i would use this gameing laptop games and even to watch movies and read books even use it for microsoft office my is old pc is a HP Pavilion Media Center Tv PC: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service pack 3
I would use this notebook to help make my business mobile! I'm a small business owner...a chimney sweep to be specific. I rely on constant access to google calendar and other resources through my phone. I must be connected to my technology to effectively run my business. This notebook would allow me greater flexibility for my business and let me focus on my work without the hassle of relying on my phone service provider!
I would use the 17.3-inch 1080p to see everything that's amazing about any game I'm playing . I would never ever overlook anything or anyone with size and detail of this screen. With the i7-3610QM That runs at 2.3GHz and Turbo boost to 3.3GHz I would run anything and handle it due to the 12GB of DDR3-1600 . I would try and use all 750 for games of all kinds. I would use the GeForce GTX 670m to see all the amazing graphics and I would enjoy every minute because I am a graphics whore and love to play games on Max quality because I feel that's how the the developers wanted me to play!
With this computer I shall wreck shop on all foes And play with the best on the best! :)
I would love to see if this could do 3D stereoscopic stuff with a GT750 120hz proj. I want to dev stuff for Unity3D! The specs certainly seem powerful enough, but there's only one way to test...
My laptop is over 4 years old and can't even run Skyrim. I'd love to be able to have a new school computer that can play Battlefield. That's how I'd use it. School and BF3.
i would join ever gaming land party i could and show ever person in the room what msi can do with all that power and speed and with that nvidia 670m rocking room with the best state of the art graphics need i say more
To play games out in the light, with the family, on the couch...instead of sitting in the dark, by myself in the office, next to my loud, hot, outdated tower :)
I just gave my laptop to my nephew so he can finish police training. How I have no laptop to game with away from home. This would come in handy and I trust MSI.
This laptop is faster than everything I own put together. My laptop is a Dell 700m with an Intel Pentium M, the desktop has a mind blowing Athlon X2 3800+ and lastly, a powerful Brazo platform powers my HTPC. The MSI GT70 will replace all these in one fell swoop.
I have never had a laptop before only a desktop. I am in need of a laptop for my ministry. I am an online missionary and will soon be taking a short term missions trip to Haiti. It would be good to be able to do my online ministry anywhere I happen to be not just at home.
I'd mainly use this notebook to catch up on all the games I've fallen behind on since my main gaming machine had a meltdown 6 months ago... I miss not being able to play Diablo 3...
This may get me back to windows system again. Currently I am using a 15" macbook pro. I will use it to do photo and vedio editing, environmental modelling and some light gaming (mainly sports base - soccer, cricket, football, golf etc.)
I would use this notebook to catch up on playing games from the last 2-3 years that my current aging desktop rig, with its tired 8800GTS and Core2 Quad, cannot handle.
I would replace my old Dell Inspiron 9300 from 2005 which has served me over seven years and three continents. The MSI GT70 would help me update websites for work, manage large databases of contacts, and I'd finally be able to reintroduce computer games into my life.
I am separating from the military and going back to school. I'd use it to get my degree and maybe a little Diablo III on the weekends. It'd be much easier then borrowing my mom's ancient laptop that requires a wi-fi add-on card smh in shame.
if i won it will replaces my desk top pc from 2001 and wold be use at work and and on the go at nvidia partys to show off some of my art work and so i can play diablo 3
i would use this laptop to run games that i cant with this dell inspiron 1564 :/ this laptop is trash and overheats so much... it sounds like a vaccum when im trying to run google chrome....
If I wont this laptop I could and would do so much with it.E-mail and web browsing would have there place of course but the focus of this machine would be games. The games would look stunning. Titles such as Diablo 3, Dirt 3, Call of Duty, The Witcher 2 etc. would be played without problems and effortlessly. The games wouldn't be the only thing I will do with this laptop. I would also show it off to all of my friends and family harping on the quality of MSI and there products.;) MSI ftw
...use this laptop to play video games in the garage while smoking a cigar and drinking scotch! My neighbor just got a similar laptop and is doing this as I type this post. I wish I'd thought of that.
I've always heard good things about MSI's laptops (and their MoBos), but I couldn't afford to spend money on a nice laptop when there are bills to pay :/
Don't have a console either so it would be nice to have some to game with on the side. Plus, I'd probably be able to see into the future and catch unreleased AT articles before they're even posted with the amount of power this thing is packing :D
I would gift my current laptop to my girlfriend, who needs a new system, and use this new MSI laptop as my primary machine for gaming, working, and email. Mobile fun!
If I won this laptop, I'd probably forget about my desktop and use the laptop for all my gaming needs. I'd even use it for my video editing and programming needs. Oh yeah, that'd be nice.
This would be my desktop on the go. Music, movies, games, you name it, I bet it can do it with ease (not to mention 'work' as well). Unfortunately, my laptop died the other day (7 years old) so I am hoping for some luck with this entry. Excellent looking laptop! Thanks MSI!
Totally rock out on that bad boy with some StarCraft 2, Mass Effect, and GuildWars 2! Ivy Bridge is most excellent for mobile platforms and I'm looking forward to getting one!
To replace my old Dell inspiron 8600, yes...I haven't upgrade in years cause financial problem, I saw this post and I'm taking the opportunity to tell MSI that I will use the laptop to play newer games, edit videos, music creation that i haven't done it because my old laptop. Don't laugh at me.
I would use it as a replacement for my 7 year old desktop and 6 year old notebook. I would, of course, use it for gaming. However, I would also use it for video editing, presentations, and web site design.
I promise to keep the MSI desktop background during presentations (Free advertising for MSI).
I have always wanted this laptop. But i feel that its too expensive for me. I've been looking for a high performance laptop for a while and this one is perfect!
I would give this notebook to my new wife. We have been looking for a new laptop for her to use with Photoshop for her job. This would make a wonderful one month anniversary present!
To replace my crappy work laptop. That way I can game when I have to travel but also actually get things done when I attempt to multitask in the office.
I would use this laptop to help me keep my gaming on the go, no matter if i was back at home, or floating on a United States Naval Aircraft Carrier. It would give me the ability to play any game i wanted, any time, any where in the world!
I would use this laptop to take with me to the next MSi Battlegrounds so I could have the same great casting experience I had using an MSi laptop for the the first tournament!
As for using it. I'd play catchup on all the PC gaming I have missed since 2008 (Yes, its been that long since I've had a working gaming machine), like Mass Effect... Mass Effect 2.. and 3.... and Diablo 3, and probably lots of Skype... maybe some TetriNET and Melty Blood AACC, and some Borderlands with a mouse and WASD..
...I'm pretty sure I'd be giving up much sleep. :)
If I got this powerful device, I would show the world that PC gaming with MSI's notebooks has more superior performance than console gaming and has more mobility and battery life than Tablet gaming. This is the holy grail of gaming and blows away Consoles & Tablets!
Winning this notebook would change my life. I would use the notebook to help me develop cures for previously uncurable diseases and I would donate some of the profits to Anandtech and other deserving organizations.
I would use this laptop for multitasking and gaming. The hardware specs on it are impressive (even faster than my home PC ha ha). It seems like it would be very versatile and it looks impressive too. I would also introduce it to my friends that prefer to game on their laptops to see if it would be something they may consider buying in the future.
As a desktop replacement machine. My intentions are portable gaming with the latest and greatest FPS games. And I don't stink. Really. Try me, I dare you....
Use this laptop to play League of Legends and Diablo 3 when on the road for work. I have a great desktop rig for gaming at home but no way to play when i have to travel. Should would be nice to have in those boring hotel rooms.
To replace my anemic Dell, and play Diablo III on the train at full volume. And also to bludgeon the other passengers telling me to turn the volume down.
Finally be abe to play games in peace! Not hear the wife whine that i am hogging the big tv all day! I can even sit in the same room with head phones and mass murder people around the world in COD! relax in my recliner to finish work that i forgot when i was thinking of playing games when i got home. I can shop online without getting up! With this laptop i dont ever have to get up! Mold into my recliner, gain weight at an astonishing rate from all the hot pocket and doritos during countless hours of online gaming! Oh i so need this!
To run Day of Defeat Source at hundreds of frames per second, dominating my lesser-equipped opponents and lifting my-esteem. The new, more confident me will be willing to get out of this rut and apply for a well paying job from which I skyrocket up the corporate ladder. At the top, I'll use my wealth and position to team up with a corrupt politician and earn millions on the taxpayer's dime. Finally, I'll use all that wealth to fund research that will end cancer, easing my guilt-ridden conscience before dying.
I would waste many an hour playing games that are beyond the reach of my current notebook. Oh, and as long as I have such a machine, I might put it to some productive uses as well.
A laptop is almost a necessary part of our mobile lifestyles. I would love to take MSI's product, and examine how it compares with the myriad of IB MSI laptops that I was looking @ during PAX East.
If it is similar or better than the MSI laptops @ PAX East, that would be very impressive.
A comparison of how far the mobile platform has come and how it compares with a current enthusiast PC. I would also love the ability to game on the go as I have never had a machine that would provide that level of performance.
It would be great to check out how optimus technology affects battery life as well.
I haven't had a laptop in over a decade. It was a AMD K-6 420 mhz, phones are more powerful than that thing. It would be nice to do some gaming on the go.
I would definitely use this for everything. Be nice to have especially doing graphic design, gaming in my downtime, web design, I.T. Networking and Troubleshooting. This would be my workhorse for sure. My Acer Netbook died and this could be a more suitable replacement indeed
I would want to win this because i want to play games at a satisfactory resolutions.I am really pissed up playing games at 1024 X 768 on my laptop that has integrated graphics.
I thought i posted here already but couldnt find my post. anyways. I could use this rig because gaming is a hobby and for the past year and a half I havent been able to do my hobby as i have no computer. I am currently using my work laptop but that has a workstation GPU and its for work only lol. By me winning this I wouldnt be fired for using a work laptop and I could enjoy my games with no fear lol.
My current laptop ( nvidia geforce GT 415M ) can't handle high-end games at higher res.So, i want win this beast so that i can game at high details. :P
I have an aging core-2 laptop that barely plays the latest games, and my friends and I are playing a ton of D3 lately, with world of tanks as the old standby. Plus it would do double-duty as a work system (visual studio) and mobile media (films on flights).
I would literally dance a jig if I won this laptop! I have been unable to play Battlefield 3 with my friends and this beast of a laptop would allow me to smoke them. I would also set it up as a dual boot between ubuntu and windows so that I can work on my network security schoolwork on it.
Seeing how I just sold my last notebook, and only using my desktop and smart-phone now, this would make a nice addition. Need something to waste more time at work.
I would use this notebook for my gaming needs. Having to make regular trips to my friends house where we play BF3, Starcraft II, Left 4 Dead 2, and Civ V it would be great to not have to lug my desktop and monitor almost every weekend. And this being an MSI gaming laptop, I know it would last me a long time!
I would finally get rid of my big tower and replace it with this beauty. and then I'd take care of it by making sure I give it games to run as often as I can.
hook up to a monitor so I could skype to my brother who is in another country (in one monitor), while playing Diablo3 in the 2nd monitor. Yea pretty much gaming as well as relearning Photoshop and Dreamweaver is what this laptop would be for.
I've been thinking about replacing my aging and very heavy gaming tower with something a bit lighter and a lot faster. This laptop would likely be faster and lighter than what I would build anyway!
Play rad games obviously... Diablo 3 and Borderlands come to mind.
But more importantly I'd show it off to my friends, family and coworkers so they'd be more familiar with MSI products. The ones that always insist on buying from those "other" companies because they are so woefully uninformed.
Seriously, I am playing on a 3 year old macbook pro. Physics means I drop to like 4 frames sometimes. I can't do the speed runs with friends, I am outcast. Sad.
well with this hi-fi specs, one can do everything faster... from streaming directly to your TV to editing that odd picture , play Skyrim, and what not...!!!
would enable me to replace my wickedly fast Pentium M 760 notebook (with a whopping 1024 Mb of DDR2 Ram and blazing Radeon X300 graphics) with a gaming platform that would actually let me enjoy current titles!
With this awesome laptop I could finally play games while on the road! I have a Netbook that I use for communication and general productivity usage, but I sure do miss gaming while on the road. Be assured that I would give this awesome piece of hardware the workout it deserves!
Wow awsome notebook. I'm still gaming on an old trusty core 2 q9550. Though it has not failed me in any game I have thrown at it, I have been getting the urge to upgrade it. This notebook would sure fit the bill. Pick me!
My current laptop is on its last legs, and nowhere near as powerful as this slice of awesome. To have one of these would be to taste the sweet nectar of pure, undiluted awesome!
My mainboard and CPU are about 4 years old now, so I can't exactly jack up the settings on games anymore. I'd like to make games look pretty again without suffering stuttering...
To use a main portable desktop because it has plenty of processing power for all the different types off tasks that I could demand of a notebook through out my day.It has plenty of multimedia horsepower and big enough screen real estate to ensure a great user experience that will most likely be noticed and envied by others.No doubt that I would be assured of the build quality of all specially selected components MSI, and the MSI GT70 just looks great.I know that I would also be watching movies and of course being able to play a game like Skyrim and other modern titles like Max Payne 3 on a notebook like this is the stuff a geek like me can only dream about. Thanks MSI and Anand Tech for this amazing opportunity and best of luck to all.
MSI, I would use this laptop for gaming at least fifty percent of the time. The rest of the time I would use this laptop for school work, home accounting and bill pay, and web surfing.
If i win this it will be my first notebook. And that being an ivy bridge gaming notebook is awesome! I can see myself playing BF3 next time i am stuck in an airport :-)
This would be a wonderfull replacement for my recenlty dead old Thinkpad...I will use it for email, browsing, MS SQL, news reading, watching youtube, playing bridge and chessmaster 9000
This would be a great reward for my Niece. She's done so well this year in school. She'll be a Sophomore next year. I noticed on recent family visits that Her current laptop has become the family laptop and the power connector is showing extreme wear (shielding wire showing).
She could really do with this, so she has sole use of it. The specs on this are so rockin that I'd be tempted to keep it for myself and pass on my current laptop, but I wouldn't be a cool uncle then.
Thanks for MSI for their generosity and supporting those of us who are NOT satisfied with typical common systems.
I'd use this notebook to actually be productive.. by playing MOBAs at work and screaming in my office about how mad I am at noobs. Absolute beautiful machine.
Believe it or not, I'd probably use it for programming. It's got a powerful enough GPU so that I could use it as a portable workstation and work on the go. Of course, I might sneak in a game or two...
I would use this Notebook to help me record music, help me learn how to program and all my other dreams I want to chase, oh and get in some serious gaming now and then! :)
I'd use it to replace my 5 year old Inspiron 1520 with Geforce GT 8600M, which is slightly less powerful than Intel's HD3000. Yeah. From 12 FPS in Diablo3 to 100 FPS.
I'd pull the hard drive, replace it with a SSD, reinstall Win 7, and dedicate it to HD video editing with Avid Media Composer. Then I'd pick a Linux distro, put it on a 32GB flash drive, and tweak it in anticipation of Steam for Linux, DRM-free stuff like Wasteland 2, and GoG titles via Wine. EXACTLY THAT, NO COMPROMISE.
I am currently enrolled in an engineering program working towards a degree in biomedical engineering. I gifted my father my laptop for christmas because his was old and absurdly slow. Having a laptop with this kind of raw power will really help me for multiple reasons. I will have next to no limitations on my mobile computing power when I am in classes that might take advantage of 3d modeling. I also will be able to get some high performance gaming in whenever and wherever I have some down time. I've essentially been unable to game because I am so busy, and I can't exactly lug my desktop around...
Replace the crap notebook I have now with the screen the almost broken video cable. The screen randomly flickers, has noise, then goes white so I have to restart the computer. Sometimes having to restart 2 or 3 times before it works again.
I'd take my video work mobile. I'd figure out the CUDA drivers to support Avid Media Composer's GPU acceleration and coupled with the quad-core Ivy Bridge I'd be able to work from home and do more editing in more places. My footage would also take advantage of the USB 3.0 and I could edit straight off of any USB 3.0 external HDD without the buggy slowdowns of 2.0.
Not to mention the games I could start playing :) Thanks for the giveaway!
I would use this computer as an excuse to neglect my children and wife. It would be wonderful to play games on a system that doesn't require me to turn all the eye-candy settings way down.
Play the latest games wherever I am, instead of being tethered to where my desktop currently sits. It'd also allow me to have a functioning laptop that doesn't need to be pathetically plugged into the wall 24/7 (battery is broken) like it's on some sort of life support.
My laptop is a 7 year old tiny Toshiba joint with no trackpad. All it has is the tiny little nubbin to control the cursor. If I win, I will sell this laptop for $30 and buy a wireless mouse to make my computing experience on my Toshiba more satisfying.
I would use the notebook to do all the things I cannot do with my current desktop. Which is a lot. I would surf the web super fast, and I could play games that require the best of the best specs.
I've currently got an MSI S6000 laptop that I really like! I use it for programming not gaming, but it's really a nice laptop. It even recognizes me and logs me in! ha!
I'd bring this notebook over to my friends instead of hauling my full tower PC. I'd game on the couch, at Starbucks, and while on my lunch break at work. I'd also use it to stay in touch (and game) while travelling.
a) Primary development platform. Having lots of RAM helps with running many virtual machines, to test the development software in different environments. This laptop would be especially important considering that I travel a lot and thus have to fit my entire system in a suitcase. Currently I use a MSI G51J, but that's feeling its age. b) Play games during free time - Diablo 3, Civilization V, and Sins of a Solar Empire.
this thing is faster than anything I've used recently... and that is including the "state of the art" boxes we had in class... I'm getting a serious case of want.
I'd use it to play Torchlight 2, Borderlands 2, and Resident 6. Love third person shooters and games involving loot, my current PC is a bit on the old side, and I'd be lucky to be able to run said games at more than low resolution and medium settings.
I run software that is intensive for school. Also would help with post processing for certain programs. Definitely would help me with work and play considering the 5 year old laptop.
I won't go for Diablo III because of the persistent connection requirement so I'll keep playing Torchlight until Torchlight II comes out in a few weeks.
I gave my son's computer to his elementary school teacher, so now I have to give him the gaming computer I built for myself. I was bummed out thinking about how much I would miss it, but this MSI computer would more than make up for all I've sacrificed recently.
also to use in place of my desktop which I seriously take apart and lug to my car anytime I visit family. I'm aware that's pathetic, thank you. (bonus- for the schoolings! and to fold while at my apartment with my desktop, which I would be happy to report on the thermals of. note to the author, table could benefit from screen information)
With this beast on my desk I could finally stop wasting precious weekend hours entertaining my toddler and pursue my true calling: Playing Civilization V until my heart explodes like a South Korean RTS fanatic.
Just kidding. I'd also play Deus Ex, L4D 1 & 2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Magicka, Bastion, and Psychonauts (again) until my heart explodes like a... well, you get the point.
In all seriousness, though, gimme gimme gimme!
Kisses,
Mysterious Andy
PS: I desperately need to see Civ5 with the quality cranked all the way up before I die, and my current rig only does about 2fps, even when the bells and whistles are turned *off*. Are you sad for me? Then GIMME!!! :-)
As a member of the US Army I would use this laptop to play games, online military training, and online school during my free time on deployments and also while at home.
I live in a place where it is hard to get good technology. This notebook would effect all areas of my life, business, home, and entertainment!
TOO BAD I LIVE IN THE COUNTRIES MOST PATRIOTIC PLACES, GUAM!!!
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF ENLISTMENT IN THE US ARMED FORCES OF ANY PLACE ON EARTH! WE HAVE 2 HUGE MILITARY BASES, ON AN ISLAND ONLY 30 MILES LONG AND 9 MILES WIDE. BUT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE US INNELIGIBLE FOR YOUR DRAWING. TOO BAD FOR US, NO, TOO BAD FOR YOU!
I'd give my current laptop to my parent for keeping in touch and continuing to learn about the wonders of the Internet. She only started using it several months ago, but is showing signs of independence. I wanted to give her the opportunity since I am moving away in June.
It's too bad winners are random rather than merits of writing. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but some civility would have been nice. :)
I need a new Gaming computer,My last laptop purchase was 2 years ago and it'a full of work stuff & development tools.My gaming computer is even older & can't play most good games.
I would use this notebook predominately for gaming but when I am not gaming, I would run folding@home. I feel that the combination of CPU and GPU power would allow me to contribute greatly to the folding@home project and in turn, effect mankind in a positive way. When not gaming or running folding@home, I would use the laptop as a means to study up on IT certifications that I am pursuing.
My old "gaming" laptop has been pressed into service as my grad school autocad/modeling/video editing laptop. It fails. This one would not fail. Due to the lack of fail, I could take it to conferences and show everyone well edited videos of science and models of what new science I plan to do. Then everyone would realize how awesome it is to show videos of science instead of over-sized posters and they would all get new laptops to show their science. Soon everyone would have laptops and we could have late night LAN parties instead of drinking parties. This would improve science for everyone by reducing the amount of alcohol consumption, which kills brain cells (bad for science), and increase the amount of gaming, good for hand/eye coordination (useful if you have to insert a needle into a single cell to do science). This dramatic increase in the amount of science being done would usher in a new era of Peace, Prosperity and Happiness (and a little bit of jealousy when people see how Happy I am with my new laptop but that would be negligible.) In short, the world will be a better place if you give me this laptop. (Trust me, I know science.)
A portable BF3 platform to rip movies with enough ram to run virtual machines for testing apps and OS's for work. It would beat the pants off the XPS I have.
I spend my morning possibly looking at the weather. X-TREME WEATHER!
Then, I'd pack it up my GT70 in my nice Targus carry gear to work. X-TREME CARRY-ON POTENTIAL.
Upon arriving at work to my job, I'll take out my GT70 and start working on my latest project, most likely Enterprise Intelligence software. X-TREME PROGRAMMING! (No, seriously. It's quite extreme. We don't even have meetings sometimes.)
Around lunchtime, I'll set a video running of a water cooler on my GT70 as the guys come over to discuss the day's tribulations.
"Sup dude, how's that database controller coming?"
"Great man. I just have to tighten up the gr..."
"Hey, that's a awesome water cooler."
"Yeah, I know man. It's pretty extreme."
X-TREME WATER COOLER MOMENT!
When I get home, I'll take some time to look up on Youtube "how to grow a beard".
X-TREME ENRICHMENT...
What am I kidding, I'll be playing games all night long.
I would love to win this notebook, I have always been about 5+ years behind on technology because of money issues, and now that I am in college, money is more tight than ever. This would be an amazing upgrade that would help out a future computer engineer.
To expand my freelance business and streamline my 3D workflow. I would use this beast to integrate it into my home theater system and play the most demanding games till my fingers turned to little nubs.
I would use this to replace my old dell inspiron e1505. And it would save me from having to find a half decent desktop. Would love the portability of a mobile desktop like this. And its the best looking notebook I've seen on the market!
What wouldn't I do with this laptop, well I would no longer cook my wrists(& occasionally testicles) while attempting to do anything on my old laptop, it could be used as a toaster forever more. I would have a ton of fun playing Diablo III, MoP beta testing, finally play Dragon Age 2 at max settings w/ dx11. I would watch movies and pull guitar tab off the web. I would enjoy quick startup and actual battery life. In short, I would have tons of fun!
First off, I don't know why I'm bothering to type anything more than comment, after all it is completely random.
But, at any rate, if I won the laptop it would end up as my primary system replacing my current desktop. It would also save me from having to buy a new laptop for school this coming year.
And now I'm getting tired of explaining myself for no reason. To think, I was considering writing a long soliloquy expressing my burning love for MSI products and how I would put the laptop to it's greatest possible use... Yeah, too much effort involved.
I would like the laptop because I want to rip all of my DVDs and BDs to a hard drive and stream to my TV. The laptop would replace my 7 year old desktop.
I'd definitely get a Steam account and get back into gaming. My current PC hasn't been powerful enough for years.
I'd also connect it (using HDMI) to my living room's 1080p LCD television for playing DVD/BR rips and streaming internet video. With power-efficient Ivy Bridge and Optimus, I could conveniently do this unplugged.
Finally, I'd replace my desktop with this notebook. I'd try connecting an external keyboard, mouse, and display. Maybe extend the notebook's desktop.
I would probably give my old Asus laptop the boot and turn this into my main gaming machine. And, I'd use it for my mobile music studio. That's a good chunk of RAM for the musician on the go =P
First I'd use the webcam to Skype with my girlfriend who lives over seas right now. Then I'd use the beefy GPU to play games as it's about 7? generations ahead of what I have in my desktop. I'd type up all my research papers on it as well as I go to school downtown and it's a long commute back and forth on the train. Thanks for reading my entry. Good luck all.
I will strap to it a scaffold, plug in some speakers and motion detectors and stick in Black Rock desert at night. It will accost passers-by with astonishing music and beautiful, chaotic imagery, There will be glowing, pulsing buttons which compel the curious to push. A surprise will be thier reward....
How? The answer is very simple. To run high-end games like Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 with decent number of FPS and without having to pay too much for a gaming laptop that can actually run them well. :]
I would use this notebook to replace my old HP Dv7 series from 2006 so I could multitask and program on the go while have a capable machine for playing some diablo III and bf3 in my spare down time on the road.
Didn't even knew about that model. Oh how would I love to do some 3D game development on this super-machine. Apt machine for such demanding tasks! If I don't win the contest then I'll even beg for the money and buy it.
I'd probably spend half of it running games, the other half running MATLAB and other programs that I require for school. But who are we kidding, I'll probably end up using it to model and create a wormhole so that I may teleport to another dimension.
I would use this computer for both work and play, running my business and playing games. I'd use it for doing mapping work and shopping on the web, bookkeeping and CAD design.
I plan on moving for a new job soon and I won't have the room to take my old desktop. I would love it for its power and portability. I can still play the games I love.
Gaming, everywhere I can. Going out of town? Still playing BF3 and Diablo 3. LAN Party? Easiest setup for weekend. Bored at work...bust it out and watch some Games of Thrones.
Giving up my gaming desktop and shifting to the US on a one year assignment. Looking to buy myself a laptop for my gaming needs. This will suit me very nicely.
I've got a 12-year-old with a birthday in June and an aching desire for a gaming laptop. Trouble is, that just ain't happening in the current economic situation. Figuring maybe by Christmas.
Have been looking at Asus ROG laptops -- but the Anandtech writeup on this looks pretty impressive!
Me too got a 7 year old desktop which barely works.I can do most tasks on it but gaming & CPU/GPU intensive jobs aren't possible.So, i would want to win this if you Please.
I'd use it for the times when my girlfriend wants me to come to bed at night and I'm still gaming on my desktop, that way she can't complain about me sitting in my chair all the time and not spending enough time laying in bed with her at night, haha.
But really, I've always wanted to have a great gaming laptop that could handle games like Battlefield 3, Skyrim, and all of my games at max settings. Problem is I'm broke as a joke and can't afford the $2,000 price tag that comes with it. So, I'd really use to play games when I'm not in the comfort of my own home sitting at my desk. I never like to be without my computer, so this would help me feed my addiction... Hurray!
Gaming on a laptop!? Preposterous! Oh wait. I bet this thing will play all the cool games out there. Thats what I would do. Play all the cool games out there.
Thanks for giving us this great opportunity to win something out of this world system here.MSI & Anandtech - you guys rock.If I win , i will be gaming on it all night.
To help me complete my assignments, assist me with past lectures, and provide my friends, and I with tools needed to do our studies where ever it may be.
my desktop is very modern. I upgrade it about once a year. my marginally modern laptop unfortunately died after owning it a year and so the only functional laptop i have is a 1 GHz celeron laptop that is about 10 years old. It can't do much more than browse the internet, and that it does poorly, so I'm forced to pack up and drag my desktop around whenever i go home to visit family.
I'd definitely use this when i travel as a desktop replacement.
Would be a fantastic help for my growing family as tech like this, while on our to be dreamt about list is far and away outside our fincial ability to purchase.
Plus Id happily upload a thank you video from my kids :D
This thing is damn fast i have ever seen on a laptop.I will be useing it for all the video & audio editing & for crazy gaming.MSI , nvidia & Steelseries Rock.....
desktop is old and non-portable, i will use this new-fangled computing device to read anandtech, play games, watch movies... basically for everything a computer is good for
I would use this Laptop to defend our dimension from tears contrived by alien races. It's plenty powerful enough to ~digitally stitch~ said tears, before our humanity is overcome by mutant three-toed sloths packing heat.
My desktop is old & it's not possible to move it because it's so heavy.If i win this , i can carry it everywhere i go & run my favorite apps.How cool is that!
I would use this for LAN parties with friends, as a portable workstation for virtual machines, as well as rendering any videos while I am traveling. I just hope that I will win! =)
I doubt this would replace my XPS13 or MBP in every instance, but it would get showcased at weekly gaming sessions and around the office (I run a tech support and development company).
If the laptop is any good, in build quality (it looks pretty good from the pictures), I could see using this model for our technicians.so they can ... multitask.
No brainier... To play awesome games of course :). Never had a gaming laptop before, always desktops. (oh and FYI, only run nvidia based MSI cards with twin frozr coolers. Right now I'm using my *11th* one !!!! And still own 5 of them ! Nothing looks better or runs cooler !
I teach a computer class in a school where all teachers get laptops - but they're dirt slow. Imagine the looks on my co-workers and students' faces when I pull out this beast during class or in a faculty meeting -- glowing LEDs and all! I use my laptop 100% of the day, so it'd be hard to miss. After the school day, I could take it home and use it for gaming - it would outperform my desktop computer too. I could work through my huge library of Steam games while pretending to watch my wife's favorite TV shows. It's a win-win.
I'll give this laptop to my sister who will need a computer while she lives in residence in university in the next four years. She requires a gaming laptop! Though this might be a bit overkill.
First i would save the world by using this MSI GT70 notebook to link straight into the NWO's super secret orbital weapons system. Vaporizing the threat of a perilously close incoming asteroid hurdling towards earth. It will Play out just like the movie Armageddon although in this version i save Bruce Willis's ass by activating the weapons grid, simply by pushing a button on this extremely sexy MSI GT70 notebook. Soon after i will be deemed hero of all mankind. Becoming more rich than Donald Trump and more bad ass than Dirty Harry. Of course i would be humble and in my many interviews Id just say, "I just took one look at that asteroid and i said Go Ahead make my day"... Then i reached for my trusty MSI GT70 and with one fell swoop i depressed the enter key launching a full volley of nuclear warheads directly at the center of the asteroid. Simultaneously i wipe the sweat from my brow while looking up to the heavens i firmly say " Your Fired ". I will soon go on to be MSI spokes person traveling the globe touting the advantages of saving the world via the MSI GT70 as opposed to other lesser and inferior brands of notebook. After that i'm gonna go home, make a sandwich and play about 17hrs of Diablo 3 on my super sweet MSI GT70 gaming notebook. THE END
I'd use it to go back in time to stop my old 1988 Ford Econoline conversion van from being destroyed at the dump. Then I'd use the van to go buy a cookie dough blizzard from Dairy Queen.
. . . the first thing I would do is show it off to everyone I know. Then I would probably run benchmarks on it and compare it to my desktop. Then I would show it off again. At some point I would probably take it apart too. I also see a Windows 8 partition in it's future, and maybe a linux distro too, 'cause I've always wanted to have a Linux partition on a laptop. My Ceton USB tuner needs a new buddy, so I'm sure I would introduce them to each other. I'd like to see how it can handle recording four HD channels at once! I hate to admit it but I will probably do more work on it than play games, but every other Saturday is game night, so I'll let her shake off her spreadsheets and show me what she can do!
This would be the ideal mobile gamer! I would take this lappy to LAN parties and use it for work as well. It would also make an ideal desktop replacement.
A social experiment of sorts begins with my entry.
My intention is to give this laptop to an underprivileged kid in the most impoverished school in my city (Peoria, IL).
I knew nothing about computers until I began tinkering with them in the 8th grade. The availability of a computer and curiosity was enough to create a passion for technology. Technology is pervasive in good schools but with school budgets being reduced there have been significant cutbacks in equipment. The poorer schools have been hit the worst. This will be an excellent way to provide a chance for a deserving kid to learn about technology.
If the entry is chosen, I will provide my recommendation of the school and three candidates from which a worthy student can be chosen by MSI or Anandtech.
Use it in place of my current laptop which I would switch out to become an Ubuntu machine so I can try out Linux and still keep a Windows machine (the MSI) that I can use easily :). Also I'd you know... take over the world with the awesome computing power that laptop possesses xD.
MSI, I'd use this notebook for Guild Wars2! Also some BF3 :D Might bring it to my Computer Information Systems class this summer but professor might get jealous...
to play games, edit HD videos, edit photos, render scenes with 3D Studio or Maya, bring with me to Mission trips to show 3rd world countries that I visit photos and videos of the rest of the world, education, raytracing, general entertainment. If I win this, I'll feature this laptop on my website and Facebook account when I go to my Mission trip to the Philippines in August!
I would use it when traveling to demo some of the ultra-sophisticated web-based products in cell phone suppression and enterprise metadata management that my firm sells. Oh, yeah, and when not working, this gaming rig will keep me busy and happy in what little downtime I have.
I am trying to get my Chem Eng degree and as part of my research I must run very resource intensive numerical solver software (solving several PDEs simultaneously). Most of the time, the school computers fail to run do to lack of memory. The times that they do run, the computer can run the simulation but it takes anywhere from 24 hours to 1 week to run. This computer would be a huge aid to me in respect to my school work. When I am not working, I love to dive into a good immersive game (skyrim, diablo 3, etc..) at full settings in order to forget my stresses at school. Being able to carry around my work computer and gaming computer in a nice laptop format would be a dream come true. Obviously as a student I cannot afford to buy this on my own. I would be grateful to MSI and Anandtech for such a gift.
First i would save the world by using this MSI GT70 notebook to link straight into the NWO's super secret orbital weapons system. Vaporizing the threat of a perilously close incoming asteroid hurdling towards earth. It will Play out just like the movie Armageddon although in this version i save Bruce Willis's ass by activating the weapons grid, simply by pushing a button on this extremely sexy MSI GT70 notebook. Soon after i will be deemed hero of all mankind. Becoming more rich than Donald Trump and more bad ass than Dirty Harry. Of course i would be humble and in my many interviews Id just say, "I just took one look at that asteroid and i said Go Ahead make my day"... Then i reached for my trusty MSI GT70 and with one fell swoop i depressed the enter key launching a full volley of nuclear warheads directly at the center of the asteroid. Simultaneously i wipe the sweat from my brow while looking up to the heavens i firmly say " Your Fired ". I will soon go on to be MSI spokes person traveling the globe touting the advantages of saving the world via the MSI GT70 as opposed to other lesser and inferior brands of notebook. After that i'm gonna go home, make a sandwich and play about 17hrs of Diablo 3 on my super sweet MSI GT70 gaming notebook. THE END
This would provide me with the opportunity to once again have a laptop capable of gaming. My last one is ancient and the graphics don't work anymore. Unfortunately I do not have the funds to enjoy such a thing these days.
I'd put XBMC on it and use it as my main media center PC in my living room.
I've love to have this awesome laptop with full blown 3D support via HDMI.
The graphics card fully supports trans-coding my home videos to 1080p. Been wanting to do that for awhile now, but can't afford a notebook like this at the moment.
When not at the house I'd take it to Afghanistan to keep in tough with love ones, and of course will let my buddies use it too.
Would totally kick some ass to have this awesome machine!
For lightweight normal usage, I expect I'd enjoy fast response while running multiple applications on that MSI GT70. I have over ten browser tabs open right now, with a few spreadsheets and an image and text documents open too. Some of my heavier duty work has included running programs to do averaging and statistics and making some two-dimensional plots of data, along with word and image processing applications. With the huge increase in memory and faster CPU, I imagine better response than my desk PC, so I'd probably save time running intensive work on the MSI laptop. I use two monitors, so I'd probably use a desk monitor with it (with a KVM switch) while at my desk, but I'd enjoy its portability so I could work away from my desk and also easily show articles, media, and output to others. Of course, since it is a current gaming machine, I'd enjoy playing through some good new games.
I would use this laptop to watch movies/play games at work (I work at night and have a lot of free time) as well as at home, as it is better then my desktop.
If I won this notebook, it'd make several people happy. How? When I'm with my parents I can tune them out playing games which causes less familial strife. They won't be able to engage me in their shenanagans, which means no arguments!
There is always a story to be told. This comment shall attempt to convey the truest sense of the word. Once upon a time there was a girl. She was a simple girl, living in a simple yet poor neighborhood. Her parents did the best that they could to provide, but it was up to her to follow school and make something of her life. She did exceptionally well in an urban school, and went on to college, where she willingly submitted herself to the burden of vast student loans in order to put herself through higher education. While at school, in order to pay for cell phone bills and car insurance, she had to seek employment. One job she found herself applying for was a cashier position at Target. Surely not the most prestigious of careers, but for a poor college student, any income is worth working for. It was in the orientation at this very job that she met her true one and only. She may not have known it at the time, but she would come to value her experience for nothing else but the encounter she had on that first day. One weekend, the store manager at Target pulled the girl into his office. An employee had been checking out with rookie cashiers, and scanning a coupon covertly that prompted the register and cashier to issue out a $5 gift card. Several new cashiers, included the girl, had unknowingly participated in this fraudulent behavior. The girl had no idea that she had done anything wrong, and indeed she was only following her limited training and the instructions that the register offered. Despite all of these factors, the store manager promptly fired the girl and told her to leave the building immediately. Distraught, she sent a text message to the man she had met in orientation, and headed home. To add to her misfortune, that same day on her drive home her car broke down and left her stranded in the middle of town, unable to even get home after such an awful turn of events. The man took action immediately, and upon learning of what had transpired, he headed into Target on his day off to defend the girl he had come to admire. He spoke to the store manager and LP manager, and argued his case for the girl's innocence. She did not know that she had done anything wrong, and she deserved at least a warning and another chance. Such was the nature of the company that only one course of action was deemed reasonable. The man was fired too, for his arguments against a corporate policy and interfering with management level affairs. Through this experience they formed a strong bond, and in the coming months they would forge a deep and lasting relationship. Indeed they even went on to become engaged, and plan a life together with dreams of their own home, and a family to raise. The man went on to find work at Best Buy, where his computer background served him well. The girl went on to work at a restaurant, where she could make decent enough money while finishing school. One night, after midnight, he took her to the same spot as their very first date, where he proposed to her and she accepted with tears streaming down her face. All the while, they saved each and every month together, with hopes that they would someday be able to support themselves and live on their own together. In May of this year, she graduated with honors from her college. With rent, insurance, and loan payments, they have saved what little they have, but it has been an uphill battle. Their gaming spirits got the best of them and they recently purchased two copies of Diablo III to play together in their leisure time. He is playing on an Asus G73JH, his very first laptop and one that he saved up several months worth of pay to afford. She is playing on an HP DV6, powered by an AMD A8 that he purchased for her as a Christmas gift. He would like nothing more than to provide her with the best possible graduation gift, but he is torn between spending the money on that or continuing to save up so that they might move out on their own. A laptop like this would be the ultimate graduation gift for a girl who deserves a little reward for all the effort she has put forth in life. Not everyone is born with the greatest fortune, but there are those who do their best to live a good life and be a good humanitarian, no matter what hand they have been dealt. I can tell you that nobody would be more grateful, and more humble in accepting such a gift, than the girl whose story I have just told.
to be able to play games on the go and at my friend's impromptu LAN parties, without having to resort to tearing down and moving my desktop gaming rig and accessories all over the place.
I'll use it to play all the game that i could not before because of my crappy laptop. I'll also use it for school work and reading as my current laptop has a puny 14" screen. I will use it for benchmarks against my friend's alienware!
To get me through my last 2 years of University (and the homework it involves), and of course to kick all sorts of tail in my games (Starcraft2, TeamFortress2, Battlefield3, Skyrim, Arkham City, EVE Online, etc).
I am working on a Master's program, and I would combine my soon to be aquired degree with this monster gaming machine to become a true master of the universe.
Play D3, WoW, lots of steam games, and basic browsing ofc. honestly it would replace my desktop easily and i would use it for everything gaming or otherwise. Oh and it would be nice when i visit my friends for 1 week every month if i didn't have to lug my desktop around with me so i have something to do when they are at work
Since it is more capable than my 4,5-year-old desktop, I would use it to do everything I have done with my desktop. Luckily I'm also quite an avid gamer, so it would get the use it is intended to get.
I would use this beast of a machine to replace my 2010 Mac Pro desktop. Been waiting forever for Apple to release a new Mac Pro but I would use this Machine instead for all my gaming and work needs!
PORN!! Lots and lots of it. I mean, come on, a large porn collection needs a large hard drive, and 750GB will do just fine! And since all my porn is high definition 1080p, I'm going to need a 1080P resolution! With a 1080P resolution needs a good graphics card, and a GTX 670M would fit all of my porno needs! The processor on this is amazing! Perfect for editing all my pornos to make montages and share with my friends!
I guess gaming on the go is fine too....BOOM HEADSHOT!
Considering I've never made the jump on buying a laptop, have a slightly outdated desktop and smartphone, I really don't know! One thing's for certain though: I've always wanted my own lappy to be able to plug my ECU in for tuning the car. And LAN'ing without dragging my full tower and 21” CRT around would be pretty awesome.
I've become a pretty solid fan with MSI's GPUs, so winning something like this would take me to the next level of fanaticism, haha. ^^
I'm fairly confident that I'm the only member on here who reads this sight virtually every day (and clicks on lots of adds as thanks!) Who is still using a laptop with a P3 inside!!! INSANE right!!! Such is the life of a lowly student. I would give my left nut for this awesome laptop!
I would also be replacing my aging desktop with it if i win.please..............................................................................................................................................
I've always liked MSI have bought several mobos from them never had any issues, from and 64 to core 2 quad... Would love to get my hands on Ivy Bridge and game again!
Dear MSI, Your sweet rig will replace a 7 year old laptop turned desktop whose monitor gave out last year. It's been a while since I bothered to play any games, and this laptop will keep me productive and entertained. Thanks
That's easy.....the laptop would immediately be given to my 82 y.o. father-in-law for his use. Since he's essentially become semi-invalid since his heart attack, he's had to put up with an old Core laptop....horribly slow.....so slow with its load times that I fear he'll have another MI before his fav. pages load, much less opening any game like his beloved Tiger Woods golf.
After having a heart attack (If I win), this bad boy will be used for LAN's, Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Hitman : Absolution, etc, etc. The price is amazing for what you get compared to other brands in this category. Simply amazing! Thanks for entry :D
This will give me an opportunity to lay my hands on a MSI notebook for the first time. I am a big fan of the company, however, haven't had the opportunity to use one of their mobile solutions where the scene was dominated by other players until recently. Obviously, being a hardcore gamer and given the power of the machine, i'll be able to play games on the move, therefore no longer handicapped by the immobility of a gaming machine...
Well I could really use this laptop, My Toshiba finally took a dive bomb on me. It had and older hd 3000 series graphics card in it. Of course Toshiba didn't make it so I could update the graphics drivers unless they did. I have wanting a gaming laptop but just have not been able to afford one.
I would use this notebook to stream Dota 2 and Diablo 3. I currently don't have enough memory to stream and game on my desktop and this would be perfect for that.
I would use it to introduce my son to video games. He is 7 and loves his Wii, but has never played pc gaming... plus, my old dell d620 is about dead...
I will use this laptop to make myself happy (Study, work and play), make daughter happy ( play games) and my other half happy ( watch videos and photos of our daughter growing up). At the core create an example of "Sharing and Caring".
If I won this I would have to switch back from my MacBook Pro, which is getting quite old and can't play even the simplistic games, back to Windows. This thing looks sweet!
I would be able to attend LAN parties and not be made fun of for having my current 11.6 inch notebook that can barely play modern games. And I could use it in a room that isn't pitch black thanks to the matte LCD!
This looks like a very impressive system! I do 3-D solid modelling to visualize engineeering projects and this machine finally has enough speed and memory to make that practical on a portable platform. The small screen can easily be overcome with an external monitor when needed; everything else looks very suitable.
I would use this to game & some video editing.Also i will surf the net & carry the system with me everywhere i go so that i can stay in touch with all my games , data & softwares.
This would allow to play games at work. My Boss says i'm a catch 22, If i'm bored and messing around on the internet he says i'm going a good job. And the computers at work are incredibly slow.
This would be the perfect laptop to help me in school and complete my project. I need the horsepower and graphics to solve and display my analysis of the lift of racing tires using CFD.
I currently own a Custom built DESKTOP with an MSI 785GT-E63 Mainboard so I am very familiar with the MSI name...and am very pleased =) I would definitely use the MSI GT70 for on the go gaming as well, but I do a lot of photo and video editing and sometimes I need a lot more power and speed than a typical notebook. So, among gaming, multitasking and networking would be high on my list of priorities.
I'd put it to the limits of what it was created to do, gaming. :D I have purchased a few games that these specs would run that my desktop couldn't, and with this I could purchase more ! :D All I need is a good FREE computer :D
This amazing gift from MSI would benefit my son while at college, and would also allow hime to study when he and his team travel to other universities to play in Div I/Div II matches.
to replace my old laptop that is 4 years old and getting reeeeeeeally long in the tooth. Besides that, MSI's is super sexy and would look good next to my desktop!
This would become my main gaming machine. My Mac could stay in OSX, and not get booted into the Windows Bootcamp partition. Funny that this laptop would have more RAM than my Mac!!!
I'd most certainly replace my current laptop with it (not exactly a bad one, but not nearly as powerful as this monster). Also the fact that I have to use a 1366x768 display drives me crazy, so the 1080p would be a very welcome relief. And you know, with a computer that could actually run games well, I might get into things like Diablo.
My current Asus laptop screen is also 1366x768 & i am looking to replace my laptop with this one if Anandtech & MSI please consider my as an worthy candidate.
I am using MSI products since 7 years & they have never failed for me.I use their Motherboards & GPUs & they are all working solid.I don't have a laptop.So, you like to win this because this is my favorite hardware company & winning something from your beloved company always feels something special.
I would use it to teach my kids how to do programming and alternative operating systems. They have mastered using windows and are comfortable dabbling into Python. I would dual boot this with Linux and start teaching them C and C++ and related variants. Also, it would be a good machine on which to build Android for my phone and our Nook Tablets. Oh, and probably put in tons of games. This laptop makes my main desktop look like a Yugo in comparison to the Ferrari-like specs of the laptop.
First off, I would definitely use it for gaming. This thing is a beast, it would be a waste not to use it as such. Secondly, I am a developer, and I've really gotten interested in developing software that takes advantage of the GPU. My desktop is still running on a 4870, so this laptop would actually be faster than my desktop--I obviously need to upgrade, but that's a story for another day.
Also, 12GB of RAM. I will make it wish it had more! My desktop at work has 16GB of RAM, and just yesterday I had it using around 11GB. Nothing like having 27 windows open, 3 of which are completely separate Visual Studio instances. I think the only "downside" to this laptop is an SSD. But I just recently purchased a Samsung 830 128GB that I have in my Mac. I may just swap the two drives, since I really only use my Mac for watching Netflix and reading AnandTech :)
I would use this laptop for a variety of things, including but not limited to: 1. Gaming (Deus Ex: Human Revolution!) 2. Hashcracking (I'm a ethical hacker in training) 3. Messing around with other Linux Distros (I'd like to see how well they work with an Nvidia card. 4. Rendering. 5. Compressing and encrypting files for long-term storage. (7z + truecrypt)
I NEED a new laptop. I game daily on my laptop (and old gateway FX wth a GeForce 9800M).
It still does the job, but after all these years, it's starting to have graphics core problems, that crash the system and it's related to the dying cooling system (very poorly designed one too GATEWAY!).
In any event, I would LOVE to have this system! I would use it every day to game on! I've been looking at MSI laptops and would LOVE to buy one, but with 2 kids, mortgage, two car payments, I can't afford to buy a new laptop just to play games.
PLEASE PICK ME MSI! Once my current 5 year old laptop dies, I don't know when I'll be able to PC game again! HELP ME!
I'd donate my Macbook Pro to my sister in college. Then I would stock up on Bawls, put Domino's on a delivery schedule and see what all the fuss is about gaming.
Would love to replace my Acer Aspire 5100. Have maxed it's RAM out at 4GB. Replaced the HD with an SSD (limited to Sata I speed). Added a USB Wireless-N to upgrade the Wireless-G. I even upgraded the CPU from 1.8Ghz 90nm to 2.2Ghz 65nm. Nothing else i can do to for it at this point.
Truly a stunning design, I would use it as an everyday work horse. From games, productivity, to editing. Post pictures of it on my FB account and take it to work everyday. (I would have the IT at work install work apps so this laptop would be the envy of executive management). Just in time too, old one died. Looking for a desktop replacement. This would be perfect!!
If I won this notebook, I would just game all day. Well, not only game, but I would use CUDA to run some computational work in the background. Think about it! A mobile research lab. O.o
With the large screen and amount of memory, I would use it as a mobile video editing station for work. Then I could fire up a game when I need a break and could take this to LAN parties.
Gaming all day long. This beauty will show its power in games! I`m sure it will exceed my expectations in all the games i`ll try if i win. It will be a shame to use this MSI jewel for office and multimedia. It will be my precious and i will be honored to have this fabulous MSI as my companion in the latest games.
I would use this laptop to infiltrate my enemies in EvE online. I would kill their alliances, steal all their assets, and then take their best players for myself. When that was not happening I would use the laptop to watch Netflix, play movies, and help the kids with their homework.
TBH I don't get "gaming laptops". How do you game without a real mouse and keyboard? Personally I think trackpads suck no matter what they're used for, and I can't imagine trying to use one for anything more complicated than Angry Birds.
You can always add an USB/Wireless Gaming KB/Mouse if you are not comfortable with the integreted ones.I always use an Wireless Laser Mouse with my laptop.
I would use it to make my friend jealous and envy me for having a more awesome and superior by design and spec laptop than his crappy Asus that he just gotten.
p.s. this army private really need a new gaming machine!
Plenty of times I've been stuck in a hotel room bored to death with nothing but hulu to pass the time. Would be awesome to be able to do real gaming for once!
So I can play Battlefield 3 while on the road at the cabin and while traveling for work! Would also use it to connect with MSI on social media and be sure to follow along and tell everyone how awesome it is!
... to game and work outside the home. Would start with a couple solar panels, then a tent, then by summer end I'd have a whole palace built around this computer. Think I'd just stay there, at that point, through fall and winter.
I never could bought a gaming laptop.I do have a laptop but you can't call an Integrated intel HD Graphics laptop as a gaming laptop as it's too weak in power hungry games.Thanks for opportunity to win.
I would finally buy a copy of Battlefield 3 at full price, instead of being so cheap and waiting for the price to drop :) BTW..I did get an email that it is 50% off digital download from Origin/EA this weekend I believe...but I still haven't gotten it yet!!!
Sitting a desktop for more than a 3 or 4 hours can be a pain so it be nice to prop myself up on the coach with a few cold drinks and sync up the laptop to the internet thru my Cisco E4200 Router and play Diablo and Everquest with my feet propped up in comfort :)
Combine pleasure and business. I would use this laptop's firepower during free time to entertain myself and my kids with any and all FPS and RPG titles, and during business hours utilize the same firepower for development and modeling of mobile health applications. Would be great to have it all in one unit!
For me, it's a no-brainer. My fiancee has been sick for 2 years now (doctors are mystified) and often needs to be laying down in bed, with diffi We play SWTOR together, not to mention other games - and gaming keeps her sane when there's not much else she can do. This would be hers - and I'll buy/build her a nice over-bed laptop stand to hold it!
If I were to win, I would use this to replace my aging Core Duo Notebook that I use for work. Mostly I do C++ development but also some gaming on the laptop. Having a quad core would certainly be a big help.
My wife's old P7811-FX is basically on its last legs, and I cannot think of a better way to replace it than with this, and right on the eve of our anniversary, too. Would love to finally be able to play Diablo III with her without her system hardware locking at random. I'd even be jealous. Steelseries keyboard, 3rd gen Intel core i7, premium audio, and 3GB GTX 670M? Yes, please!
No matter who wins, this is a tremendous machine and a terrific prize. Good luck, all, and thank you AnandTech and MSI!
Take it to classes for notes and looking at my own copy of the slides. Playing games, including up to date ones my desktop struggles with. Web browsing, e-mail, etc.
My partner and I have been saving up for a couple of laptops for D3 and GW2 later this year. It'd be a great help to win this computer. Then we'd be able to pick up a companion machine and spend some quality time together, even when one of us is away from home. I've never been lucky at these types of giveaways but hey, you never know! :)
Simply put, the MSI GT70 is an impressive notebook. The specs are amazing and leaves room for a large range of applications. In keeping with MSI's core values of style and innovation, this notebook would serve as a means for me to revolutionize the world around me through hardware and software design. Whether it's used for building apps or conducting research, this notebook provides all the key tools necessary to not only innovate, but do so with its own style. Video editing and web design are just some examples of how a well executed and unique stlye can bring the best of any project. This notebook would also allow people to enjoy the innovations and style of others. The entertainment industry brings people around the world together and having this notebook ensures the user that whatever game, movie or music they are enjoying is a true representation of the vision put forth by the creator. Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope you have a great day!
I would give this laptop to my brother so he'll have a laptop to last him through the rest of high school and college and then give his laptop to my girlfriend who is sorely in need of an upgrade.
I would use this to win at EVERYTHING.....and then I would rest. PFFFFT, Rest is for the weak, I would win at everything and then I would WIN SOME MORE!
The outstanding hardware specs will allow for years of portable gaming and just about any other computer use scenario imaginable. I'd use it as a "touchstone" for software/hardware comparisons for various useage models for a very long time - and continue along in Skyrim until the next masterpiece comes along. This machine will likely excecute that with aplomb too.
I should win, this would be the most advanced tech in my neighborhood, let alone my home. I'd use it to further distract me from school work. I'm addicted to video games and gaming news but haven't had anything capable of playing them in years.
I would use this piece of technology to learn how to do cgi and learn how to make software. i would also like to learn how to make games and level design. Thank you for reading.
I'd play all the games I'm missing out on b/c of console gaming.....probably at a cafe so they'll kick me out before I hit a 6hr straight run of loopyness.
I'd finally have a notebook worthy of getting back into gaming and it would be a great upgrade from this 4 year old laptop I'm working on now which I use for everything computing wise..
I would use this notebook to give to my 8 yr old son who has just become interested in gaming. He really enjoys Minecraft and oddly enough.. Left for Dead 2. I think this laptop would excel at both games and his homework. ;-)
This would be a great portable gaming PC, but it also seems like a perfect bridge station for ARTEMIS (http://www.artemis.eochu.com/). Too bad the giveaway isn't a six-pack!
It would be my first mobile computer! I've always just had desktops, this would be a new experience for me and I would certainly take full advantage of it's gaming capabilities.
I would use this computer to be able to sit and relax and watch movies. I could also browse the web and shop online much faster. i could also let my kids and grandkids use it too and not be embarrassed by it. It looks so nice.
This is a full featured laptop which blows my mind away when i see the specifications.I would be highly obliged & very much thankful to Anandtech & MSI if i win this.
demote my decrepit C2D desktop to the rank of noisy file server forever cast into whatever level of Hell which old electronics are sent. It also would probably keep my cup of coffee warm in between games, too. :)
MSI :- Please let me upgrade my system.i am still using a 8 year old computer & can really use an upgrade which is so special.thanks for consideration.
This would be a useful workstation where I would be able to run some intense vector graphics algorithms. Oh, and clean the plate of Mabinogi and Skyrim simultaneously. But that's secondary...
Id use this laptop to get all the ladies at the club, or at least Starbucks, or maybe just the local library. One look at my amazing baller laptop and they would be unable to resist me. It will also serve as a weapon to fend them off when their numbers grow to large. This, or I would just play games all day.
Upon winning this GT70 Ivy Bridge Gaming Notebook I will dominate many a gamer using inferior Asus gaming laptops. In addition, I will complete my games so fast I will be able to complete my College assignments on time. However, there may be a need to use this heavy weight in self defense, fending off my jealous friends, family, and enemies.
i'd use this in my classroom, (I teach middle school math). My entire class is done in OSX, and iOS on multiple iPads and MacBooks. It'd be killer to expose students to a powerful device that's not made by apple.
....ok, you get the idea. Stuff like this is what I can do for YOU, & should I be that Lucky Someone, I will pledge my undying fealty to MSI. Every fiber of my being, & every smidgen of my trusty laptops silicon, shall be passionately, tirelessly, OBSESSIVELY given over to enveloping the masses with such prosaic purple praise.
On the other hand,,,if you think I basically suck canal water & stiff me on the kit, well, I can pledge every fiber of my being, & every smidgen of my wheezing, chattering hard drive, to passionately, tirelessly, OBSESSIVELY doing basically the same thing, but in the lobby of your offices. Everyday. ALL day!
I would use this to replace an ancient 7 year old laptop that serves as my hometheater PC right now. I really need a new laptop and the specs are right up the alley for portable gaming :)
I would throw it in my backpack and carry it around to work on ships all around Alaska. I am enjoying my MSI X460DX which is a perfect combination of power and portability, but having a 670M video card would take care of maxing out the settings on the newest games. Playing Diablo 3, Skyrim, Deus Ex Human Revolution and would like to try Kingdoms Of Amalur. Maybe some Metro 2033 at high settings.
I work about 8 months a year on ships so a good laptop is really important.
I would use it for gaming, schoolwork, watching movies, listening to music, chatting, browsing the internet... too many possibilities with the MSI notebook! Thanks!
I am currently in school for a CIS degree and would find this notebook incredibly useful. The processor and memory would help a lot with my programming assignments and projects. The large screen is great because while at school the laptop is all I have, it is pretty much a portable desktop. The large hard drive capacity would be invaluable, between the various programs required for the work I do, the actual projects that add up over time, utilities that make life easier, and research items, my current hard drive on my computer is barely enough. And lets not forget that this is a gaming machine. In my off time, while away from my home computer, this would be a magnificent distraction when I need a breather from work. Up till now I have always had to settle for budget machines, no dedicated graphics, small, short on features, and under powered, it would be a nice change to get a real machine like the MSI GT70.
I could use it for gaming (and probably will) but I have to be real, I'm about to go to school for visual art and I'd need a rig that could tolerate 3d rendering and video encoding. This could do it definitely. Maybe I'll be able to play before school starts and after finals?
to play Diablo 3 and other current/future games, do homework, read Anandtech :P. My only computer right now is a Core 2 Duo MacBook (not pro!) with a seriously ailing battery. It can't play much more demanding than Diablo 2 :P.
to show off to all of my friends and fellow gamers. First by making a youtube video for unpackaging this beast. second by loading up my steam account and testing all of my games. Third by making every post of my facebook about my new gaming machine for next 4 weeks!
Hi, I am a women gamer in my late 40's and would love to have this gaming laptop to play my favorite MMORPG's on. LOTRO, GuildWars2, possibly TSW, and if Archage ever comes to the US I would be first in line to pick that game up sounds to be just the sand box type of game I am looking for. Thank you in advance if I am the lucky winner!!!
I'd use it for everything! And specifically for games that my current laptop can't come close to playing like BF3, DiRT3/Showdown, Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim, etc.
My old Core Duo (1) laptop is 6 years old and still rock solid from outside, but the CPU utilization does not go under %25 in win 7 and stays constantly on 100 as soon as i open youtube. I used to play nice games on this machine 5 years ago.
I will have to say , this is the best laptop in this price segment.I want to have this because my laptop is old & can't keep up doing most of the games i throw at it.An upgrade will be highly appreciated.
I would use it to program and game on the go... I have wanted a good laptop for a really long time, but i just don't have the cash to buy a decent one.
I think the better question is what -wouldn't- I use it for? Watch HD videos in the morning. Render high definition videos during the day and play some games at night. The best part about it? I could do it where ever I want, since the GT70 is a portable notebook powerhouse.
I have a laptop, but the kids are pretty much always using it for schoolwork or entertainment. It would be great to have such a high powered laptop that was JUST FOR DADDY! :)
My laptop is going to die soon.It's a fact.Just few days ago i had to repair some parts of it which took me around $150 to repair.I can very well use an upgrade.
I travel frequently for work, meaning I spend usually a month at a time living in a hotel. This would be great for being able to do my work in the hotel room and of course gaming.
I'd use it for light browsing and office work..... or mobile gaming that's more powerful than my desktop. I think you know which one I'll really be using it for :)
I'd give this notebook to my wife. I work at home and watching her play games helps the work day go by quickly. Although watching her play Xbox games is fun, I'm a PC gamer at heart. The problem is, her netbook doesn't support any recent games. This computer would probably be the most powerful that either of us has ever owned.
With a GTX670 this is quite the notebook. First thing to do is through a nice funtoo install on this baby and I'll be all set on the mobile side when steam for linux comes out.
With those specs, anything is possible! I would love to experience gaming on a portable PC. I wouldn't have to lug around my desktop and monitor to my friends house. Just thinking about carrying one item makes me giddy. Amazing giveaway, you guys are awesome.
First thing I would do is install microsoft security essentials to protect this beast. Then I'd probably install steam and immerse myself in the beatiful lands of skyrim!
Being that I'm an AVID gamer I would definitely use it to play my favorite games on the go. Currently I am in school for personal training so inbtween using this laptop to take notes and write papers I would brave the dungeons of Skyrim and kill hellspawn in Diablo 3. Thanks for the chance at such an amazing prize:)
i'd use this for gaming on the go mostly, after all this laptop was built for that task, and it seems like it will run any game at high quality very smoothly; killer machine!
I would use this gaming notebook from MSI to rule the gaming world! I will be traveling a lot this year, and this laptop would allow me to keep gaming in the hotel!
so, its been a thing between my ex and i to play games together, and usually my macbook was good enough to run wow, which is what we used to play. But when i went to go and play diablo 3 with him, it wouldn't even boot. So that is what i would use the laptop for, to play diablo 3 with my ex and hopefully its what will bring us close again.This laptop would be my wat back to the guy i love.
I'm making games using Unity 3D, Maya, and Visual Studio. Those programs are quite taxing on my 3 year old MacBook Pro. This notebook sounds like a perfect development machine. So not only would I play lots of games on it, I would create them too.
Same here.I want to play the biggest game of recent times.The Diablo III.This laptop will blow my desktop away with the hardwares it contains.Also Diablo III on a Go would be pretty cool .
Man, this thing is a beast. I'm running a 3+ year old laptop right now. I deploy a lot so laptops are a must. I was looking for an upgrade. This would be a great replacement.
This computer would be a huge step up from my T41p Think Pad. It would be like comparing a tricycle to a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. I play a lot of backgammon using the program eXtreme Gammon, and it takes my IBM forever to do rollouts and it is extremely sluggish in selecting the best plays to the point of frustration. The MSI GT70 would be crazy cool to have!
If my girlfriend and I are lucky enough to win this notebook, she gets it as her new primary system so we can game together. Guild Wars 2, Diablo 3! Portal 2 and Minecraft are on deck, but with a system this powerful... maybe, just maybe, we can both play the Arma II mod, Day Z!!
I'd use this to Game on the go ofcourse. it'd come especially handy for the summer since work gets very slow. I can't do much gaming with integrated graphics. This would be amazing to have.
I'd use this laptop as a performing softsynth, mainly of Native Instruments Komplete 8 and Kore. Now if it just had a touchscreen and twice the memory (RAM and hdd) you'd really have something to get torked about. 12GB RAM is nice, but samplers like Kontakt can still eat that for breakfast and want more.
i have always loved playing top tier video games on the go and for a laptop with that kind of GPU it would be so awesome just to have that with you all day.with that kind of sound quality and storage capacity i would be listening to my favorite songs and i'll be watching HD movies until my eyes can no long take the awesomeness. and finally with a 720p HD Webcam will mean that i'm always close to my family where ever i may be .
I bought my current computer from Micron at the end of 1998. I upgraded the CPU to a 1.4 Ghz Celeron 2. I maxed out the memory at 384 MB. I don't recall how much memory is on the graphics card, but it is an NVIDIA Riva TNT (remember those?).
The old Micron has been a reliable workhorse, but I desperately want to play some modern games.
Playing just about any game at the highest setting possible. I love that this system is designed for gaming from the ground up. It would be great for spending time in hotels or on the patio this summer.
I would use this blazing fast laptop to play games Shogun 2 and post comments on tech sites like anandtech all while waiting out somewhere while on call for work
What, oh what, could, would and should I use such a grand piece of mechanical electronic equipment as this that is the MSI GT70 laptop computer? I SHOULD use it for gaming, photo and video editing, mobile-blogging and general everyday usage. I COULD use it for each of those reasons and more. I WOULD use it for each and every one of those reasons and of course any other that I would come across, such as it being the primary computer I would use for my stop-motion and traditional-style animation work. That would also fall in line with video editing and rendering, as well as photo editing, but would also entail a lot of audio editing and production as well. I am sure I would rather often use it for playing some of the greatest games on the market, including the still-awesome Battlefield 3, Dead Island, amongst others, but I wouldn't allow those to take up my entire time using said computer. It's powerful, robust and very fast as well, and I would scream like a giddy little school girl if I were to win it, lol. Either way, thank you for the opportunity, and good luck to all of us who enter!
I would use it to replace my aging HP laptop. Use it along with my tablet when I'm on a long international flight. Tablet for movie watching, and this notebook for a game of Skyrim if possible.
MSI is one of my favorite brand.The quality and design of products make msi one of the leading companies all over the world.I have 2x gtx 560ti 1x gtx 570 1x mobo Z77A-G45 and i plan to buy a msi gtx 670. Hope to win this laptop to continue to play their favorite games when I am away from home and work my favorite applications while they are away from work..
.....crush the will of my opposition, and bend the multitudes to my will.......and play Sim City 5 when it comes out......and transcode lots (read: terabytes) of video.
Primarily for its intended purpose: to crush my online enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women. Well, mostly the first and second part, not so much the last part.
Save my marriage! This laptop will give me the gaming power I need to move my evening entertainment activities to the master bedroom. I would be able to "watch" any of a variety of reality tv shows with my wife while simultaneously fragging away in the latest FPS game of choice or running down a quest in the latest rpg. This laptop has the goods to power any new game out there and gives me the mobility I need to snuggle up with my better half killing two birds with one stone!
I would replace my desktop computer with it. It's a lot more powerful and I would rather have it mobile than stuck at a desk. A mobile gaming platform would really be nice.
I want this notebook so that I can finally play all those PC games that I've been collecting for the past 5 years, and waiting for the time when I can afford a PC good enough to play them at full settings.
A friend of mine was talking about hosting a LAN party. I haven't been to one in forever, but lugging around my desktop doesn't seem as appealing these days. A gaming notebook would certainly make life easier. Of course, if we play Diablo III, we still have to go through battle.net. But hey, that's life.
I didn't want him to spend his money to buy a laptop. So I gave him my 1 year old machine and as one of friends said, "You will never use all the resources on this computer." It is a very nice l/top.
I've been using my smartphone ever since and would like to back to normal typing.
I also want to quit my desktop pc & start to use this because it's portable , runs on battery.SO, i can bring it anywhere i want to & still able to handle everything i will throw at it. :)
My life is no longer tethered to my desktop from 1996 and the games I love to play (and where I play them) aren't available for my PS3, so this laptop would be the perfect answer to crushing in actual sunlit areas area real people!
...to put my other machine out to pasture. Seriously--in order to make my existing machine work, you have to run software in the background, tinker with the BIOS to disable its crazy thermal throttle and pray to whatever deities you hold dear it doesn't melt through whatever you have it set on. While herk-jerking through a game like Starcraft II.
I am part gamer, part developer, and I would use the awesome performance to great effect for both purposes. This would be the perfect way to make my Warcraft gaming top notch AND do serious OpenCL work.
surf more/better pron. Surveys show that a gtx 670m loads pron 42% faster than gpus from AMD. 'nuff said! Oh, um, and I might play some games on it, too.
I'd most likely use this as my primary computer, so I'd be running CAD, rendering images, editing video, playing games (as one would do on a Gaming Series notebook), and messing around with audio editing and recording.
I would use this notebook by throwing out my desktop computer and settling into some awesome gaming, working, playing, socializing, and exploring.
Thanks MSI for letting us all have a chance to own this beast. If a friend brings over some underpowered lame laptop I'm worried this baby would dominate and devour it. Then my wimpy friend with his wimpy laptop would expect me to replace it. I'm afraid I would have to put this MSI in it's own cage and only let it out when we both want to have some serious play.
To play Battlefield 3 close quarters in full 1080p. According to notebook check the gtx 670m should run Battlefield 3 at around 47 fps at high settings.
I can use this while on road or out of city.I can't lug my desktop with me & just in this case , this powerful laptop fits the bill.I will play games , watching videos , Music listening , surfing internet & much more.Please let me have this.Thank.
I would use this laptop for doing my school projects like typing reports as I rarely game. Only about one to three days a month when I really look back at my gaming habits, but maybe a new faster stronger PC will help. It looks sturdy enough, so I might take it to school to show off them cool led lights on the keyboard. I hope it doesn't run hot as I actually get a tube of ice encased in plastic made for them water bottles and put it on top of the exhaust vent to keep the temperatures down. Maybe I should resort to playing outside in the winter when it's freezing cold. But I mainly plan using it to read tech sites, browse the internet, and type up reports with a little gaming over the breaks and extended weekends. Should be useful for typing my 20 pages semesterly essays. Seems like a good laptop I would definitely like to have and am.
I most definitely need a new laptop for business and leisure.
I would finally be able to retire my very old 8 year old Fujitsu Lifebook, which has given me very good usage.
I have dismantled it several times to apply quality thermal paste, replaced 2 LCD screens and 3 hard drives.
The ATI Radeon chip with 64 MB of RAM is not good for playing any new games, and it would be a welcomed pleasure to use a REAL gaming system!
I use Photoshop and Sound Forge for business. For leisure I listen to a variety of music (Lifebook's left speaker has blown out), and burn DVDs through an external USB optical drive, since my onboard DVD burner is not functioning.
I was planning on purchasing this very MSI laptop anyway, which is how I happened to find this giveaway via a search.
If I got this it would save me $700-800 that I would be looking to spend to replace my current laptop (a Toshiba with a Penryn Core 2 Duo, besides being old it has horrible integrated graphics). this would be a welcome gain because in addition to all the nice hardware (CPU and GPU) this laptop would be a major improvement in battery life, other reviews give it 5 the MSI laptop 5 hours in comparison to mines measly 2 hours (not good for college if you are commuting). Also money saved on a replacement laptop could go to maybe getting a nVidia 670 for my desktop. (also an nVidia fan that fact that this has nVidia parts is a great bonus.)
In short this laptop would be major upgrade from what I have currently and getting it would allow me to focus on upgrading my desktop (my primary computer).
I would use this notebook to return from the gaming abyss that has been tormenting me for the past few years. I've never been able to afford a decent gaming rig. I've always had to buy low end and play games at minimum graphic setting while still getting low frame rates. Now we have been blessed by Blizzard with Diablo III and my laptop isn't even up to minimum standards so I can't even buy it until I can get a better computer. So if I had this notebook, I would buy myself a copy of of Diablo III for my upcoming birthday, and it would be a rebirth of my gaming career which would be to first step in my rise to power on my way towards world domination.
I have to travel 2 weeks of every month. If I win this, I'll create a Guild Wars 2 PvP character that I will use every time I play on this laptop. What shall I name this dominating character? MSI GT70.
My cube at work may become an intense battlefield with guns blazing, bullets whizzing by, grenades popping, and my team yelling flank, flank! My office at the house might be a speedway where my bike zips pass the stands only a mere .002 seconds behind that guy in 1st as we constantly battle between a tenth a second. My couch could even serve as a hub for intergalatic takeover. When one game loads an "Angry Bird" might kill a pig or two or even one my "Trial's" bikes might find a win or two or a crash or alot. Either way I see myself gaming immensly and even more than i thought possible (more than i do now) as a winnner of this laptop.
To replace my aging desktop. This system should easily outclass my old AMD system, and stop all the complaints about performance from the other members of the family (from zanga games no less!), let alone when I want to get Diablo III. My poor old 780G system would probably crawl during the credits. LOL.
to play games, to keep in touch with my parter who lives 2,000 miles away, and to let my eight year old watch 'My Little Pony' on Netflix. it could also replace my work computer and I'd have something that wouldn't bog down using MS Access databases and large Excel spreadsheets.
I might even see if I still have any interest in playing Harpoon...
If i really win this notebook , i will donate my desktop to the local children's school & will use this as my primary computer for gaming & video editing.
The wife loves her computer. She would use this one to manage finances, pay the bills, manage the home automation (I love that!), and burn a little time on a game or two.
Her current laptop, an HP, is old and she is on her third battery which is already down to holding only one minute of charge (again!)... So she has a real need.
I would give this notebook to my wife. By day she is a graphic designer and is in need of a faster laptop with more storage. The GT70's design is perfect this way in that it's power is harnessed in a design that is professional enough to take to clients to show them her work.
By night both of us are pvp mmo gamers. Next up for us is Guild Wars 2, and being able to play it without having to minimize settings or bump down to a non-native resolution would be wonderful.
When I work from home, which happens quite often, I use my desktop. But it, or its hard drive, contains so much stuff I can get distracted by, so that once the machine is on, my productivity goes down to hell. I tried to work with my 3 year old laptop, but not being a great one 3 years ago already, it's too weak to meet my demands. With this MSI machine, I'll be able to work at home without much distraction and at the same time without sacrificing performance!
Current laptop is a crappy HP it is burning my crouch as we speak runs at about 90 degrees C. I am tethered to a wall since the battery ran out. And to top it all off It gets BSoD alot. I can barely run minesweeper. I will never be able to suckle upon the sweet nectar of Diablo 3 or BF3. Help me MSI your my only hope.
This laptop has some serious horsepower. My roommate recently got this new 17" ASUS laptop like half a year ago. I would use this to make him cry. lol. Oh and play the hell out of diablo 3 (no pun intended)
I'm at a point of wandering around with barely any time to use my desktop so I need something to take with me that will handle my gaming and design on the go. Never had a laptop before.
I may not play more than one game every couple of years, but I can tell you having this computer would make a HUGE difference in my life when you add in the Biomolecular Simulation and Bioinformatics classes I'll be in during the fall. Not to mention the instructional videos I'm suppose to be creating for my IT job over the summer, this would greatly speed up the speed of that as opposed to using my sub-par laptop I have right now xP
...Oh and I might squeeze in a bit of time on Diablo III thanks to my family's multiple 1 year subscriptions to WoW :P
I would use this laptop to plan and execute my long but as of yet unrealized dream of ruling the world. You need this kind of portable computing power in order to properly utilize all of your command and control to execute this nefarious plan.
I would use this notebook for multimedia, high resolution gaming, CAD, and programming. The 12GB of RAM could be useful for a RAM Disk for compiling my programs
I am in need for a new laptop because my current notebook crashes all the time due to a problem that can't be fixed. The problem is related to the GPU.
I could use the laptop for LAN parties instead of having to lug around heavy old desktop! That would make it so much easier for me as my old desktop is a full tower. :(
I would use this notebook to impress all my friends with how shiny it is! I am a student, and I want to get into computer animation and modelling. Unfortunately I can't lug my desktop computer to class, where the computers at school are missing some valuable software, so I sometimes have to bring my four-year-old Core 2 Duo laptop. It renders about as fast as my Ti-84 graphic calculator plays Minecraft. Hint: not fast. If I won the laptop, I would use it to help me peruse my dream of being a 3D Environment Modeler!
This would replace the old Pentium 4 system that's sitting on my desk right now. It would get rid of the clutter and I would get a dual monitor setup in the process!
I would use this notebook as a desktop replacement, I already have a very good gaming rig, but this would be even better, I could pretty much play my games anywhere I want and have the versatility of a notebook. Would definitely complement me playing Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, and the upcoming Guild Wars 2!
I've been longing to finally get rid of my desktop and replace it with something super solid that I can game with. If I were to win, I'd get rid of my old huge computer desk, get something sleek and narrow, and put this bad boy right on top of it. And then finally finish Skyrim with it. :-)
Where did my comment go from yesterday! This laptop would be a huge improvement over my paltry Thinkpad T41p. I would use this massive notebook to speed along my backgammon rollouts and crush the imbeciles that are arrogant enough to play me.
...for just about anything and everything it could possibly be used for, including but not limited to: Gaming, 3D animation Apps, 2D animation Apps, illustration Apps, video editing Apps, web browsing, streaming video, 3d sculpting, photo retouching, editing of my website, and impressing friends and family with my good fortune... various other tasks like writing scripts and screenplays, planning trips and budgeting projects for work and home... ummm... I am sure I am missing a few things here but that's a start right?
... in ways I can't even begin to imagine, as I'd likely unfold the lid and immediately be stunned into a slack-jaw stupor of amazement at what my eyes have beheld.
I'd use this laptop to replace a rack mounted PC I use for audio production. It is sorely in need of replacement, and this would cut close to 100 pounds from my rack!
With my second deployment coming up later this year I'd hate to get out of the gaming/technology loop again. Having a great laptop with me this time would allow me to keep in touch with family and friends. Being able to play the latest and greatest games wouldn't hurt either... One question though. Can it play crysis 3?
I'd definitely use the laptop to fill in the free time I have while awaiting medical discharge from the military. Long periods of looking for job opportunities and the even longer time of awaiting responses will go buy so much faster. Would love to have so much power available.
And then I could retire the Compaq to PLC programming work on the shop floor. The new one would get the comfy office programming chores and should make short work of the PIC compiles.
I would run vmware converter on my work laptop and run the image from this beast. I would then be able to work and play at the same time. Who needs a lenovo when you have this one?
Fixing old junk laptops to use wont cut it anymore, This Laptop would literally take over my work tasks, kill all of my CPE school needs, & crap over any game I throw at it, along with my video editing hobby on the side... MSI = Heaven!!!
I would use this machine to play rfactor 1 and rfactor 2. Those are my games of choice and it looks like it would be a worthy machine to race with them on.
My kids game all the time on my existing crappy dell notebook. I would let them use this to play mine craft/etc and stop the cries of LAG!!! every 5 minutes. This thing looks awesome.
I would use it for exactly what it was built for ....GAMES, movies, web surfing, GAMES, pr0n (hey let's be honest here), and saving my sanity when not dealing with my wonderful kids + demon ex-wife.
This would be a blessing to get an updated notebook and not the old thingy Im typing on. Thanks Anny for doing all these giveaways. That is a great looking notebook. Hope it can run Battlefield 3..........................................Thats such a sexy notebook. Wish I could afford one..LOLOL Good luck everyone.
My wife is in desperate need of an upgrade, but I've been waiting for the new generation of components to come out. Poor thing has been stuck with an old, heavy, ugly "Dell" style laptop that really needs to be tossed out a window!
I would use this to play online game, beta test all the new games coming out. Capture the game play, and edit the video. Do some photoshop. Take it out to go play at the library, cafe and places. Watch movies anywhere.
If I won this laptop, I would use it to play video games until my fingers became hobbled with arthritis and my eyeballs fell out of their sockets. I might use it for work, too, but I can't make any promises on that front. Just arthritic fingers and fallen eyeballs.
I would use the laptop for actual work. I haven't had a useable PC in a few years and need a new one for work, cad, etc and home for games....and I really need a fix of real gaming. I just can't deal with console gaming anymore. My PC roots are calling.
While tis would be overkill for d3, it's my current time-killer right now and I'd be using this laptop to catch up to my friends who are all ready on inferno.
Pure epic gaming, unconfined from my desktop area, stream hd movies all in the comfort from my bed, student workstation able to run the demanding software i would otherwise need the computer lab for, finish programming my indie game on this, and use this beastly weapon to slapp chuck norris across the face!
I would use this notebook to pwn noobs in Diablo III on the go, thanks to the epic hardware at my disposal. I would also make a youtube video showing off the unboxing and setup of this laptop so all my enemies will be jelly. Also, all your base will belong to me!
I would love to get this system for my wife . we couldnt afford to upgrade her pc and mine this year so she let me upgrade mine and we upgrade hers next year. This would solve the problem and make her happy as she really wants a laptop.
I'm in college and my previous laptop, with Nvidia 8700M GT SLI's, just had a fan begin failing and cannot be used due to heat. Now I get the sweet choice of spending $200+ on replacing the same outdated, never very impressively performing graphics in a 4 year old laptop, or waiting for back to school season to hopefully get a good deal on a new laptop.
This MSI laptop blows anything I could afford out of the water, and I'd love to have it, especially for gaming.
I purchased my Gateway P7811FX in September 2008 to play Diablo 3. The sales clerk told me is was releasing in a few months. Well, here we are 4 years later, and my lil Core 2 Duo and 512Mb GPU won't keep up as the game finally released.
So, to circumvent buying another high end gaming laptop to play, as Charlie Sheen would say, WINNING one would be great
Hmm...If it had an Express Card you can easily hook up a desktop GTX 670 to it and that would totally pwn the GTX 670M... Running a real GTX 670 on my ThinkPad now, thanks to Express Card.
I'd give it to my friend who can't play Diablo3 with us because his laptop is too slow. And convince him that Apple doesn't sell all the best hardware!
My current laptop has a p4 and cannot really be used for more than my kids reports, i,d love a new laptop that would enable me to plat Diablo III, Max Payne, and log favorites like the unreal and Quake games!
With the power this laptop has, I would use it along with a flux capacitor to increase the horsepower and gas mileage of my Mazda. I would then have time to play a few games as I would be early to all my appointments for work. Brilliant!
I would use this laptop for keeping in touch and playing games when traveling. For home use, even more gaming, and also curling up in bed to watch movies or lazily talk to people!
I would use this notebook to play some of the new games that I can't play otherwise, because my current setup is not capable of playing even Battlefield 3. I would also use this laptop for school which I will be starting in the fall. I currently create things in Cinema 4D but it is very hard considering my slow setup with rendering times and what not. Winning this laptop would greatly help me in pursuing my career goals & reliving some stress. :)
I'll finally be able to work my 50 GBs of Media (Photos, videos, audio recordings) that i recorded in a year at a Local Theme park. Rip my DVD's to be playble on a portable device. Play Starcraft II. Give my netbook to my parents for internet browsing.
I want this laptop to increase my productivity for day to day use. Never used a laptop since birth. I have played many games though like PS3, PS2 & other old legacy games.
I'd replace my badly aging 6 year old dell laptop. It's still running winxp and can barely surf the internet. It barely runs diablo2 but it makes a wonderful doorstop and table leg fixer.
I'd love to be able to take my gaming elsewhere in the house as opposed to being shackled to my desktop in the kitchen (core i7-920, msi x58 mobo). And my daughter (aged 3) can play bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies in the living room with daddy on the couch.
Having 2 little girls, there's no way I can afford a new laptop right now, and would be eternally grateful if I could win this one. Thank you.
i would use this notebook to play games and check mails/ works stuff comfortable lying in bed when at home, on the train going and coming back from work and as private pc at work cause pcs here sucks
to finally get all my work done. I have had a strong and steady desktop that has served me for nearly 9 years, and as wonderful as it is, it is falling under with performance and reliability. I used to have the MSI gx620, but ever since my apartment got broken into, I am now stuck with working on my this-here desktop again. I have moved on to university, and studying editing and montage in film is a pretty strenuous task for my desktop. Editing takes a long time, with stuttering images and choppy performance, rendering takes FOREVER! This laptop would be my new mobile powerhouse that can finally help me get my things done by deadline. I would also use this as my source of entertainment. Being a lower-middleclass freshman, I live at home with my parents, yet I have nothing really to do here. Suburbs of NC are kind of boring for now. I could invite friends over, hook this up to one of their projectors, watch movies and play our favorite games, from classical SNES to modern titles that I hear this laptop can play, like my favorite, Battlefield 3 and Arkham City. With all the bad luck going around lately, maybe some good luck will smile at me.
My 9 year old son currently has a Dell Mini 9. It is very game challenged. In fact, it's pretty challenged in most ways. We would use this laptop to play Minecraft multiplayer on our own private network. As my little boy would put it, "Way cool."
I would need this laptop to make 3D Animations.I would use softwares like 3DSMax , Adobe Premiere Pro , Protool etc.In the meantime I will also be playing some of my favorite games.
I am amazed that you still restrict these giveaways to US residents. It flies in the face of the international customer base you must have. It really says we are not very important to you.
I'm a graduate student and have used CUDA for years to reduce compute time. My current research involves simulations that take hours to days. I have a general strategy on how I think I can speed this up with CUDA parallel processing. With this laptop's NVidia GPU and 12 GB of RAM, I can actually implement this. May sound lame now, but when I take some execution time from 30 minutes to 30 sec, that's pretty awesome.
That laptop looks kick a$%! I've been out of the PC gaming scene for the last few years & have been squeezing by with an aging Xbox360. With this I would finally be able to play modern PC games in all of their visual glory!!
I generally play games on my PC which has a Geforce 6200 AGP Graphic card 7 as many of you know , this only supports upto Directx9.So, I could never play any newer gen games because for that you need to have either Dx10 or Dx11 support.
This laptop packs some serious punch.if i get it , i will never need another computer ever because it will satisfy every demands of mine.
to shut my wife up about how it is not fair my desktop can run Diablo III and her laptop keeps shutting itself off after 10 mins of play ( it is 5 years old and the cpu can't be upgraded).
I would use the laptop for all my military deployments, video gaming, Skyping with friends and family and reading Anandtech while away would keep me very happy in la la land!
I would give this notebook to our Grandson who has been wanting a high end GPC for a while now. He just moved to NM from OH and gaming is one of the few ways he still has contact with his OH friends. He has gotten straight A's as long as I can remember and has been recognized by his school every year for his accomplishments. His passions are baseball and PC gaming but his gaming has been relegated to hand me down laptops. I can not express how much winning this laptop would mean to him and all of us by showing him how proud we are of him!
I want to have an upgrade really soon because my old laptop has started failing on me.I would be able to use this MSI GT70 for all my work & leisure purposes.
I'd probably use this most to play games while still allowing my primary desktop to work on stuff and I can switch back and forth without interrupting either.
I am just now getting back into PC gaming after a 6+ year hiatus (had a kid). My old desktop ran a MSI motherboard that I absolutely loved. Unfortunately my gaming time is limited to what time I can squeak out on the old slow family MacBook. Winning this killer GT70 0NC would be unbelievable. The configurable steelseries backlit keyboard looks amazing! Really hankering to play some Diablo 3 and Max Payne 3! Fingers and toes are crossed...
as a portable editing rig for my production company when I stay at my ladies every other night of the week, so basically it would increase my productivity two fold. Yes please.
My husband told me to come in and post a comment to help him win this laptop. SCREW HIM!!! I want it. It can replace that crappy almost 3 years old I3 he bought me. Cheap ass. I told him I need a good laptop that can do Photoshop and picture editing.
Crap that didnt work. I would upgrade my current MSI laptop that is moving in on 4 years old. Hand that one down to the kids as it is still a fine computer, just cant play the new stuff (Core Duo 8900, 4GB and 9800M 512MB). Would be nice to have one to play on while on business trips.
I will use the citrix to view all the scans of patients instead of my old macbook. I am aspiring medicine student and I will be able to do better videos and pictures of those scans which will enable my professor to have a better presentation. It will reflect on my letter of recommendation.
To explore the limits of human understanding, to overcome barriers of race and gender to improve the human condition, to discover the singularity, and to play the heck out of Skyrim, Witcher 2, and DIablo III.
For the past two years I’ve been using my net book as a laptop. Although it has a great battery life, I am sorely in the need for something that can run VMs and my net book is not the answer. It would be nice to be able to play some decent games on it too.
Been looking around for a high res, high power system to allow me to run many virtual machines while also allowing me to play games at high quality settings without having to compromise for performance. This would fit the bill perfectly!
I gave away my last laptop to my aunt in Vietnam so she can share with my little cousins over there, it was a crappy 11 inch dell but it was all that I had. If I had this laptop I would bring it back to Vietnam later this year, teach my cousins how to play games and watch movies, over there they don't have access to regular things like we do.
I would use this computer to 1 I would program cuda, for Nvidia new architecture. Hopefully they now have more blocks to issue. 2 I would use this computer to play Diablo 3 and starcraft 2 and crysis as well. 3 I would use this computer to run research workloads on Linux and construct the computer with my desktop to form a linux cluster.
The light up keyboard and well-designed chassis is just the start to something that will laugh at titles like Skyrim and Arkham City with a Nvidia 670m (3 GBs of VRAM).
I would use it for both work and play. I teach computer repair at a charter High School and am an avid gamer. I host LAN parties at the school to raise money for our vocational programs.
to be able to play all the games my current computer can not handle or play at reasonible graphics level! im tired of playing new games on low settings!
This would surpass my current respectable Lenovo i5, 8GB of RAM machine and in a good way - put on Ableton, run as many VSTs and effects and such as desired, run real-time video output to make it also be able to run in a club / projector setting, and turn up the volume while the APC40 glows and the keys sound amazing.
I'd use the laptop to finish my computer science research (Kalman filters) so I can graduate and get a real job. Oh and to smash a few more demons on Diablo 3 also. I was looking for a new laptop, so this would be great timing.
My laptop is either on my lap in the living room or on the TV stand playing Hulu, YouTube clips, etc. I use it for everything, but it's an old piece of junk. It would be really nice to get something I could use for everything I do with my current laptop, and that would play games too!
I would give up frivolous things, like eating, sleeping, and having a social life. MY PRECIOUSSS.
...but actually, I would play games the way they were meant to be played, with visuals in all their glory. I would multitask with windows side by side (to fill out those tedious med school applications), and watch movies in beautiful HD, while my friends envy my beast of a notebook and hatch a plot to obtain the one notebook to rule them all.
i have always loves racing sims like pCARS and iracing, but i do not have a computer to be able to have fun with all the other dedicated racers out there. And with some great titles coming out soon, i wont be able to race because i dont have the power. I think it would be great to be able to finally prove myself on the track and not worry about my frames and stuttering:) Thanks for a great giveaway and i can only hope to win and good luck to everyone else:)
playing Diablo 3 with my girlfriend. She's currently suffering through the game on her Macbook Pro at about 5-10 FPS on average. Anyone playing with her can tell her computer is chugging very badly trying to keep up with the game. She desperately needs an upgrade.
Wow! I was always hoping for getting one of these bad ass laptops!
I would play on it StarCraft II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2, Crysis Warhead, Aliens vs Predator, Lost Planet 2, & Resident Evil 5!
I have been an avid gamer for over a decade. Recently I returned to college and I would use this laptop to, not only play games, but also as a tool to secure my degree. I have a 4.0 average after my first semester returning and I am on course to continue that gpa in my second semester. I have learned HTML/CSS and am currently learning C++ in an introductory programming course.
This computer would see a lot of brilliant schoolwork as well as a hefty dose of power gaming if it were entrusted to my care.
Wow, this is what i need as I move on to my boat... Not enough room for my current gaming rig, so this would be perfect. I could also use it for course plotting, movie machine, etc...
Well, I'd initially be using this for gaming. But I bet I would get more into the streaming if I can bring it to somewhere confortable.to watch. No need to update the desktop (which has kept me from starting Skyrim)! Thanks for the chance.
Not just for work (though I'd do that), but also to edit my youtube videos. I'd also play games, of course, and then name my first child after the thing. Gimmie? Please?
I'd blow the face off of any fool (figuratively, of course) trying to peep my game because this laptop would own their beings more than the games themselves. Jaw to the floor and hear the jealous roar.
I would use this notebook to travel with for my job. During normal hours I would use if for video production, at night I would use it to SKYPE with my two young kids before they went to bed and then I would get my game on!
I would use it to render amazing frag videos, help with protein folding, and enjoy an awesome time at Quakecon 2012 without having to haul in 50 lbs of equipment because I'll be using this bad boy.
I have just started back to school on my post 9/11 veterans fund. Since I do not have a lot of money to spend on computers I am using an E2200 dual core for school work and gaming. If I were to receive this laptop I would be able to have something portable and capable of running any of the software required for work, school, and gaming.
If I won this laptop I would use it for gaming and for multimedia purposes. I would sell my aging desktop to a friend at discount so that they can continue to use it what it was built for, playing games. This laptop would be all I would need for gaming and to take with me to game at a friends house or to watch movies on. It's great looking as well. All of my friends would be rather envious I think. :)
As my gaming/music creation and editing machine....My previous laptop died and I don't have ability to do either at the moment....Dying to finish the Witcher2 and DragonAge Origins. The power of this machine should handle these games with aplomb....Also, I miss working in GuitarPro 6
I would this notebook to play games and watch movies when I'm away from my desktop, which would be most of the time, but then again, if I had this laptop I wouldn't need my old desktop. :)
I'd be able to actually play a game. I'm on a Toshiba A305 with core 2 duo and integrated 4500HD GMA. I cant even play TF2 at low settings. I need an upgrade so badly, plus this laptop would be for college so I could strike an expense off my $30,000 a year tuition for Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
I would use this notebook for absolutely everything,not just gaming,I need a laptop for for my schooling,I hate using the school computers,this would make life a bit easier, and also to have some good old fashioned american fun on the side......too poor to afford one
I'd definitely use it for gaming...and probably everything else. My Dell laptop just died on me and so I'm currently rocking my single-core 3GHz, 1GB desktop running XP. :(
I would use this PC for pretty much everything. Like others here, I have an outdated and very slow notebook, missing keys, and horrible battery life. I get maybe two hours before I need to find an outlet. And its heavy! I wouldn't mind all that stuff if it kicked ass but it doesn't. It doesn't kick anything really. It just sits there sucking up energy.
Actually, on second thought I would probably give it to my stepdaughter who is going off to college in the fall. Yes, thats a much better idea.
This is one AWESOME laptop. Mine is 4.5 years old and will no longer run current games. I would sleep with this laptop, as it would be my second best buddy, my dog is first LOL.
If only I had the opportunity to utilize a machine of this magnitude!! I am still stuck on my old Intel Centrino for my mobile needs and would love the ability too play my games on the go. Awesome piece of equipment!
I would use this notebook for my heavy mutli media editing software such as Adobe Cs5.5. Gaming the latest and greatest , emulation , and anything else i wish for pushing it to the limits .
I'd use this laptop to finally be able to play PC games! Have never had a capable PC, even now mine chugs along watching flash video, so this laptop would be perfect!
So I can have a computer that can handle gaming instead of this half broken netbook so I can have something to do while I watch my new daughter at night. Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope as i can't afford a new gaming system with the costs of a new baby taking priority!
I've been without a gaming rig for quite some time and I've learned to cope with the mainstream versions. I would even go as far as satisfied with my Inspiron 1520. I would like to say that I am the sort of person who would put this up on E-Bay and give the proceeds to a charity...and normally I would but, hand on heart, I want to reward myself for the past year. I would like to return to the world of PC gaming after graduating with my CompTIA Strata, A+ and Networking certificates and finally getting my rear in gear to do something that I truly care about (technology) and pair it up with degree (foreign policy...which has a lot of facets having to do with the human condition and the state of the known world politik and lack of digital authority). It's all a bit confusing and quite a bit of mumbo-jumbo verbage that I'd rather not talk about.
Like I said, I am okay with my current laptop. I just find myself glancing at craigslist and newegg and tigerdirect, longing for the opportunity to strike when I will finally be able to sit back on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy a bit of fragging once more.
I would utilize the power of this laptop for 3d modeling, drawing, rendering, and other types of media production during my studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where I will be pursuing my Master of Architecture. Since the program requires laptops now, winning this machine would allow me to save a lot of money in my tight budget!
play the games i thought my previous notebook could run... Turns out the previous one can, but its about as smooth as the rockies. Then give my old laptop to someone who needs it.
I would love to use this to resurrect my gaming in general. It has been a while where I get a chance to game. So with a portable gaming device such as this i can get back into gaming.
I'm currently in the process of trying to build my first gaming rig and stumbled upon anandtech.com. I saw this contest on the front page and thought oh hey that's awesome! So anyways if I won, I would use this computer for gaming. I would finally be able to play d3 or bf3 with my friends! woohooo!
First of all I would of course play some of today's baddest games but I would also use it to create some awesome looking WordPress themes. I would also have to take it to a few LAN parties just to show it off!!!
To do ALL of my homework and classwork for my upcoming school year and to study for all of my finals.... nah probably to do some misc. work and play some Diablo III till the birds start chirping in the morning.
to replay all the games I've played, to this day I've played games on low details and 800x600 where available, some games can't even run well at all, so I would definitely use this laptop to enjoy some nice visuals. Oh, and Photoshop as well, I'm a heavy photoshopper.
I always take a gaming class notebook with me when I travel, and the GT70 is lighter than my current 17'' beast by about 1#. I'd also probably use it to replace the aging convertable tablet that I use for tabletop RPGs.
I would definitely use the heck out of it, specially since my poor old dell get's stuck even when launching google chrome. I really need an updated laptop but I'm kind of holding on a laptop so I can upgrade my 3 year old desktop. This would would be a great addition to play Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3 (I just love point and click with lots of loot games)
I've been lusting after MSI laptops since they prototyped one using one of the first Fusion designs. I thought "What a great idea! Gaming ability AND reasonable battery life!" That was the same thought I had when I purchased my current laptop, a Sony VIAO based on Intel's Centrino platform sporting a Radeon 9700 mobile GPU, back in 2004. I'm still using that laptop - the 17" 1920 x 1200 screen is just good to give up even if the battery lasts less than two hours. It's been quite some time since I've been able to play games on it, but I can't beat it for productivity applications (and a bit of web surfing...).
I would love this notebook to replace my 3 year old netbook. I would love to game on it and use it to finish out my last 2 years of university and med school!
Beyond gaming this machine would function incredibly as a mobile platform for reading/displaying complex 3d CT and MRI scans, and allowing me to show and explain the images to patients. And of course the ability to run ultra setting graphics WOW and raid away at conferences would rock.
I'd give it to my wife to replace her aging netbook and give her something where she can't complain about the speed and lack of graphics capability. Then her netbook would go to my oldest son so I could train him how to use computers (plus he'd stay up way too late at night, but that's what summer vacation is for when you're ten).
I would be gaming, working, surfing, word processing, spreadsheeting, internet tech article reading, and everything else on this laptop. If only I had one.
My sister's been through 3 old hand-me-down laptops from the rest of the family and I would give it to her so she could finally have something nice to play her games on.
I constantly go to my a couple of my friend's house to play games on some older desktops they have so if I won this laptop I would be able to have my own beast machine to play on. Plus, my friend who I usually hang out with already has the same type of laptop from MSI. If i win this one i'll be sure to take a picture of the 2 of them together :)
Free of everything, bound by nothing. I would seek wisdom through the strategy of the game and create new worlds in my studies. I will break the rules of physics in this universe with the juice from this ultimate brain amplifier.
First off it'd be an awesome birthday present since today is my bday =) Secondly, I wouldn't keep it for myself, I'd give it to my girlfriend so she could play Diablo 3 with me!
I'm limping along with my old macbook pro for mobile computing and it's starting to really hurt. I'd love to upgrade to a new laptop, and Windows-based would be great to go with the new PC tower I just built. With this laptop, it would be a long time til I felt pinched for computing power while on the go and I'd be able to leverage my Steam collection far better than before.
Absolutely to game on the go. I would use this daily to enhance my online gaming experience and when it gets old and slow by the standards of the day, I would do like I do with all my computers pass them on to my ids. Hopefully not for a long long time. MSI great brand and certainly one of the nicest laptops available today.
As a desktop replacement to continue my dominance in online competitive play (or my perceived dominance -- its a blurry line at times). But id do it in style!
Since I don't have a laptop at this time, my first thought is that I would use one in order to be able to take my computing with me away from home, doing basic things like being able to browse the web and check email. But this sytem is so powerful, I would no doubt install some of my favorite games; so, I could take these along to play away from the house as well. Very cool.
to play diablo III without it crashing on me, which would be glorious indeed. Also, obviously with a laptop, it would mean diablo III in unconventional locations...
I would use this for nefarious purposes, such as: playing WAY too much Diablo III in my office during lunch breaks, on the go, at the lake. And Torchlight II is on its way out too! There goes my summer!
I would use this laptop to replace my wife's aging laptop and fill it with as many modern games as possible. This would actually be an upgrade even from my desktop computer!
for the benefit of all mankind and wipe out hunger and bring peace to all the races and religions of the world and to replace the antique ibm t43 i am currently sentenced to use.
I would use this laptop for about 90% gaming and 10% everything else (probably looking up stuff game related). Not to mention it's the perfect bring-to-lan-gaming-sessions laptop instead of hauling a tower, accessories, and a monitor.
This would not only be great to take on the road as a portable gamer for personal use, but also as a portable flight simulator experience to share with school children where I could introduce them to the high quality graphics and realism of Microsoft Flight and X-Plane...to expand their horizons and imagination.
I'd use it to have my first notebook ever (Only PC for me) and finally be able to play all the games I've missed for the past 5-8 years due to lack of hardware
Looks very nice. This trashes my core duo laptop that i have been needing to replace for the last couple years. I think it might actually be able to replace my desktop as a primary machine. does this have an option to add an additional SSD HD in it?
Main purpose in the past has been to play games on my laptop when traveling. With all the new games D3 SC2 and steam games (Steam offline don't work unless it was put in offline mode when the system was online. Doesn't work all that well half the time.) this is getting to be hard to do since even though they have offline content you need the internet to play.
This notebook would replace my current desktop, which is an AMD Sempron 3300+ with 1Gb of RAM and an ATI All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP. It's ancient, but I haven't had the resources to upgrade for a while, and kids and work have kept me away. It would be nice to get some current gaming done, along with some video and photo editing.
My desktop is a four year old gateway with a Q8300 core 2 quad and no GPU. I don't have a laptop at all. So I'd use this laptop for just about everything, but especially to finally have a computer capable of playing anything other than 10 year old games.
I would be able to beat the summer heat in the basement with this bad boy. I would also be able to keep my cat company. Aside from the glorious gaming I'd be able to do, I'd also like to tinker with some Android app development. I'd be the coolest kid on the block, making all the other nerds jealous of this beast machine. *Crossing my fingers*
Early in our relationship I introduced the wife to gaming. As time progressed we play alot of games together. Alas our second pc has outlived its compatibility and needs to be replaced. Should I receive this laptop, the missus and I would get to spend some quality time together on Diablo III.
One of my best friends is in the military and the only way we can "hang out" is playing online games. Unfortunately, my laptop had to be sold to pay for bills. I would use this laptop to pick up our "hang out" sessions playing online games and talking via skype. Funny enough, my friend has an MSI laptop (GT780R) and loves it!
I want to replace my 7 year old desktop which is insufficient to run modern applications & newer games.Thank very much that you have given us this chance!!!
I would use this notebook in every single way I haven't been allowed to use my work laptop. By installing every game ever on it and playing it like crazy. I think I'd also let my girlfriend use it from time to time ;)
So like everyone, D3 is high on the list, but so is work, designing, developing, creating. This would give me the legs that I need to get all this done an no longer have to use my "provided" laptop to do it!
The last laptop I owned was a Gateway desktop replacement (so I could play Diablo 2 oddly enough). This would be a great way to bridge the gap!
I would use this to replace a slow old Dell D630 as my work laptop to continue development of a ATC RADAR simulator. Much more horsepower is very needed in these simulations.
With this laptop I would be able to step away from the shackles and limitations of the desktop platform and able to move!
I would use this laptop for everything, mostly just browsing reddit probably, but when not browsing reddit either playing some Steam games or encoding some x264 videos!
Also I would use this laptop for mobile video editing. I like to grab a lot of video when I'm out and about and with this handy little thing, I could just unload my card then and there and keep recording and have a rough edit done by the end of the day! With my desktop, I'd have to wait till i got home for all of that
If I were to be given this laptop I would first of all be extremely grateful for such a generous gift. This laptop would help me relax and play some vids with killer graphics while an university for a study break to get my mind off of studying.
I'd use this so I could keep playing Portal 2, Deus Ex, Dirt Showdown, etc. on-the-go. Forget the Vita, THIS would be a seamless mobile gaming experience! I already use a MSI mainboard and recently purchased a MSI HD 7770 for my main PC. Just keep the great products coming MSI! TAKE MY MONEY!!!
To replace my sullen old laptop which takes 10 minutes to boot to windows and do some serious gaming while on the road. At least I would use it until one of my 5 kids wrestles it away from me, no doubt in a coordinated swarm attack.
If I had this laptop, I'd take it and the similarly priced Mx14 from Alienware and benchmark them side by side to show how this laptop dominates compared to Alienware's ridiculously weak offering. Then, I'd take it and go flaunt it at LAN parties across the state. This thing's got class, so I might as well display said class rather openly.
Dearest MSI, oh the joy of a shiny new MSI gaming notebook would bring to my face. Many many games would be played. Many many hours of my life would be lost.
I would use this laptop for playing League of Legends. I upload youtube videos of myself playing LOL which I would edit on this laptop. My girlfriend also has a youtube fashion and makeup channel, and she would also use this laptop to edit her videos that over 35,000 subscribers watch.
I would use this laptop to play League of Legends and I would edit game play videos on it. My girlfriend also has a youtube channel with over 35,000 subscribers and she would edit her videos on it also. I am also in great need of a laptop because my current one is an old dell with a core 2 and integrated graphics card in it that is not in par with my needs. I am also a mechanical engineering college student that would need this computer for college work such as 3d modeling and Microsoft programs for classes. I would be greatly appreciative if I would receive this laptop and I hope to hear from you soon.
I just beat stage III kidney cancer at the age of 27 this past January after a flawless surgery was performed by the fine doctors at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC. However, this forced me to withdraw from classes last fall and the massive medical debt limits my "awesome gaming laptop" budget.
As I'm restarting my senior year this upcoming fall, I'd love to use this laptop for school. But we all know I'd have to unleash this beast on some crazy gaming action whenever I'm not writing a paper. Diablo III and Battlefield 3 come to mind.
I would use this laptop to teach myself new programs like CAD and perhaps a few software languages, if I'm brave, so I can actually create something. With the money I would save of not buying a laptop, I would get an sub 500 dollar 3D printing machine and try to create a few prototypes of ideas I have in my head. In my downtime, I would play some Diablo 3 to unwind. This would be a perfect tool for my life. I thank you ahead of time, winning or not.
I am home and get to use my desktop all of an hour a day, and as it is now half a decade old I am hesitant to build a new system that would see little use. This would let me keep up with the gaming trends while also allowing me to actually use it for more than an hour outside my home. Fingers Crossed.
My 3 year old laptop is about to die very soon & i am looking for a replacement.I hope & pray that i win this so that i can use it to the fullest extent possible.Please wish me luck..
The idea of lugging my comp + keyboard + mouse + monitor (and I wish my speakers but obviously that's out of the question) keeps me from ever lanning it up with my friends. This would completely change all that and it's better than my desktop anyway lol.
I currently have a G73 as my travel companion to anything from work, play, and even just for show. If i won this, the ASUS would become a hand me down to my mother and id fire this bad boy up wherever i may go
I work for a non-profit chairty, where money is always tight, so if I won, I would donate my current laptop (which is bad for gaming, but would be fine for business use) to my work and use this one for Diablo III :P
I would replace my Toshiba laptop I use for Internet and DVDs and finally be able to game when not at my desktop. This thing has a better GPU than the GTX 460 1GB on my desktop. Love the multicolored keyboard.
I would do some serious gaming, build a website collecting all the best stuff in the world, game some more, write a novel, game even more, finish a screenplay, game of course, skype my buddy in Ukraine while gaming, and then finally, after all is said and done, yeah that's right, I would game till I drop!
I would swap out my desktop and use this laptop for work during the day and kicking butt and taking names in all the awesome games this thing could play.
I would use it to create physically accurate light simulations and analysis for artificial and natural light sources. And to kick everyone's butt, too.
Knowing the immense power that this little baby packs and that I'll be off for college in a cold snowy environment I would use this laptop by running all my favorite games at once to warm up my room and entertain me. I'd also get a mount to feel like a police officer in my car and use it for additional warming while driving
I think this is the fastest game laptop in the world now, and it has great price, although it is still expensive for me~ However, I think if it has the 3d screen which can make this laptop perfect!!
I would use this notebook to study at my newly transferred university, UC Irvine. I would also use this notebook to relax, socialize and game with my friends.
I would use it to get on-the-go access to multiple radiology and EMR platforms at different medical centers, allowing me to do consultations simultaneously. And play a few games on the side.
I enjoy a lot of graphic intensive games, Skyrim, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, Kingdoms of Amalar, etc. I'd use it to be able to play Diablo 3 with my brother. I'd also use it to play Skyrim until the cows came home. Beautifully designed game. Haven't had the time to upgrade the computer or the money with family monetary issues and personal drama issues. It'd also be a terrific option to be able to play a few of the other (Boxed) pc games I purchased to left off some steam during all of this nonsense.
Congratulations to the winner. Treat it well! :) Good luck all.
I would game at the mall at lunch in the evening at the park and in the parking lot and at the store in a dressing room at the coffee shop on a plane in many States and overseas.
Always thought that laptop's aint that great for gaming but from what i see this pc will eat my desktop for breakfast....and i got an i5 2400 !! Ah! you are making me crave MSI !!!
Man I I would make this laptop sweat with all games !!! I May even run 2 games at the same time.....and the benchmarks are gonna be sweet!!! I'll test this MSI lap to it's absolute limit !!!
To harness the capabilities of the laptop by running turbulence (DNS) simulations on it, along with coding my programs and games and watching "Hackers" on the external 1080p screen in full hd, all at the same time. This powerful beast would be great to try all this and test my theories about turbulence.
I would first install some 3D Benchmark softwares like 3D Mark 2011 & PC Mark etc.Then I will laugh myself comparing this laptop's benchmark scores with my crappy desktop!
I would use this notebook probably as a desktop replacement because it literally is faster than the desktop I have. I would primarily use it for games of course, but I can definitely see a use for rendering photos and HD video editting with all the horsepower this laptop has.
I need to replace my 4yr old Lenovo that I once used for school and now for business on the road. Aaaaannnnd I might play a game or two when nobody is looking....
My current laptop is 5 years old, no longer accepts a charge, and has a hair stuck between the display and the glossy cover! My desktop has been giving me fits for 3 years despite my best efforts to fix it. I would love to have this laptop for gaming and development practice.
I also use to use MSI Mobos & they are doing very nice jobs for me! I would still want to replace my desktop with this MSI laptop because it's portable.
With a fine laptop like this I would blow away my competition while enjoying my favorite games in their full glory!! Thanks for another awesome giveaway!
I would use this laptop to upgrade from a Core 2 Duo 17" laptop with Radeon graphics which would then be passed down to my youngest son as his first computer of his own. I could play Civ 4 and 5 and my sons could play any Steam game they want while away from home. Musg faster than their Turion x2 laptops...
If I win this i would like the computer mailed directly to the monk that administers the hospice ward and hermitage. It is a non-profit and this would be perfect for a patient to use while stuck in bed 24/7. I would love one myself but I can use my old computer fine. I am bed bound myself and know how gaming can make the time fly while making you forget where you are and why you are there. A perfect gaming computer.
I would use this laptop for: Playing games such as Skyrim, Batman, Ghost Recon, Diablo 3, Civ 4, Company of Heros, Crysis 2 and all in stunning 1920 x 1080 Ultra mode. Modding Skyrim, making use of the monsterish 17.3 inch anti-reflective high resolution screen. Listening to music with no need to hook up to separate speakers as the Dynaudio premium speakers and subwoofer would create perfect sound. Just browsing the web and general computing. Portability, and to show off to my friends :P
I have had enough of boat anchors, my desktop doesn't fit in my seat on the train. I want to be able to travel and play the games I play wherever I go. When I retire in the near future this will be a cool addition to my travel gear. Us old fogies game too dude.
I would use it for everything I use my desktop for only MUCH faster. Playing games, movies, and maybe even getting some work done. But I would love to see what it could do !
Of course I would have to game on it! In particular, it would be the linchpin of my Artemis Bridge Simulator group. Second, I'm working on getting various networking certifications, and I need a modern machine to work on.
I am stuck on a PowerMac G4 at work. I would love to have a laptop that I could bring to work to work on and be able to take work home without having to VPN.
I would also load it up with my current gaming habits to make sure I could play on my lunch breaks and when I have to visit the in-laws.
If I had this laptop I would not only use it for the gaming I oh soo desperately miss.
(My desktop was stolen when my house was broken into and ransacked, and my laptop was broken by my little cousin when he was visiting over the weekend thus leaving me with NO computer other than my iPhone 4.)
But I would also use it to help me in my pursuit to go back to college and become a programmer, I want to go back to school and get a Bachelors in Computer Science and Programming.
It is the career I've always wanted to have, and it would be a dream come true, my father works for Intel so with an internship I could hopefully get a job there, but even if not, the intership would look great on my resume anywhere maybe even at MSI?
If I got it, it defiantely wouldn't go to waste, it would be put to use, and would help me in my pursuit to a better future.
this is a perfect replacement for my aging desktop, would use to play games and do other cool stuff, also can go mobile now. I could only wish to have this gem....
to game hardcore. I lost my gaming computer to a fire and have to deal with this DELL Studio for now. That MSI would be put to the use it was intended for.
to replace the 5 year old racer I'm on right now. It would allow me to get back into some of my freelance graphics production and assist with providing extra income for me since i've been on disability it's not easy.
I would use this notebook to edit the photos I take for my ship/the navy; USS MILIUS DDG 69.
Video Editing for our promotional videos that we make for various events during our deployments.
Hooking it up to the TV we have on the messdecks during chow to play movies or saturday morning cartoons on deployment.
Web/Graphic design when we're moored in homeport.
Skyping with the fiance when we pull into ports on deployment.
Gaming, obviously. Definitely gets you through deployments sometimes. Taking out your stress at being stuck in a floating metal box for months at a time by zoning out into some call of duty, civilization, Crysis, Battlefield, etc.
My desktop machine has no place in our living room so it got moved to the basement which is really out of the way for games, photo editing, programming etc. This notebook would be an ideal solution for me to stay close to my family and still get stuff done. Plus it'll keep me from relapsing into a basement geek like in my high school days. (my wife would be grateful for that)
Travel a fair amount and this would allow me to replace an aging Sager laptop (still going after 5 years). In addition I could relegate my current tower to a backup server and use this for my main computing platform
... to run some virtual machines for software development while also having Unreal Tournament open. If the bugs are getting too frustrating, relief will be close by...
I would use this awesome powerhouse for playing my favorite games like Crysis, Call of duty, flight simulator and so on. It will also be greatly useful for my game development course next semester. And all this on the move. WOW!!!
In addition to using the MSI GT70 0NC for excellent gaming while travelling, I would use this as part of my gaming live-stream setup. Would run Xsplit through Twitch.tv to show off what this laptop can do, while displaying an MSI logo along with the laptop model in the corner. Would be a total blast!
I have always had to use my work computer for any gaming, and I am limited to business graphics, etc. This would be great to have as a personal gaming system, so that I could play all of my 3D Games in their full detail, full resolution modes, without taking a huge FPS hit. :)
I would use this system to finally play games that were made in the past 5 years -- being on a very tight budget, I've been limited to a netbook and an eight-year-old rig I dug out of my brother's attic.
My friend just got one of these and I'm extremely impressed. This is the laptop I need! Not only is it large and allow me to get all my work done on the go or at home; I can also use it to keep up with my gaming wherever I am, especially when I'm out of town visiting family.
I gave my laptop to my wife as she needs to be mobile more than do I, plus I have a work-supplied laptop. But That being the epitome of "business" laptops, I can't get any real gaming going on it.
I recently bought diablo 3 simply because I WILL PLAY IT. Now, I did not do any reading as to the minimum specifications because, hey, it's diablo..I HAVE to play it right?
well, sadly I did not realise (did i forget or what?) that my laptop has INTEGRATED GRAPHIX. yeah. so, after about an hour or trying to bypass the diablo 3 restrictions, I COULD FINALLY PLAY!. no. no i can not. apparently the restrictions are put there for one simple reason -.-
DIABLO 3 DOES NOT RUN AT 2 FPS VERY WELL.
PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THIS ATROCIOUS LIFE OF SERVITUDE TO MY LAPTOP AND GRANT ME... SALVATION!!!!
I spend a lot of time in hospitals (my last stay was a week, and the one before that over a month). These stays are incredibly boring, and being able to play Diablo 3 would help pass the time much easier than watching tv all day.
I would use this notebook to play games online, and put myself through college with it. My Mac friends would be very jealous when they saw the extreme power of this notebook. And so I can finally rid myself of my current old laptop.
There are always the obvious things to do with a gaming laptop, like playing the games that interest you that minute like the consumer whore that you are (myself included), and there is playing the games that you still play 10 or even 15 years later on a retro gaming emulator or just the odd game of counter strike or team fortress that you know doesnt require the resources that your desktop delivers. But what about doing all that around other people? Or on a plane? Or in a quick lan party? Why not just to show your friends? Or simply to make that mac user across from you jealous? I really like that last one there, but I really just wanted to play games on the go, just like anyone else, and for years to come unlike HD 4000 laptops. Why is that so much to ask for?
I'd use such a notebook as this, being almost at parity though a bit weaker in performance compared to my current desktop, as an opportunity to recycle my old system by sharing the modern PC gaming experience with a friend of mine who's not very financially fortunate. The fringe benefits such as being able to play outside with relative ease (in the shade of course) and not needing to lug around 80 pounds of metal and plastic when having LAN events would also be wonderful. I can't say my reasoning isn't shallow, but at least I have some limited altruistic intentions behind it.
to finally be able to do everything i want to do with a computer. so often am i limited by my own budget, which cuts my options for hardware to secondhand from friends who have much better machines than me. i'd be able to keep up in games, produce videos without slowing everything else to a halt, use image editing programs effectively, and do even more. this would be a great turnout for me.
to continue to play games when my wife or kids sneak time on my desktop (always when I want to play!). I could now sneak off myself to another area or even outside to continue my passion! Also, now when I travel - gaming goes with me!
I love my family, but they sure love their time on MY desktop (Even with iPhones and iPads - they always come back to the PC (unfortunately mine)!!
I could really use this as I make my way from Hawaii to the University of Miami this fall for my freshmen year. I'm only able to attend becaus of an academic scholarship, so money is tight. I love pc gaming and it would be awesome to keep up with D3 an SC2 while I'm studying!
First I'd show it off to everyone I knew. Then I'd beat the snot outta Diablo 3. I'd finish my degree in game design and work on my small side business making apps and games on this too. Faster than my desktop, sexy as hell. I'd be in seventh heaven!
With the MSI GT70, I would become Justice in a land of victims, a General in the greatest battles of History! I would learn all the spells, find all the items and save all the innocent! Never would a Galaxy on the edge of destruction need to worry again! All these things and more are what I would do.
When I want to play my games I have to sit at my desktop computer. I would love to be able to play my games anywhere I go. The MSI GT70 would allow me to do just that. Thanks for the opportunity.
I would use this laptop for my school work by day, and to be a dragonborn by night, playing skyrim, and editting videos will be a breeze with this fantastic piece of hardware.
I would probably give it to a close friend of mine who hasn't been able to upgrade from his old Pentium 4 system due to financial problems the past few years.
This laptop's just a smidge more powerful than my aging desktop, so I'd hook up my monitor, keyboard and mouse to it and replace the ol' clunker. Unless I ever got wind that one of my friends' internet was out. They've been really vocal about D3 being online only and how it should be boycotted. So I'd drive over to whoever had the cable outage, tether my phone to this lappy, and go on a quick diablo run.
I'd replace the aging laptop we use for the "Family Computer" with this - games, school work, media -- and use it for games and work myself, especially when traveling.
This beast will give me the ultimate gaming experience. I'm tired of playing games in low settings all the time. Can't even enjoy them because my computer keeps on crashing. With this machine, I would be able to play and enjoy all the games that my computer couldn't handle. And i could take this with me when i visit my family every weekends. I'll be the happiest man in the world if i get this rig. ahaha
I would love to play on the off hand hours when I'm at work and there is less pressure, obviously it would mean having to carry around 2 laptops but for this beauty I would go the extra mile.
And when I'm going to my G/F and her desktop sucks, so at the moment I just don't play when I'm at her place... the sacrifices I do for my mate.
I'd use the computer the way it's meant to be: to the max. It's a great combination of the latest technology capable of running the latest games or other digital hobbies. It'd be a great laptop for on the go for the occasional trip overseas and to do some remote work.
The competition has ended with more than 4700+ entries.I know I have the slimmest chance of winning but still hope that i will get the good news soon. :)
I really wanted to kick my crappy notebook out & use this one instead but I don't think I will ever win anything in my life ever.
So, here's wishing for a good news from Anandtech.
i would very much enjoy playing with this notebook in a lan party or onlines matches! but most of all it would be awesome if I won it, since in my country (Arg) this notebooks are prohibitely expensive!
I'm the A/V guy for a Juvenile Oncology Camp in Southern California. I have the privilege for doing the slide show at the end of the week. Each year I try to up the game by doing more effects that take lots of time to render. The extra speed from GPU rendering would be a good a great help getting the Slideshow/Video out in time with lots of Special Effects.
from Zerg attacks, Nazis, Reapers and of course el Diablo himself. MSI you can't afford NOT to give it to me. The future of the world is at stake here.
The MSI Z77A-GD65 is not only great for gaming but post-processing digital photos as well. My software not only requires a potent cpu and lots of memory but it also uses the GPU to accelerate processing. This would make my life a whole lot easier.
I have a netbook, but it only works when it wants to and i'm starting Nursing school in the fall....would love to win a notebook to help me get through school!!
I am a part time graduate student and work a full time, I am also a lifelong, dedicated PC Gamer. Therefore I spend a lot of time on a laptop, whether it's school work (which is extensive) my job or leisurely web browsing. However, one thing I can't do well on my laptop is take a nice gaming break from all my work. So, if I won this great MSI laptop I would not only use it to work on my thesis and use it for my job, I would use it to load up some Skyrim, Battlefield, Just Cause and Total War, games I can only dream about running on a notebook. So please MSI, help an overworked grad student win this sweet mobile rig so I can take a much needed gaming break now and then.
Mostly to play games. I haven't really played many games since I was a kid. I have some major catching up to do. Basically the last 20 years of games to go over.
I wanted to have this done long ago, and I have been thinking for days of something really profound and maybe even a little witty to say in this comment, but nothing like such has come to me so I will just be honest and plain. My boyfriend lives in New Jersey and I live in Utah. I've been facing lots health issues as of late and wasn't able to make the move back East as planned in March because of them. The distance has taken a great toll on our relationship and our level of closeness and interaction. My boyfriend recently bought me a whole bunch of games on my Steam account so we can play together and still have "date night". In effort to still be able to do stuff together and have that oh so important play time. Well, the laptop I had crashed about two weeks after he bought me everything. So, basically, I'd use this laptop to be able to play games with my boyfriend, to keep our relationship going until I'm healthy enough to go and be with him forever and ever. :)
I would use this notebook to play Diablo 3 everywhere! I love the game but I don't have a way to play on the go. I would also squeeze out a bit of Battlefield 3. It will be great for my schoolwork as I cant always be at home and the computer labs there are definitely not up to par. I love MSI and the design of this laptop is just so attractive. I don't mind a beefier laptop as long as I can do everything that I want with it. This is very classy and I would love to own it.
I would use it not only for intense gaming, but for serious editing and as a workstation on the go. It would really speed up my productivity in the next few years.
As a gift to my nephew, his family is a bit in financial crisis so he spends most of his time at his friends place, playing computer games. I would wanna see his face if luck strokes him .
To pwn noobs(AI noobs mostly since I'm playing D3 recently). Also, That processor and memory would be great for running my VM's on instead of my dual core haha
I'm hoping to get an Ivy Bridge laptop soon for a portable engineering workstation. I planned to get something back around Christmas, but then a friend told me that Ivy Bridge was imminent and I've been waiting ever since. I've kindof wished he hadn't told me abotu it back then as then I'd be using something useful instead of trying, and only sortof succeeding in getting by with a crappy old Celeron 900 laptop that my mom got as a prize at work. (ie it's a super-cheapo POS) I've begun a Master's Degree finally, and some of the tools used so far such as Xilinx ISE are absolutely horrible to wait for on this minimal thing, a good laptop like the sweepstakes thing here would be so much better. It seems that a lot of what is good for games is also good for engineering tools.
Being a traveling consultant, I would use this as my portable gaming rig, and my main VM host. I would be playing Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, and WoW. I would run anywhere from 4-10 VM's on VMWare Workstation.
I would use this computer to build websites for friends & non profit charities. To work & get money. To game. To watch movies. To listen to music, and to make it. To entertain my son with educational programs. To be able to give my Mom a new computer as the one she has is broken and from 2002. I would write stories on it. Poetry. Run a poetry zine. Do gigs on Fivverr. Basically it would do everything. :)
Crysis 2 plus both High-res texture and DX11 packs, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3 and the upcoming Doom 3 BFG Edition... and for relaxation Alan Wake with all the eye-candy enable at 60 FPS.
Wow, what a laptop! This would be one powerful machine for photo and video editing. As an emerging photographer, I would be running Adobe Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4, Premiere Pro CS6, and After Effects CS6 to render my work!
I would use this to play video games, obviously. But I'd also probably not bother building a new desktop and just use this beast for video/photo/music editing/rendering. But MOST importantly I'd show it off to all my friends and smile as their mouths water with envy. MUAYHAHAHA.
i'd use it mainly for college (since i have yet to have a college laptop that works without being plugged into the wall). This entails typing out my assignments, using the wifi to access wolframalpha for quick answers.
i'd also use it for gaming, both my laptop and my pc are about 7 years old made fit-together from parts from miscellaneous pc's. i'd finally be able to get back into gaming!
but most importantly, i'd go around the interweb talking up MSI and how awesome of a laptop i own
I would brag to my friend with it :lol:. Definetly play the high end games that the world has to offer now and in the years to come.And i would do that even at work,that should be a lot of fun.
I am a design student, I work as a writer, and I play computer games. I would use this computer to play windowed Diablo III, write a press release, listen to music, and have something rendering in the background.
Would that much multitasking drive me insane? Probably, but it would be so worth it.
I would use this notebook to GAME LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW!!!! Oh my gosh, I can't even believe the specs on this thing! This tromps any laptop I have even considered buying! Heck, it tromps any DESKTOP I've ever considered buying!
Currently finishing high school I'm going on to collage to get into 3D modeling and game programming. This computer is just what I need to do just that. I would do Blender all day long!
If only i had this fabulous notebook in my hands , i could play full night with fully high definition and high sound with all that type of games i cant play today cause of my stone age computer.
Furthermore i'll make computer studies and i would be really enjoy if that splendid engine come with me everyday to study.
And whatever happen , this computer should be my teddybear for all my life.
I would use this laptop to finally become an indie game developer! I have already learn Unity but my 4 yr old Intel graphics just can't execute what I want to accomplish.
Just looking for a nice laptop to have for the next 6 years looking to get good use out of this if I do win. I know chances on giveaways are low but I thought I'd give it a shot and see if I could be surprised. You can't win if you don't enter!
Hi I'd use this notebook to finally get a chance to play some REAL games. Currently I am on a cruddy vaio laptop that gets 5fps on every game. I honestly have not played any games in well over a year and I'm looking forward to finally being able to play with friends again (and crush them of course). It is both depressing and frustrating to not be playing games.
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racerx_is_alive - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to keep myself from having to use my other old crummy laptop. And play games.Ben90 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Lol, its faster than my main computer. Definitely wouldn't mind.sb2k57 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Ditto.I still am using a S775 system lol.Will definitely put this to good use.SpacedCadet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would enable me to Play games away from my Desktop for the first time. It would provide something to do with those hotel room hours.thetesh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this epic system to crush my enemies online and punish them for their insolence. The fools will cower as I hunt them down and bring upon them a reckoning of biblical proportions.Then as I crush my competitors souls with overpowering might, i'll cackle maniacally as I celebrate my victory, not only for defeating them, but for also winning this excellent MSI laptop.
CloudFire - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop for the exact same reasons! It is not enough that I succeed, others should fail! Muahaha.One great laptop though.
Thompsonren - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is a great laptop.I would use this for gamin.brandonicus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 on the go!apalmer62 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Absolutely! Diablo 3 on the go!!!celivi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would love to play the same on the Go!!Halli25 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Playing games on the Go would be great enough for me!!cholula0 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Im inXZRoy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Gaming on road would have been great!!Cloud200 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
D3 and WoW once again after D3 gets boring on the go!Twister026 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to game anywhere and everywhere also!Burnos - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Gaming on go is a great idea.I heard that this lappy offers 4 hours battery backup which is excellent for this purpose :)tinwheeler - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would you like to play a game?RobinsWani - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Playing Diablo III as well here!Mansuper - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I do have to travel also.So it will come handy for me..gbyss - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will use this laptop to play league of legends in Motel 6 on my business tripshawkes505 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 on a laptop ftw!pie36 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to do school work and to play games.Computex - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it for school since I can never afford a computer such as this.feteru - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would like to be able to video edit and play some games while not at home on my PC with thisdiblasio - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Looks like a nice machine for gaming and coding :)apspeedbump - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Imagine playing Zork with this thing!96nevaR - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use it to be able to play since I move between houses often... not to mention it's better than my desktop...tigerpuff - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
A good friend has a Downs son. I would give it to the young man. This could be a terrific learning experience for him.chemicalbreath - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
It would be awesome to have a gaming laptop to play games where ever I want to. Than I could donate my old laptop to my Dad.asasa45454 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd love to have it on the 1hr bus ride I have to and from school!Allenman7 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
BF3 on the go.Gibsonnamta - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Yeah Diablo III on the Go!Addicsons - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
D III on the Go.Definitely yes for me!Millerpiller - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
COD on the Go. :)typhoid - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This laptop will probably play Diablo 3 faster than my desktop.d.rock - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Amen to that. Hope my hotspot works!xnoodle - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Keyboard smash Diablo 3.Scottishin - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Love to play games on the Steelseries LED Backlit keyboard at nights.Kingoftop2 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Yes getting onto a game on a backlit keyboard would be awesome!Leeniuo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Have to agree.Quite a decent laptop for gaming.Wrightmanup - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would have to say the same!!Moorehuny - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Very cool laptop for the price.Game on the go here i come. :DFentonmans - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Awesome lappy.3D gaming here i go!!DaPrinze567 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Nice lappy.Would use it for graphic design.romo - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
agreed. I would use thisw hen traveling for Diablo 3 right now and hopefully Borderlands 2 this fall.Sulfersi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Same reasons here.Please let me win this MSI laptop.I want to beat all my enemies in my games.kdp879 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Too many entries. :( Anyways if i use i will use it's power against my in-game enemies.DecentGaming - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Amazing specs.I would use it for CAD.Jacksonpari - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would quit using my desktop & will use this for all my computing tasks.Taylor6s - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would do the same.My PC is too old enough to handle the new games.ciahul - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Same here.Would play games & some video watching on this if i won.satoruu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for playing music, movies and games! I haven't tried any game in ages...Yurt60 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For Playing Games , Full HD Movies & Music on those pretty DynAudio Speakers.Hernandezy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Great laptop.I would use it to it's fullest.Thanks!!Lopezkir - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Similar reasons.Though i have played some games but due to the low-end hardware in my PC , i had to turn the resolution down.If i win , i will be able to enjoy latest games in full Hd. :)Suntastic131 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would be using this for gaming & listening to Music.Bryanfuyi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Gaming!!!!!!!!luke01215 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to play the newest games possible. It would also act as my computer that I take to school and everywhere I go.Confusador - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seriously, the specs on this are ridiculous for a laptop! Not that I'd mind, my laptop just died, so replacing it and displacing my desktop as my primary computer at the same time would not be unwelcome.angelguy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The specs are way beyond amazing compared to a laptop this valued.Hats off MSI!I would be replacing my Pentium D machine with this if i get the chance but will i ? That's the question in my mind.hardhat2 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would create amazing 3d models for skyrim mods if I won this awesome laptop.spe1491 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be first laptop I'd have with true gaming capability, so than my curent desktop even!I would game everywhere i could with it!
Macdonldabar - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would have been my ist laptop.WOuld use it to full potential.Thank you.Karl08 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would also stop using my old PC & use this for all.Huty65 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am thinking the same.Finally i can quit using desktop & immerse myself into a whole new world!Flac Vest - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
The laptop would allow me to game anywhere; from the coffee shops around campus to tables at a friend's house; I would no longer be confined to my room when the urge to slay dragons or frag foes arose.rabosi - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Being able to play the latest games on the go would be simply fantastic!skwareballz - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd just use it to play Doom at 1000 FPS.magnetik - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Battlefield 3 prominently in the entrance of my University's library. When people come by, in awe of the intense graphical power, and ask me what kind of notebook it is, I'll just point at the logo and say, "MSI baby... MSI"freezervv - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to warm my lap for those cold winter nights...Garciabazaz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Haha.I don't think this will run that hot though.I would use it to play games !comphomer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play zillions of hours of diablo 3 and skyrim.Robinsonmane - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Ivy Bridge should run a little cooler.At least that's what i heard.Mine will be used for CAD/CAM.Ortizasol - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will use it for CAD purposes. :)duketbone - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To play Diablo 3 in through all seasons of Chicago.crstlsal - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play BF3 & CODBO.mcginnistanner78 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use this to play Max Payne which is coming soon & Diablo III. :)Brownbhy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Loved playing Max Payne series.Hope the 3rd one will be good too.So yeah gaming here too.Moorexinh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to play diablo 3 on this high resolution screen!wrich12 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Yep, I'd probably get Diablo 3 and play it if I got it. My old system is too slow to run any current games...Upfrontman - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I have already got Diablo 3 but need a decent machine to play it at acceptable resolution & this laptop would be pretty sweet.Thomascoolg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Games & Photoshop.shkml - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for Gaming and replace my HTPC with this.Soobarman - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would also use it to play games replacing my old HTPC.Thanks.Alexanderi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Games & video editing on the go!Harrisnotun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
BF III & Diablo III.Lewnickness - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 & Max Payne 3. :D :Dantony05 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Diablo IIIsonism - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would play Max payne 3 on this gaming lappy.Please MSI consider me..Gunler - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Diablo III 4 me..SimmonSuski - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Max Payne III.dtgphil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would let my son do his homework on It . And i would play some of the new video games that are going to come out .Robertpeacon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Am also using Core 2 Duo machine.Would love to play games on GTX670. :Djazz11 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It would be nice to have a portable powerful gaming computer instead of always being chained to my desktop when I want to play a gamerockin_world - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I want to enter into the gaming world.Please let me have this beast.Thank you!!brehidran - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
My laptop is a Pentium M =/ImSpartacus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yeah, this would probably best my Penryn desktop. I'd love to try gaming on the go.Quickdraw401 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That's what I'd use it for. I travel for work quite a bit and would love to have this to game on waiting at the airport/hotels.bowmangolf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To write some killer apps and games!Duke70 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it primarily for games.swatarup - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I really want to have this to pawn all my gaming opponents.WilliamsChur - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would use to game.MSI Rocks & they knows really well what exactly the gamers want.This is one solid laptop.yunink - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for making some applications & gaming too.uop908 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing games ofcourse.huji - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook has been built for gamers & that's what i am going to do with it.Playing games.chinedooo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally play battlefield 3Nelsonkij - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For Playing BfIII & DiabLo iii.Carrickyn - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would be writing some applications & some 3D games too.abirlalify - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I generally have to travel for my work purposes & this laptop will be very handy for me.Thanks!TheCommish - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my antique dell and be able to play the new games at a decent rez.hmmblah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games, games, and more games. There would also be lots of beer. And games.knighted - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mostly Diablo IIICruzxy90 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 & Max Payne III.Smithder - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I will play games day & night on this.But the number of entries already gone way too far for me to expect anything out of it.Youngnun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I want to replace my antque age ASUS lappy & to finally be able to play games at max details.madhyam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would also love to play games on the go.Thanks MSI!ruprekhaful - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming while travelling would be cool.AlexAL - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I wouldn't have to scrub my MSI EX620 with arctic freeze every 2-3 months.Greenbub - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Exactly.I can take it anywhere without the hassles of a desktop & game on!Oscarmeso - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This will beat my Core i5 desktop hands down.Gaming on this machine would be pretty cool!!!Wildy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Exactly ! I will use this laptop to it's full potential.itoshG1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If i get to win this i will game 24 hours.hamiltonpap - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Same as me.I will put it to good use!aksy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It will be a hell & heaven different from my current system.Will play games & do some Video post processing works on this if i win.Fingers crossed!
Shadowy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Hell lot quicker than my PC.Love to win it.Will go gaming all day. :)Freemanjiya - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Too fast than my main PC.I wouldn't mind a gaming lappy either.MSI_Rocks - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
It would be replacing my computer so that i can finally be able to play 3d gamesjcw54 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I need a laptop like this one!kmmatney - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for some serious programming - and a few games.compuworld2k5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Same as me.Programming & Games.ARoyalF - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for serious gaming and some programming! : pphee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For Dragon Age II and to do some programming as well. It would be faster than my desktop I7-920 at 4.0 ghz and nearly have as big a screen :-)Bio_Hazard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It will also be faster than my Core i5 rig.I will love to play games on it.xtremexposer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I still am using a Pentium 4 lol ! So, i can use it to replace my desktop & what a replacement would that be.Thanks MSI!pattycake0147 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my Core 2 Duo and play some serious Skyrim on it.Wilsonhuke - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Skyrim & Diablo for me. :Pkik7o8o - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I don't yet have a laptop.Well i used to have one but that broke couple of years ago.I want to win this for video & photo editing & some games too!PhillipsBrake - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It is faster than ours also.Game on MSI.gbk99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have no laptop. I would use this one to play games. Some automotive-tunning. Generally spend more time outside my home while doing computer tasks.MohuaC1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I also don't have a laptop.So, would use this for all the everyday tasks plus gaming.charles4691 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my current gaming system .My old 775 socket E8400 and HD5750 video .:(Davisners - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my system.C2Q 6600 + Geforce 285 GTX.lokiomp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming.Lude90 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop is supposed to have made for gaming & i will use it for that purpose mainly.tech_passionate - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Exactly ! This is a hardcore gaming lappy & i will use it for games.nernelly - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i personally will use this for gaming if i win.kayoenfreer5 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Gaming & video watching.Akel34 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Video & audio editing & hardcore gaming..Digimonkey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd drag (easily tote) this thing to every lan party within a 50 mile radius.radioinactive - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
march towards Masters in SC2! :DThompsonulto - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would play SC2 on this all day.civilizedpeeps - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it for all my Lan Parties too!Duke0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will make everyone jealous by showing it off to my friends.Clarkdaleify - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for my Lan Parties too.Joges12 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would also use it for programming & gaming sessions.Harrispol - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will make evryone jealous around me by showing them this beast!skirmash - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A desktop replacement on which you can legitimately game. Cool!ajkirat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It is much more than desktop replacement for me.Will put it to good use for sure.bb36 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Same here it would get used every day for work and gaming.Ritanud - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Work & gaming.Williams42ify - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Only gaming for me.stgriechen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use that notebook to play all my pc games at max. detail. Plus it will be a good show off to my friends. Its simply awesome!bioscodes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to show off to my friends & would run PC games at the maximum detail which i think won't be a problem for the dedicated Geforce GTX 670 card.Wertyis316 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Quite more than a desktop replacement i would say.Would love to game on a Backlit Keyboard & GTX 670!ruiz23 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's kinda same for me too.will use it to watch vids in 1080P res & 3D games.Smit53427 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Blu ray Full HD Movies & games 4 me..mith20 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
High-res movies & latest games!!DaveU - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need a new lappy for surfin and stayin connected! oh, and gamin! =]kidard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new lappy for gaming.3SBO - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Me too.My desktop is aging & i need a new computer for gaming.This will fit there perfectly.NanditGS - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like my case.I need a new laptop for gaming.poolu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need a lappy for similar purposes , mostly gaming.DaveStall - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need something to replace my aging Core2 laptop and this would more than fit the bill. I have never had a laptop that was considered "gaming" so this would be neat to try.chertens@att.net - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My oldest Son graduations from college in June, this would make a great graduation present.Slugbugbugman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a lappy for high-end gaming.Ardhendu1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need this lappy for any gaming.nurok - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it to play Call Of Duty Black Ops.clarencelivingstoful - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will play Skyrim & the upcoming Max Payne 3.Aaron5071 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my Athlon X2 lappy which is quite old now.I too want to play latest games. :(P_Turner - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Same here. Replace an aging Core2 duo laptop.DanNeely - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
here goes nothingawhen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like a great laptop for an on-set DaVinci Resolve system.Porterman - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Really does look like a great system.MSI makes some kick-ass laptops.Please pick me.I really need a gaming notebook.I never owned one.Please ... Please ... Please...
Robby67 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Nice laptop & would replace my old PC.ganyuan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
LOL I would use this notebook to run CFD and Sigma 6. My main computer has a AMD processor it's much slower than i-CPUssomeguyinmd2010 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need a new gaming machine!avan7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Me too.Please show me some laptop lovin' but seeing the number of entries , i see there is little to no chances at all.If i win i will game max.Zachi89 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I too need a new gaming computer than can handle today's games.sanata - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I was always wanted to own a gaming machine like this.Thanks for the chance Anandtech & MSI.Browniooo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I also need a gaming computer.Would love to play games in 1920 X 1080.Unatai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a big gamer and I'v already au good computer at home, but it's too heavy to carry it everywere. I would use it as my 'portable desktop' to play games like Diablo 3, Crysis, Tera...gxzn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Skyrim & some other latest titles.dini8 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Diablo 3 at the fullest.mtpcal922 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Sure would beat mt Latitude D820smileslimes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Very nice laptop!This would be very nice to have!
bigboxes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to check e-mail and play minesweeper. That and use it to check network issues.bkbroiled - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Son beginning classes in fall, would love a new, fast laptop.ttam951 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First off it would be used for gaming, but I would also use it to programming since I'm current developing my own games in java and c#/c++Fragulator56 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games first and foremost, but also to work on my novel.nhilyna - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Winning a gaming notebook would be a dream come true.Bypass75 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would have to say the same.It was always my dream to own a gaming notebook & here Anandtech & MSI are giving me the same chance!!I will hope that i will win this contest.Thank You very much for running promotion like this. :)
McGintyDM1984 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am in the Military and getting ready to deploy on Ship, so I would use this awesome machine to play games while underway for 8 months!ExarKun333 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my work computer as my 'fun' gaming PC while on the road traveling!imaheadcase - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I never had a notebook, i could use one as well.cott20701 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Same as me.Me too never own a laptop.So, i can use it very well for everything i do on desktop.Fullham84 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Never had a lappy & hoping for this.But chances are very slim..bubk41 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To make the world better by programming the most awesome program to do the most important stuff, and also play games, cause my current computers can't play anything newer than games that are 5 yrs or older, thank you for your considerationSloppyG - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
All my stuff is in storage (in between apartments atm) so currently have no access to my desktop computer.This thing would be pretty great, I could play minecraft yet again! Or ME3.. or something :)
dshirsh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would definitely become my travelling system. Great for customer demos and of course some game playing.Is this unit a SATA2 or SATA3 ???
Capt Caveman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Currently, I'm using an old almost about to go laptop. This would be a great replacement.Carbonic - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am using a c2D laptop currently & can use this one for my personal & work.LoDA - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This will be a replacement over my old laptop.sedka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play games like TERA and EVE online.DigitalWolf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games of course.sotoa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That's a awesome laptop. Had my eye on it for a while. Would LOVE to win it!UronYuni - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Since i saw this laptop on Amazon , i wanted to get it but sadly i can't afford it.If i win , i will game on it.!Irelander68 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Aside from reading more Anandtech news (humble plug here for the 'pick me!' factor!).. ;-)I would use it to play most games in the dark (awesome keyboard like that MUST be used in low lighting/darkness.
Hello long nights of Diablo 3 and Skyrim!
punkr0csux - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play video games.dani_dacota1992 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Never had a MSI notebook so it wud be a good experienceeatmypiano - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to replace my old macbook =)Adam Turney - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be perfect to replace my current desktop with so that I can reduce the clutter and keep it in a safe place so my children aren't always trying to play with the computer.dtebben - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play flash based games on Ninjakiwiglove24 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play ALL THE GAMES with this.Robertskal - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo III & Skyrim on it. :)theoneyellowkgb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
yeah, pretty sure it would game better than my desktop.t3mp3st - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this to game on which my desktop is not able to!!AssBall - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this kind of notebook to read Anandtech and watch movies at hotels. And Diablo 3, of course.This thing is beastly.
GeforceNforce - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Same like you.I got really bored using my old desktop.I need something to cruise through games.Pagag - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Just about everything(gaming, programming, etc) since my current laptop is an ancient AMD Turion 64 based system.dguy6789 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play lots of Starcraft 2 with this notebook :)commanderflash - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for work and play. It would replace my desktop and laptop and make my life much easier not having to switch between two machines.brianlee2007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i love AnandTech! you guys are awesome!adamthezeek - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a poor college student with loans in the thousands, this would be freakin' awesome! GLTA!JayatiS - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I want to use it for playing games which my desktop can't do.schizoid77 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be my first laptop and I would use it primarily for media consumption and gaming.justonepuff - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo 3. It's better than my 5 year old pc I am using now.RenaRayne - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Diablo III & Mass Effect 3 , I will play on this laptop. :)gknapik - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be great for gaming but who am I kidding, probably work.mmrpm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my 5yr old laptop with something a whole lot better for work and since I will be able to play games now…games!genzai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would help me replace my severely aging white macbook. help!SteveBond - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This will replace my 7 year old Pentium laptop.Waybj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
computing to gohigh detail video games
lan party all night
papajohn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
if i win i can finally play Angry Birds in 1080p with all eye candies turn on! :)Seriously, this laptop will blow away my ancient Core2 Duo CPU/HD4850 gaming pc.
With this laptop i will be well equipped to go into battle... Battlefield 3!
Thx AnandTech & MSI for an outrageous prize!
daxia8506 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Plan to use this on my next trip in June.mauler1973 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a fantastic replacement for my HP DV9000 with a broken hinge(HP sucks!).BubbaJoe TBoneMalone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook whenever I'm away from my desktop for surfing the internet, reading an e-book, playing games, watching movies, listening to music, etc.Vallachia - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This notebook will help me stay in touch of my favorite games , my applications & my movies on the move.gusc3669 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to get back to actually playing FPS and current role playing PC games (for just me) as the PC at home is too old and I can never use the Wii/Xbox consoles. I'd also transfer all my other stuff to it and have it become my mobile PC as well.garkon8 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would try to keep a straight face and say that this would be used for work. But, with these specs...99% gaming and 1% work, is more like it!Kanakrc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Couldn't have said it better.Unbegun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This monster is much more powerful than my current desktop. I will use it for my everyday activities and for gaming of course :)) I had Commodore 64 when I was a boy. I'll put this one next to Commodore 64 and compare them...They are both computers, right? Of course they are! :)))Mythbinder - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To Slay monster and save the world from my comfy chair.snickercole - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to game 24x7x365x289!stasio - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If i get this i will play cool games everyday , everytime.ObviousMan771 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would have a special place next to my workstation at work so I won't be bored anymore!nitmpez - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yeah for new and shiny toys to play with.Spyrano - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For gaming on the road of course, and it will allow me to give my old laptop to my parents to replace their ancient Athlon 64 PC.roguecong - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To crush my enemies, to see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women.sonuzed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would finally replace my 3-yr old sony Vaio...extide - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new laptop! I don't have one anymore! This would be awesome!!radier - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I urgently need a new laptop.Mine is hardly working.Please!!!etamin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Owning this would give me incentive to pull the trigger on Diablo 3!Jimbomebub - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing Games! This thing is better than pancakes!....and pancakes are good.smithrd3512 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Could use a new laptop.brittlenet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I totally need a new gaming Laptop for Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2. Thanks MSI!xPhoto - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would want to see how Crysis looks on this at the max details.edochang - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
ditto, i'm a traveling consultant. be nice if i can game on the road.DerKaiser - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to actually play a game.... on a laptop.Assimilator87 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would run Folding@Home all day long.TheMan876 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
LAN Parties!debaserr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to slay monsters and acquire epic loot in Diablo 3, my new favorite game.origiona - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yea my computers about 5 years old this would be nice.chris0177 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
yeah this would take the place of my slow desktop and now be the one for all the gamesWhiteBrowney - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mine as well.i got bored with my old desktop & need something new & powerful toi play my games on.NoJuan999 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I am currently having a 8 year old laptop & need an upgrade.I'm your huckleberry - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definitely use this for school and gaming!bliq00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I don't really have a good use for it but hey, free killer laptop...Fullmetal - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my 5 year old desktop with it.Febricito - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook to play awesome video games, as intended. :)Silviu - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This notebook is heck of an portable gaming machine.Diablo III here i come. :Dbakihanna - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to keep me up at does long nights at work.mutley - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming on the goahmedz_1991 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would make use of such a killing machine !GuPow230 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Me will be able to use this machine as it should be used for pretty much every computing jobs.P23UNK - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This computer would be used for gaming & surfing the internet on it's high resolution screen. :)runespeaker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to rid the world of evil...by slaying Diablo for a third time!Squirrleydew - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Stuck with a get ready, (Refurbished) Dell GX280 Slim Desktop my dad got me.It's a 1.8GHz and only has 128MB onboard graphics. The Fan ramps up really loud jut to open, OpenOffice and other various programs. I get a previous fan failure constantly and running a simple game like Roller coaster tycoon 2 make the machine sound like a hair dryer on low. I'm afraid to put a SB Audigy card in it. Bet the sound would be killer in this thing!
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I could use this to replace my ASUS G53. It's starting to get long in the tooth.AskForMe - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would be replacing my 10 year old Toshiba which is about to die soon.gr00vem0nster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would either give it to my best friend who is moving to South Korea for a year so we can keep playing Diablo III, or my selfish side would take over and I would keep it and give him my craptastic i3 netbook (yep those existed for a time) and tell him to suck it up and play.ollie1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a present to my wife.awall - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games and surf the web.Reikon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be used for gaming on the go of course.Munkles - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If given the laptop, It would be used for a tremendous ammount of video streaming (of the e-sports variety). A good deal of strategy, and FPS gaming, with a dash of RPG's.Im contemplating going back to school to get a degree and for a family man who focused more on his family than career money to purchase something like this is shall we say a challenge to come by.
I guess lastly it would be used for communicating to my family via social media's and skype trying to keep in touch across the country and for my wife with her family in Canada.
I suppose if I were to pick a specific game Ive been waiting on a better computer for, I guess it would be Arkham City with full dx11 support, or Crysis 2. Or maybe just allow my wife and I to enjoy Torchlight 2 together :)
Cheers on another great contest!
liquidviii - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This beast was made to game, and that's what I plan to do if I win.Kejan - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i would use this laptop as a gaming laptop when i was away from home :)Lliams675 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would stop using my PC & would use this for Gaming & multimedia.Slappy Ham - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Want! Want badly! This made a long time lurker post for the first time.thill9 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would play D3...a lot...JETninja - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Soon to leave my family to start a new job for Boeing, this would be cool to play games on those lonely nights alone until my family can join me!Hillcart - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to keep myself away , very away from my desktop.Cartership - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Mine is too old now too.I want to be able to play games on atleast a decent resolution!nativeguide - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to get my game on!!Emron - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Newer games & Photo editingmnelsonx - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Many hours of excellent Civ V, Deus Ex, and even Skyrim gameplay while at home or on the road. Oh, and maybe I would have to do some work on it occasionally.JonesFoxify - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
kind of same case as the above member.Would be playing games & quit using desktop.susurrusflow - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Indeed. I would really want a gaming laptop to use Steam on the go.superbvisionary - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I also need a gaming lappy so that i can game on while travelling!phatTweaker - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am disabled and on a fixed income and can't afford a decent computer.Also I would like to play some of the newer games which my current PC wont handle.
Thanks
phatTweaker - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am disabled and on a fixed income and can't afford a decent computer.Also I would like to play some of the newer games which my current PC wont handle.
Thanks
Ttdawg1 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to program, code, do schoolwork, blog, play resource-intensive games (like first-person shooters), and watch movies.EdwinBargers - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would want to keep myself removed from my 10 year old " Crappy Lappy " . :Drav10101 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
mmm finally a nice mobile GPU to do some visualization (and maybe some gaming)jakewit - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it as my new main machine for video editing.rafta - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming & videos.butlerbapre - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I too want to throw away my PC because it's too old now.I could really use this new lappy.NiNe - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my Dell XPS 17 and make my HP-toting friends green with Envy!Popon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my Dell Inspiron & will enjoy every bit of it.mangofan - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would make the world a better place to live in by using MSI products.Royallitz - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to destroy my wife online. As she now has the fastest computer in the house. This would give me back my manhood and pride! Please help me.chopdox - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to take over the world!!dsweston - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to finally have the fastest notebook in any Starbucks (for a week anyhow.)lildragonfly82 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I don't know if my last post went through so please excuse this if it is a double post,. This computer rocks and I would love to win it for my family!KingHenryL - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To give to my girlfriend so she can play Diablo with me.crazyaznpig - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For D3!!!GTripp - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
i also have a desktop like that & can use the MSI GT70 very nicely!!bazbassi - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To frag anything that movesnatts133 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to usher the return of Age of Empires 3.biguns - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo III and ignore my family duties until I defeated it!hudiow - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd game Diablo 3 on the night in the dark using the backlit keyboard!sujanks - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to be able to play games on the plane, while moving back and forth for CO once every other week.Psyt - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace my old Core 2 Duo T7400.Demi.Job - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would want it to replace my aging core2duo desktop PC.Newbian - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
It would make playing D3 and watching tv at the same time that much easier.wsand101 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To play the games that kill my current laptop.emory29us - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
It would really come in handy for school over what I am using now. Plus I could game with it when I travel.mikeyb2117 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace my current laptopberyleo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Same here. Typing this on a $300(when new) bargain-bin laptop, where one hinge is about to give out. It creaks and I can see some cables :( This laptop would be such an improvementleast_squared - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Who wouldn't want a free new laptop? Sure, I'll toss my name in the hat.kingdom9214 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would crush Diablo using only my amazing new notebook =Ppork420 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
this would be amazing to win, i wouldn't have to use my old crappy gaming pc anymore :Djragonsoul - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I woulds love to finally have a laptop to use for school and the occasional gaming away from home!CTrigo - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Sounds Great! What's not to like?Pathison - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would be using it to replace my old desktop PCLeslieA - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to replace my six year old desktop. Create more space in my work area and save the money I would have spent to bring my wife and kids on a short vacation. As well as clean the trash around my computer area. Kinda organized chaos.swordknight7 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Gaming, for sure.undermined - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use this to entertain myself with endless hours of gaming and watching videos. I'd most likely also do quite a bit of typing taking advantage of the very nice keyboard but instead of being chained to a desk I'd take it outside or just move freely from room to room.biscuitsmik - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook if it runs minesweeper above 100 FPSDizey - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would love to win this so i could give my old Dell E1705 to my nephew.CheesePoofs - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Play the games, render the things.christyler2009 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
not bad for a laptoptipes - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
As a gaming machine & would run some video editing softwares like Adobe Premiere.emarston - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to replace my 4 year old notebook (currently fading fast) and keep my wife happy.Thebobo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is a great laptop. I would use this for gaming!!MichaelMcDonnell - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to do 3D programming. I recently moved to the US and had to leave my desktop PC behind, which means I have to do development on my old sucky laptop.dmanatunga - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this computer because I currently do not have a working laptop, and I need a computer that can play today's games. Specifically, I'd probably be playing a lot of starcraft 2 on this machine, with a decent set of Steam games like Team Fortress 2.xxvtxx - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Great for Diablo 3 on to go =PAKfaust - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To have a bunch of fun....and be slightly productive. :)I would love to give that laptop a go.
pjanicki - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This notebook would replace every PC in my house! I wouldn't be tripping over PC towers and cords anymore! Along with gaming on the go? AWESOME!!!pixelcloak - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
For everything I need and want a notebook for!wroblewsk - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
DIABLO III!skinebones - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my old laptop to play games!brokenfuse - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
10x faster than my 10 yr old desktop i could use this for school and gaminglegendma - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I could definitely use a new gaming laptop. Still using 3 yrs old laptop with Intel IGP!vmo - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
to play minesweepoer :)zheero - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
wow, that's a cool laptop, i would certainly replace my aged lenovo y550, my frame rates in starcraft II would be awesome!!InfoTiger - Monday, June 4, 2012 - link
Hope it's not too late.Incyc - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - link
to get to lvl 60 in hardcore D3Mumulent - Friday, July 20, 2012 - link
I would like to have this notebook becouse I need one. I don't have notebook so if I will win this it would be nice :-). Thank you and have a nice day.Quatrefury - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games on it. What else am I going to do with a notebook like this?y2Uqxut1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Exactly said.I would play games all day long provided if i win this.Kaboose - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
yeah that's it, pretty much just gaming....red12355 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... To play BF3 all day. Maybe the new Metro when it comes out.trinachowdhury - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will play Diablo III & all the Call Of Duty Series.meripanao - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will not mind getting a gaming laptop.meripanao - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I really in the need of a gaming notebook so that i can play all the latest titles !Burcy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo III all day long & Max Payne 3 when it comes out.Thanks!RMSe17 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be pretty sweet for all kinds of stuff :)shomizu9 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI, as I have no current portable computing device, I'd use this beauty in my quest to finish my first bachelor's degree, which I've worked on and off starting in 1999. I've seen and experienced a lot of amazing things in life instead of finishing that degree, but it is time to return and finish what I started. Oh! And some gaming, of course. :-) Good luck to all!MarkLuvsCS - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I for one would use this notebook for courses during the day, and gaming in between classes or at night.MAXPAYNE2K5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it for my college work & gaming at night.normantor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am very fond of the glowing lights! They hypnotize me.PR0927 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this in my law school studies. About to be a VERY in-debt law school student starting this fall. Current laptop is ancient and has some serious hardware issues. Minimizing costs is a great idea for me.bumshakala - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for similar purposes.Halnerd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Thanks MSI. I would play D3, Torchlight 2, and anything else that comes my way. Oh and get some work done on the side. Great promo.BAADSHAH - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play all kinds of games.foodyt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would play Diablo III on this beast.MeTechE - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my Core Duo (seriously, not Core 2) wall tethered notebook (dead battery).How crazy would it be if I could use a notebook on the other side of the couch!
jhundlana - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it to replace my ages old Pentium 4 machine.claysm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my current setup, which fall far short of this laptop in every conceivable metric of performance and usability.samseaankh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am like you too.I want to replace my C2D lappy.meth0s - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this...TO GAME ON, obviouslyrangabodle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Like me.i will use it for gaming too....undersiege091 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming obviously.lojjas1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming & CAD. :0)MrHonahainkya - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For gaming & photo editing.katmaibear - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for photo and video post processing, plus maybe a few games ;-)dharkayedil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for video editing which is my job.N4g4rok - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games at frame rates that would put consoles to shame.Watch and record HD video all day with that battery life.
Put the i7 to work writing code and working with office applications.
Quite honestly, with that hardware, i can do pretty much whatever i want with it.
sucram03 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as an excuse to play Diablo 3. Or actually, play any games, since I should be studying instead :Dchaosprototype - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Thanks An,I'd install DotA 2, D3, Civ V, Batman Arkham City,
I would be finally be able to play in peace and not rage when my computer overheats!
xdeadzx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, being that I am going to be attending college for graphic and gaming designs next semester... I'm going to be needing a heavy duty laptop to have to work with. This fits the bill perfectly, especially being that I'm an extremely addicted gamer, and this laptop has the power to back all of it up, and then some. Heck, it's even enough to replace this desktop! (Well... Maybe not, I like the desk it's on)I'd put it to it's limits and let it know I love it. ;D
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As an architecture student, I'd use it as an upgrade to my current studio laptop; and for gaming :)joshrivers - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
which is to finish StarCraft 2 Chaper 1mrbean1500 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm gonna use the laptop to do all my HW.... yeah right... I'll be playing games, watch movies, stream video, read articles, .... and maybe do some homework.Xeeros - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A friend has one and wow these are frickin nice im still rockin my uber cheap amd e-350 notebook with a defunct everything, stupid HP/Compaq.manisero - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gw2 + med school. Might not be the best combination...plasmasmp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Have never tried an MSI notebook. Would love to try gaming on this one.DrSeanX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
bring the joy of gaming to my patients in Haiti.Homeles - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for school... although I'd probably be very likely to get distracted and game on it as well.aetherfly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With that much memory and that much horsepower, I would have some fun setting up and playing with a network of VM's, not to mention I could really use a new gaming machine and I'm too broke to build one, plus this one's portable!logos7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop as my desktop: games, movies, web, documents, and to try my hand at video editing.jj1075 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Games, world peace and cold fusion.yahyavi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm need of a powerful notebook for my graduate school research that can run large simulations.This will be perfect!
Obviously games too! :-)
rheinlds - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as an excuse from having to develop a social life... you know, typical gamer misconception.Simply, put I would own BF3 and all other games with this!
bonesbrigade - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook to play games and movies while on the move. Also type papers in class.fat879 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
that is a great looking laptop I would rock out with some games with it and possibly do a little work from time to time.gdinero79 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would replace my current laptop, which I'd pass down to a family member. I'd use it for work during the day and gaming at night.jankphil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my old alienware laptop, then bring it to my gaming convention supported by alienware.outlaw57 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I cannot lie. I would use this laptop to play games all day.projektsun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for playing that mine sweeper game i heard about. Huge upgrade from my ti-85.log1kq2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This will replace my ancient toshiba satelite p4 3.0ghz laptop!!!!!! HELP!EndymionFRS - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to have some quick BF3 games in between classestviceman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Such a great gaming notebook! Think of all the Diablo 3 I'd be able to play on it!blackbelter - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is a great prize .I would play new games on this.ripalsanghani - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my 3 year old Asus, of course!cantonknees - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I want to replace my 4.5 years old Toshiba Laptop with this new MSI GT70.Rednecktech - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hmmmmmm, i would use it for world peace. . .Virusx86 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've always been a big fan astronomy, and GPUs, and laptops... I'd use it for everything!willmoser - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It will be a perfect desktop replacement for me..vol7ron - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give this to my brother, though. He needs it more than me.sparco00@yahoo.com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for client meetings to present my work to them but also i would play games on it before the meetings while i wait for them to show up, and sometimes they are late as hell.uc404s - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The GT70 would live up to its category and actually replace a desktop. It outclasses my decidedly less portable machine in almost every dimension.johncody - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to frag when not studying for school!!!Aellynh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd replace my 3 year old CULV laptop and do some serios gaming with this thing! Wow, seriously going from integrated graphics for a GT670m would be stunning n.n!;afks101 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a Master's student studying artificial intelligence, so I'd probably be doing lots of programming... at least until Guild Wars 2 comes out, at which point I will most likely fail all my classes.dumbfire - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming. Max frame rates. No lag. Win.chrisprcr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming.bingho - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i don't even own a notebook now - i can finally join the 21st centuryJe-Tze - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a replacement/upgrade for my poor old socket939 athlon64x2 system. I could finally turn the settings up past minimum. The poor old girl... everything slows her down.VoraciousGorak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
.... so I don't have to drag my wife's crappy netbook to social gatherings and ruin my nerd cred.Also so I don't have to lug my (rather heavy) PC to my friends' houses when we play games. Screw online gaming, it's much better when you're in the same room, believe it or not.
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I wouldn't use it as a coaster for my beverages that's for sure.Hammi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd be modeling in solidworks, playing half life, while encoding video ALL AT ONCE with that thing! All while getting longer battery life than my Lenovo here.jtw303 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games with it.Dynamo6969 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
12GB DDR3 in a notebook! nice! i would love to win this!MarkJr125 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play awesome rounds of Mass Effect 3, as well as learn to develop command-line based C++ applications (aspiring programmer).dscott1414 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games and other things...DarK-SeeD - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
For playing games & movie watchings.wedouglas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I think my health would take a serious turn for the better. Unlike all the couch potatoes who'd just be playing games, I'd probably incorporate this laptop into my workout since it weighs 8.5 lbs. Strength +10.MasterTactician - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be a welcome replacement for my aging desktopalandek - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Really would be nice that i will be able to replace my old desktop with this.WhiteMorpheus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook to not only crush my enemies in Diablo 3, but also to help my wife out with her work on our home business. Gotta have a heart.wazza300 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I will play D3 & Star Craft II on it.Movies also.shellscriptz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've recently given my old notebook away to someone who had no computer. I've used that old notebook as a tool for educating this person in the finer aspects of computing so that they can develop some job skills and get some work (this person has been unemployed for a while).I would use this laptop as a replacement for that laptop since I gave away the only one I had. The old one was an MSI laptop as well. I generally use my laptops as mobile workstations when I'm on the go, or for bringing media over to a friends house, or for a good old fashioned LAN party.
Jebzilla - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as my everyday computer. I'd watch Youtube, do some general household banking work, and of course play games on it such as The Secret World and Guild Wars 2. I love the fact I can take it with me when I visit relatives (2-3 times a month on average) and be able to play the games I want to. My wife would love it because I can get rid of my current set up which in turn would get rid of some of clutter around my computer desk (wires, speakers, etc...). I also wouldn't have to borrow her netbook when I do fantasy football stuff outside of the house. I really, really want to win this.ccruzan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I really enjoy MSI products. I have owned and own, several motherboards and would love to try their laptops.jmnewton - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Please to give mekobe8 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to get back into PC gaming.Scientifically - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will use this computer to run graphic intensive games!antithenes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Run multiple VM's and do some heavy gamingleaveittoweaves - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, I would play games on the go. Right now my current laptop is old and not able to game. This would be a new, awesome experience for me.bupkus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
World domination.mga318 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd do some photo editing, MA thesis writing, and when I need a break, some portable gaming.rontom - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Photo/Video editings & gaming!scotth501 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace the one desktop computer our family shares with this device as our regular computer.Gyzer006 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A nice looking gaming notebook. Would play D3 with a touch of photoshop and dvd authoring on the side.zigzaggar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to make my friends jealousJpal74 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I have the same intentions.Making people jealous of me.Placebo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mobile workstation... and gaming!r34v3r - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play some BF3 and Crysis of course, and do some video encoding when on the move. Seriously, this machine's a beast that can handle everything, it seems!jsbruner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play solitaire!woodworker72 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new laptop. This would be perfect!Octopuss - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I don't own a laptop currently & this will be pretty cool to have.Pick me.GhostClocking3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I think I just found a great portable notebook to play Diablo 3 on. Cheers.Aikouka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
squeal like a little girl.No, on a more serious note, it would let me replace my old Dell M1530 that's showing its age. The thought of being able to have great looking games (again) on the go is quite the great though!
dansfaulkner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play the latest games.RedDeath89 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it to play all the games which has great graphics.QQBoss - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am going to Beijing, China to teach computer science at a university there. I would very much appreciate having a computer that is more powerful than any other computer on campus (including their workstations and servers that I have seen), particularly one that comes from a Taiwanese company.Vincent - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for internet surfing!millak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love this for Visual Studio and for gamesfalconfury - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games when I travels within the military where my tower cannot go.Yellowsamuel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I was lucky enough to win I'd use it for gaming in the living room and working overtime on the fly, been thinking bout replacing my Centrino Duo lappy for awhile now!!!spanko - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My job is boring and I have nothing to do so if I won the notebook I'd use it to play games at work. I mean that's what I'm there for right?FatalFlaw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to banish the forces of evil back to Hell.thewooster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new laptop/desktop replacement for both work, but more-so for gaming. My old notebook is about 5 years old.I would love to try out a MSI notebook as I have never used one.
motoolfan - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I do require a laptop for my office projects when i'm away from my desktop.This machine is a beast to say the least.grantdesrosiers - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am a studying Electrical Engineering. I need a computer I can take around with me to the library and the labs, and it needs to be powerful enough to run a lot of CAD software and development programs. I also play shooters on my downtime, so a laptop like this would be perfect for me. I would really appreciate it!safusu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This looks like a great gaming laptop but I'd also love to watch movies on it. Sure the case looks a little cheesy, but it's what on the inside that counts, right?dmguerrero - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am a student at DePaul University and I will use this laptop for my career, which is Game Development. I am in desperate in need of a new computer. Thanks!jgarcows - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I got this notebook, I'd use it for Civ V and maybe some old school Supreme Commander Forged Alliance when traveling. I'd try out the 7200 rpm drive first, especially considering the huge amount of RAM, but I would probably end up moving that to an external enclosure and replacing it with an SSD to make a fast system even faster.Gibson12345 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've needed a new computer for years. This... wow, that's a lot of computer.Polo_Sport - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
i wanted a new gaming lappy always.I hope I win.I will use it for most reasons i use my PC for.hansrotech - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my macbook pro (core duo), gaming, and design workgilrain - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for web design and development in general... that RAM is crying out for some virtual machines.Tamroni - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will be using it for designing web applications & some gaming too!ProfessorNob - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It'd be treason to use this beauty NOT to game.vexatious - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
long walks on the beach.ricemaster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for my homework and on the go gaming! Thanks MSI and Anandtech!Guyboss - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For my work , gaming & occational movie watching.thanksPhelix008 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd like to stop lugging my 50lb desktop to and from my dorm/home/lan partiesaatoratog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I was lucky enough to win this laptop, I'd use it for TCAD simulations of graphene based transistors! I'd be using the same software that was used to help develop the fin FETs in the IVB chip to work on my own research! Oh yeah, I'd probably play a bit of games on it too .... LOL.Araemo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably put a linux distro on it and use it to work on my android side project..Of course, it'd be dual-booting windows 7 or 8 because I need a computer to play games on when I'm out of town for work. :)
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I'd use it for a combination of coding and then wasting my life playing the endless amounts of Skyrim mods.yuriylsh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's been awhile since I played games. Job (progamming), hobby (programming :) ) and family have kept me away from gaming for last 5 or so years. If I win this laptop I will have no other choice but keep programming only at work for some time and finally play the games I have at my Steam account seating unplayed, some for years... This laptop seems to be a beast as a programming machine too, though... :DWraithETC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to do some "onRoad" gaming. The only latency will be the action potentials between my CNS and muscle fibers!Reverse_Engineering - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will b able to play games in high resolution & details.kaz2020 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Honestly I'd give it to my girlfriend. Her HP has seen better days.Thanks for the opportunity here.
DooRules - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would replace this system with my aging 10 year old desktop.Great competition!jakeb0653 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, I'm a graduating high school senior. I have college coming up, and I haven't really ever had a very "high power" computer... I know I don't really need one for note-taking and typical college assignments, but I would be using it for so much more than just that. I like to game, and as such I have been trying to game using my laptop's Intel HD graphics (pre HD3000, mind you). Needless to say, that hasn't been going well for me. My solution was to get a GPU for my desktop... well. I got a cheap hand-me-down GPU from a buddy (GTX 260) that lets me play my games on medium, which is leagues better than what I'm used to, and threw that in my desktop. Its been holding me over, but unfortunately the computer I threw the 260 into is my mother's. She won't let me take her computer (can't blame her), which means I'll be stuck back with integrated graphics (basically, I won't be able to game at all anymore). Aside from losing my gaming ability, I'll also have a harder time keeping in touch with my friends because we all like to game together, and the friends that play together stay together! ...especially since they're all going to different schools.I guess what I'm really saying is that I would use this notebook to game, do school work, keep in touch with my friends, and just enjoy using! Having something new and high powered is something I've never experienced, so it'd be an awesome experience haha. My sister would get my old laptop, which would be fine for her. She just needs a work/facebook machine. hahah
Doby - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo IIISome1ne - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop as a mobile software development workstation (Java, iOS, Android). Though first I'd swap out that HDD for an SSD, and possibly add another 4 GB of RAM. Then I'd move the Win 7 install onto the SSD, and install VMWare to run an OSX Lion instance for iOS development. At which point I could make all the other iOS developers jealous because my development laptop would be 1) faster than a Macbook, 2) cooler looking than a Macbook, 3) running a better default OS than a Macbook, 4) more fun than a Macbook, and 5) not a Macbook. It would be a head-turning setup, to be sure.Perhaps I'd play games on it too, if I could hook my external monitor, keyboard, and mouse up to it. But most of the time it would be a development box.
ScottZ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my old slow almost unusable one.kamsar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as an excuse to learn 3D programming and make gamesqwiktrip - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it for 3d Modelling which is a part of my job. :)jhoff80 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd catch up on my backlog of Steam games, which is getting massive.Spartan8907 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I already have two computers set up at my desk. I would use this with my 3rd copy of Battlefield 2 and have three copies running simultaneously because why not.mattgmann - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For work and play. It would be nice to have my cake and eat it too for once.Plyro109 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could actually play some BF3 on it when I was out and about, so I wouldn't need to lug my huge desktop around!RDO CA - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I do need a new laptop and have been waiting for ivygeraboy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I win I would buy and play all the video games ever madecopyme - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
If i get the chance to have this , i will play all my collections of video games on the device.goplanet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to play my copy of Portal 2 on it!Denbo1991 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo 3! My current laptop (Gateway from 4 years ago) runs Diablo3 at <10fps =(kpelp - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will be playing Diablo III on this too.my current machine can barely run it at playable frame rates.Layzer253 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI, I am and amateur audio engineer as well as a big gamer. The notebook would blow my current desktop out of the water as well as I would be able to take it on the road to record live shows!CLohre - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to play defeat Diablo in all difficulties or die a lot trying....Socaltyger - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would kill my brain cells 100x over with Diablo IIIstatim - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games on it. All day. Everywhere.Poweripton - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd be playing games on this gaming notebook whenever i can.xgmdx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would head to the coffee shop and get tweaked on espresso. Then I would power on my new gaming notebook and play some Team fortress 2 and some CS:GO beta! And then maybe study a little programing:)taken0prisoners - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this notebook I would use it to play games when I leave to go to university.kf27fix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Should be great for work.Stainle - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is a heavy duty laptop.I would use it to game & quite a few things.the_vorpal_blade - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll use the laptop for nautrino simulations!georgec84 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to save the world from demons, mutants, aliens, orcs, and anything else in the many awesome games I will play on it.sircod - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to have one of these.mickwizz - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Really would be proud to have one.Bull Dog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games, watch movies, do homework.NilsaIQ1978 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for school work and games.....and to enter sweeps :-).PolarisOrbit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would gloat to my friends that I got a faster notebook than any of theirs-- FOR FREE! and then I would either give it to my brother on his birthday or use it for Diablo 3... tough call.KMikhail - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Even if this is a gaming notebook it will help me with finishing my phd: I got some stuff to recalculate. Ok, the time saved will be well spend in WoW and editing pics for a hobby, since my current machine consumes too much time :-(Good luck everyone :)
flensr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd take this to every lan party and gaming convention I go to. Instead of lugging my heavy desktop and monitor, I'd have this snazzy MSI laptop to set up with my gaming gear. It will cut 20 pounds off of my gaming kit! My gaming rig already uses an MSI video card which I absolutely love so I expect this laptop would give me great gaming experiences with awesome reliability, like all of my MSI stuff.joeballow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
need a more powerful laptop to edit photos/solidworks on the gohardcoreimpulse - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is a great notebook.I want to have one to make my relatives envious.Jankenpop - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to finally have a gaming computer at university with mewingzero023 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this laptop to build the godliest monk on d3!technofyme - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
By far the best giveaway i saw. Wish i could win this one. Awesome posts. :)ajhall62 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games and do everything more. EffectiveRocksys - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Playing games in high res & doing some movie editing.gamefreakgcb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So I can upgrade my Inspiron 11Z and have some awesome multi-monitor work going. :-)Totally Trav - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love a nice laptop for college. One I can game on would make it even better.koerbstomp70 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to not only enjoy all my favorite games on the highest settings, but to rub all my friends' faces in it while I do!pakrambo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i will surf on anandtech.com 24/7 checking for new gpu benchmarks once i win this laptop yayaznofazns - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd easily use this desktop replacement as just that, a desktop replacement. At 8.6lbs, I'm not going to be carrying this around very often, but it would be perfect for LAN parties!baronmog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for games and as a mobile dev platform (my current laptop can only sustain one VM at a time).ICe287 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use this to play Diablo 3 all summer!soydios - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i'd use the notebook to do things I can't on a work machineroc1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have the gx600 and I've had it for 4.5 years now. It was a killer back then! I saved money from my internship to buy it.I have not replaced it because of the audio in jack which I regularly use to record myself performing. Definitely an important extra for me.
Wish me good luck, guys :P
Lothsahn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...or WoW.driscoll42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To game on and work on developing and playing with my Android devices.ggathagan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll game like there's no tomorrow!!Kamrooz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Funny thing is I actually sell this thing all the time since we got it in at Fry's Electronics where I work. One of my favorite laptops we just started carrying =D....I dream of getting one I just simply can't afford it >_<.I would use this for literally everything. I'm actually going to be going to school for 3D modeling within the next few months and I pretty much need a portable workstation bad...I would LOVE to win this sucker. For my Photo, Video, and 3D projects the processing power of that cuda graphics cards and lovely ivybridge processor with that kicking Dynaudio speakers would be bliss...Love the feeling of the steel series keyboard also =D. Also when I'm not working the mass amounts of gaming whether it be MMO or FPS would definitely be run to it's potential =D...
Who knows, I might end up making the next great game under this baby! An investment to the world if I win! =P..lol..
misteriro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it to find enlightenment, true love, and inner peace, for these are the things that gaming begets.custodian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd introduce my daughter to gaming. She shares a computer with me right now for casual games and likes to help me play Portal. It would be great to show her how LAN play works and what awesome hardware like this can do to the great games we have today.ted8978 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use the MSI computer to be able to play some of the latest games.Berzerker7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to game (obviously), and tell my friends how awesome MSI is for doing this giveaway!madmook - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to use this to play Diablo III and Starcraft 2! Tired of my current laptop from 2 generations ago scraping by with a core2duo.JoeKryten - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a door-stop......or not.CoreLogicCom - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My 6-year old Dell Inspiron E1705 has taken every upgrade I can give it (2.3 Ghz Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB Ram and Intel X-25M SSD) and I can't even play WoW with full shadows enabled with it's 7900GT video card! I definately can't play SW:TOR at anything but the lowest detail settings and this just sucks for getting into the game's full immersion. I've been looking at replacements such as MSI, as well as Asus and Alienware and it's really down to MSI and Asus. Come'on MSI, let me throw this Dell in a dumpster where it belongs and let me fire up some gaming goodness at full res and detail levels and let the love flow with a righteous gaming laptop!!Chra88 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The first thing I would do: show up all the Mac book users. And then of course, video games.Rumpelstiltstein - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take it with me on deployment and slay dragons in Skyrim.csroc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
that's a lotta laptop, if the display is any good it'd be a handy portable photo editing workstationlesuelrs1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this for school, since my Pharm D. program requires that I have a laptop. Being able to play Diablo 3 on it from work would just be icing on the cake.Stempinski59 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I just signed my first teaching contract and I do not have a Notebook and the school does not have the funds to give each teacher a notenook either. I am Technology Education Teacher and do drafting, design, graphic arts, Computer Engineering and many other areas that MSI would certianly be able to handle perfectly. It would certianly help me and make my students learning environment a much better place. I won't let you down!Stempinski59 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Pick this guy! He deserves it! ; - )kruass - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this beast to play nethack in all its glory. Oh yeah!vbaker9 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is one of the best looking gaming notebooks I've ever seen, and I would love to do some gaming on it.Way to go MSI!!!k2340 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mostly for gaming. Although, the 12GB of RAM is delicious for various virtual machines. Maybe building the android source + kernel on that would be somewhat bearable...set12 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to play Diablo 3 while I'm travelling for business!scotthulbs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games like BF3 and RE6 to hone my skills in preparation for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. That's only if we somehow survive upcoming Mayan apocalypse first!Erakith - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would..Do homework
Do math
Write stuff
Make animated GIFs of old cartoons
Browse the internetz
Use notepad for making HTML only websites
OHWAIT, no I wouldn't!
I'd play games on it.
.. and take it to friends houses, to play games on it
.. and take it to family events, to play games on it
Sounds pretty good to me!
And whenever i'm NOT gaming on it, I'll fold on it. Good causes!
Tator Tot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could really use an update from the first gen Core i3 laptop that borked on me. Especially since I have nothing besides my phone to use at school.JDLion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to play Diablo 3 while i'm away from homeHOSH - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To Play Games and to run VMware Workstation on it for studying and work.scfxrz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Could use something newer to replace my current laptop.saltytostitos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd load up creative suite... and play games!fiftysixtius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
video editing, and design work.jaar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
the majority of its cpu cycles i'd use it for hardcore gaming. ski free, minesweeper, etc.would definitely like to have it for consuming all sorts of media while im supposed to be doing educationally related tasks.
lopezchess007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I just stumbled upon this website about a week ago when I was bored and looking up info on a dream build. I love all the info available on your site; it gives me something to do other than watching whatever passes for television nowadays. If I won this laptop I'd probably try out Diablo 3 since a lot of my friends are playing it at the moment and I'd like to join them.oldRivers - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to game in places my desktop can't reach!Jad77 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I mostly watch movies, hours and hours of movies.pakpak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play games all day long and probably get fired from my job.izeke01 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play lots and lots of Diablo 3, and also for my schoolwork, especially CAD and simulations.JFish222 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I just drooled all over the keyboard!greatmazinga - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
browse the crap outta the internetslimscraggle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be become my primary machine, it puts all my current hardware to shame.cougar1701 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
computerkwantran - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this, I would use it for gaming, but also for school and my career. I am an industrial design major and would frequently be using Adobe's Creative Suite along with rendering programs such as Solidworks, Rhino, and others.Thanks!
shade88 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play Deus Ex Human Revolution. And then marathon all 3 Mass Effect games. And also dual boot with Linux cause that's how I roll.DokteSarah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to start a netcafe in rural Haiti to bring the internet to those who don't have it.jtv - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably use it as a bit of a mobile workstation honestly. I work in computational condensed matter and it would be nice. The RAM would be incredibly useful. Definitely wantcrackedwiseman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...well, to game of course - at least some of the time. The rest of the time I'd use it for software development - fast CPU like that, and a CUDA /OpenCL capable GPU would make work on the go much nicer.WizardNo1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
SteelSeries from MSI looks great, I always appreciated the "industrial" "tough" design.My 7 years old Pavilion zd8000 needs to go :) I think I am the only one running Pentium 4 , LOL!
I was always waiting for something "better" . This looks like the perfect desktop replacement. Its Ivy Bridge processor is super fast while the 670M gpu will allow to play any games. Maybe I would add a ssd like the samsung 830 series or crucial m4 (but not really necessarily).I would use it for cad/cam and multimedia. Of course, I would not be able not to play BF3,Dirt3 and formula 1 . Damn, I'm in love with this laptop! Its about $1550 on newegg.com btw
Looks like it has great cooling and heat dissipation. There's a turbo fan hotkey button you can press at any time. Main vent blows air out of the left side, with slight exhaust from the rear-left.
lelliott73181 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for doing Windows 8 testing & development, and gaming of course:)teng029 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for Guild Wars 2..phantom404 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to....finally get rid of my Commodore 64 and be able to enjoy Warcraft Orcs & Humans!!!!Lycros - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to bring to my friends house so we can play some LAN and other multiplayer games together. Or let my friends use it when they come over to my house to do the same. It would also be very handy to take on vacations and trips, being able to have some nice gaming sessions while away from home.F120 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would hide away in my room and play games for days and daysraywireless - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I got one of these, I'll take it everywhere and show off.Griffinmake - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I will brag about it to everyone & will play all the newer games on it. :)hmspe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
retire the IBM T60silenceisgolden - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
because my netbook has an Atom processor that needs to be put to rest peacefullylwillms - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...try to take over the world!lujosh87 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo 3 and all the other latest games.megakilo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is awesome!MeSh1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a nice addition. Especially since I dont have a laptop. Pick me please. Thanks as always for the free stuff :)richard_s6 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
with my hands of course... I kid.. I kid.I will no longer be anchored to my desk playing games.
WizardNo1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
use it for cad / cam , gaming and multimedia (watching videos while in airports).ken88 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for playing games and everything else too. Great looking specs.fatpenguin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so I could stop using my old crummy MacBook (and I bet it can game better than my desktop!)bpwnes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for everything. Playing games, work, internet, everything...Gatepc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What would I do? Well simply put just about everything! I would spend my free time gaming, my school time doing school work (and gaming), and of course when I'm sleeping it would probably be running Folding @ Home.I am really interested in hearing the Dynaudio speakers as well. I know its a laptop but I've heard some of the top end Dynaudio stuff at audio shows and I'm sure they know what they are doing. I am really curious to how good a laptop can sound.
MSI is truly an amazing company, imo they make some of the best computer parts around, especially their video cards. The custom Frozr series is just mind boggling good. I own the MSI HD 7850 and could not be more happy with it!
danjw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hehe, this would be great to have!danjw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play Lord of the Rings Online on it.2171 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to get out of the house. I currently do not a lap top of smart phone. And my tower is 8 years old.ucisilentbob - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as my main computer allowing me to be completely mobile and also de-clutter my desk!Taurus229 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be wonderful since I do not own a notebook. Thanks, AnandTechsuperflux - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
want, want, want... Anandtech always give their readers perks. =)reberhart - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games and make art. And some other stuff.Phantomwalker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Besides the obvious of using this to keep my steam library happy no matter where I am, I would use this laptop to learn more about 3D Modeling and game engines such as Unity and Unreal. With the goal of one day making my own games. :)Thank you for running this contest. :) Best of luck to everyone and congrats to the winner. :)
Clarkus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 at home. Diablo 3 in-between engineering lectures next year at college. Diablo 3 on the bus back home for break. Diablo 3 everywhere. Also, Guild Wars 2.nathanddrews - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would parade this thing around, telling everyone how awesome my laptop was and how great MSI is. MSI will make billions more dollars as a result. The end.SylvyrRavyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Lots of Diablo 3bouncyfor - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 , ME3 , Max Payne 3 & some COD Black Ops.manicfreak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's a desktop replacement machine, so I'm gonna use it just like I would use it as a desktop, only it's portable.AlmightyPants - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for games and to stream HD content to my TV - my netbook is not fast enough to handle either.TheUsual - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play games and probably do some programming on it.Mangix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo III on the go. Oh the addiction...rEs0nAtE - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would bring this to school to take notes and play everything@!Mabs9 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It would be cool if i win this.I will play games , encode videos & listen to Music.ALLisONE - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
You're kidding right? What would I do with this laptop? I'll have a jolly good damn time with it, that's what!It'll beat out this aging, decaying no good.. I have for a desktop right now by mountains.
Finally I would actually be able to play all these newer games coming out for the past couple of years as well as watch HD movies for simple enjoyment & browse the web with more than a few tabs open without worry it'll bog my system down!
Simply put as above, I'll have a jolly good damn time with it, that's what!
Thanks both Anand and MSI for having this Giveaway!
rudolphna - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll use it to take over the world. By sending everybody cupcakes that are three different colors. Whilst simultaneously fragging in Quake III and Crysis. And eating caek. There has to be caek. :)Sleepynlazy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would serve as a great work and play machine! Diablo 3 on the go anywhere anytime! :)muscles019 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This laptop will be a perfect upgrade from my PC & i will game on the Go!!er1ckd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to play all the back logged pc games I've been putting off. Assuming I win of course :-) It would be a nice upgrade to the 6yr old system I'm currently rockin :-(strahd13 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would rock gaming on my HDTV and also my buddy's HDTV to make him weep in jealousy and it would also help me be productive while at my college... making my classmates envious.sepht - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd replace my aging workhorse of a laptop [circa 2007] for a much needed boost of productivity in my Unity-based game development (currently crawling!) and visual effects development. Hopefully to be able to show something off cool by GDC 2013!TopHeavy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To do some intense gaming sessions, write some prolific research papers and ponder the universe in all its complexities amid considering a single blade of grass because, really, they are not that different.stev1456 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would be performing some video post processing & obviously games.Duwelon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be gaming from the couch and road :)Zalcor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be my first notebook, and I would play a ton of games on the road.PezWah - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This will also be my first notebook.So, praying for it.fusoya - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for mobile gaming. I have a gaming PC at home, and a 11.6" traveling notebook for school, but a GT70 would be great for vacation-time gaming. Currently playing Path of Exile, planning to get some Diablo 3 and Heart of the Swarm in as well. 8Dcurse - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My plans for world domination, or just play more Diablo...garadante - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd like to win such a laptop to have a portable computer as many prospective universities now require that I won't be ashamed of, and won't force me to break what little bank I have buying both a laptop and building a new desktop!Plus it would put to shame my current rig in gaming, regardless of how absurdly overclocked it currently is. :(
adamgdawg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play lots of games, and play games at my friends houses.hansmuff - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 on it so I can finally co-op with my kids!profJim - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I want to play Diablo 3 on high settings.SoulShadow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For school, as I am away at school most of the time and am without a laptop as my current one has just died, I would be able to game while in the lounge at school with my friends, which would be nice, as they all have powerful laptops. I would use it for schoolwork, the 1920x1080 screen much better than the 1280x1024 screens on most of the lab computers. And I would use it pretty much all the time, I don't like to use my desktop that much as I don't like being stuck in one location and enjoy moving around a lot, and I'm 6'7, which makes a 17" manageable to carry around :) Working on my Bachelor's in Computer Science right now, this would also compile code nice and fast.StickyIcky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would game while "away on business".ReDx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo IIIFreekazoidd - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 & Battlefield 3 on this 1080p Screen.yial - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use it to replace my current cracked and damaged laptop (with a 1.6 ghz amd single core processor) that took a hit when it flew across my jeep while sliding during a snowstorm the beginning of this semester at PSU. Oh, and of course get some studying done on it.ssddaydream - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Of course this notebook would see some gaming action. One would really have to be a boring old stiff not to load some games...It would also suffer the brunt of a large Handbrake que, maybe some Folding, and certainly would be host to some VM. 12GBs on a mobile makes me rethink the meaning of "computing."
shellyboy2and2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Winning this laptop would be the final key to completing my portal to the 12th planet. There I would run rampant among the Anunnaki and consume all the Kardashian's. And play Crysis.MajorTrip75 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my Core Duo laptop and Xbox 360. I would then play games like they were meant to be played....Thanks for the opportunity MSI
EzekielForker - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I never had a notebook.So i will fully enjoy winning one because i can do everything on it.pisoias01 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for hardcore gaming at extreme qualitymetro 2033
bf 3
mw3
crysis 2
f1 2011
and more others
johan851 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For several days straight.the_gr8_brandino - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play games and watch movies at work.ConnersM - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Watching movies , some Photoshop & gaming!!Monkeyfeng - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for Battlefield 3 so I can show off to my friends!dJabba - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use to play BF3 & Diablo 3 on the GTX670 nvidia GPU.kreativitea - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently have a Dell Inspiron 700m. I bought it in my first year of college, and that's about ten years ago now. I'm currently in the market for a new laptop, and have been waiting, forever, to buy a laptop. I was going to buy one four years ago, but I went to Japan. I was going to buy one last year, but I ended up getting married instead, and all my money went to that. I was going to get one this year, but everyone told me to wait for ivy bridge.In any case, I program, graphic design, read, write, play games, watch pr0n, and do and everything else on my 700m on at the moment. And it hurts so bad. It's not exactly a desktop replacement.
I need a new laptop. Oh so very badly.
nubie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
You had better believe I would show it off everywhere, and tell people that MSI can build a sick notebook.I can't believe that there are still (non-budget) Core2 and AMD laptops being sold for more than $400, especially without discrete graphics.
Woot, nice graphics hardware, really necessary to do any sort of 3D on a high-res screen, and with a laptop you only get the one display onboard, so it had better have the pixels and the graphics solution.
AGMS - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use it for playing diablo 3 since my computer cannot handle it.ron_nelson - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Steam would get a solid work-out...And it'd open up sharing my current laptop with family for even more spreading of happiness.
eezip - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd replace my tired desktop with a newer, more portable system and play Diablo III!emilesuttont - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would replace this with my old & aging deesktop which can't run latest generation games.sic4672 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to game in my bedroom after the kids go to bed.Diosjenin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current laptop is pretty capable, but my sister's is borderline unusable. I'd like to pass mine along to her and get a new one for myself - think this would fill in nicely. :)Blaiz123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been using my Toshiba Satellite for nearly half my life (about 8 years) and it hasn't failed me yet. It was with me when I moved to another country. It was with me when I had to learn how to quickly adapt to a new culture and language. It was with me when I was fighting my way through high school life. It was with me when I received an admissions e-mail from my dream university which had seemed so unattainable at the beginning. My laptop was there when it mattered the most. It contains my life as a teen, but it is time for a new chapter.The MSI GT70 seems like it's more than capable of replacing my Toshiba that has meant so much to me over the years. The GT70 will be with me when I graduate undergraduate school. The GT70 will be with me when I graduate law school. And perhaps, the GT70 will be with me when I'm arguing my first civil rights case in federal court. I invest time and care into my computer, and I can see myself going a long way with a computer of the MSI GT70's caliber.
manwdaplan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play lots of games of courseLiney - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Playing games in uber high resolution & watching videos mostly.DarkShadow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Honest to God Truth:I'm currently using an ancient Dell laptop:
Latitude C600
P3 850 mhz
512mb SDRAM
20GB HDD
Broke optical drive
Fedora 16 LXDE spin
I am not kidding!
If I can snag this MSI laptop, the sun will shine and birds will sing and some perky upbeat background music will play.
Jakub77 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Pretty much play games on the goJuronical - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go!!!!!!!!AlterEcho - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently have an older MSI Notebook and loved it.I would use my new notebook as a sales tool/HTPC, gaming monster and portable "bling" machine! Since I am in sales, my customers are always checking out what hardware I am carrying. My older MSI really impressed quite a few people and probably generated some MSI laptop sales. Having the ability to hookup to a customer's projector for a demo, as well as showing them the gaming power, would be a dream come true!
optarix12 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In addition to the obvious gaming (which I could finally do again with this powerhouse) the size of the screen on this thing and the resolution would make it ideal for CAD and schematic capture work that I do frequently. I'll bet this thing would be no slouch with Ableton Live either. Time for my Core Duo Acer to go!---Optarix
Green33333 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be a great replacement for my old dell computer!LuigiQuilloy - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It would become my main gaming rig because it's so much capable of running games.saf227 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll use it to hammer nails.Oh - and I suppose make videos of The Kings winning the Cup. And play NHL 13.
double0seven - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would set it up to continue calculating the decimal places of my own irrational constant, (12 / 21) / 12 = 0.0476190476...SomaliAmerican - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I come from the most impoverished background, and there is no way I can show how much this would help not just me but my 8 year old little brother, i can finally have him play that grand theft auto game hes bugging me about and teach him how to type.TY.
djuuuaann - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will obviously use it to gameNatoniS - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
As this is a gaming notebook , i will use it mainly for that purpose.jippyj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... Bible studie of course (including Diablo III).plion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook with battlefield 3 at max settings especially with the upcoming closed quarters dlcSBMATH - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo III, Thank you.faizoff - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like a great laptop.Scarry_Movie - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Fantastic notebook computer.I need an upgrade from old lappy.joetekubi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would develop and run CUDA code to break encryption.ZXTT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play games while pretending to watch TV. I'd take it on vacation, and end up watching TV while the kids play with it. I'd play videos from YouTube while working in the kitchen.BuyMyToasters - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need this to play Sims 2, Bejeweled, and angry birds. These hardcore games are currently too much for my current rig. Only Anandtech can save me!iamnotawizard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Worthy mobile gaming!Rubicon1138 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This laptop can do everything.It sounds better , it looks better , it has got a great screen & highend components inside.I will use it for all day to day uses.Bikram72 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play some games while at school. In particular diablo3 and bf3.omel_h - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my "game-melting-super-spec'd-uber-notebook" void! Shouldn't it?Actually, it should!
davidgamer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would first use if for video games, secondly for monitor my home network and programmingtfranzese - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
use it to upload a virus to an alien spaceship and save the world from their hostile invasion with Jeff Goldblum as my wingman. Using it for anything less is just a waste.Crisium - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play games while off duty. My old notebook with a GMA 950 just isn't cutting it anymore and I really can't get a desktop on base.TechAngle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it do do some programming but local and web based. Also use it for VM's and games!smarmy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be playing games on it......and then play more games on it...this thing is a beast!Jokinge - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I will play games on this when i'm back home from job.Also some films will be watched on it time to time & i know i won't miss my desktop!Chupathingy220 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this baby for gaming on the go! I'm currently stuck with a beat up old HP laptop and a non-mobile (read: very heavy) desktop.rseiler - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my Core Duo.Scenic_beauty - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It would pretty nicely replace my aging AMD Laptop.thetinman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To show it off at work and play games of course.CyborgTMT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook to cure cancer! If I don't win, it's on your heads!....nah, I'd just game in bed :)
deject - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games at lan parties and stuff like that. Lugging my desktop around is really annoying and takes like three trips to get all the equipment in and out of the car.DanimalUltratype - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a primary work machine to launch my software dev company with (as an upgrade to my Lenovo E420).And games.
Hubb1e - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for work, and then play some games. would be nice to upgrade to 1080pKunstal - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My current laptop screen resolution is a paltry 1366x768.I want to play games on 1080P Please.dante_nfs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
being powerful needs being beautiful in every way in this case you need MSIbinome - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would like to have a laptop that can play games and do my homework on that doesn't bottleneck when opening a pdf file.maevinj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won, I'd give it to my friend. Her husband won't buy her a new computer because she enjoys being on it more than talking with him!darkphox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to do some BAWSE gaming!grayhoose - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I will use MSI GT70 as my desktop replacement.i know it's capable of running everything much better & faster than my desktop.Kosmatik - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Time to replace a 10 year old laptop! As most of everyone here, will be used for gaming mostly.engmods - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Would replace my desktop with this gaming lappy.EMChamp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give it to my brother since his PS3 broke and he's into shooters so he can finally play BF3 and MW3 on the computer.trifecta88 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd tether to a monitor and gokaelaria - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I ould LOVE to have this to use in my home photography studio for tethered Lightroom shooting and Photoshop editing on the road along with video production!fatmanJ.J. - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming :PThelvynD - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To update my facebook page of course... oh and play solitare. :P No, I'm just kidding I'd be using it to play Skyrim, Diablo 3, and Team Fortress 2 and other various games.DaveX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo 3dark2199 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
For playing Diablo III , SC2 & other nice games even on the go.Kenneth2011 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Two words: Diablo Three!!!!Three words: LOTS OF FUN
Four words: Please give me it!
Ok, I am done now. But seriously, awesome machine.
SNES350 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo III, Team Fortress 2 and Terraria on it.xxtypersxx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games in the evenings during business travel.Turnkey1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be great for gaming while traveling. And maybe pretending to checkup on email occasionally....ghserver - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Yeah this this will be very handy while we are on tours or out of our cities etc.We can play games , check E Mails , listen to audio & also watch high quality movies.Frond - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Heya MSI!I would use this notebook to replace my old/slow acer laptop. I would do software development (currently doing work related to servers, web services/apps, and machine learning), schoolwork, and certainly a fair amount of gaming!
Having a laptop like this would make it possible, for the first time, to attend LANs easily and game on the road, when attending conventions, visiting relatives, etc.
Cheers!
chenba - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Starcraft 2!knowlesjubt - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
ME2 & BF3 for me.lipanconjuring - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since I can't get high-speed internet where I live, I would travel somewhere with free wi-fi and play games.Sapgui - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming and other tasks requiring lots of horsepower like Adobe Lightroom and Premire.godlyatheist - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my venerable MSI-1651 whitebook so I can run Skyrim maxed out.Darkhynde - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games on the road.tyrant.otter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming of course! Also I would use it for school.Powervano - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo III, one of my favorite games :)PalZer0 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
For playing Call Of Duty games which is my favorite. :)Nerio27 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Planning on going to graduate school in the fall and my current laptop is on it's last leg. I'd love to have this at the start of the semester, for school work, gaming, video editing and working on some web design projects.G P - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would max out the setting on all the games i playorangesodazz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
use it to enhance my current procrastination by playing tons and tons of games.SpiderMinky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gamepocolypse here I come.Tigerp219 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would become my new Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, and League of Legends PC on the road. Also the occasional work related stuff.KayossMan - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this to play all the good games i have with me now in full resolution 7 max settings.woozman04 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to couch surf the internet and play D3. That is all.vtx1300 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Have to put all that memory to use.Is VMing a word ...it will be for me if I win!
killerroach - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a bit of a geek of all trades - in addition to the obvious gaming needs, I need something capable of coding, 3D rendering, video editing, and performing statistical analysis (I do a lot of research with governmental data sets, so the quicker I can process gigabytes of data, the better).evilaardvark - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming... gaming... more gaming... serious minesweeper action... more gaming...DougQuaid - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This notebook has some serious powers.I would want to win one because I want to see how games & movies look like on a 1080P screen.Jettubby - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would you use this notebook on the road as I travel a lot.Thanks for the contest!
Jmotyka - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would also use this while on road on an official project.Will game a bit & surf internet.Nice laptop to have.HanzNFranzen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for school next semester in my design classes. AutoCAD 2012, Inventor, and on my off days, DIABLO 3!!quantumsquid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play me some games while on the moveworthless - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd save the planet, one FPS at a time.Sumotku - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Now we're talking!! Yeah! Wish me luck!GrJohnso - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finaly retire my 7 year old hp laptop....niblifa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
School work, compiling software, and video games.mbishof - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would destroy my COMSOL simulations so fast that I'd have more time to play Skyrim.iamlilysdad - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be the perfect laptop for editing photos and videos of the kids, as well as keeping myself entertained during downtime at work.On vacations it would be perfect for keeping the kids occupied in the hotel room.
schadenfreude000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably use it to play Diablo 3 into the wee hours of the night, making me unable to function in my daily life; that in turn will crumble what self respect I have, making me retreat more and more into the gaming world until the house is littered with empty pizza boxes, underwear worn inside-out and so on and so forth.Just kidding; I'd still like to play Diablo 3 on it, though.
zensh0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to do school work and pursue my degree in computer science. I would also definitively use it to game.braisz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my old desktop with this powerful laptop. Use for picture editing, surfing, watch videos.kevin.lau31 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won, I would use this laptop to play games. Maybe multitask with some afk-able game while playing another game or doing some programming/simulation work.kingkazuma - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
never won a giveaway of any kind... here's hope for a first!holmberg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for editing hi-def video.mbt1595 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would totally be playing D3 5 min after i got it.secretions - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games, some media production, and some work.
chevy350 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It will be used to edit videos , making short movies , surfing internet & for playing games.morelevels - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play games and develop apps.kyuu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll use this on my imminent vacation to play Diablo 3, Civilization 5, and do other nerdy things while on vacation instead of getting fresh air and exercise like I'm supposed to. ;)Bolas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is a very nice notebook. I would use it for League of Legends, Starcraft II, Diablo III, Warcraft III, and too many Steam games to count.Marricks - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is a stellar notebook. I'd used it to game with my friends and family. I'm anchored to my pc I share at home, and my 6 year old sony viao. This would release me from my bonds, and allow me to game while moving!bigsmoke - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
MSI notebooks are generally very nice & rock solid.I use MSI products & they have never failed on me.i know this one will be no exception.Seeing the config of this laptop , it feels like it's a dream laptop for me.I hope my dream will be fulfilled soon.
masterxchief - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since I got rid of my laptop because it was too old to run anymore games and my desktop is getting outdated, this notebook would fill the void of not having a laptop anymore and take the place of my desktop as well. Thanks for hosting the contest!Jeffos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With 7 million of my closest friendsassid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I deserve it because I'm an all-around great guyavyshue - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo III at work.glpdx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
:)kesbar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play the new Mechwarrior Online beta and make my coworkers, with their inferior laptops, jealous of my mad gear.pikatung - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
starcraft 2 :)Amurgress - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this to play Diablo III & Battle Field III.Tarvaln - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to edit video/audio for a comedy open-mic I'm starting. This laptop would let me use more money for stage equipment. Maybe even record, if the camera is good enough.Saltticus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to aid the forces of High Heaven defeat the demons of the Burning Hells for the third and final time! Diablo 3 looks like an amazing game and I would love to be able to play it with fresh new hardware. Thanks, MSI!stolid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my aging Celeron Dual Core (C2D based but showing its age) laptop! That thing feels oh so sluggish these days...The ability to play games on a laptop would be pretty awesome as well - something I'd definitely take advantage of. That laptop is a beast.
gn_id - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be playing Diablo III on this machine if I won it :)dkizzley - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would play D3 & Skyrim all the day.pumpkinsquash - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for blogging, writing my third novel, digital art, photography, music, and of course, GAMES! Anything from crusty ancient DOS games to Skyrim would soar across this notebook screen. Anything from scratchy blues to modern electronica and epic musical scores would pump from the speakers. When the dragon roars, all five of my dogs would bark and howl because I'd be on the couch with them, instead of stuck back here with my old desktop rattletrap heat pump. Unfortunately, my wife would howl too because I'd be free from my office cave, free to annoy her with geeky exclamations of spectacular gaming moments, free to roam, create, and play with MSI's new notebook power. Thanks MSI and Anandtech!blackjag - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Lots of CAD and Matlab for work, and tons of Skyrim at home.nwilson19 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as my sole computer for D3 and other games, and also for work and hobbies (photography especially.)leeboo1211 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What do you think? Diablo 3 all day.WildAntics - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I king of internets now?yayz
paffinity - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would be sweet for pretty much any game, and movies of course.hanswurst517 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I have plans to watch movies & playing games on this gem of a machine & enjoy myself.Choose me!!Cereth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play BF3 and Wargame European Escalation on the go! :)ingwe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
instead of building a gaming rig. This would be so great!superburrito - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The world of gaming that is. If I won this notebook the first thing I would do is host a huge lan party/BBQ for my friends and break it in with a nice light 24hr game-a-thon, afterwards sleep. Following that I would most likely use this for mobile gaming/work. The specs are nice and better than my desktop plus its mobile! Extra wins for all.fhaddad78 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this beautiful beast of silicon glory to immense myself into Diablo 3, but most importantly, to get through my next two years of college at UCSD!papabear34 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would definitely be my gaming laptop. There are some boring down times at work where I'd like to just play a quick game or two.drotaru - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This will be a superb upgrade over my Socket 775 system which is quite old now.ckryan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, IB isn't much of an upgrade over SB, but I'll be damned if this wouldn't be a fantastic upgrade from just about any laptop. Mine's getting a little long in the tooth.I'd like to tell you I'd do all sorts of impressive stuff with the MSI if I won, but I'd probably just play a lot of Skyrim on it at the airport.
Zerhyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games! This would keep me from having to buy a new gaming computer until I finished graduate school.mpr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally give my wife something other than one of my gaming handme downs... But, being devious, I would find a way to program the lighted keyboard to freak out disco style anytime she played a facebook game. In theory this would make her dislike new technology and I wouldn't have to get lip everytime I upgraded my PC and upgrader her PC with my "old bits". It could also possibly train her pavlovian style to dislike the crap games (we're talking stuff even more base than Farmville) she plays on facebook and start playing the "real" games she owns.bobbyh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as my main computerReggy229 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I will use it as my main gaming computer because my desktop has much weaker graphic card & CPU.Tifosi248F1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop has more power than my current work computer. It would make my video transcoding and 3D rendering go so much smoother. Plus I could finally play Skyrim.kagnos - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This notebook is much more capable & powerful than my desktop computer.So i will use it as my main computer if i won it!!!ToToRoTY - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Live streaming gameplays and walkthroughs with actual decent video editing skills~Also to replace the rubbish Asus gaming notebook!
akugami - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I know it's a gaming notebook, but I'm sorely in need of a portable workstation. I get a desktop at work but we don't have the budget for a portable workstation and I find that a lot of times I need to be at a desk other than mine. So I can stay connected to my work computer using RDP but still have mobility using a notebook.alexhatesmil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably use it as a word processor. That 12GB of RAM would help tremendously.rettops - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hmmm, let's see. What would I use a Gaming Notebook for? Maybe I could play Pong on it ...Technocian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My life got flip turned upside down.And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there.
I'll tell you how became the prince of Battlefield 3 thanks to MSI bequeathing a GT70 upon me.
shiftd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
is better be used for gaming, gaming, and gaming. Oh, and maybe a little bit of work and showing off.Krunkstar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a soldier who lives in a barracks without the space, necessarily, to use or keep a desktop. I was a gamer before I joined, and all I've done for the past two years is look at amazing games come out that my crappy laptop would simply never be able to play. If I win this laptop, it will travel the world with me, and I will play the living hell out it :) Here's hoping.jensend - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Desktop replacement incl. some gaming, since that's what a 8.5 lb laptop with a 75W GPU is for.BTW after checking out Asus's product page for this (http://www.msi.com/product/nb/GT70-0NC.html), I am super excited about "Audio boost design for greatly enhance headphone performance" which will "enhance sound output by 30%" and help me to "Response faster!" For great justice!!
Squall_Rinoa89 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use that laptop as a mobile gaming powerhouse on the go and show it off as a endangered species while keeping it looking mint for years to come.GummyBear - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old gaming laptop died on me last year, so I've been unable to game at any decent settings for a long time.Amoro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it? I would use it for LAN parties to play Diablo 3 every weekend!damage976 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd reconnect the Arkham Asylum/Eq3/WOW intravenous solution.aravindp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop is exactly what I need to dominate the world!jonathan.mnt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
awesome promo msi! i would use the laptop to farm loot in torchlight 2 (just fin the beta) and d3. having a capable machine would also be beneficial in image editing (photoshop). here's hoping i win. thanks again msi. thanks to you too anandtech!chillmelt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm interested in making my own apps. This will allow me to multitask much better and possibly develop graphics-intensive apps.The Saint - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming!rkannan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play anything and everything that comes my way on this beast. Thanks MSI and AnandTech.shan_316 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play all upcoming games at the highest settings possible for alteast the next 2 years (or the next game-so-intense-brings-graphic cards-to-knees, whichever is earlier), while doing some miscellaneous 'computer' stuff but most importantly, enjoying the nice, warm exhaust air from the laptop in cold wintry evenings...Cheers!!!tallon16 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have never had a non-work owned laptop, and this one would be a sweet way to correct that. I hate being on business trips and unable to play anything but solitaire.elgrandeburro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for just about all my mobile computing needs, and to play the hell out of games ; )Dirty_Punk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
impressive specs!Nickelo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is one sweet contest.I would love to win this to give a retirement to my aging desktop.rockoqatsi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...and with that I'd send my tired '08 Macbook Pro to heaven. (And post video of the event.)Neumanf15 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Like pretty much everyone else said... I would pay games on it - which is what I think it was designed for!Neumanf15 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
PLAY! Not pay... stupid auto correctShmee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, looks like quite a beast. Hope to win, that would be awesome.HeftyStyle - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I am hoping for winning it.Already crossed the fingers.If i do win , i will be able to enjoy awesome quality audio from Dynaudio speakers which even got a Subwoofer , 1080p videos & full high speed gaming.tricon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my current one doesn't even power on without being plugged in.lowryd1000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my old Thinkpad that broke on me a few months ago. I miss having a notebook to play games on while I am on the road & this one is actually made for games, AWSOME.Neutraleyes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To get some awesome gaming time in at school before class starts - and maybe after it ends... For all my homework and productivity needs at home, since this is actually much better than my desktop. I guess I would just use it for everything. And Diablo 3 and Skyrim. :)slayerized - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
game till I cant keep my eyes open anymore and get some useful work done of course. Desperate need of a decent laptop - need to retire my old macbookdeputc26 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd do heavy multitasking and photo editingDuffy76 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would do some photo editing , movie playback & some latest games.GimpsUnlimited - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my current HP Envy 17, which would get thermal shut down in minutes playing Diablo 3 w/o the aid of a good laptop cooler. Even then, it is not guaranteed.chaudx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would have to use it to determine how well it plays games of course.Memnoch9299 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for both my business to help with work when out away from home and also to entertain me when out on a job and not needed for the jobPyrokinetic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play StarCraft 2!unrhitten - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Its tough being a PC gamer. Upgrading your pc gets more and more expensive every year. If I win I will play D3 lag free, then play Gemini Rue because nothing is better then crushing pistachio with a forklift.kristof007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook to play even if I wasn't around home. I'd also swap that hard drive for an SSD :)HexiumVII - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
D3 and GW2 on the go here i come!Addisville - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play the newest graphics intensive games otherwise not playable on my old and slow laptop.Nimer55 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Though I have an aging, but moderetly decent desktop computer (though not this good), I'm stuck using my mom's HP laptop on the go.Please save a poor student from this misery. :)
Velfie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
diablo 3 :Djcollake - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For development, testing, R&D, and mobile software development and business management. Things a tablet can't do ;).shawnshamrock - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my gf had an msi laptop, and it was sweet. i would be quite happy to be a winner!triclops41 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would certainly use it for work...sometimes...But mostly this would be used when I go to my brother's house for Starcraft 2 and Battlefield 3 parties.
And I would be one of the few who would make use of that esata port!
pentijum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games on it, watch movies... :)lublub - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I work on climate science and genetic analysis. It's amazing that the GT70 has processing power and memory that rivals our current servers. The GT70 could load reference sequences in the multiple GB, and processes thousands of monte carlo simulations.GT70 = more science!
Archetypical - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games, write code, and work on video files.Russm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... to follow powerpoint lectures on.MikeNCtrlPHX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
by far the fastest computer in my house.LethalSami - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Its a gaming notebook and gaming is more than a hobby for me, Its my life.Diablo III and Max Payne 3 are out and waiting to motorboat this beast.
GTA V is coming later this year. I'm probably gonna spend the rest of my days with this notebook playing GTA V :)
Gubna - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to compete in the next MSI battlegrounds (viOlet, your going down!) and win other Awesome MSI products for my lackluster desktop T.Tdafuu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for school.....and playing my games maxed out.Randomblame - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
One distracted me by peeing on the floor and as I was cleaning that the other kid yanked it off my desk where it fell to its death. This would be for compiling android builds and general mobile hackery oh and I promise to keep it on the high shelf where they can't get to it if I winwhitehat2k9 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop I would use it to replace my current HP ProBook, which is much slower and weaker.Homelessboy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For a soldier away from home, I sneak in a gaming session here and there during my off-duty hours. This laptop would be perfect for my needs.Tegeril - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play through Diablo III again :)danny92975 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hey MSI I have no pc right now. I sold my 2008 Macbook Pro now I use an iPad exclusively. This will prevent me from investing in Apple and keep my eyes focused on your machines. MSI you have been around since 1986 and going strong never have purchased anything from you and this hopeful win will change that. Thank you very much for this chance...fastman696 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it when traveling, it would awesome to have a great laptop when on the road.alteredbymine - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I will play games both in home or when travelling.This will be a vast improvement over my 5.5 years old laptop.Mark_Hughes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Tell everyone how awesome my new notebook was...Also, Coding, Browsing, Films and Warcraft :)
Romberry - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook to replace my aging Core 2 Duo laptop so that I could run...well...most anything. And I'd use it to show friends and family that have never heard of MSI just what MSI can do.chessor1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won, I would probably use the notebook everyday.SAMSAMHA - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would sell my current desktop and use this as my sole PC as it is way much faster than the 4 year old pc I have:) I will definitely use it for gaming, watching movie, and of course work and study:)Chillin1248 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to pick up chicks with, what chick ain't impressed by 12GB in a laptop?kbird212 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The specs look awesome, would love to have it to play games on.Deathclaw - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
The specs of this laptop just looks beyond imagination.I can feel how faster it will be compared to my crappy Dell.kd0frg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
May I Please be selected to have it? I got a crappy dell laptop from the late 90skd0frg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for my daily activities, movies, games, internet, email, surfing you name it.tianrun324 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
never owned a laptop with discrete gpu xPalso want a taste of ivy bridge
Darkje - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I too never had a powerful laptop with separate GPU.All i got is the crappy Intel HD Graphics which can barely run games at acceptable levels.I would want to experience how a gaming laptop looks & feels like!colinw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play Minecraft and Diablo III on this all day.ampy60 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old gaming notebook from 2007 is about to go. The screen's got something like 25 lines running down it now, one of the hinges is busted, and it can't run shit anymore. Too bad its what I use for school and I'm broke.krnmastersgt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could never bear to pay for a gaming laptop on the basis that a desktop could perform better for similar cost, but if I were to be given one that's a different story :)Would definitely be nice to game occasionally while I'm out and about, and I'll be spending more time at school next year!
tzhu07 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for web development. That's what I do for a living.Acebmxer - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for video editing & 3D Animation which requires high processing power from CPU & GPU.And with those powerful contents , i know for sure it will not let me down!abhaxus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this is the gaming laptop equivalent of a mustache ride! i want one!but seriously, my girlfriend's mom lost her job at the end of the spring semester, when she wasn't able to get a job because of exams to make up for what her parents had been giving her. Had to watch as she sold her transformer prime (an xmas gift), her nexus s, and her 2008 macbook along with most of the other things she owns to afford to pay bills the past 2 months. a gaming laptop would be a little overkill, but would be an awesome treat for her (and me!) pick me msi!
SpyCrab - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games on the go!Bob47 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be great to have.when the grandkids come over.sausagestrike - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would enjoy trigate bliss and some ircing with my fellow gaming dudes.GSD - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Less money spent on the upgrades also means more money that can be spent on the games themselves! (and other useless things like necessities, but who cares about those?)OVerLoRDI - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for LAN gatherings, to avoid moving my 80lb desktop.Yeah.... no one feels sorry for me..
Fredbare - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would be using this for my LAN parties.It's not possible to carry a desktop everywhere when it's a full tower cabinet but this MSI laptop can be brought along wherever i go.Des_Eagle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I was looking into buying this very model for grad school in a few months. This would be a huge deal!Jackattak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo 3 on my 25 mile Caltrain commute every M-F using 4G wireless!Eddyloveland - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as a Multimedia workstation & gaming PC.Please pray for me that i win this competition! I have never won anything in my life.
jge111 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Perfect fit for my lifestyle! And diablo 3...rosidentevil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
World Of Warcraft has become quite a PITA when it comes to dealing with my PC in a raiding environment, so that's where I would use that notebookthanks for the chance
KD7LRI - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to help with my mechatronics degree. Also to play games. OK fine mostly to play games.kupman99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
an effective means of de-lurking lurkerspikahatonjon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally be able to play diablo with greater than 15 fps D:kbus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Video editing in the day, Diablo 3 at night.boodock - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Music editing + Diablo iii + Movies. :DNszt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hmmmm let me think , compile linux kernel :D cuda :Dst@nd3r - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use this notebook to read Anandtech, peruse DailyTech, surf the web, game a little, watch movies, run a virtual machine, reply to emails, research products, shop online, type a document, game a lot, save the world, play a YouTube video, bake a cake and show off my MSI laptop.All at the same time.
SteelCity1981 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
how would i use it? Well for the graphics and processor power alone it would be great to help aid projects like folding@home and it would def get good use there from me. I'd also use it for auto cad projects that i'm currently working on, i can't imagine the graphics power this thing has for projects for my auto cad. And of course a little gaming too during breaks from work would be nice to especially with the cpu and gpu power this thing has. All and all this would be a great all around laptop for me to help others help fight illnesses and help me do the work i need to do.Tom46 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Appears to have enough muscle for almost any "general" task...as well as gaming.Would serve a good set of purposes for me.
randinspace - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For the past year+ I've lovingly used an msi notebook powered by AMD's spunky E-350 to crank out all manner of commercially unsuccessful novels, so if I won this sweet little unit I think a "vacation" from MS Word would be in order.JishanF - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing games between classes and as my primary computer for school work.furarri - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this to finally start pc gaming.auto-crosser - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would use this to play games in 1080P. :)sushrukh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have never won a Gaming Notebook because i couldn't afford one.If i win this awesome notebook , first of all , i wouldn't believe it & you will have to hit me very hard so that i get to know that i really have won & not was day-dreaming.If i win this , i will play all the high-end games on it which i have always wanted to play.
Thank You MSI & Anandtech for this great opportunity.I really do hope i win.Thank You. :)
atchetc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use the laptop to do some gaming and some software development.nitenichiryu1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as my main rig for Starcraft 2 LAN tournaments and on-the-go gaming!jigglywiggly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
own teh scrubs on the go with my superior shaft in quake live, but I need the equipment to get stable 125fps.help a shafter out
mapi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally replace my crummy but functional Core Duo Dell from 2006.Topin2 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I myself wanted to retire my C2D lappy from quite some time & looks like the time has come if i win offcourse...Cavalcade - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
While I can't deny having a laptop this powerful would necessitate some serious power gaming, I would use it most often for my graduate research on massively parallel processing using consumer graphics hardware. Having this machine, with the power and RAM it had and a whopping 3GB of video RAM, I wouldn't be stuck in a lab all day... every day...1312020 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm going off to college next year and having a laptop that doesn't fall apart when I pick it up and has a battery life of greater than five minutes would just be fantastic.Kraky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
if only!Big_Byte - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Same question here! If only i win this.Stop participating guys.Your making each other's chances worse as this competition progresses. :D :Pyuenj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd replace my aging desktop.Humongous56 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would be replacing my Athlon based desktop PC.Jaseemxx91 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I can finally play Pc Games in its full Glory.. (Yeah, i dont have a pc.. :P) And Stop browsing on my Ancient N82.... And Show off the Cool Back Lights to my Friends :PI am in India btw.. Dont know if i am eligible for this Promotion, i hope i have my Chances :)
Ps.. Keep up the great work Anand :)
Kirby64 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love this, considering my desktop is still a C2D... :DThink of all the games o.o
Robertsonpal - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Mine has a C2D also like some of you guys have.Would love to replace the crappy old C2D with this Ivy Bridge Quadcore PC. :)IvanAndreevich - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd edit my landscape photos on it. HDR is a fairly computationally intensive process.FordGT550 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to game where I want to. Sitting in front of a desk is not the most relaxing place to hack and slash.Snipes76 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
An upgrade from a mobile P4 would be nice. Looks like a beastJaseemxx91 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I can finally play Pc Games in its full Glory.. (Yeah, i dont have a pc.. :P) And Stop browsing on my Ancient N82.... And Show off the Cool Back Lights to my Friends :PI am in India btw.. Dont know if i am eligible for this Promotion, i hope i have my Chances :)
Ps.. Keep up the great work Anand :)
Jaseemxx91 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Lol... Sorry about the Double post... Problems of doing things on a Mobile Phone.. :Pshuaijile - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Can I win?nmillerrider - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play some diablo III this summer before classes start again in the fallphryguy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to surf the net while watching TV and to replace my old Lenovo T61p.triengage - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming, obviously. I then might use it to edit the next James Cameron epic masterpiece. Then we'll see about installing Mountain Lion when it comes out.CheckPleaseTY - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would use this for gaming mainly , also for watching movies.anekin007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go?! Yes please!eggrolls - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play games of course!ol1bit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Much better than lugging around my full tower!Sweetness!
Decardi - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would carry this with me on my official tours & will play games whenever i get some free times.Thanks.
Samusl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I hope this has the Seagate Hybrid 750GB mechanical drive. That would complete the package.aylak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a great wedding gift for my brother!thatbox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play Diablo 3 in all the wrong places.rembo666 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would replace my aging gaming PC with the added benefit of portability, so I can take it to my friends' for some impromptu LAN parties.JeremySVilla - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This notebook will replace the Core 2 Quad/GTX460 gaming PC i currently have..Costanzathemage - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current Core 2 Duo laptop is getting old in the tooth. The fan is getting extremely loud and I fear it's on it's last legs. I'd use the laptop as a secondary computer to my own Sandy Bridge desktop. It's always good to have a second computer for backups or to save resources on your main desktop when you are gaming or doing some intensive video encoding.puffpio - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
is it really that a randomly chosen comment will win?LitteGuy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I think it's random according to the rules.I have little luck in these random drawings.Though i could use this laptop very well.Nakarti - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to win this laptop not because my laptop is worse, or i don't have a better desktop or this or that. I signed up and subscribed to Anandtech not for the sole reason of giveaways but also the chance to be a part of a great community that revolves around hardware and software. Thanks to Anandtech and MSI for yet another great giveaway. Good luck to all who enter!In regards to the actual use I'd have for this laptop if I were to win it... I'd probably use it as a desktop away from my desktop, general purpose use, web development and of course a side of gaming ;)
karasaj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my 5 year old notebook and have my breakout starcraft 2 tournament!!! And school! Hehe.ryandigweed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for everything possible, including GAMING!, Graphic Designing, Playback of HD Movies, hook it up to my LCD. :). Doing a bit of video editing :), and post processing alot images, and heavy ram+Gpu+CPU usage,All of that, on the go :)
vithee05 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definately play games, school work(programming), and generally make all my friends jealous!.. and teach my daughter to be the next generation of total gaming geeks..Abi08 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would be playing games , watching high-def videos , listening to music , surfing the internet & pretty much everything someone does on his computer but this computer will be an awesome device to have cause it's special & so much more powerful than my currnt computer.dawp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need it when I go visit My GF in Ft. Worth, beats lugging my desktop around.bebimbap - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm still using a Pentium M 1.5ghz lolkevbev89 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to create a portal to conquer worlds beyond ours.nd97045 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for going back to school, would give me something that I could game on some diablo over at buddies places and would certainly be an upgrade at home. Kudos to MSI for doing this. (:gmulert - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play all the games I've been buying online but haven't yet had time to play -- only I'd get to set everything to MAXIMUM SETTINGS.Kougar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a straight replacement for my Pentium M laptop! I would utilize it not only for gaming, but with that much memory and with that CPU I'd use it for massive virtualization workloads. And when idle all that power will become a low-power folding@home system....lehoang001 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This will be a heck of replacement over my Centrino Single Core Laptop which i have been using since 5 years.Thanks guys!Sea Shadow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
-I would take it with me to all the LAN parties, including PDX 20 this summer.-I would rampage across the fields of distant worlds in Tribes.
-I would leave a trail of smoking wrecks in my wake of terror across New Eden in EVE Online.
-I would blast my way through the rubble of Kharkand in Battlefield 3
-I would brag to my victims about how they were owned by a player on an MSI GT70 0NC wherever I am, be it at school, on a plane, or on a train. I would dominate wherever I go (or die trying).
AjCazz901 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
the first thing I'm going to do is gently trace it's curves with my fingertips. Once I've satisfied myself with the feel of it, I'll open it up and turn it on. At this point, I'll receive a text from my girlfriend, it'll be a text that goes unnoticed. Next, I start installing my games and other programs. Giddiness will build up inside me as I prepare to experience gaming ecstasy with Skyrim and Battlefield, the way they were meant to be played. I'll never play a game with the graphics set to low again. I turn on Battlefield first. I can't help but feel that my competitors have a handicap now, as I mow them down one by one, with no video lag to hold me back. My phone rings. My brain naturally tunes out the sound of a crappy cell phone speaker in favor of the superior sound of my notebook. I continue gaming blissfully. A half hour later, a Skype window pops up. It's the girlfriend. Apparently, not answering the phone in a reasonable amount of time is highly illegal and punishable by death. She suddenly realizes she can see me. "I thought the webcam I took from you three months ago was the only one you had!? I can't believe I've had to talk to my friends on this relic while you've got one that looks so good! Wait! You won that computer didn't you?! Fine. Call me when you get tired of it. It's bound to happen sometime." That's what she thinks. I finally own a computer capable of 3d modeling. After I beat Skyrim, I download Blender and some tutorials and start the task of making a great game even better. A long time goes by and I become great at playing games and game development. My new found skills make me rich and famous. Every time someone asks me how I got started, I say "MSI and AnandTech hooked me up."supriyo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to get rid out of my 5 year old desktop & to play games offcourse.Ricebh - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would want to replace my PC & watch vids 7 play games. :)LordOfTheBoired - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to surf the internet. TOTAL overkill.Billy_Boy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
All day, all night. Just me and MSI.dtolios - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to 3D model and game alike!soup006 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally have a portable system to play my games on.SOAPU1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What i'll do ? I will do everything on it what my desktop can't do.Thanks.bLast0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been yearning for a computer powerful enough to run Return to Zork!allenwr1505 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To game when I'm not at home of courseburwij - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Considering my current laptop (a Thinkpad from 2004) has a single-core Pentium M and 1GB of DDR, this would be quite the upgrade. It'd be nice to be able to actually use my laptop for more than just web browsing and watching SC2 streams - being able to actually play something like SC2 or BF3 would be nice.bubba7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games. Many games:-)pacifists - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would also be use this for gaming.Help me..ThaSpacePope - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
game at work! Guild wars 2 baby!masterful18 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for a plethora of things, quite probably all at the same time. I am a multi-tasking junkie so I need a powerful machine to be able to keep up with me.KickRox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for gaming and school.. gaming, school, and reddit :)kedesh83 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Id use it for mobile cad and revit. Tablet apps are useless.wrkingclass_hero - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to edit films, play games, and sing praise for MSI from the rooftops.crazzzy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
editing videos & to play games.Cool!!vikasitpro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Presently i am using ASUS laptop for all my heavy work and games.. want to see what MSI has to offer in performance ....Jafar.al - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm doing a grad degree focusing on computer graphics, games and parallel programming, So I have a very good reason to own such a beast :-).Good Luck for everybody.
sandmark@shoreham.net - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this is a good replacement for my old HP.przemb - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This GT70 will be replacing my aging desktop.Pretty nice hah ?Tacohiman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
No seriously, this would be really sick, the laptop looks really cool.OnePingOnly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as a powerful tool to get me through medical school. On second thought, all of that CPU / GPU power would be best utilized playing Battlefield 3 in between exams.Rylan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming on the road. I travel a fair amount, and sometimes I have severe withdrawal symptoms from my favourite games.dependencywalker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First i would dance.... then i would sing or perhaps i would do them both.... Then start showing it off to anyone who would not kick me out..... Then i would try installing the most hardware intensive software/game i could find AND then BOAST the results to anyone who cares to listen or not listen but i would love to tell ........ May be at the end, when even my neighbor's cat won't hear my hurray, i would log in back here and leave a thank you post or somethingChubbyNinja - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the MSI GT70 Ivy Bridge Gaming Notebook to replace my aging 8 year olds AMD Athlon 64 3200+ destop. I've never own an labtop before, would be awesome to test this on Diablo 3.ScottyWeig - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would like to own this as a replacement for my old Samsung Notebook!PO15ON - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have been playing games on my laptop for the last three years, and I think now its time to upgrade. I think this one would be a perfect replacement.mongmingmong - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing games at my friends homes.jprone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be utilizing it for Diablo III LAN parties.mirecek1965 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would be bringing this with me to LAN parties & to my friends homes to make them feel jealous.TGMGroup - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... conquer the world? Or run economic simulations? Or just play games and surf the web?adranberg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my aging MSI K8N Neo2 system. I would also use it for classwork and gaming when I get a chance.ImSteevin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to show other people how insane gaming computer companies feel they need to make their computers look. I would point to it and go SEE, THIS IS WHY NO ONE TAKES GAMING SERIOUSLY.Gambler - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my aging desktop system - E6600 and 2GB of ram.Interitus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Dear MSI,I would use this notebook to show off to all my fellow students how awesome your products are.
Because I'd prefer to not do that by carrying my Twin Frozr 7850 in my backpack.
That is all.
returnofdaduck - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As I currently do not have a laptop, I would use the MSI GT70 as my desktop replacement as I make my move to NY for business school.TheSonny963 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It will be used for my job works.I work in Multimedia industry & it will really help me doing all the graphics intensive works because of its powerful configuration.kelvin18574 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would like to use this amazing MSi notebook not only for school/studies but also to stream live entertainments to share the amazing stories that I have everyday. Whether its from gaming or everyday life, I will be able to have the resources to share this amazing experience.Thank you MSi,
Kelvin
khimera2000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice, this system would look nice to replace the roll my desktop plays :) and it would free up space. If I got it I would first hunt down any thing that would strain the notebook, then I would use that massive amount of ram for Photoshoping something really big :DOf course i'm going to also game lilke a mad man on it, and use it for college notes :)
Trey22 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mucho gaming, and gaming!Maybe some gaming.
Definitely gaming though.
smellyfungus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play diablo 3 at work. really.regnez - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to play games! And rip DVDs, from time to time.xexorzer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
can replace my 6 year old good for nothing laptop with an actual one.WillyG - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would have to replace the aging desktop with this beast laptop.viperman240 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play games, rather then on my computer.rithops - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This one seems like the best possible way to transition.Freakie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to speed up the videos I am going to be making for my girlfriend's grandmother's business to help her business get more modernized so it can reach a wider range of clients.But of course, almost any ol' laptop can render video (albeit rather long when I try to render a 1080p project xP I think my last 10 minute video project took 2 hours to render... or was it 3? Can't remember, I took a nap)
But of course, rendering a video project is an injustice to that video card, so expect me to get in plenty of Crysis 2, Diablo III, and Skyrim too :D
grottslampan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use it for playing high quality games & music listening very often.The speakers in this should be superb!Total_Slaughter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hey MSI,I would use that nice, sleek looking gaming laptop to game on the road in hotels or maybe on an occasional job site (while on break) when working out of town. Racking up wins in dota 2, killing tens of thousands of mobs in diablo 3, going for headshots in battlefield 3 and other fps'. Currently my gaming desktop stays home and I don't get to game on the road.
erikwpotter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... likely with a pointing device of some kind.JustPlainJef - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
We have LAN parties 4 times a year, and this would be great so I don't have to lug my C2D PC around. Upgrade on the system as well as the size!AudiTuner - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would use this for Lan parties & for hoime.AudiTuner - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I mean * home.jkaradim - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this power machine to explore the stars and the galaxies of the universe...Lloyyd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
move to the US so i could participate on this giveaway to win that monster notebook so I could finally start playing all of the games i always wanted to play!sadly living in GER.. ;(
Seitansai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
looking at the all the specs... msi has done a great job, gonna use this laptop :)Lobell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for my down time playing games. I'm a busy nurse working long hours and gaming on my free day would be a blessing. I currently own a Macbook Air and while it's great for videos and some paper work, I'm getting tired of just basic games. I'd love to be able to play full-on settings in Skyrim or Battlefield 3 with this. Good luck to everyone.crazybears - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Will use to game @ night. :)the outlaw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would primarily use this notebook for school, I would dual boot Linux (for school) and Windows (for gaming while not doing school work). The laptop I have for school currently isn't a very good one.kjemison - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been a MacBook Pro user since Windows XP and quite frankly... I'm no longer familiar with how to do a lot of things on a Windows PC. >o< I've been fixing my parents and friends problems of for a long time... and now I have to look up how to do the simplest things online. I would love to have a very powerful modern gaming PC to get back up to date with Windows and get back into PC gaming. Again, I haven't done any PC gaming since Windows XP was the most current Microsoft OS. Finally, I'm a teacher and a lot of the software that I need to use with my students can't be installed on a Mac... >o< so I'm stuck using a seven year old school laptop for any modern, multimedia lessons. I have to make sure everything is properly preloaded before the students come in... or I'll be waiting minutes to get things up, wasting my students' chance to learn.Highly Responsive - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I play tabletop wargames, and having a platform to learn CAD on would be nice to plan out terrain/building designs before I built it. Plastic card ain't cheap!arnavvdesai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would mean active Java development and some serious gaming to unwinddcohen32 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For everything, including playing BF3!neurokirurgy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would play BF3 & D3 on this nice notebook.Thanks.ckoadiyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for college courses as well as gaming and for entertainment. It would be replacing a Samsung Netbook that is about 2 years old and doesn't do much and is difficult to use for school.icedreddrink - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Any laptop is better than no laptop- and I will be going to college next year. I'd use this laptop to help me with my Computer Engineering degree.TheMistyMay - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Of course I would game on it! Tera, BF3, Diablo 3. The list could go on (and on and on). But I would also use is to help me build the open source projects I work on: CM9, AOKP, Apache Shindig, and a few others. My current machine is becoming dated and this powerful notebook would be a great, and mobile, replacement.polypenko - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
As this machine is supposed to do , i would game on this laptop.Any game on the full hd screen should look great!trueg50 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Conroe ring a bell?Battery life in minutes counted on one hand
Display thats unreadable even in moon light
Long past are the days when my Dell Latitude was king
The king is dead long live the king
My new MSI GT70 would be my everything, and my Dell Latitude would make an excellent stand for it.
XiZeL - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use it to play farmville and spend my days on facebook :)seriously, defenately working on my Vm's those 12gigs of ram look sweet and maybe put in some bf3 and sc2
martinmsw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI,I will use the MSI GT70 notebook to fight for Social Justice...and WIN !
Harmattan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Haven't used an msi gaming laptop, but always though they did a nice balance in design between practical and blinged-out.zaking - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Never used a gaming a laptop.So I would like to see how gaming notebooks perform in modern age games.VanillaXpC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Everyone else is saying they would use the laptop for all the currently popular games. Diablo III, WoW, etc, etc. I would use this for Spider Solitaire all day every day 24/7.yelped - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For whatever it's needed for.iamtabo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... and to drop better lewtz.Nlammertyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to cure cancersilsilehaiyeh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will love to win it to play all the games with great graphics.sesterce - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play video games.A lot of video games.
iaTa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To take with me on my trip around the world so that I can develop photos and videos to show loved ones at home, learn how to web design, learn a new language, teach other people how to use a computer and of course play the latest and greatest games.ratbert1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
give this to my son who is looking for a new laptop and am sure would enjoy it.Petersenin - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would give it to my brother.He needs a replacemt after using a Pentium 4 PC for 10 years.mmshah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play video games after 5 years of a laptop not capable of doing so.Mamurai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have never owned a gaming laptop before, and an upgrade would be really great.I'm a gamer so it would be perfect to bring along to my friends to play games together. It will also be great for when I start my new education soon. It would be used for many things.
Knight7563 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I had no gaming laptop so far.SO, i really want to get my hands on it.robjw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use it for everythingDixonhun - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use for playing games , Watching & editing films & surfing net. :)RemoteControlAxe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play as much Diablo 3 as possible, watch videos, and take with me while travelling.EnfantTerrible - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to reduce the amount of time I spend duelling in the office.xkcd.com/303
stack314 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would probably sell it on ebay to afford a downpayment on a house, so my wife and I can start having children. Just being honest...Lord 666 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Definitely could use an upgrade to my Atom netbookdabe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would absolutely kick at running Lightroom.mrharden - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
absolutelyDragonMantis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
count me in.jmolli - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for on-site video and picture editing.DanThom - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a nice replacement for my 6+ year old C2D desktop. It's served me well, but it can get a bit overwhelmed at times as I use it for CAD, GIS, desktop publishing, and a sprinkling of audio and video transcoding. This MSI would fit the bill, and be portable as well.RaistlinZ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take it to Starbucks and make all the Apple laptops feel inferior.celestialgrave - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so of course I'd use it to game, such as Civ V and the upcoming CSpnot00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm on an old 775 E8400 setup and need something to play SWTOR with that I can move around with~!Rose_Valley - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am using a 775 setupo as well & can use an upgrade very much.Wave9x - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming of course. I will play Diablo 3, Skyrim, WoW, and Starcraft 2, with some Portal 2 thrown in here and there. Also some oldies but goodies like Age of Empires 3!MeatballCB - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To help me run some LAN parties with my neighbors for all sorts of games including Artemis, Company of Heroes and others!Minthas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would definitely use this to game when traveling for work!!splingT - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would use this to play cool games. !Haipapa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to game with my kids.Red Dawn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Could use it to replace my aging first gen Zenbook.:)MilesEcholi - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
i would use this to retire my desktop for ever.ski - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What a great replacement for my e-machine M6805mezlo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a desktop replacement I could use on the desktop or in bed!Dantte - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to own the competition while on the road!wlape - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would want to use this as a desktop replacement because this will do all these which my desktop can't do.JeremiahWeed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First, I'd game on it for a while, then I'd post a thorough review of it.emrldwpn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Choose me please!roadkill1313 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
When my wife was pregnant with my second child I sold my Asus gaming laptop to put some money aside. Since then I've gamed solely on the Xbox 360 and would love to get back online with Diablo III and the likes.I think the breakdown of what I'd do with it:
- Game (of course), first probably being Diablo III
- Edit photos
- Edit video
- Edit my website
- Run 1 or more VM's (Ubuntu, new Windows OS, etc)
Thanks for the opportunity.
reckert - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so if I win, she'll get my old one.jcw-an - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play more pc games in general and pass on my current laptop to my family.Smokingdragon - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
heavy gaming & movie editing!!Jeff7181 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd first upgrade the RAM, and THEN use it to play Dungeon Defenders with my coworkers on work trips.(seriously, 3 GB? why skimp on the RAM when you're loading it with other high performance, power hungry components?)
Jeff7181 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh, nevermind, 3GB is the GPU's memory, 12 GB of system memory. I'll still use it for Dungeon Defenders. :)Myrkul23 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it purely as a gaming beast. Desparately need a notebook upgrade!Jschraff - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Diablo 3, watch movies, and do my school work at my job site above the arctic circle in the middle of nowhere Alaska. Spending my summer in the tundra would be much nicer with this sweet notebook!cowardlylion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
No, really.jonnyp11 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
GAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!borisXbullet - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go!!multiple3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as my LAN-party gaming machine!lebarle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Overkill I know.I want to report that I have in fact received my new motherboard and have ordered processor, memory, and a DVD burner necessary to install in my desktop. I will upgrade to intel's SRT later this fall as phase II of my upgrade. Thank you Anandtech.
Let someone else win this Laptop. I want it of course, but I am very happy looking forward to my new desktop.
mikesr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to give my elderly Father the opportunity to stay busy with learning how to use a computer.Blindsay04 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i do a lot of my work remotely, it would be nice to have a machine that can handle my work and then sneak some gaming in there on my downtime :Dsjankech - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i'd use this to play diablo 3 while on the roadcoolhand417 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo III & Mass Effect 2 all the time on this.jlyttle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My 10 year old son is a gamer and is learning scripting. He is always asking to use my machine. This would be for him.jefdavis54 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would like to try it out myself...mv2devnull - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would like to win it for my brother.He does not have a laptop , not even a normal one.He will be extremely happy if i gift this to him.Kingtazmann - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Dirt 3 and Dirt showdown would look and AWESOMEEEE!!!!!!!Test42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hope I win, this is better than my desktoptl60 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My laptop is way out of date, this would be awesome!ehicks05 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as a portable way to do development work, record music, and play D3! Also to pick up ladies! Ye haw!goozira - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for gaming and programming.rukuthehunter - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this as my main gaming computer.Refreshment - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That i most harness its full potential playing the crap out of solitary X¬DLobiency - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd replace my crummy desktop and be able to play games released recently without resorting to low detail (plus I'd use it for work).kagete - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
let me have this for some portable diablo 3 (with my android phone setup as a hotspot)!akedia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I haven't played very many video games recently. I love my Mac mini, but it's my only computer and that's one area where it's sadly lacking. If I won this laptop I'd start with Diablo III, Starcraft II, and Skyrim, and go from there.chadjm@gmail.com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use this to play Pong.Rammathorne - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would lug this laptop around with me while working on my Masters Degree.slackhouse - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my wife wants to begin a photography/videography career and would use this notebook to edit photos/videos and post to a blog.aeolist - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would draw a smiley face on the outside and pretend it is my best friendUSteppin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use it for gaming of course! Looks like a great product.njok - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would be use this as my main computer if i win this.I have a heck of apps to run on it. :)StrommSarnac - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my old Toshiba A270 laptop which can't play Diablo3!!!Resonance - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i'd use it to play all the origin and steam games i havenylint - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love this MSI gaming laptop, as I'm in the market for one anyways and I like MSI's barebones.Karpilow - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am using MSI products since 7-8 years now & they produce rock solid productsn with great performance & stability.So, i am sure , this laptop wouldn't be an exception too.i love owning MSI products because they speak class.tfollowell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Games, video, mocking other with inferior gear :)Tookie123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming and movies!Sarikan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this for gaming & surfing..konakona - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gaming and pr0...gramming, I mean coding :Dmikey17 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for gaming on the go & some movies..bgold2007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For Win 7 and ubuntu!maybe if a VPC or multi-boot can handle it, also Win 8!
thatguychuck - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh man, between nursing school, editing video of my daughter, and xplane, my current rig is giving me fits. This would be an unbelievable upgrade!bytor7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my current laptop which is Sandy Bridge...but still.zarapkar - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would replace my Pentium M notebook with this awesome lappy. :)Megatomic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to help me finish my engineering degree, to stay connected with my kids who are all grown and moved away, to edit video footage of the family, and to play the occasional game of course.My house needs a powerful computer.
cjcoats - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to run Linux for environmental modeling apps and to demo the kind of work I do(small apps, anyway; my "big" apps run about 800 Gulftown core-hours and generate 1.4 TB of output...)
pvdw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wow, I'd actually be able to play modern games with this laptop, I'm still on Core2 with nvidia8400. But I'd definitely move my SSD from my current laptop into this one.Smokecrasher - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Everything and than some more.rlm102385 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Definitely would be my gaming machine while on the road or otherwise away from home.microAmp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Choose me because I didn't win that $500 million lottery!spriditis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Could really use this notebook for some creative music making on the road.timbosquad - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be the notebook I'd use to...1) Write my book on planes
2) Trading markets on trains
and
3) Playing rounds of Crysis 2 in automobiles... hopefully not while driving :D
Not to mention, I'd use it to help me get sexy nerd girls.... that color scheme'd would make anyone hot... heh...
oldmanflair - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Portable gaming and for trips.slauglin - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
gaming & would use this also for video editing!exxcaliber2k - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as my HTPC/Gaming Machine to replace my 7 year old desktop media server.mrdude - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook would replace my desktop completely.I could carry it around if I need to.
Buy a tablet as my portable computing device.
Sell off my desktop :D
theda3g0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Diablo 3 for 48 hours straightjls8604 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my existing MSI laptop that struggles to handle Visual Studio, photoshop, and games (Diablo III, SCII, etc) with this one, so I would use it for Gaming, photo/video editing, programming, and of course...surfing the web.foundchild1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd really like to get back into gaming on a PC (I'm currently a 360 user). I have a work Macbook that I use for email and surfing, but this machine would help me replace my personal old custom built Pentium D rig and my netbook with an atom in it. It would also be great for my as she'll be going back to school in the Fall and we'll need to get her a laptop (if I won this, I could sell the netbook and even my desktop to buy my wife's laptop, and I could go completely portable and powerful with this beasttop!). I've never owned MSI before, but I'd like to start now!kjlo5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo III because my Vaio Z 520n just cant handle it!sfarabi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play diablo 3thev26 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need something to play D3 on!TuroniS - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I can't play latest games & definitely can use an upgrade in the form of this notebook!deadflare - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would love to have this to useBullRock - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will be extremely glad if i win this because i never won anything ever.Thanks for the contest !Real_Risingsun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently only own a Mac but have been getting more and more interested in PC Gaming. Steam has a limited selection of Mac games, but I want to really dive into what PC gaming has to offer. This notebook would be the perfect thing to get me into and excited about PC gaming and would allow me to finally play some of the big games that I have been missing out on.Topweasel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would start with a little Diablo 3, then a long walk in BF3, then we would go back to my place for some HoN, and hopefully before you know it we are playing CS:S all night long.stealer85 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Not sure you heard, but Diablo III is out and I can't run it...Mehtab89 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Yes Diablo 3 is out already & i can't play it either.It doesn't meet the minimum system requirements. :( Crossing my fingers for this one.BlackKnights - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
-Finish my degree online-Play games online / let my kids plan some if they're nice ;)
cdoubleu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That's what I'd doNathanb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hotel gaming FTW!garionjb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for everything.deruberhanyok - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would totally play games on it!It'd be much better at running them than the 6 year old GMA900 graphics on my current laptop. :)
jander002 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Finally i would be able to get rid of Intel Integrated graphics & play real games.powruser - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need this!PJM - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Programming / productivity, including VM's.MonkeyPaw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to visit Ananadtech.com! Oh, and I'd play games on it. ;)Onus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a fine backup for my primary system, able to run any program I've got, anywhere I happen to be where there's an A/C plug I can use.iia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would give me the ability to save and defend online worlds that would otherwise be destroyed without my passionate intervention.seamonkey79 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games on it. Every now and then I might type something on it, but mostly games.Thanks in advance :-)
Opiter - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would run video games on this notebook.darkhawk1980 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use this for development work for anything ranging from Android apps to programming microprocessors for little projects I work on to, of course, gaming as well (Super Monday Night Combat go!).Would certainly beat my desktop too at this point.
Incatius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play D3!porleng - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would also use this laptop to play Diablo 3 & Max Payne!DeesTroy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to compile code for Android. That quad core would make for quick compile times while on the road.schmattie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a replacement to my MSI GX-740 and dominate Starcraft 2.Marky_Neil - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As a replacement for my 10 year old desktop pc.clockworkjpm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have been in a self-imposed gaming hiatus for 4 years now. I would break my fast if I won this laptop.mikedice - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My nephew would LOVE this!! I think it would give it to him as a graduation gift.rjamya - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And maybe introduce my kids to (age-appropriate) gaming as well ..abrowne1993 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've got an awesome gaming desktop, but what am I supposed to do if I want to game on the go? A gaming laptop would suffice.martyrant - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to slay my foes in CS:GO and in GW2 betas until they come out officially and then continue the ruckus!bunsenbunner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd finally have a way to play games at decent graphics levels at LAN parties without needing the haul my desktop around.JsPile - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
It will be able to run any games I want to run on it. :)jhh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Her current laptop isn't able to run simulations well, and has a poor networking card that gets hot and drops connections.john73 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For LAN parties. And to play games in the lving room.Gurtop - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would also use it in Lan parties & will make everyone envy.tex000hex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Mists of the Panda people Blizzard is so blessing us with...Fujikoma - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would make Bejeweled and Civ 2 run faster, but my grandfather's really old photos I'm scanning in wouldn't take as long to process.kepler - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use a good mobile gaming station.dgingeri - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been looking for a laptop to play WoW while visiting family, but I haven't been able to afford one. this would be great.crazzyeddie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for my portable VMware test system, and of course gaming!Jason1892 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have not had good success getting a job after months of searching so this would be a nice change of luck. I would use it for job applications, work, various other important stuff, and when it is time to relax ill play some gmaes on it lolLyrick_ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play my Diablo III, as well as my Steam and GOG gaming libraries while the wife is using the desktop PC.sgieseking - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Give to my kids for gaming!chang3d - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for programming, movies, and games. Since I haven't had a gaming computer since ever, this will be new to me!VisionX302 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as my portable gaming platform all the way.Warder45 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my 5 year old desktop that I use for gaming currently.nyjelly - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would replace the Netbook which i use.alexs42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is from a nerd-in-disguise physician/scientist who programs in Python and R on my nights and weekends (at least when my daughter lets me :)). I'd love to have this laptop to run microarray and next gen sequencing parsing programs. I know it may not be the intended use, but it qualifies as play for me and may help us all a bit :)aleks
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I would use this notebook to make my friends jealous. I would take it to LAN parties and laugh as I watched them lug around their enormous desktops sporting inferior specs.JonnyDough - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use a new laptop...I'll give my old one to my girlfriend. :)
CMPENGR - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since I am studying computer engineering I would use this for CUDA and playing games like diablo 3 .. Mostly for computer engineering stuff though ;)douglar1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Give it to my wife for ordinary office productivity applications, but secretly steal out late at night in black pajamas for ninja lan parties.Niverton - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Video work and gaming. Would be able to lose the huge desktop!!!skhitzo - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Gaming & only gaming. :Drivethead23 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play a marathon session of Torchlight 2 while sitting on the john :)ljtatej - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like a great system for my travels.mattmmarino - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play diablo 3 because my current laptop can't!Rewindy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will play D3 on it which is not possible on my old desktop.cooter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I don't have a gaming laptop!furfoot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd try remain competitive with my son in gaming, and photoshop, and CAD.Ken467 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would do some CAD/CAM & some gaming!stitchboy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yes please!Wolfhere - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...LAN parties. I hate lugging my desktop around.asgallant - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games on long, boring flights.pugsly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my ageing Dell XPS 17m. I have not been able to play the newer games with this older laptop.Please let me win. :)
prismperfect - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for some World of Tanks! I've also been holding off on buying Diablo III until I get a great gaming PC like this one!deep9x - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would wander the country, challenging people to any game of their choice. "But he's just on a laptop", they would say, not knowing that it's a tiny (Well, 17-inch) beast. "So you are feeling lucky?" I'll say, as we boot up Tribes: Ascend or something similar, ready to hustle this poor guy.And then I'll probably lose, but at least the scene will be pretty great.
bigbluerobo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this would be a nice from my more than 10 year super heavy compaq laptop loljosephpalozzi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have to travel for my job and nothing is worse than trying to watch an episode of Game of Thrones on lousy hotel internet. With this I could waste time playing games instead (and cursing the lousy hotel internet when Diablo 3 drops after finding a legendary)mAdMaLuDaWg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to adventure the lands of Skyrim... until I take an arrow to the knee :)!theqat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play Diablo 3, of course!Light65 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have few games on my OLD Q6600 CPU with some other outdated parts and It can even play BF3 lol... Im sure this one can play better than my Destop... Need to put something I bought into useful play and this laptop will solve my problem :D... BF3 been on my Destop for like ever since it came out, never even touched it after my first time opening it, lag life crap lol...mysodri - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to gloat, replace my two years old gaming laptop and gloat to my friends. Go MSI!!Death - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo III of course!Xandar0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my embarrassingly old gaming desktop, which is in desperate need of an upgrade.Zinn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games on! Duh!Mayuyu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Starcraft 2.Blackchild1101 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
About to head off to college and could sure use one.tammlam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Currently gaming on a Dell Zino with a mobile Athlon II and a HD5450M which serves as an HTPC. This would be a huge step up.manno - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have been working on Props for over a year now on a dual core i5 and a quad core i7 would go a really long way in reducing lightmap build timesCheck it out a rough video of it here: http://youtu.be/cYE9tbjkibo
GenSozo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would scramble my eggs, slice my bread, bludgeon the hordes of envious tech zombies that come a-drooling, scorch the laps of my enemies, and surf off into the sunset.Also, I'd probably play some solitaire.
B.Rabbit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my ~8 year old single core desktop computer.mrfred101 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my just died HP laptop. Gaming and a little for workBigSevenFootFourYearOld - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games and write some code.useport80 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my old dell m1710's geforce 7950gtx gpu just fried a few days ago. patterns and what not all over the place. i would like something to play diablo3 with :)javelin_tech@msn.com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to write books and entertain my kids...n0x1ous - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This could be my new diablo 3 companion for the road, along with Max Payne 3. Would love this very much.abugarcia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming! Ive never had a laptop that wasn't for work before :(discodave - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my bulky old desktop which can't do anything.enad2k - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently have an MSI GX 640. It's very nice and I like it a lot. Only quibble I have with it, is that the Fn and Ctrl keys are backwards. Ctrl should be in the far left keyboard corner. Other than that I like it a good bit.This would be a nice upgrade. I could pass my old MSI onto my 10 year old and this would be a nice upgrade. I'd have to get a bigger bag though. The old laptopt is 15.6" where this behemoth is much larger.
3danim8d - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as a mobile 3d workstation.Iblis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
instead of my old, outdated desktop.quijeros - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my brother. He needs a gaming machine badly.Denithor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to have this for playing Path of Exile.axejazz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A fine looking machine.tarqsharq - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Farmville..... I kid, I kid.hpascoa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The motherboard on my Dell XPS laptop died last Summer, out of warranty and too expensive to be worth fixing. Since then I have been either stuck with my old desktop, which is slow as hell, or mooching my wife's laptop whenever I can. For almost a year now I have missed all the cool new games that have come out because I don't have a system that will play anything modern. Been trying to save for a new laptop but these are hard times, our family has recently grown by 1 and there are priorities that need to be met before anything gets saved towards daddy's new laptop. The withdrawal symptoms are kicking in big time and I'm in dire need of some proper gaming :)valdeez65 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to hack and slash my way through diablo III and skyrim.dejongpc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use some luck.topsun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love this like a first born son!d2thez28 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be perfect for me. The lady doesnt like me scurrying off into our office and disappearing for hours playing games. This would allow me to park it right next to her wherever in the house she is and still get my game on!!mott555 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as a portable workstation. And gaming of course.mike16522 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play the new Diablo III and the future Sim City game, as I cannot play any games on my current laptop which is broken.one random winner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play some friggin AAA games again, been surviving on Indies for a long time and this would be just the ticket for getting back into the flow of modern pc gaming.DoTT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A huge upgrade from my old 260m laptop, some gaming, photo editing and some productivity apps.quagga - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd like to get back into PC gaming and this would fit that bill nicely!cboath - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this for pretty much everything! Work, gaming, desktop replacement, laptop replacement and more!Faster than my desktop and laptop combined.
duffman55 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The screen on my old laptop was killed in a tragic accident long ago. So I could use a new one.stym - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this beats my desktop by a mile with the added conveniences of zero cable management and gaming on the go. Count me in.Mathman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my aging desktop.kkwst2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To be honest, this would probably go to keep my wife off of my computer. Probably let the kid game on it as well. A bit big to be my travel computer, but would be great as an extra powerhouse at home.gt7767 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To help a friend who has no computer.jpochedl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My son would just /die/ if I gave him this laptop.dank69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In for oneInf3rn0_44 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's like literally finding needle in a haystack, basically impossible.It looks like a good laptop though, I would def like to have this for games.
In the future when I require one, I might just end up buying one just like this.
nemt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play Civilization V, Sins of a Solar Empire and a few newer games.I'd also watch videos of cats on Youtube (in full HD).
artemicion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i'd use it for my farm empirehoribatech - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this on the road with me when I travel (20+weeks a year) and finally be able to play games better than on my work supplied T500 laptop.Fuzzra99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would take this laptop to college, it would be fast enough to keep up with the big dogs of stock trading (business college). Gaming would be nice on this machine, and programming macros and programming spreadsheets would be incredible on this machine (woot for multi-monitors on laptops!).elavanis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could crunch through my chess program computations faster and edit photos :)CGFMaster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming would certainly happen on this laptop!LAN parties would be so much easier with this.
bigubig - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a dream come true - I need this more than anyone else!tech6 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Relive the boredom of travel with some on the go gaming.musselmang - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need a new puter!Anonononomous - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So it would certainly be nice to have something for working while there.mrcaffeinex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to replace my aging MacBook Pro 17" and start gaming on-the-go once again. It would be great to have a mobile workstation for the consulting work that I do as well.Jedi940 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Aside from the obvious gaming, gaming and more gaming. It would be a great desktop replacement to un-clutter my desk.kenstockwell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
makes me grumpy and sad. This laptop would fix that :)thrawn3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would allow me to give my desktop to my Wife and not have to rack up more debt while I am still a student.lodog00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
GAMING ALL THE WAY FTW!Portable Diablo III on High Quality? Yes please :)
Shaangor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I desperately need a new laptop. Mine is from the early 2000s and still has a Pentium 4!. Would love to have one to game on at friend's houses.Neden - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
But through me, it would wield a power to great and terrible to IMAGINE....F1Fish - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And I haven't received one in a long time.topcat903 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my crappy MacBook Pro which overheats each time I load Diablo 3.The specs on this MSI is amazing (GTX 670M) and I hope go get my hands on it :)
jmtxusa999 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as a desktop replacement.jkf10d - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games until i needed to take a shower. Then play more games.redtarget - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming, web editing, photo editing and take the final plunge in retiring some of my desktops! I can picture it now... Playing Skyrim while hosting a minecraft server... all on this badboy!eybear - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
School desktop replacement. Current laptop is long in the tooth....dlmartin1953 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have been looking for that same laptop. Send it along.xp3nd4bl3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my wonky piece of junk work laptop!A55h4t - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wow...nice laptop. As I don't have a laptop at all this would be quite the upgrade.Simply put I would use this laptop to pwn some noobs on the battlefield...and pretty much for everything else as well.
mikemcc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would game on this notebook and I would also use it for school.sk_forum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gaming of course!jonthezombie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
One day I will win one of these prizes, and it will be a glorious day indeed.Felthis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play games, develop games, perform complex excel calculations, programming, and let my daughter watch movies on it.rikkard_b - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this to play games during chemo therapy: my laptop has no video card.jtd871 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this prize, if awarded, to promote world peace, end hunger, solve the global warming crisis and train a crack force of scrappy, wisecracking citizen-soldiers to defend these gains from loss during the forthcoming robot/zombie apocalypse(s).I might also let my kids watch Yo Gabba Gabba on Netflix.
JTD
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This would be a great option for me to get my kids into PC gaming.Thestrider - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this notebook with me as I travel the world. This notebook would be able to do anything.Actius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...cat magnet.barryfox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Work on programming, project management and gaming.Gunbuster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would get the SuperRAID card for the GT70 and then throw my D830 work laptop off the nearest accessible 10 story or taller building.nsmalley - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Ever since our son came, I haven't been able to play any PC games on my desktop. I would use this to catch up on the new PC titles out there and video chat with both grandmas so they can see their grandson grow up!rile0161 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To show all those "writers" what a real laptop looks likeDr0id - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to play some LOTRO, SWTOR, EVE, and probably whatever cool comes out on Steam. Having such a laptop would also spur me on to getting around to writing my first Windows Phone application.Vepsa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my desktop for gaming.BonzTM - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would travel to Quakecon and be my LAN rig. Lugging a desktop is a pita.btsfh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I wouldn't mind having a shiny new laptopEagle Rock - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My wife has always wanted a portable computer.ialbulushi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Multitask my gaming experience. Queuing up for queues on my new MSI GT70 while I casually play Diablo 3 on my old gaming rig.Plus this would my my brother red with jealousy since he owns an MSI GT683 and loves it.
SongEmu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop, I'd use it to replace my Macbook from 2008, which has been... well... struggling. My girlfriend calls it lifesupport. Should you accept this mission, you have until the new Macbook Pro's launch to convince me to return to the Windows side of mobile PC's.Oh and BTW, I've built a gaming PC before so my standards aren't by any means low, hope this laptop lives up to its specs... Challenge accepted, MSI?
sgt_tais - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo 3 anywhere I am, rather than being forced to game on my desktop. Starbucks and D3, yes please!Clark Gryphyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to earn brownie points with the wife...she could really use a new computer, and it looks to be something she would really enjoy.fausto412 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would game some bf3 on the road with this thing!PTM1960 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games with my two little kids (5 &7). Our current machine freezes when we try to even load any games.neoarbiter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would replace my old Lenovo laptop from 2007 that's currently slowly dying >_>.mrpalmtree19 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my 4 year old $400 laptopthelurgoyf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my wife to replace her 5 year old laptop that just barely plays Diablo 3.ludivigo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally transition my desktop to a full-time server and use this laptop as my main rig. 36 years old and I've never owned a laptop - always been a desktop man. This machine could bring me into the early 2000's!importtuner51 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice giveaway. I've never won anything before so here go nothing.johnrhoward - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to keep up with AnandTech while my wife is using "our" computer!(Actually... it would probably serve as our HTPC, assuming it has HDMI output)
lowball020 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd like to say I would own all in every game I play, but I suck....In reality, my 3 year old daughter would probably watch Dora or some other stupid Nick Jr show on it!!!
;-)
portgrey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i have been in the military for many years. a laptop with enough horsepower to play games while traveling is a must. especially when you are limited to how much you can bring with you. my current laptop is several years old and i am giving it to my mother so she will have a computer to use. looking at the laptop i can use it to play any game i would throw at it along with syncing my ipod for music and downloading my picsfrom my camera while traveling other countries. with the integrated hd web cam i will be able to find mobile hotspots when i do get off the ship to skyp with my family back home.QuantumPion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give it to my girlfriend so we can play Diablo 3 together and I can turn her into a l33t gamer girl.sluge9119 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my ageing core 2 desk top. Used for CAD and simulation work from home and also the the other important part .... Gaming!jardows2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since I would not need to be in the back room office all day to use my desktop, I could use the most powerful computer in my house anywhere, keeping the wife happy since she will actually be able to see me for more than a few minutes a day ;DBSMonitor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo III all day every day!!markrb38 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my aging desktoprchris - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current laptop is about 8 years old! What a kick to play Call of Duty on a new MSI laptop.ionis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play so much Diablo 3 on this baby!aamir147 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
TO win all the starcraft 2 tournaments and play the new Ghost Recon Future Soldier coming soon!fetuse - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be super neat :)jkellner33 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this badboy for sniping ruskies in bf3. Do want!asheehan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is a sweet notebook I'd sure like to own one of thesedrisley33 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally game again, this thing is faster than my desktop!riokoko - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to become a gaming wizardclip78 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
end world hunger!Lexxon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo III with friends! Using an old re-purposed desktop now. Having a powerful machine like this to lug around in a backpack would be pretty awesome.ddmattison - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to end all wars and promote world peace.... or maybe just to pwn some noobs, whichever comes first!euphcf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My son's Alienware M15x laptop died a wile back pretty much a day after the warranty ran out (typical) Ever since then we have been looking at gaming notebooks to replace it. We visited the MSI booth at PAX East and were floored by the GT70. From that point on he has set his mind on the GT70. So with that, I wouldn't use the notebook myself, but give it to my son. (Its been a long few months for him and he has had to revert to playing mindcraft on my old macbook pro core duo. His battlefield/call of duty chops are getting rusty)gspence2000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd buy every game on Steamazureskys - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
simplify my computer use. Instead of running a htpc and desktop, with a powerful laptop I could use it primarily for both functions with less power consumption, space usage, and noise for gaming and entertainment for family and friends.cowzzwoc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd demonstrate to the world the vast superiority of PC gaming,Phyrre56 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For gaming on the go! The specs make it nearly as powerful as my custom built desktop which is pretty amazing. Really impressive.beargonefishing - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace current laptop.ml2k - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a laptop that really COULD play Games. My old hand-me-down Vostro 1000 was given to me with the words "hope you have fun gaming on this". I chuckled and chocked another one down for clueless but well meaning old people :)Cainz0r - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally replace my ancient dell laptop!johngee48 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play BF3, D3 and the new Max Payne.I could Skype with all my overseas friends.
GHunter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my aging quad core desktop!CountZero - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be my new gaming pc and my desktop would be sad I guess.hickorybro75 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games. This thing is a beast prolly faster then my desktop.Is_907 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For the same thing we do every night, Pinky... to try to take over the world!Also, some games, probably as a test bed for a Linux box with Windows VMs for work.
RotagFU - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As Aristotle (or was it the Spider Man movie) said, "with great power, comes great responsibility". With a laptop as powerful as this, I'd probably have to use it to find some way to correct grave injustices or find a solution for the cure for cancer (maybe use the GPU to augment my folding at home speeds). Hmm, in actuality I'd probably use it to play the hell out of Diablo, Starcraft 2, and SW:TOR.Either way, I'd really love to try to tame this beast.
Demon-Xanth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to replace my laptop that I've been nursing along through upgrades (even the CPU).robob4him - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing would be perfect for my 3D renderings project. Clips taking less than a day to complete? Yes please!Woodstockmens - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am willing to use this as my desktop replacement & doing some video post processing jobs.jtallen123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this so I could play games while watching TV with my wife instead of playing in the other room and getting in trouble for ignoring her. It also happens to be faster then my current desktop. :-)zeiker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Traveling frequently, I would use it as a remote office workhorse (when I'm not taking arrows in the knee). Back in the office, i'd lower the house lights to show off its keyboard and display.cjp7505 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Considering my 45 birthday will be tomorrow, it would be a welcomed gift 8); besides would love to have a laptop to play Diablo 3 while away from my home computer.kickstnd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a great replacement for my aging gaming laptop. It hit the floor and has been whacky since. I use MSI board for most of my Gaming PC builds. Their Quality\Performace\Feature Set is the best for the buck.TeMpTiN - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Right now I would use it primarily to edit video of my 15 moth old daughter for wife (Navy) and family (1000 miles away).When I have I have a spare hour I can spend gaming this would give me the opportunity to actually choose modern game to play.
Good Luck everyone and thank you to the Sponsors that make these giveaways possible.
semandjem - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I haven't had a gaming laptop in years...me want!1Ozzy1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will play work and so much more with it!Hawkinsbar - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would be enjoying every moment of winning this marvellous notebook.txtripletdad - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be able to free up a another computer for my kids to use. Limit the fighting over computer time in my household would go a long way.Papaspud - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be a gaming fool on a brand new MSI laptop....that would rock!!!volarmc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play games, edit video, support clients, store pictures, web design, shop, video chat, entertain my kids, make my friends jealous.dexterkarthik - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as always - would love to create, edit and transcode Video'sMechanical design software's and
last but not the least Formula1 and Crysis 2 :D
wakeup360 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play some games, duh!glindner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My Core 2 Duo laptop has been quite slow lately!arubin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Definitively would be playing Diablo 3, MW3 and other new games on it. Also it would be used for software development.. movie watching.. all the nice things one can do with this awesome laptop! Dang what a nice computer1newdamage1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be nice to replace this crusty old desktop and be able to play more than AoEII.Rod4Truth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use the MSI GT70 notebook to do 3D stuff in Blender. I would also probably try to use it to learn AutoCAD.gamingguru07 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would transition between being a HTPC for my apartment switching from screen to screen. In that same vein, those screen could also become nice game stations using this laptop to power any multitude of games that it is capable of playing. Once work call, I can use its portability to take with me to run my analyses as well as report on the results while still using only battery power.TL;DR- Laptop would basically become the center of my computing world. :)
sitharien - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finish my VMware certification... and to play games!chaoticvision - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for computingquixver - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... to win it!TheMrGlass - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
After I left my last job I had to give up my Sony Vaio Z (previous generation) and I've mourned the lost ever since. I was offered a Dell Latitude D620 with a broken hinge where I work now but then they took it away to give to someone else... I'm only the network admin after all...With this laptop I would do many wonderful things like Daiblo III, Portal 2, etc oh and I'd use it for work stuff too.
NatePo717 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use this to replace my current laptop, which I would give to a friend of mine... or my brother who's just graduating high school and going to college.hllord - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have this! I love to game and being able to get more than a half dozen FPS would be sweet. I also develop and would consider it an honor to stress the processor and hard drive of this machine on a regular basis.Upinsmokes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this powerful and great looking laptop for a mix of business and pleasure. Having the ability to use one laptop for both work and to be able to play the latest of games would be a blessing.DavidoFoo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
no notebook as of now and it would help a bunch with classes. thanks!Wozbo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd get her into PC gaming now that she is a budding gamer. Probably something along the lines of me rolling a dude on Diablo 3 and going through the game with her.DaveLessnau - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to make my married life more wonderful than it is (i.e., I'd give it to my wife to make her happy).krikboh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I spend half my week on the road. I would use this notebook to game and keep a close eye on anandtech.sherifone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play Diablo 3 with all my friends with something resembling a moving picture, rather than a slide show!This laptop looks amazing, and I would totally upload youtube videos showing off how awesome of a gaming experience it is.
sethar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I think I would use it to play games, since it's a gaming notebook! But, it would be great to have a portable gaming machine.Leveticus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For CAD and of course for some gaming!Abjacks - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
CAD & Web Designing...hardslime - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this lappy top for my sledge hammer durability tests. If it can smash this thing to bits without breaking, I'd say it's pretty durable....jk, it's pretty obvious I would use this for slaying Diablo on the go.
jgar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use this laptop to have a ton of fun gaming and putting off some work that can wait. :-)fzdog2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old laptop's screen is going out so I need a replacement.ahamling27 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it so I could work away from home.Of course my work is writing about and recording gaming sessions. :D
ainarm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hours and hours of gaming in front of the tv, at the hotel, wherever I can get.oleguy682 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Specifically, it would allow me a chance give Max Payne 3, Diablo 3, and the forthcoming Sim City a whirl outside of house.worm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current laptop is a first generation i-series, and it is still almost working, except for several of the ports, but it obviously has some limitations. The capabilities of this unit would not only be totally functional, but a huge step up.weagle05 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would put it on top of things, and maybe even put other things on top of it...when not playing Diablo, of course.
jistump - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It'll be a replacement for my 4-year old laptop that's showing its age. I will finally be able play new PC games again!travisg83 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so that she could play Diablo 3 along with other games with me.nyonya - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Get back into PC gaming!tumbleweed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this for a lot of Diablo III, plus it's more powerful than my current desktop, so it might wind up being the only computer I use.grahamiam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be used to replace an aging desktop that my 11 yr old uses for gaming.quicksilver98 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have a notebook like this. Gaming on the go!Sparke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play Diablo III and Counter-Strike:Global Offensive this summer. It would also serve as my desktop replacement.busta191 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Man, I would use this to replace my old desktop.Footman36 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play spider solitaire the way that it should be played. Finally a laptop that can do this game justice.christoph22 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play diablo3!! i currently have a very old 2007 macbook with integrated xma intel graphics and have no shot at playing diablo 3 on it :(. I could really use the new MSI!samuelspark - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to help my future career as a professional gamer for Starcraft II.Kenuzara - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my girlfriend so we can game together. :]MarkofNovi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women. -Obligatory Conan Quoteglugglug - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to keep from having to use my work MacBook. And to have a Windows machine to try things on other than my desktop which is also the whole-house DVR would be very nice.CU - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play games with my kids.Riful - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to scare my wife into thinking about how much money I spent.campbbri - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would donate it to a needy gamer.DaSpamboy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I travel by car and plane to LAN parties several times a year. Hauling/Shipping my desktop system around is risky and I'm always envious of those with the sweet gaming notebooks. Even worse, my old rig ($650 new in 2009) is falling behind in modern games.I'm crossing my fingers that MSI can help out this hard-core PC gamer!
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I'd use it to play games of course!wxrkny - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need to replace a dying laptop. Would love to try gaming on the go. Never had a mobile gaming laptop.CirqueForge - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be nice to see how well they've done on the laptop design and hardware. My laptop is getting quite old and I would really appreciate if it can do my CAD several times faster than it is now on my machine and if I could run some of the newer games I want on it.reeper - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would let me game on the go!!!hammer256 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Not actually for gaming, I want that Fermi GPU for compute. Would be sweet to be able to run my simulation at conferences.Bees - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and also I might play some games on it.Red Storm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Planetside 1 and (hopefully) Planetside 2!alcortez - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play Skyrim and Diablo III while on the road....oh yeah and get some work done also. ;)
drcox79 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to fill the void in my bed where my wife used to lay. Ever since I bought her an Ipad she has been curling up and sleeping with it instead of me. At nights I get cold, And lack the basic cuddle-delight that a man should get from his bride. Now, AnandTech and MSI have offered me the one chance to get back at my wife AND fill the void that the evil Apple corporation has inadvertantly caused...Thanks,
-DrCox
kstan12 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play Diablo III!!!Paladin21 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm the support for the CS/IS Dept. in the local college, and I'm stuck on a crappy old laptop. I'd love to have one that I could use to run more than one VM at a time on, it would make my life (and by extension the students) much better. ;)Oh yeah, and I'd game on it too when there's down time.
northfaceseen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would replace my Alienware M15X....geniekid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Specifically, in the immediate future, I'd use it to play Diablo 3 and Guild Wars with my girlfriend when we're at her place.David5534 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for everything, gaming, school, programming, ect.mrcoffee91 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, EVERYTHING! Would replace ancient laptop and desktop at home (until enough cash is in reserve to build new desktop), maybe even for work.seinzumtode - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Please?ONP-DigDug - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be an awesome tool for teaching Boy Scouts.DeadRinga - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo 3 non-stop everywhere i went.DrRobotnick - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Diablo 3 until my eyes bleed.RFKirb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to be able to play Diablo 3 with my son on this computer!flyingbrick - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd think seriously about putting my i7 920 with 18GB on the shelf as a BOINC machine and using this as my daily driver.mpschan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd keep this in my family room and play my games while the wife watches ... junk tv if we're being honest. :)kairnwulf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To gamerstove02 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use it to replace my aging travel/gaming laptop that stutters even on Minecraft.AdmBorkBork - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to be able to game elsewhere than my basement. Lugging around a 30" monitor and a 50lb desktop tower is not exactly the easiest thing in the world to do ...-Bork
typical_it_guy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a perfect new gaming systemjtlightner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently have a Asus G53SW and it is a piece of junk and need this MSI notebook.I went the route of going a "desktop replacement" notebook and overall I like that I did it - the problem is that this notebook is not the model I should have done this with.
The thing locks up from overheating even with a top of the line notebook cooler and their "innovative and revolutionary air flow designs". Also the machine suffers from a CPU throttling problem which they refuse to fix.
I am tired of Asus products that look nice but repeatedly fail. I am tired of their worthless technical support that will hang up on you if they don't feel like talking to you. I am sick of not being able to use a "gaming notebook" to game on.
When I get this notebook as replacement I will begin by throwing the thing out of my second story of my house to my drive way like a frisbee. I will then take my truck and drive over it a few times. I will then take a crowbar and finish what is left of the unit. I will record it all and post it for MSI to use.
canontk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
DIABLO III !!!!!!!lanestew - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This a lot for WOW.Boothby - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
-finally retire my old laptop and get work done on this!vgray35@hotmail.com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The last MSI laptop (GT735) gave so much trouble I had to send it back 3 times. and their arrogance in the process was so horrendous also that I am not inclined to deal with these people.Their gaming laptops run extremely hot dramatically reducing the life of the laptop. These people have no clue how to put fast power hungry graphics cards in a laptop and make them last. Even with improvements now, their service was so bad I have a problem with them.
Under warranty they had to replace Processor, and CPU fan, and then later motherboard. They reformatted the hard drive and destroyed all user data, even after telling them that the hard drive was off limits and must not be touched. They simply told me they have the right to reformat it as part of their normal processing. These people are miscreants.
After a while I refused to send the laptop back for service because it invariably came back with more issues. When the graphics card finally failed I requested a replacement to install myself because I could not trust them this laptop. They refused to sell me a graphics card, even though it was by now no longer under warranty (hence no risk to them).
This laptop awaits a graphics card - cannot find one to buy anywhere. There is no way in hell I would send that laptop back to them for any reason, so we are at an impasse.
I wont even buy their motherboards because of their attitude and service. Now a free MSI laptop is a really good deal.
vault13 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to crush everyone and everything in every game.. MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!thaf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm down!Taronga - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use for photoshop work and probably gaming through Steam.ImperfectLink - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for 3d modeling and rendering in modo on my next project.dicobalt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It shall be mine.tborthwick - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What would I not use the MSI Z77A-GD65 for? I would save the world with this machine.Dirt8ird - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It beats the hell out of my dell... (hey that rhymes)chris0202 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is a really nice notebook. Its hardware performance is indeed impressive. However, I am more interested in its display, sound quality, build quality, and heat control. Those are the first things I would like to find out if I won this :) Then its basically gaming and working.bssmu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
iRacing, Folding@Home and for workkstorm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Do everything. Some gaming, setup virtual machines to toy with, a bit of programming and of course surfing the net!Wuzup101 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That was capable of playing Starcraft II / GW2 / BF3 at reasonable settings. The integrated graphics on my current laptop (sandy bridge) limit me to gaming on my desktop only!da_cm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for studies as well as gaming, as I won't have a desktop in college (though it's faster than my current desktop so it wouldn't matter if I brought it ^^).LANofOz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Even though the game just hit its 4th year Anniversary, Age of Conan is still, without a doubt, one of the greatest graphical experiences out there in terms of MMOs and hands down has the greatest combat system to date. It is truly an amazing game that I have had the pleasure of being apart of the for the better part of that 4 years.If I were to win this laptop, I would use it to play Age of Conan on the road and on lunch breaks!
Awesome looking system for sure!
sad plug but I want more people to know how awesome Age of Conan is... it is Free 2 Play so check it out! www.ageofconan.com
wonkim00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won, I'd use this notebook to play Skyrim by myself, Left for Dead 2 with my girlfriend, and Minecraft with my daughter. I'd also use it for developing software -- it sounds like a beast!SlitheryDee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wow that's a sweet prize. Couldn't resist this time.rgladiator - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play games with my kids.michal1980 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd game in my living room. And if I'm taking a road trip vacation.aguilpa1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I turn on my favorite dragging slaying game and go to town.kunhan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
....for diablo 3Polkat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yes, just let the games beginFoulFoot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to spread the Word of MSI to everyone I know.Foul
flacoman3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for architecture school. These programs need power!aprice - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play LoL and SC2 on lunch breaks. Hmmmm, maybe I shouldn't have this laptop after all...cws99tamu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it at home for gaming, and may give it a go for renderings at worknealc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i need a fast machine with video for numerical programmingtipoo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As my main laptop for work and gaming and give my current one to my parents who insist on keeping an Athlon XP box :PDysthymia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wow, this laptop blows away my desktop gaming rig, which was pretty good circa 2008. Fingers crossed!punjabiplaya - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would probably use it for work (read as: gaming in class).turbobozz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my 5 yr old notebook that barely plays D3.reinaldor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I win this notebook I might return my MacBook Pro...richworks - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Apart from pushing boundaries in gaming, I am very eager to see where this notebook will take me in terms of visual computing. I spend most of my time rendering graphs and simulating physical phenomena in Matlab and Mathematica...Apart from this, I'd like to split the atom using this notebook. This is a marvel of engineering, no doubt.. I hope I win this machine :)
Abirzenith - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
An awesome laptop give away! every gamer's dream :Pwht1986 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would sit on the back porch in the evening and MMO away. while the wife continues to make my main PC sad by playing FB 'games'Defofangelic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to game all the time!Pentangled - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would play games. Replace my 5 year old Alienware!Uritziel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for mobile gaming and LAN parties of course.snowgoer1998 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My life with this creation of 0's and 1's would begin with the anticipation of the arrival date. Upon the arrival date I would carefully (eg tear into like a rabid dog on steroids) open the package to unveil all of its electronic goodness. After doing my due dilegence as 'Dad' for the night, I would hunker down in my man cave, lights dim, choice beverage chilled to perfection, and fire up this sweet creation for some uninterrupted gaming pleasure.entropyo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook (in addition to a nice 4g hotspot) to make those dreaded afternoon meetings ( the ones just after lunch so you have food coma) fly by!Shacklefurd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play all the latest games and let it beat my friends inferior deskptops.egadog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to extricate myself from grad school. Would actually use the notebook to run MatLab with CUDA for some nifty speed up via parallel processing.jrtroo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I was just installing some games on my laptop and was struggling through settings to allow me to play without issue. This would solve my problems!JonnyBlaze - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for hard work and game harder!scoombs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seems like an all around versatile desktop replacement for work and play.MrMacabre - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd make my co-worker who owns an Alienware laptop, sit down and watch me run benchmarks on this laptop so I can watch him cry that he spent 3x as much for half the performance ;)slmcdee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... to the netbook. This laptop would go to great use.Dysthymia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for work every day, and I would game with it at home as often as I could. Jeez, look't those specifications! Can't stop drooling.hot3288 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What's better than gaming on the go!NiNe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my Dell XPS 17 and turn my HP-toting friends green with Envy!Scary - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Work in virtual machine and tearing it up in sc2 and guild wars 2!!!!!Silenus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Holler!maluterp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop will blow away my current one.Johnalocke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use it to replace my MSI 6200 laptop with something I could game with.stevehawk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've started working on a video game so I can switch from 'working for the man' to being self employed. It'd be nice to have a legitimate gaming rig to test work on.OberonBob - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it play games, my daughter would use it to watch anime, and my wife was use it to read facebook.silrais - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current PC is 7 years old. This would be an amazing upgrade.skully93 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd donate my very aging dell XPS from 5 years ago and catch up on what I've been missing, namely framerates.Marovincian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming and development. My MB Pro could go to my wife or son!Eletriarnation - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to watch movies and play games in glorious full HD!ignot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would like to use this notebook to run VMWARE workstation for testing purposes at work. Since most of my clients use VMWARE ESX and ESXI, it is fairly easy for me to convert their live servers into virtual machines I can run on a PC or notebook. 12GB of ram and a quad core CPU would allow run more simultaneous virtual machines on my notebook so I can safely test updates, patches, configuration changes, and migrations in a mobile and convenient test environment.In addition, when not at work, I would use this notebook to play KOTOR online and Diablo 3 so the GPU would be useful to me as well.
spaz mk will - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could replace my aging tablet PC with a Wacom tablet added on, and play Diablo 3 between class.windscape - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would be to replace my wife's notebook that she uses every day. That would enable me to use hers and to retire my older one.Eyesgottoknow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for Photoshop CS6 for sure. Huge amount of ram! Woo-wee!! But the big question for me is: Will it bring Flight Simulator X to it's knees? "Well, will it Punk?" I's got to know.jpieples - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've seen recent high end DESKTOPS with less graphics memory. This thing would be SICK. Too bad we haven't come farther with laptop battery technology.JSTuttle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To keep from firing up my desktop PC anytime I wanted to do something needing a little muscle.To take on trips for work, so instead of saying "well, it's ok if I can't game on this laptop, the hotel has crappy wireless anyway." I can say "Damn this crappy WiFi, now I can't game!"
To convince my colorblind friend the backlit keys are changing colors when they aren't, and aren't changing when they do. (don't hate - he has a sense of humor about it, otherwise I wouldn't do it... As he says, he sees the world in 8 bit color.)
Basically anything I want to do with it, cause it looks like it can handle things pretty well.
awasher - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have a good home pc but since I travel alot with my work I need to run the same stuff as my home desktop with all the bells and whistles on. Recently with all the new games out there it is not possible and I have to scale down the graphics. I don't know about you all but it sucks when you get used to a games graphics and have to run it on a slower machine.tukkas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my ancient xp laptopRandom Person 1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Spider Solitaire and Minesweeper!cknobman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for playing Battlefield 3 and Diablo III would also use it for my Visual Studio development outside of work when I get free time.
maximusjh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Diablo 3 on the road!blrg891 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a developer of AVX code I would first use this to program for both the new FMA on Ivy Bridge as well as the integrated GPU on Ivy Bridge in OpenCL. I would be using both of these technologies to leverage better computing on a single processor. After that, I would spend countless hours playing Diablo 3. That game is addictive... Also, I would do independent Android development for funsies. Yes, that is a new word, funsies.FattyA - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as my main computer.J_E_D_70 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd replace my ancient Toshiba satellite and game on the go -- Skyrim and BF3.I'd also send e-mails, make facebook posts, and verbally tell everyone (even strangers) how much MSI owns!
I might even get the logo tattooed on my arm. OK, I can't back that up...
shiznizza - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would probably get in trouble even using it at work (different tech company name be damned!)... some gaming, some multi-OS fun... anything to replace a pentium 4 desktop at homewebmastir - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would make love to this sexy device. Looks awesome!!Thanks Anandtech!
blackscreen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play SWTOR, BF3, MW3...nutgirdle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my aging 16" ASUS notebook as my "hideable" gaming station. Since the wedding, I don't get a full corner of a room to put a gaming desktop, so I am relegated to more expensive laptops to get my SC2 and Day of Defeat fix. However, my current laptop is starting to reboot randomly, and I'd really like to continue to be able to pwn n00bs.tmehrl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for gaming while my wife uses our HDTV as a tv (rather than a monitor for my gtx 670 gaming rig).Taracta - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Getting this MSI Gaming Laptop will enable me to finally retire my Acer Ferrari 3200 laptop. I will now be able to catch-up on my 100+ games in my Steam account while on the go instead of just when I am sitting in front of my desktop! Vrrrooommmm MSI!jkyle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To game in the land of awesomeRedShirt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming + Movie watching! Awe Yeah!nullCRC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play MMO's and brag how good my MSI notebook is.morose - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally retire my ancient 17" Dell (RIP). Would be a lot of fun to play the latest stuff on the go!tbone311 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play music and watch videos with my family.fyjimophreak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this powerhouse for 3D renderings and play crazy games when I'm not working!LoudESPty5 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would also use this for 3D Rendering.thatsunpossible - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to finally play all the games I've ignored since my old ancient laptop started sputtering.Senpuu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...for school this fall. I'm going back to get another degree and working full time, so a laptop will be very helpful for when I'm on campus and in class. And it won't hurt to be able to pop D3 on it so my friend and I can play together, since she doesn't have a computer that can play it and I only have my desktop.Thanks for this opportunity, MSi!
~Chris
grshore - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seems very good...CodeMonkey00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Heroes & Generals at any time and any place:)SpitFyre - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My small Lenovo with integrated graphics really fails at games like TERA and even Minecraft! Surely this machine could power it!lparkin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would donate my old laptop to someone that needs it and use this new shiny fast laptop to work, surf, play games and watch videos.RealityExit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Maybe I would actually be able to do some gaming and have something to keep me occupied during my off time when I'm always on the road for my job.NiNe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to replace my Dell XPS 17 and to turn my HP-toting friends green with Envy!Haldog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Spend a lot of time on the road and it's a major PITA to haul my gaming desktop from hotel to hotel. A gaming laptop would be perfect!Genaddison - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
both work and play. I would be coding using ASP.NET with C#, doing graphics design work with Photoshop, and working with debug tools like Fiddler. For play I would be using the notebook for Netflix, playing a variety of games I am in to, and in general surfing the internet.GatoRat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to do programming, play games and look at porn, I mean, pictures of my family.Jim888 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be AWESOME! as my current Laptop has just recently fried!saved42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my laptop and give my 6 year old one to my friend (who really needs it.) I might even sell my desktop if this laptop is fast enough. It would certainly be put to good use for grad school, work, and gaming.HustlerOne - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to supplant long hours of studying with epic Diablo III loot hunting stress relief sessions!invinciblegod - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play Tera the only action mmorpg I know of.disports - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give it to my brother to use!Liasio - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my wife's dying laptop. The thing overheats and shuts down every time she tries to play Diablo 3.jackstrop - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to evangelize the excellence anandtech and MSI to my customers.rcallis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give it to my daughter. She deserves some good luck for a change.ts279 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Game mostly (Diablo 3) & some workhenrinicolaus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my aging 6 year old laptop. Could replace my Phenom desktop as well!antonyt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What would I do with this laptop? Run 6 VMs at the same time, just because I can. Haha, assuming I'd be able to tear myself away from video games, I'd use it to finish learning Maya before I lose my eligibility for the free educational version. A real license is so expensive T_TAlancsjr2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to free myself from being locked to my tower PC in my home office. Would be nice to work from coffee shop sometime...to be able to see the outside world again :) or at least more of it..TripKnot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to retire an aging netbook and have a nice notebook for my kids to learn and play with.ChrisAttebery - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games while my wife uses the desktop to brouse Facebook. ;^)brouham - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to obtain knowledge in how operating systems are written and to photoshop pictures.e_sandrs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Win the undying love of my children! (by sometimes letting them use Dad's awesome laptop to play a few games themselves)That, and have a portable central "server" machine for the recent LAN starship game we've started playing.
edilmangemore - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Please i want to win this.I don't have a laptop & my desktop can't handle new age games.Please bless me up with the power of 3D gaming.pc299 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To game with coworkers after hours instead of having to drag my entire system into workmshannon68 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definitely be using this guy playing gamesRWMunchkin12788 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I tend to participate in as many betas as I can manage, and would love to try out the latest games on the go.imutau - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would freaking pawn all others ON-THE-GO !! port-a(ble)-Pawnage!!!Okay that sort of sounded like a large blue plastic crapper with a keyboard and track pad but you get my (don't stand down wind) drift.
DalamarD - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo III (if the servers are online)biagg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I like to play Solitaire and Heartsdwl137 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook for peace and quiet; as in me being able to play a game without my wife whining about me taking up the laptop and keeping her from checking her damn facebook...jared9025 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally stop having to share with my wife. (she'd probably take the good one thought)Wimpman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my schooling in Computer Science making lots of programs and video games. I would play lots of them too.fan777 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i want to play diablo3.Arkive - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a great traveller to play Diablo 3 when I'm on the road!deepspawn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to not only start playing PC games again (my former gaming machine is OLD) but to also continue the GPGPU research I'm doing.Grazyna - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For Diablo, WoW, and Star Wars! :Dplupien79 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I tried ordering the MSI 1761 but got royally screwed during the process... This would be wonderful vindication.p58mustang - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like an awesome upgrade!pinetheonly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to frag and never go...bag...?vbNetGuy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would like to be able to play D3 on the go or at a frinds apartment, this would help!CarefulMethod - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would replace my 2 year old desktop and be the first nVidia graphics solution I have owned in 10 years!Mossa - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This will be replacing ( if i win though ) our family computer which is quite old now.MSI + nvidia + Steelseries + DynAudio :- Killer combination. :)
gwolfman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to frag all of AnandTech's BF3 players and begin my dream hobby, my passion for photography. :)CUfuzzy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing would replace my desktop it's so powerful! Games, games, games!Rodamus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What I would do if I won this notebook:1) Play games on it
2) Show it off to everyone
3) Take vacations with it
4) Play games on it
5) Sing to it
6) Clean it
7) Play games on it
ReverendDC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Step 1: Get a great computer with world beating (I apologize for NO PUNS) graphics and processing power. In this way, the maps I wish to create showing my most recent conquests can be shown in full live glory as my armies spread like ants across the globe. the MSI system listed above would be more than adequate to show my minions our progress remotely.Step 2:
Step 3: Profit.
As you can see, this computer is a necessary part of the process, and you would be remiss to pass up such an opportunity to be on the Supreme Overlord's "Nice" list.
JohnCarney - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This MSI machine would be a statement. It would be something I would carry with me as a declaration of my entertainment independence. I am not a drone, a slave the to corporate hardware encased in black. Nor am I a hipster, encased in white plastic shinny skinny jeans. I love gaming, and my hardware should love games, too.I am an avid gamer, and old school one at that. Mangar's Mallet rolls off my finger tips as easily as they construct complex healing macros for Azeroth deployment. Rails and Rockets fly from my mouse as precisely as my aim for my last Peggle ball.
A place for two deaths. A Radiant Goldbox for Skyrim. A Notebook for a Gamer.
Xenon2000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would make a great Blender workstation on top of gaming!naturastudere - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
finally a machine that can handle Gnome 3.CuE0083 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to play games of course!!!larry6hi5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Starcraft 2, do 3-D modelling (e.g. Solidworks), solve partial differential equations (scientific calculations), and more pedestrian consumer stuff (surf web, check e-mail, watch movies)ryanpauk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace a three year old sony vaio that I bought for my wife to use and game on.ikono - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my gaming computer is 4 years old! still runs strong but is definitely showing its age...spamreader1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To show off how awesome MSI is to friends, co-workers, and family. ;)itx-gamer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...has a hard time playing YouTube, let alone games.MoxiousMoron - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love it to play when travelling!starcrusade - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing would do some serious server development on. And of course there is the obligatory lunch time gaming.KakarotUSMC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my wife's MacBook Pro with this awesome machine!bluechomper - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My present computer is near it's end. A nice gaming computer would be extremely helpful for both business and pleasure.phragmatic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
WHAT WOULDN'T I DO?I could take over the world, first. I think I'd do that first. I'd probably use it to align all my forces quickly and effortlessly around all the choke-points around World Capitals, then proceed to cinch-tight the ties that bind them, those ties being my forces, and I'd compel the local governments in the areas to bow before me and my MSI laptop. They would. Mostly because of the laptop.
Then, I'd probably go about trying to find the cure for cancer with it. Then next, AIDS. Then, I'd use it to determine how the human brain works, and see if I couldn't unlock all of it's secrets. I'd then build a webpage telling of my exploits throughout the world.
But mostly, I think I'd show off Diablo 3 to all my friends and say "DEAR SWEET LORD THIS THING TOOK OVER THE WORLD ABOUT TWO DAYS AGO AND STILL HAS ROOM FOR MORE."
"Dude, you won that?"
"Yea, MSI rules, huh?"
The end.
Lorash - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I neeeeed it! I want to replace my aging monolith of a i920 system, especially since summer is rapidly approaching and I want something that won't make my power go out if i turn the computer and the A/C on at the same time :pxilience - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yes, please!unbellum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love a new laptop that could pull gaming duty. This is actually far stronger than my aging gaming system. >.<jccowardin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a desktop replacement for games, work, and photo/video editing.Roundo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
It should be my desktop replacement & i will do everything on this notebook which i used to do so far on my desktop because it's got extreme hardware parts inside.deathbyburrito2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would get rid of my desktop and use this for all of my computing needs. Gaming, video conversions...Paul Morana - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play BF3 and all my other games and new ones that i can't play well because of my aging machine that lags a lot on modern games... and also to do some Photoshop and video montages owning friends with this beast.PreciseInteli - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Quite simply I'd use this notebook for mobile gaming. I have to be on the road a lot for my job, which means I miss out on a lot of weeknight gaming, this would certainly remedy that!edshin95 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to win this!Kalon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
So do i.please help me win Allmighty!dochood - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
"And I still, haven't found, what I'm looking for...." U2Oh, wait! Yes I have! Here it is! Send it my way, please!
I just gave away my Brazos netbook to my son, because it wasn't powerful enough for the development work I'm doing...
gimmeagdlaugh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And this is what personal computing should be!MSI, Intel, Nvidia all ROCK!!!
Think PC!
jcr159 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to defeat El Diablo...momentum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to melt faces.slacker190 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could start gaming on this instead of worrying about my desktop catching fire.king_lobster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to play games in bed. And on the couch. And also, possibly, at the kitchen table. Oh, and outside on the deck too. Man, that would be sweet.Ironical - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play games everywhere i go.skiboysteve - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love this thing. I currently have a 7 year old desktop for gaming that reallllly struggles with anything. Problem is, I'm moving into a smaller place soon and I have no where to put this ancient tower... so I will probably not have a gaming machine anymore :(With this laptop, problem solved!
qam_jah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my aging and dieing notebook that I bought almost 7 years ago. It would be a big improvement and allow me to play newer games on decent settings.MrSewerPickle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would put it on a marble table with a bright halogen light shining down on it to let it bask in all of its glory that a ultimate gaming machine deserves.maniac5999 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Fermi, not Kepler, Nvidia is yet again misleading us with their model numbers.Anyway, I'd use it to play games when I'm away from home.
sickNtired - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need this to play games on the go!adholmes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With a laptop like that, I might finally get around to playing all the games I bought during the last Steam sale!jmmartin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use it as a mobile Solaris development system.themaker00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Finally have a laptop to take over to my friends to LAN.KennySVG - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My laptop is definitely outdated and lags so hard now in modern games. I would love to get back that competitive edge for mobile gaming and this laptop will do just that for the next few years.Chalden - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I have a athlon laptop with integrated graphics.I want to play new games.Please provide me this nice MSI laptop.Thanks.ksuWildcat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this beast to start playing PC games again while traveling for work. I need something to kill the time I spend waiting in airports and whatnot.Grebuloner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as a mobile workstation more than a gaming laptop for Photoshop on the go. I might load a few games on it here or there for the amusement of course.Einy0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use a new laptop.Yuriman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games with my wife. I've been saving for a proper gaming rig for her, but currently she does not have a PC.AahzNotOz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as my primary computer, to play games, browse the web and to talk with my wife on IM until she and my stepson are here with me. I had a Sony Vaio laptop that after 14 months developed overheating problems after about 14 months of use and Sony wants $1200 to fix it. Considering I paid $1400 for the laptop in the first place I won't be repairing it, so I've been without a computer at home and it would be nice to have one again.tzirf203 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming laptop....why not? Might be nice to be able to bring a system with me for gaming at those boring events :-PLounds - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently have a macbook air for work and home use.For gaming I use a desktop but it's getting on a bit now C2D, 4gb ram, 460gtx.
So this would be a huge performance boost and probably ignight my gaming addiction again.
:)
Please let me have it, it's my birthday today and this would be great present seeing as I only got 4 cards with no money and not even off my mother.
grazapin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play all the PC games I've been missing out on as a Mac user.Rhys - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My skills would no longer be held back by my machine!MKBL - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have two dead and one screen-cracked laptops, so I can appreciate a new laptop very much.proxopspete - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
League of Legends... Diablo III!! This will probably be faster than my gaming desktop! LOL I would game on this for a long time to come!jwaight - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play Diablo 3 faster than my Sandybridge with the Intel video...of course that is when Battle.net is up, which it repeatedly isn't.NINaudio - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
use this notebook to replace my old laptop with a geforce 7600go.Fctulon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will use this notebook to replace my old lappy with geforce 440MX.mrpk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First I'm going to sit and admire it! Its quite a beauty! Next going to take it to Starbucks and play and show off at the same time :-)thornburg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play Skyrim while my GF uses the main computer for other stuff, or so we can both play at the same time.Also, it would be great for watching movies.
casematrix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play 3-d solitaire on the highest settings. And be solely responsible for the cgi in the next Avatar movie.Scrote - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would game in public places, wearing a huge grin, making people all around me green with envy!GD695372 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to develop new applications using .net.Also, to play games... such as Diablo III.
aguilarja - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a student in high energy physics, I do a lot of processor-intensive calculations on very large data sets. A powerful laptop like this would be a great tool. And also, you know, for gaming when I'm not working.Dave S - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would brag to my friends about how my laptop is faster than their gaming desktop.kenyonswim - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Is to show off to my clients some really cool new technology that they might deploy in their own office and/or home. The jealousy factor is a definite plus in this case not only for my techy friends but for clients alike!mugwet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play all the games my current notebook can not.jjcrandall - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
At work. We make the purchasing decisions for hardware for our company, and it would be so cool to rub this in their faces.Take THAT Dell & Lenovo
jthomas666 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to protect this planet from the rampaging hoards of zombies and aliens.Also, balance my checkbook.
CaptainMarino - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have been looking to replace my desktop (currently with an MSI motherboard) for a while now. I would use this laptop to play some Arkham City and SCII, and even my fiancee would be able to take advantage of its MEGA-power to do her work as an engineer. I look forward to a nice box showing up at my door in a few weeks.jessee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks goodUnlikelyKiller - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play games! This thing is awesome, better than my desktop by leaps and bounds.crk111 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need mobile gaming laptop-I hate moving my case!jsl4980 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd just carry it around with me and be like "hey look! I won this!"YellowWRX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to replace my core 2 duo based laptop so that I could play modern games while on the go.MrRogers777 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And maybe run a little docking too.NoFunDon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...minesweeper, ever.Chapbass - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Definitely would use this beast as my new laptop. I travel all over the place for work, so being able to game on the go would be amazing!lycan1985 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
me like it!!BVKnight - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd make this my portable gaming computer, and when I wasn't using it for that maybe make it the center of an audio recording setup I'm creating in another room of my house.csm8118 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My chance of winning must be better than the lottery. Retire my old laptop, program, play games, you know, the usual.FyreBryan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI's gaming notebooks have always been of the highest quality and not only have better specs than alienware, but also have a better price point...That being said, I'd be using this laptop to play Blacklight: Retribution, Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2 (eventually), Aion, and Boarderlands 2. Would easily replace my AMD Acer.
lovelyrita - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mm, I would like to test out this laptop.dh2020 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gtg699u - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have a few papers on my desk that get blown around when I open the window, and at 8.6lbs with the sleek design, I think this would make the perfect paper weight...REALfreaky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give it to my girlfriend so she can actually play games with me. I want to replace her old, overheating HP crapbook.ekim - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to create great games and software! and of course some general-purpose computing.okko321 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play tons of games.hobostu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Or maybe as a dedicated work computer. Thank you.killerstickman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To program in college and also to play Battlefield 3 on ultra high settings c:notoriusONE - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace my old Dell 10z mini netbook with this B.A. piece of machinery. It will also probably end receiving a nickname like "Jezebel" from my jealous wife...superccs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Played World of Tanks on a 12" alienware w/ T9600 CPU and a GTX260 once. Yeah that was not so great, does the whole gaming laptop thing really work? I'll let you know when I win. :Pnafhan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
GamesGet rid of the slower of my two gaming desktops. This thing would be faster than both of them.
drivn2fast - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To anger my wife by playing Diablo 3 in bed.dbotfield - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would run my dev tools insanely fast.Its up for any game I choose to play.
It has all the interfaces I need - including USB 3.0
I would do all my work and recreation on this brute of a machine! Anywhere!
toms98pc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook would replace my very old desktop and I would start playing games again!Ommadon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm definitely impressed with the components. I'd use the laptop to max out all the games in my library. :DScorpial - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's been quite some time since I've done some "actual" gaming (usually just game on my phone), mainly because I've been too lazy to upgrade my old crap-top. I would definitely use this bad boy to get back into some new games :-)dehemke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to pretend to work while secretly playing MechWarrior Onlinehambone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a primary workstation for software development. big screen easy on old eyes!amdwilliam1985 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to bring this powerful laptop to lan parties to play Diablo 3.My current HP laptop has core2duo(penryn) @ 2.4ghz with integrated graphic card. It will not run Diablo 3 in the lowest setting.
TyphoidMary - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...for replacing my now 5 year old MSi GT725 laptop. It's been a trooper, having been to Estonia, China, Copenhagen, and all across the US.usama_ah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This will replace my current desktop and allow me to have two screens while I game.knotted - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Small enough hide anywhere, this notebook would let me game on company time without anyone being the wiser!grimwhiskey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my brother-in-law, who is about to go to college. He's still gaming on integrated graphics.Jazzmain - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Definitely would be an upgrade from my amd 64 I'm using right now for my graphic design. And it's portable so that's a even better plus!harlock0083 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my netbook so I can actually game on the road!coryigor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I can't eat the lapop, I would use it to play MMOs like SWTOR and do work from home.jryder - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Right before heading off to college! Perfect, this way I wouldn't have to haul my desktop gamer to the dorms! Pick me please!Nutzo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be alot faster than my old dual core Celeron laptopskuban - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...for mild-mannered grad school papers by day and super sweet gaming by night!chelos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would reduce the uncontrollable rage I feel when my FPS drops to single digits when playing Old Republic. Think of it, lives could be saved!jasonliv - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Thanks!winged mantis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play awesome games since right now the Intel HD3000 integrated graphics aren't cutting it.taltamir - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
On my frequent business travels, my work assigned laptop is slow and old and plays games poorly leaving me rather bored at the hotel each night.thefunnelweaver - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this killer rig for work and play. With a powerhouse like this, I could get easily get the best of both worlds, and that's nothing short of awesome.Bing579 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as my secondary machine. I currently use a Cr-48 chromebook running Ubuntu for the task and its holds up well for what it is, but something more powerful is always nice.cobberbearr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this monster to game on my business travels.DunXel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My 3.5 year old gaming laptop needs to be replaced it cannot keep up with today's games.Diablo 3 on Low setting. :(
I travel every so often for work & my gaming laptop keeps me sane late @ night. :D
Notperk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this notebook, I would use it as a way to increase the budget of my next desktop build (by selling it).strandiam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have no proper idea what I would do with it since I have never actually owned a laptop before! I guess I would hug it and pet it and squeeze it and call it George. I would also probably play some games in locations other than my desk, like the couch, or even outside!dan_jackson_us - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would of course do a little gaming, but would like to use this powerhouse for video editingshad0hspon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
One game that is beyond my current hardware: Diablo III. However I would love to find a computer worthy of putting and using visual studio 2010. Maybe even dual boot. Oh, the possibilities. Arduino programming. I guess what I'm saying is I would love this computer.steelers35620 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This will be great for Borderlands and Borderlands 2!!!!lotonoro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
DIABLO 3!!!deprecant - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Might as well give it a shot. Bit like playing the lottery.Use for this laptop would be as a gaming machine, considering that I have no computer capable of playing anything at an acceptable framerate. Battlefield 3 is something I've always been able to run properly.
nondeskript - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Give to my wife so that she can replace the aged 17" Dell she's been using for the last 4 yearsConnoisseur - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Sitting in my corner cubicle at the office with this bad boy running would make my day...incredibob - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my tactical mobile command center! :D And proving to my girlfriend that my it's better than her mac book pro ;)tpro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am starting a non-profit organization, and would love to have something of this quality to do all the coding and database work.ryokum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks good. Yes please.maface1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yes Nice looking laptopPixelStyles - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd try and make it cry with the latest PC games that I've been missing out on since I had the bright idea of trying to be productive and got a Mac. I miss gaming so much...hawkuc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for so much more than games. Work, entertainment, communicating with friends and family. So many things revolve around having a quality reliable laptop. In every area this notebook will serve me well.Tibbz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Want this!CptCheese - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
well, to replace my old toshiba portege m750, Playing games is also a huge bonus! It's better than my Pentium D 940 desktop with a GT 220, even!afritchen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Desktop replacement!eric678 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
After the kids are in bed to play games :-)Seriously... nice looking laptop!
bwcbwc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For everything. This would be my first notebook that is more powerful than my main desktop machine.akgamers - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be a nice step up from my 6 year old laptop!Skiprudder - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That quad core and esata would be great for work... scanning client's infected hdds... and that gpu would be great for after work!EHuntington - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd like to say I'd use this notebook to make wonderful images and produce magnificent videos, but I wouldn't. I'd use this notebook to play video games. All the time.beerdette - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
When I travel to my in laws and they are killing me with their boring talk, I can throw some headphones on and kill them in my games.Jnutt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games! And probably ruin my GPA...mbaroud - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I work in the offshore industry.So the way i would use it, after a long day on an offshore platform hundreds of miles in the middle of nowhere, is to get some anger and frustration out in MOH!!!!
colancho - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to pick up PC gaming again and start of with Arkham City!awesometown - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for serious mobile gaming and hooking up to my TV for big screen gaming.PClark99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for games as I will probably be sans desktop for a while due to marital issues. :(Oldmane - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would serve my D3 habit very well.windowjumper - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Escape the boredom of daily life with the infusion of a wonderful mobile computing and gaming platform.kent1146 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I spend about 75% of my time on the road travelling for work.I'd sit in my hotel room at night, throw on some headphones, break open a beer, and be in my own nerd heaven 5 days a week.
jimernst - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook would finally allow me to carry my ministry materials along with me on trips and visitations. and also allowing for some quality time playing a few relaxing games. Blessings to all.mooninite - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Papa needs a new pair of shoes!jmoneypenny1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Battlefield 3. My existing gaming machine struggles playing it.Elliott92649 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this at work....I have to travel a lot and I would use this as my gaming platform on the road. everyone else would be dying of jealousy....let's see their macbooks game...muahahamwells9 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Two words: "Mass Effect".My son has spent hours extolling the virtues of this game but I don't have a decent machine to run this on. This laptop appears to be "decent".
Marc
shouzen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook was built for gaming, and that's exactly what I'd do with it. Max it out and bring it to its knees!RowdyBlueMan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming and development.ScottHavens - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my wife for a gift so she can play Civ on something newer than a ThinkPad X200!ckckck - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am a software developer and this notebook has the specs I have been looking for in a development machine, which I would also use for gaming during hours off.Bing579 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for games and media.slukenba - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games on!SZLiao214 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For a notebook this powerful i would use all its power for MS Office......and gaming. Carrying my ft02 case to my friends house for mini lan parties gets pretty tiring. That case is 33 lbs empty.Fanatical Meat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Maybe it will change my luck lately, could use a different job too....Castles998 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
By profession I am a graphics programmer, so I might in my spare time use it to develop new and interesting shader programs. For the most part it will be just to play games when I am not at home.Sorine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...sort of wished I had gotten a laptop instead. The mobility is a great feature.kleinwl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yep, I'm that guy, running a machine that barely boots up in the morning. One that drools over the new stuff every day, dreaming about his new machine in 2013 (or 2014...15...16).The last upgrade I did was to swap out my Athlon 3100+ for an Optron 165. Man those dual cores are FAST! I even got a 1.9GHz overclock going on (still a bit slower than the 2.4GHz single core overclock... but you know...heat! Never could get 2.0GHz stable. Oh well, at least my EPOX board is state of the art. Hey what happened to the 939 socket upgrade path anyway?
chipmunkhell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To totally beat Diablo 3, and play Sword of the stars 2, and all other games and other activities i could think up!slidermike - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Games!Generally bragging about it as I showed up to all the LAN parties.
Elder Scrolls
KotoR
Diablo III
halfblui - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
..or at least a computer daddy can play, erm, I mean *work* on while the kids hog his other computer.giderac - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
from my launch conroe allendale e6300 desktop !Kevin Day - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3! Much better to take this to a LAN Party than hauling my full desktop rig.discotea - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this beast to get rid of my old Turion 64 HP laptop from 2005 that i still use to surf the web. Damn my stuff is old.iketsu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
perfect for diablo 3 on the go, now i just need to win this giveaway!Discky - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo on the go if i win this. :Dsupax - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That looks like a nice machine, surprised it doesn't have an SSD.Rockstars - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
You can always upgrade with an SSD later.it's one mean machine & i will game on it as much as i can!!flipoit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... to have some mobile gaming fun, and goto LAN parties again. Lugging around a case and monitor or a mobile gaming beast? Easy choice!cnk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop daily to replace my desktop and provide me with a mobile gaming platform.reutech - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Not only would I use this notebook, I'd marry it and bear it's children. I'm a guy but, I'd take the hit for hardware this nice.I'm watching you MSI, you're awesome! Anandtech, I love you!!!!!
dmds99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I appreciate lots of RAM for getting some work done too.vanulor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to make my dreams of world domination complete.johnf1285 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop, I would show to all my Mac friends, how POWERFUL a PC is and how much better a gaming experience can be on such a powerful laptop like this one from MSI!siderst - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
We used to game every Friday night but now that he is deployed things have changed. This laptop would allow him to get in some single player fun while in the field.Baenwort - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd sell it to give it to a friend who could use it as the Clevo w110er (stock version of the monster 1.0 you guys reviewed) that I just got is just as good and nearly as powerful.ShirowShadow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Holy jeez that is one sexy laptop. Great aesthetic design and wonderful specs.My astronomically low odds of winning this aside, were I to get it....
I would likely repurpose my entire desktop rig as a fileserver/gameserver host, and make this my primary personal, college, work, and gaming machine. It's got enough power to go around and supply all those needs with power to spare, and I would not mind using something that looks like that.
Cheers MSI.
Shinobisan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For me this notebook would lead several lives.Travel:
I travel at least three days a week, often with overnights involved. This wonderful notebook would be a great companion. Right now I'm playing through Mass Effect 3, it would be great to continue the experience on the road. (if I'm away from my family... I might as well be killing reapers!)
Home:
My kids like programming their LEGO Mindstorm system. With the blue-tooth enabled notebook, this would be a great platform for them to learn more about programming, and communicate instantly with the NXT brick.
Spouse:
My wife teaches all kinds of hobby classes (photography for kids, knitting, spinning wool). Last year we purchased a used projector for her to use in class. We don't really have a portable machine for her to use with it though... lugging around a desktop works but isn't the best plan. So, this little notebook would find itself at the public library... helping kids to learn photography... it would end up at fiber arts days... helping to teach all kinds of crafts with wool. Having a camera built in will work great, she would be able to demonstrate complicated stitches and such live for all to see.
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I'd use it for serious gaming and semi-serious programming.Birun846 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will use it for hardcore gaming & watching videos in high-def.Nice!!tim7850 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Is that an overkill?spidey81 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...continue playing games after the wife "suggests" that I come to bed!jadenwolf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this notebook computer, I would use it as my primary system. This means that I would use it for school, work, and gaming. This computer would blow away the one I am currently using.Tierlen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd like to move on from my aging, gaming rig. And I travel quite a bit so bringing my games on the road would be a huge plus.sage789 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My Macbook has failed me in the gaming department. I now realize the error of my ways. Please, MSI, help me get back on the right path! I would use it for everything; games, photos, video, spreadsheets, presentations, documents, surfing, you name it!Talion83 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would replace my quite old XPS 1720 as a gaming/testing notebook. I use it both for gaming and running test environments off of.Brent - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Development, creation of VMs to expand knowledge on various platforms AND the ability to play games all rolled up in one portable package..Awesome!bricked - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I definitely use it to play games and some video editing.Petijob - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Photo editing , listening to music , playing games & surf the internet etc..AllanGraves - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Dude, what else would I do? The same thing I do every night - take over the world.And maybe play some tropico 4 as well.
K-thiraband-com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably use it to play minecraft...But in all seriousness, it would make an awesome gaming/recording/video editing rig to take on the road with my band, Thira.
thrgardinad - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Of having the most and best computers of my friends. So i can be mobile and finally be able to play something substantial instead of watching my two friends play games when i visit them.Mr.MisChief - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my old gaming laptop (gateway 17'' w/ 8800m gpu) for some gaming goodness on the go.. and the occasional bug swatting, should the need arise :)vdn20 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play gamesSlayer67 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my aging Gateway gaming laptop, for use at LAN parties.bwmccann - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally beat my kids in gamesyorgle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So the wife doesn't say goodbye to me every time I wander off to the home office.justinmalek0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play all kinds of games and actually have a viable option to bring anywhere and still game.Upalta - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Will play Action games on it. :)ervinshiznit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for Diablo 3kingtheonidas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have this notebook!superflex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...and retire my Latitude D420 with a crummy ULV Core Duo processor which gets hot enough to fry eggs.sithscout80 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That is a lot of RAM in that laptop.Deved3 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My desktop only has 1gb ram lol.This laptop should be insanely fast.Needless to say , i will throw away ( or sell on eBay ) my antique piece desktop if i win this awesome prize..MrCommunistGen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The screen went out on my old laptop about 6 months ago. I'd use it for gaming. Lots of gaming. Probably for watching streaming video too.ikachu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo3 on the couch while watching TVlu6ty - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play Max Payne 3 in my home. :0Novaguy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would kill Diablo. Again and again.FoolOnTheHill - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo 3 anywhere!...anywhere that has WiFi...
JesseFK - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love this. I would use it to game of course! Great looking notebook!Slmblck - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop for coding and playing some Diablo since this thing is more powerful then my gaming desktop lol.Lord Baconator - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so I will no longer be chained to my desktop in the the house and allow me to play outside and enjoy the weather while gaming.Phasenoise - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 in a hotel!rNakrani - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I wouldn't use this notebook. I just got myself a brand spanking new Alienware m17x R3 this January and I am guessing it will work for me for at least a few years.But I know someone who would really use it. My friend, Kevin, who has been trying to build a system from parts people are throwing away so that he can play Diablo 3. It has been pretty difficult for him to get all the parts running together. He even had a GoFundMe page just for donations to build a PC for Diablo for a little while where we all chipped in a little bit.
So I would give the laptop to him. I know he would be ecstatic about it!
Eisenhammer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
at work most likely. Tethered to my phone. So I can visit anandtech without the prying eyes of corporate IT.bhuel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
..to game with of course, and replace an already old system at home. I play 4 different MMO's and this would rock!Destrachan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook would grant me the ability to explore vast new lands, take part in exciting battles, and troll like nobody has trolled before...it shall be glorious!!! Not to mention it'd play a huge part in my potentially getting divorced...lol.borodog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my 7 year old notebook so I can get through the Mass Effect series again while on the road for work.iamwin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Must...have...for gaming. And maybe do my taxes on, possibly something productive.BigLeagueJammer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd tear up some Diablo III.janissary11 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i dabble a little in djing in my free time and ever since my vid cards fried up I've only been able to do some vintage gaming...i guess the first order of business would be to play a heavily modded deus ex (the original)
andy318 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo IIImischlep - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Portable gaming for when I'm on the roadanynigma - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to make electronic music, play ff VII, and...oh yea...brag to all my friends haha.Rugar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have one MSI already, let's go for TWO!Cormag - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to move out of my office and into the living room with my wife. I could game while she watches tv and be accessable to her to talk and share our day while fragging noobs!Please MSI, help me improve my marriage relationship with my wife and destroy my online enemies faster than ever before!
harth234 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new computer and this would not be a bad choice.CthulhuDragon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace my current (much beloved) MSI GT627 laptop. Easily the best laptop I've owned.oigaboiga99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would allow me to game in an underground bunker when the end-of-days happens.raen7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well I'd use this bad boy to replace my primary PC, for both work and play!jmarin69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To be able to work and play games on a proper gaming machine instead of having to lug around my PS3 so I can play games while on the road.mdlam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Cool led light!rmjonesiii - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would replace my aging Asus gaming laptop as my go-to choice for gaming outside of the dungeon.100weight - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play Diablo 3 as my current system does not meet minimum spec :(Soniweiv - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm definitely in the market for a gaming laptop right now and this rig would be perfect to suit my needs! Looking forward to gaming after long days at work!escabral13 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for school! I would totally study really hard and definitely not play video games because I want to be a good student (if you didn't notice the sarcasm, I would definitely play a crazy amount of video games). I would probably throw an SSD in that bad boy as well5150Joker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
She's in high school but being raised by a single mother so a new PC would be a great addition for her studies. Plus it doesn't hurt that she's a gamer so the 670M wouldn't go to waste.bdheard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Programming for image processing for something I'm working on. Games for a distraction when the programming hits a brick wall.RBrian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would first thank God. Then, I would use it to play Shogun 2.BeachTurtle - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games on the go.ishkatar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my old laptop (that I would give to my wife so she stops installing weird stuff in my laptop)eallan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play diablo with it of course.gz4gA - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play SF4, CSS, TF2, the Orange Box, and more.2likru - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My four year old windows notebook is dying, this would definably make a worthy successor. I'm crossing my fingers and prying.Tyndel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Games, and More Games.Libertysyclone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this thing puts my HP elite book to shame and would make my life/work/games so much faster/easier.Aporia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For mobile gaming obviously!BigTechLover - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this notebook to read more stories on anandtech about msi.wirerogue - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
msi, if i won this notebook gaming computer, i promise i wouldn't watch any porn on it at all.evrt63 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for work and play, play, play.........dnsoutbreak - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To edit videos and play some Diablo 3!daluna2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to go to LAN partieswith friends and family. It would replace my original notebook, which I sold to purchase a birthday gift for a close friend.lstomberg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I broke my laptop six months ago and really need a replacement! This would be all I would ever want and more. I would use it for everything.DMisner - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
While it would certaintly be used for games I'd also be letting it work on some distributed computing projects. I know Kepler isnt great for Folding@Home but it'll be a far cry better than my HD 5570bozolino - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this notebook to play all games that i love and to keep up with everything new reading anadtech everyday!pavlindrom - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As strange as it sounds, the computer would mostly be used to run CAD software as the need arises. I may attempt CUDA or OpenCL programming on it. I'm afraid that I may begin gaming again, but that is a risk I am willing to take. :)cakemaster85 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With this laptop I could hunt for jobs as the consummate professional seeking employment by day, and begin moonlighting as a gaming fiend by night, all from anywhere I choose!!!Barnassey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for some serious CUDA programming as well as gaming.CaptMyng - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to game with my son online. It doesn't make up for the time apart but he would love it.sulfix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I use my laptop mostly for homework in between classes, but every day I keep wishing I could actually play some games on it, Help me do more!WusteHase - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To keep myself occupied during the rest of this deployment, since I don't currently have a laptop!altarity - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Just sold my macbook to pay for school. Stuck using an ancient Dell. This would become my amazing main squeeze.gama472 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play all those new games (Metro: Last light) since my actual notebook just can't handle any new game with decent graphics.meshugge - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
need to replace my ancient Dellmark_j - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for my 17-year-old son so he could join our monthly lan parties without having to disassemble his desktop rig.tantolar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my ancient laptop from 2005! I'd actually be able to play games and watch hi-def movies on the go!moibanez - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...so awesome, I would find anyway reason to bring it out and show it off to people! I would replace it as my work computer, and sit in front of the class to let my fellow Macbook classmates read my costume wallpaper: "MSI Rules!".crimson117 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd own everyone on the internet from the comfort of my living room couch.stankpuff - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to get chicks.osembe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
be that guy playing MMO's in Starbuckschoson - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This amazing laptop from MSI would let me play games better than my desktop, and I could still watch movies relaxing in bed.rocketbuddha - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For both productivity and gaming...Stronghold - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could do some serious development on this baby.Abel007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd take it everywhere with me! It would be a staple at every LAN party I attended.jak3676 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old gaming laptop is well past it's prime, C2D T5600 and an old NVidia 7900gs. Good for it's day, but that day was years ago.aferox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a gift to my son. He deserves a nice, new notebook to play games and be productive when necessary.marytao - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hope I'm the lucky one.Stvwndr219 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally be able to play Crysis 2elmer92413 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love the portability! I'm tied to an older system right now that resides in my basement and it would be nice to finally get out and still be able to get work and gaming done.mtygrg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That laptop looks awesomedavidgo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I hope I winMalorcus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Being able to play EVE Online at work would be great, and completely destructive to my work ethic :)akdj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I know EXACTLY what I'd do with this beauty:) It's been well over a decade and a half since I've 'Gamed' on a computer!!! I spend all my time editing audio, video, and still photography files...It's a "Work Thing!"LoL....I'd really enjoy 'getting back' in to gaming again---Microsoft Flight Simulator was always one of my favorites (played it from 3.1--before MS had an OS:) on an Apple IIe), It would be Very VERY cool to have that option again---to use a computer to have 'Fun' Again!
Good Luck to everyone!!! This is an incredible example of computer engineering---all that power in a backpack? WoW!!!
Thanks for the chance!
Jeremy
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I would use it to replace my aging core2quad desktop.rscoot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my current notebook made by one of MSI's competitors!trooper11 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
....is take this laptop out to the lan parties my friends and I have on the weekends instead of my bulky tower. It would do wonders for my back!The_R3deemer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be the most expensive laptop I've had since my first alienware (before dell bought them out >.< )trinitron6_03 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First of all Id give my gaming desktop to a friend for his girlfriend to play Diablo 3 with us. THEN, I would be gaming, programming, video editing, pretty much make this laptop my desktop replacement. ...what WOULDNT you do with this laptop? lolmmaestro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm currently in the market for a laptop that would allow me to test stuff in virtual environments (VMWare Player/Desktop and/or VirtualBox) while on the go. 12GB high speed memory and a quad i7? Yes, please.But it would be a nice bonus to play Civ V in a hotel room at the end of the day, too...
RHurst - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my main computer!Dravic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would finally be able to sunset the old 3200+ 15.4" dead battery never really mobile desktop replacementMax Rebo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my other aging laptop for apps and gaming.Calamity99 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally have a replacement for my current aging laptop, that is barely functioning after its tour in Afghanistan, and finally reconnect with my gamer buddies and spend less time in the school library!clamport - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I so want to play with Ivy Bridge OpenCL. Think of the possibilities. But also, Diablo III. Mostly Diablo III in fact.bwooster0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have downtime at my job and this laptop would be great to use to game during that timeNickoZo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...use this notebook to help solve world hunger. Also play Diablo.anactoraaron - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I used to have an MSI gaming laptop core 2 penryn based. I still regret selling it some days. It would be great to have another :)anactoraaron - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gee no edit button. Welcome to 1995. I would use this to play games and do some photoshop workjpend - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for work and entertainment and of course to write my thank you note to MSI!WebsterJB - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming Laptop for me :-)dkulinski - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
He is starting high school and can use a machine to both do homework and enable him to blow of some steam.SexyRexy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Very very nice computer.... FOR ME TO POOP ON!No I keed.. Sweet rig sans the HDD
SexyRexy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
if i must say what i would do with it, then I would use it to produce WPF & WCF C# high tech applications in the Biotech industry via VS2010cjTootie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would work very well for me when performing on-side computer forensics, and for processing of evidentiary content.Bring it on!
kezeka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
compared to my 4 YO macbook pro. Could definitely use this to improve my photo editing speeds.IGoodwin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my existing laptop that died mysteriously!Glocjt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to replace my venerable Q6600/GTX460 desktop. And it'd make for a great LAN machine, too!leviap - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
But it would be fun to have onepeldor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
also Intel and Nvidia, but mostly MSI.perpetualdark - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play when I am on the road, and when at home, I think I would set my 15 year old daughter up with Diablo 3.. she loves sitting and watching me play and I know she is just itching to try it out, so I would celebrate winning by treating her to her own copy of the game and let her go to town.. who knows, maybe I will end up partying up with her and playing co-op.. that would be pretty cool.scarymike23 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games, and to run Itch for DJing. And to look cool all over town! BOOM!elerick - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Cant beat free, especially when its a quality product like this one. Good luck all.Incinorator - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd be able to get my game on anywhere I wanted!chadspants - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it play games without my wife suspecting :)MilwaukeeMike - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So I could finally own a gaming laptop. A luxury i'd never be able to afford.Everyone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games. Lots and lots of games. Games that my work/school laptop is not even capable of thinking about running!Andypro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI: I would definitely use it on trips and probably as a 60fps streaming server. Thanks for the giveaway!taternuts666 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for all my gaming needs. I would love to try out Crysis 3 on this. Not to mention the Elder Scrolls online....jeffkz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my son for school. His laptop is dying and can't afford a new one.Apetn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In addition to gaming, I would probably check my email on it.AltoidStrong - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To work on becoming a pro gamer.flyer652 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it check facebook, email and play solitaire.sooth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to show all my friends who use other various manufacturers "gaming" laptops that MSI produces the best computer equipment anywhere and clean the floor in all the games that this computer would breeze through with its serious horsepower!!!But can it run Crysis 3? MSI can DESTROY Crysis 3!!!
sabot00 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to cure cancer...Haha, just kidding, I would game the heck out of it.
barbeque - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My wife would really love this notebook. It would allow us to use the computer while in the same room as the kids.Yamisamo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to be very productive at getting ridiculously great at games.. and get diablo III and never have a life again.donebu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI, I'd toss my old laptopSD_Machine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be doing the usual, pwn newbs, melting facesGLHFGG
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to keep my lap warm in the winter. My cat is not nice enough to warm it up for me.jaydee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my wifes 4 year old Turion X2 notebook!wakxed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to browse the web (and play hardcore graphic intensive facebook games).sligett - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
rule the world!Or at least be able to experiment with several OSes and virtualization.
Snoopans - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming on the go!oln - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play co-op with my son.Irishfloyd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For video production. Good speeds.slipdisk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm excited about some of the big games coming out in the next 12 months (Bioshock Infinite, Dishonored). But in the meantime, I have a bunch of games that I've bought on Steam sales or in anticipation of free time that never showed up - Arkham Asylum and Dead Space are the first two on my list. If I got a new PC, I'd finally make some time for this.judasmachine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That would become my life. My desktop would fade I.to obscurity.bunkerhugger - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And do it at max res!SLayVus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to dominate the competition where ever I went.Tchamber - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, first I would play video games, then use it to edit photos, then to show up my friends with Alienware, which I currently have, albeit outdated with a Core 2 Quad.hotsacoman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I think the GTX 670 could hook that up...caindie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a writer and nascent film maker with over thirty years of programming behind me; to coin a phrase:"I see the world from both sides now"
The film I'm going to make references Jay Forrester's work on system dynamics. This is a laptop for that kind of manager; a manager using it for a different kind of "gaming".
Virtual sets, digital storyboards, CGI; editing RAW Red "footage"; tools for the Indie; yet another kind of gaming.
In that world you take your studio with you; your hardware is never fast enough, there's never enough of it and there's always something else for the software to do.
I knew that when I started out, though I didn't know the path would lead to this; making dreams using dreams.
modmaven - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I declare war on Alienware! My new MSI may come from this planet, but it is ready to dominate! Come join me!Menth18 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a learning tool for the foster kids that came through my house.Moonjock - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for most of my computing needs.random betrayal - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would rip me off some serious hours in starcraft with this notebook, just in time for the heart of the swarm.rabidsquirrel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Happy Happy.... Joy joy!!! If this ain't the best thing ever, I'll be the mother of all liars!Exedore - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this along on flight test trips, and use it for data acquisition during the day and gaming in the evening :-)emironov - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it when I go over to friends houses. It is a lot easier to carry a notebook then a desktop.LittleTX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My gaming grandchildren would be really jealousBilly2789 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to get rid of all my bulky desktop whenever gaming, working at home, rendering 3D on-field or lanparty! Thanks for the chance MSIcelloman25 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm using a MacBook Pro 13'' now. It has a core 2 duo and a 320m. Needless to say, not many games are being played on it right now. I was thinking of upgrading to something like this anyways. So why not?frossty - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm looking to downsize my home machine and start to use a powerful notebook exclusively. This would allow me to game remotely, but most importantly, allow me to take, what is essentially my life, with me wherever I go.MmmmmBeef - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my 5 year old laptop.clarkebell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will enjoy being able to play my baseball game when I'm away from home. And I will watch movies. And I will encode video. And I will probably havbe to do some work on it. And I will give it tender looks.lumpof - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I think this laptop is actually more powerful than my current desktop...I would be using it to play games :)MSDop513 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I now have a library of SD cards full of video of four kids that needs transcoding.SweetRides - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a perfect software development platform.MSI - you build the hardware, we'll do the software!
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to play Diablo, of course.Christine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a great gift for my daughter who is a graduating senior this year. Our family owns several notebooks from MSI and appreciates the reliability. My daughter is planning to go to college and study Japanese and international business and can use the horsepower of the Intel Core i7-3610Q with 12GB memory and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M video to give her the edge in all of her classwork. The THX TruStudio PRO, Dynaudio Premium Speakers w/ Subwoofer will provide the superior audio to enjoy many relaxing weekends listening to her vast collection of music and videos (750GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive will ensure that she'll be able to expand her already vast collection). The MSI GT70 is an exceptional gift for an exceptional girl from a parent who couldn't be more proud of all of her.tuigi69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games of course.Pierceka - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
With this kind of forceful machine , you will want to do every possible thing on it.I will mostly do gaming & some multimedia.Botia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With a machine like this I could work and play in bed.pwndrone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook mainly for video editing and rendering animation as my current laptop struggles on all but the simplest files. The 12gb of ram would be insane for things such as after effects as well.mfinn999 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace the old clunker...sunburn1999 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my desktop so that I can save some money on my electric bill.samolo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So I'd use it when I travel overseas, about twice a year for 2 months each.I would love to be able to bring my gaming wherever I go!!
Ddarksiderr123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this Notebook to become the most accomplished and powerful barbarian in all of Sanctuary!CurioWind - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my primary computer, everything I do, lots of games, videos, browsing, picture editing, everything!magicbotian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
of such an awesome laptop than playing Diablo 3?Porksmuggler - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Just what I always wanted, my own little MSI GT70. I will name him George, and I will hug him, and pet him, and squeeze him.Seriously though, gaming desktop replacement on the road!
BigDragon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this to LAN parties. A bunch of coworkers and I hold one each month.cragAT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mobile Diablo III is how I'd use this laptop if I won it!h1001 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
nice new gaming laptop would be awesomekaarukun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming, media, video/picture editing, programmingMuyoso - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to have this beast.Ictiocyon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
look at pictures of sour potatoes.obamamustgo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To run the HT I'm going to build just like Anand's !BobbyDigi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Borderlands 2 baby! Yes I realize it comes out in September. No reason not to prep early.Andross01 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm not just a gamer, but a photographer too - I need power to churn through thousands of RAW files in Lightroom and retouch in Photoshop. I'm on an MSI laptop right now that's been good to me, but now I need a full fledged desktop replacement. And this fits the bill.sotti - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play diablo III until my mouse hand cramped up into a tiny ball.peterdowney01 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would love and care for your laptop like a child. a powerful enough laptop would enable to to work away from my desktop. i live in florida and would love to sit outside and get work done when its not pouring rain! i have dozens of games that are dying to be installed on your laptop, they only need an amazing computer to be installed on.daniellwu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace an old laptop, and be able to play games on the move!Perkinslot - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
in my case , This laptop would replace my 4 year old Core i3 laptop.someyoungguy9 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This will definitely replace my aging 5 year old laptop and can finally let me play real games :)Scorpionking20 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for many various uses. Primarily it would by used by my wife as she finishes her BS in Political Science/Philosophy, as well as getting a lot of use for video in our bedroom, and gaming around the house. I have 3 desktop gaming rigs, and I have 3 kids that share one of those. With this laptop, I would have 4 computers, letting 4 members play L4D2 and Civ 5, as well as other games.Suuave - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Crush, kill, destroy.gothitbycar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
12 Gigs of RamWill Fill Quick
With Core i7
tonyn84 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yes please! I would love to be able to game from the couch.PPalmgren - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And give my girlfriend my other computer so we could game together.Grumbledore - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to game on almost a daily basis. It would free up my old laptop for use by one of my kids.mentatstrategy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have this for Diablo III!SilentSin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To finally be able to game on the go! My old laptop is an original 1.4GHz Centrino with Geforce2 Go that struggled to run counter strike on low settings. I think this would be a small step up :)thralloforcus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo 3 everywhere I go!laytoncy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This nice laptop would let me finally retire my old beast the P7811FX.harrkev - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could play games while sitting next to my wife.darkhawktman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play more Diablo 3.namfibian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have never owned a good gaming pc or notebook. All I have now is a macbook from 2009. I would use this computer to play all the games from the last 2 decades that I have missed out on.dlivitz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll save the planet with this laptop.I'm working in a research lab writing GC/MS software to determine levels of environmental contamination, and I will use it to run matlab simulations on the same topic. My current computer is sufficiently lacking in power.
I've also purchased diablo III, but my laptop can't run it. I'll use this laptop to finally indulge in a game that I've waited ten years to play.
raylet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my main PC for gaming.Hudson879 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This machine will replace my desktop & i will run my choice of applications on it without being afraid that it can handle them or not.varneraa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally start Diablo IIIsmartthanyou - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook to promote peace and harmony throughout world!-sty
Silverthorne572 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give this notebook to my 16 year old son. We both are avid gamers but he is currently gaming on my four year old notebook - it's OK but this would make an awesome gift for him!bale - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to replace my crummy desktop from 2005, playing games in their full glory.Mokokokomi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definitely use this to show off at LAN parties and of course get my little one interested in computers opposed to dolls or Dora the Explorer even though she is only 6 weeks old and would have to wait awhile but that wouldn't matter this notebook will be a beast for a good while. Also Starcraft 2, Battlefield 3, and more would be amazing on this monster of a machine.Folcon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my wife (to-be) as part of her wedding present. She really needs a new laptop and can't justify buying a new one with the cost of a wedding.Khadgar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd finally be able to play Diablo 3! Impossible to do that my an 8 year old laptopStephens760 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This Laptop will allow me to play diablo 3 & Mass Effect 3.winterminty - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replacing desktop gaming (low end build sigh) with laptop gaming. move my games across and have fun all day :) ill even switch to the laptop for hw and such hahaSpencerall - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would be a boon for me if i win this coz i want to change my computer as it's too old now!!!Adderr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a desktop replacement for me, it would outperform my desktop easily, and I could have two monitors! (*is working poor :( *)Could maybe auction it & buy an election, though.
ethebubbeth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For work, I would use this notebook to run multiple virtual machines since it has such a large amount of system RAM. I would also run Folding@Home in the background to keep that GPU busy.After work, I would game like all get out :)
max40watt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
When I travel to visit old college friends, I often wish I had a laptop capable of playing SC2 and other modern games with them, but I can't justify the cost of a gaming laptop.Anand_Shankar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to play games at friend's places. So much more portable than a desktop.Mephi5to - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What subject says!bh192012 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With this laptop I would design and build a self replicating (Von Neumann) army of nano robots to take over the Universe with. Afterwards, it would be enshrined atop a great monument to MSI for their contribution to the downfall of the world.TheTom - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
DayZ. Everywhere. That is what I shall use this notebook for.(Would love to have a chance to try out some of the mobile Kepler parts, and I've always appreciated "gaming" notebooks for their willingness to push the envelope of performance in a portable package. Plus, my first motherboard for the first computer I built was an MSI, so there's some nostalgia in there too somewhere... :D )
trrogers - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Been limping my laptop for over 4 almost 5 years and a new gaming notebook would a nice replacement.Tranquil1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...be all, "Gaming *G* Series, bee-atch!", like, pretty much every time I pulled it out of my messenger bag. Also I heard of some ARMA zombie world mod which I'd like to try.Sb87 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That's almost as fast as my desktop. I could practically replace my main machine.CDew - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... I would rule the world! Well, the living room at least. :-)Ion-man - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
How bad do I need this laptop?Current CPU:
Athlon 64 3000+, passmark rating: 480,
Graphics: VIA/S3G on motherboard, rating: n/a -- pathetic
2G of RAM
MSI GT70 CPU:
Intel Intel Core i7-3610QM, passmark rating: 8415
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 670m, passmark G3D: 1709
12G of RAM
So nearly 18x more powerful CPU, 6X as much RAM, and infinitely better graphics.
Need I say more?
Avi81 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It has all the ingredients needed for a gamer, and it is portable, and insanely fast....galvor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My daughter is headed to school this fall and this would be great for her to take with her!Enter me please!
greevar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for great justice!frumious - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play some games and try my hand at GPGPU programmingpcsavvy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games when the homework is done. Would be great to use for not only gaming but work on my Master's in GIS, Geographical Information Systems while at the University's Library and show off my MSI laptop to everyone on campus.jpeyton - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play BF3 and Skyrim, my two favorite games.Drhst20 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming on work travel to relax!lavitron - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play crysisbobsalt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as a desktop replacementSoulForge - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What WOULDN'T you use it for is the better question. I'd be playing the latest and greatest. Like Diablo 3.PoMo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Anandtech you have a huge number of Canadian readers...please open some giveaways to your neighbors from the "land of ice and snow" :) eh? :)mellowguy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my aging desktop, since it looks superior in every way.jpalmerlee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I win, I SWEAR by all that is holy that I will have my GF play Diablo 3 by my side.... 24/7.... 365..... till death do us part.DominionSeraph - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this as a work PC (on-site computer repair); and, since this notebook is 4 times more powerful than my home desktop (a Dimension E521), I'd use it for everything else as well.schizoide - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook is much faster than my ancient 2006-era desktop-- I'd use it as my primary machine!brainsbro13 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to finally be able to play Skyrim with decent settings, also can anyone say "Mobile Diablo 3 Fun"?nukerr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for work (website designs, 3ds max, adobe premiere, adobe after effects) and play after work (crysis 2, starcraft II, diablo 3 and the upcoming farcry 3!)32ssko - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing is a MONSTER.stotty5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be awesome to have a real gaming laptop instead of using my company laptop as a make shift gaming rig that can't play anything good on travel.Scubasteve5800 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to make my friends jealous and replace my crappy old HP.Also, Diablo 3, Starcraft 3, Mass Effect 1-3, and maybe even a little old school Alpha Centauri (when I'm feeling nostalgic)
henryhu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would replace my current laptop so I can play the games I want without setting everything to low.msaunier - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...from by iBook. I've had the thing for 8 years, and it'd be nice to play UT2004 at >15FPS on a Radeon 9500.ooiman92 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need a new PC in general to replace my desktop. But no moneys! D:nightcom26 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's even faster than my desktop.ljevans - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for all of my gaming and development needs. Sense I work for a company who develops software for Public Safety you would be helping to save people who may call 911 in a life threatening emergency! :-)stump1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my wife's slow and outdated AMD X2 laptop...allenlistar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm going to use this epic computer to boost my epic skills to destroy all who stand in my way on Battlefield 3.chime - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To escape from real world.... for a little whilepjchappy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for Internet browsing, casual gaming, work and mixing/recording my music.Ankurkh1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming!Gaming!Gaming! (What else ;))dieguezc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have this Babyvypa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Everything. And I'd do it in the dark, that's a pretty cool backlit keyboard there. This is actually more powerful than my desktop.dionisk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be amazingrabb1t - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been homeless for nearly 4 years. Only in the last year have I gotten a gaming grade laptop. Games help keep my sad thoughts at bay, while allowing me to keep current with what's going on. I run a site talking about PC hardware and suggest system builds. I also run a podcast that discusses motivation / psychology / sociology behind why we play (as well as general rambling about gaming). A moar uber laptop would help me with all of these things.Sure, getting back into a home and having a desktop would be far better, but as long as my sad times persist, having something that allows me to experience gaming and create content without restriction makes things seem a little less sad.
Qwaren - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd be using this laptop to play Diablo 3 on the go.Sivim - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To more frequently battle for the safety of the mortals of Sanctuary!visht - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my sandy bridge laptop which is used for CUDA programming and would love to play Crysis and BF3mrfou - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... to play Diablo 3. My current ageing laptop does not handle it well.SanLouBlues - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play the hell out of the new XCom game when it comes out.PCTC2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take my work and gaming to new places. CAD, gaming, programming, and movies could be taken to work, home, and if I wanted to, I could go to the top of a mountain and game. It would be so much nicer to replace my huge gaming desktop huge 17" programming machine with a single, more powerful system.Imagine... gaming with no bounds. I think I would go sit at the top of Mount Soledad, enjoy the view, and maybe play some Mass Effect 3 finally.
Polizei - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I just built an insane MSI rig for my work, but I would definitely use this for my all purpose laptop. Dota 2 on the Go? Thank Youdogstar26 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Not a big gamer but I'll bet it would make Photoshop fly!!PNH2006 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Not only would I use this notebook to play newer games such as D3, I would also use it to help with school as I need a new laptop to take notes. I wouldn't even mind the weight as the specs of this laptop more than makes up for it.Kaiser_X - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for cross country flight gaming.n0b0dykn0ws - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to demonstrate how overpriced and overlauded my MacBook pro is.airs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as my main computer while I build my water cooled desktop rig with an MSI GTX 670! ;)zerorift - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is one of a select few gaming laptops I really like the look of. This would finally give me a platform that I could realistically do Lan Parties with! Lugging around my desktop just isn't practical....Also: Guild Wars 2 on the road ftw!
quillaja - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to ... play games.normnelson75 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to beat all the pro's on Iracing.y2chris - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This rig could crunch some HD dvds, games, run VM's for me to test :)chr6 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i need it to slay diablo.ccbadd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a desktop replacement!kam24 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Sign me up for this! I would love it.dhray - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Junk the old quad core desk top and use this bad boy for everything - especially fragging bad guys!gloombuggy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm an IT tech who games and dabbles in photography. My wife is a singer with a day job as a graphic artist and web designer. This laptop would be the best of both worlds for us. With a quad core, 17" high def screen and 12GB of RAM, we could edit photos and videos of her performances in real time or use it as a mobile recording studio. And during downtime I could fire up Skyrim or an FPS.... :-)jrr123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for gamingRmattp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Heh, This is so much better than my current laptop... Gateway CX210X but I would definitely miss the tablet functionality.archicroc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play BF3 because my current one is close to 4 years old...Xunqualyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, I could finally replace this W700.1nf1d3l - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook is faster than my desktop. I'd use it for everything and not have to worry about upgrading my Core2Quad.hoshun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
far better than my current desktopbrian2p98 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and stuffBobDoleMonster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games wherever I could and get early onset arthritis.Jinded - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old notebook broke a few months ago, and I've been using a hand-me-down netbook as a replacement to do my schoolwork on, since I can't afford a new one right now. I would use this notebook to finally get my productivity up to where it should be, which will make my thesis writing a lot less painful.nekoken - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give this notebook to my friend who has significant back problems so he could play Skyrim on his couch.MasterofOssus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Ummm... to play games on the go?Is there any other task worthy of such a machine?
dmarkham421 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd be playing lots of diablo 3 with it of coursejedighost - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to great use right away!kornfan71 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use this laptop to replace my main computer. It's probably at least as powerful, and probably wouldn't heat up my room as much!wacko04 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...I would be gaming all night long....and during the day I'd put it to good use at work doing graphic intensive 3D design and modeling.In the mean time, I'll get a bib to catch the drool :)
bcg27 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my now ancient Pentium M Dothan laptopPheesh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally convince my wife to become a gamer! :Patomicpirate - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
hook me up :)tolgerias - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as my main work machine, developing software using Java, C++ and MySQL. I would bring it with me on the road so I can play Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, and Starcraft II.thkeoki - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm attending school this fall so this would be perfect for play at home, and work at school.FoolishFool - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That's what I would use it for...krylon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games while on the road!iago88 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the MSI laptop to play games. I used to game all the time in highschool, but my desktop is old and cant play any new games. I have an old laptop with integrated graphics for study/work, but can't play games! With specs like this, I would use this laptop for photo editing, music recording/editing, video editing, and EVERYTHING else I could possible do on a computer.I'm shipping off to bootcamp in December and will be Studying in School for the Navy for 2 years, and I'm sure if I win this laptop will save me from having to buy one!
ithirdeye - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would consider replacing my gaming desktop, or give it to my daughter for games, video/photo editing.skirge - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to play Diablo 3anonymous_user - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
While at home I would use it for gaming and I would also use it at school when I attend this fall.ibilisi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to write android apps/office on the move, play games of course, and teach my young boys how to use a keyboard....(no more iPad)studyhard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As my new multimedia PC, to take on tailgating, vacation, work trips, as a desktop lite, with gaming, movie watching, and gaming capabilities that I could wish for, while also providing a powerful work computer, if work demands it.eBombzor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use this for everythingbsp2020 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hope I win this time.armodons - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use it to game wherever I am and fold@home whenever I'm not!GuinnessKMF - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Work, creative outlet, and play! Most of all I would look forward to being able to quickly and easily hang out w/ my friends in person when playing games with them instead of remotely.ph33rtehgd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Haven't upgrade my notebook in years...it'd be nice to have a portable system to bring around to LANs.gspell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
more games and oh yeah maybe some work.CollegeisaScam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would show it off, by passively displaying it and waiting for people to ask, "whoa, what is that?". It is all about the soft-sell.And when all the attention has died down, then I would clean all the fingerprints off of it and fire up some Diablo 3 and flex that GTX 670M.
Jcruiser89 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Multitask...........Play Diablo 3 at work while answering a helpdesk call and watching Netflix.angelzarke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play some heavily graphical games like witcher 2 and battlefield 3 at college....DWolvin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That is a heck of a computer, I think it's faster than my desktop system (geek cred -1).It would be my main system for Gaming / school, and would do a little light folding@home in the evening.
tpbutch - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to set the interwebs on fire....in style.jankyscoes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my laptop and desktop with this. I'd play Skyrim and Diablo3 and also use it for workAravot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
How is MSI compared to Clevo.JackCrazy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I have this notebook, I will use on 3d animation design and play lot of games like BF3 and COD. ^_^SpartanJet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm trying to land a job in another part of the country, so I'm spending a lot of time away from home. Being a gamer it would be really nice to have a laptop that can actually play modern games while I'm bored out of my mind with horrible hotel cable TV =)lrdplatypus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd be able to play games when I'm out of state visiting family! I've been without a laptop since I donated my old one to my church, they needed it more than me.That being said I have an awesome desktop, and am saving for a laptop, so good luck everybody!
prickly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to blog and play starcraft 2! :)jontech - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have a Celeron at the moment :(cius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
But not one with a glorious 1080p screen! (mine is 1600x900)franklyc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming, video/photo editing, recording music and watching TV/Movies.aznchum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be an upgrade to everything in my Full ATX Tower.ajnorth22 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been visiting AnandTech on a daily basis for years, I guess I might as well register now.This is a pretty solid 'top. I'd hit it.
donith - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games together with my girlfriend. In the same room instead of via skype.Also to record music, since my current HP DV6 can't handle the audio input from my Avid Fast Track Ultra... it just chokes :(
WompaKing - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be awesome for my trip to Cali!<rubs hands>
jledgerton - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to catch up with my friends in WoW and Diablo 3.Qball47 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop is more powerful than the self-built computer I currently use. Use would be lots of gaming, partial to RPG's and some shooters. Diablo 3 will be next. This offer actually caused me to create an account here at Anandtech (have been lurking for years and have gotten mush very useful info on this site)PhatRabbit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my crappy Dell. Also I would like to own people in BF3 with it.pakp123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play game on the gocuppm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to game on! :) In my living room in my comfy chair instead of my uncomfortable table.punks123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my old gateway gaming laptop, so i can play bf3.witkowskipe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to make all my friends envious of this cool notebook.darthscsi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and writing papers and presentations.obijuann - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my son to replace his aging desktop PC. Great for gaming and college!catchaustin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this wicked laptop for development, rendering, and of course gaming.tmpardi77 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Maybe my luck will finally change??m4rk4 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Kids would use it for games, wife for video/photo editing, and me for programming. Nice giveaway!puttersonsale - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have a really really old laptop that needs replacing for work (pentium III).....eeer and gaming :Ptumblingcoder - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would make this laptop my baby and use it for everything!Well, almost: As a college student, I have to be productive, so I definitely won't use it for gaming...honest!
SpaceRanger - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's been 3 years since I've been able to upgrade my home machine.. this would be an AWESOME replacement for it!MJEvans - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to build stuff in my Minecraft world or maybe some less focus requiring games on Steam. I'd also use it to test out how well various distributions of Linux support the strange combination of Intel framebuffer and Nvidia pixel pushing.SaolDan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm actually trying to save $$$. A little hard when the wife hate games. I would use it to game and I just started working for a company that does lighting controls for venues, parks and hotels so I need a laptop to program the plc. The laptops they give out have celeron cpus. I would only dream of winning something let alone winning this. Hope I win it.wonderful1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use if for my homework.dmk2000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I can use it, what a heck, it is not going to hurt to have one more laptop.XonicEQ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I can stop Diablo, world war 3, and evil alians from destroying our world when I am on the road!Lazlo Panaflex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Save the world! And play Skyrim.;)
Cuhulainn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would drool all over it.Once I came to my senses, I'd probably play some games and throw away the netbook with a broken screen that I've been using.
Iketh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook by playing starcraft/wow/diablo3/skyrim/elder scrolls online ENDLESSLY!!!oeuf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Actually not to game on, but as a portable workstation.Sure is powerful enough.
The_Laughing_Man - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for everything, work, personal, and play. Best of all I would have a notebook with the power to play my favorite games on the go, which is something I can not do now.NTruong - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play d3 when I'm traveling.aznjoka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As the subject says, What wouldn't I do with this notebook if I received it? ;)wyates - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What a nice system to use on vacation this summer.lordsheepy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As everyone in the gaming world knows, Diablo 3 recently came out. The diablo series holds a special place in my heart, not just for being one of the earliest games I truly played completely, but for being the only game series I've ever played with my dad. Almost every weekend for the past 10 years we've loaded up a pair of our champion; My father on one of his many barbarians and me on a flavor of the month of some sort. We strolled together through the ease of act 1, toiled in the infernal sameness of act 2, got lost trying to find all the pieces of khalim, died to diablo's flame breath again and again, and done more bloody runs than I could ever count. We've had fun every step of the way and every since the third installment was officially revealed, we've looked forward to doing a new routine all over again. Well, it's finally here, and my laptop simply can't run it. Using our desktops from across the city, we have both played through normal and part of nightmare in the relative loneliness of playing online(sometimes in the same party, sometimes not), and while fun it isn't the same.If I won this laptop, I'd use it every weekend for the next 10 years when I drive up to my parent's house to play some more diablo with my father.
Sxcerino - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play D3 and BF3 and use it for school :PMSI notebooks are awesome
djshortsleeve - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would be used to run my audio mixing and productions software, and of course some games as well.hshendon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to get my Diablo 3 fix on the road!Actually, I would probably give it to my son so we could both play Diablo 3 on nicer PCs! (He really needs an upgrade!)
krash3x - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Two years ago my wife got me an hp laptop for Christmas to play games on when we go on vacation. That laptop was terrible. The 17 screen was washed out with no contrast. The AMD processor in it Idles at 60 degrees C under load it got over 100 degrees C even after applying new thermal paste on it and was slower than a core i3. The power supply died in 6 months. I spent hours trying to calibrate the screen to make it look better but you can't polish a turd. If I get this laptop I would use in the car on the long drive for Florida and use the CUDA cores for folding home since I read that the laptop has a very good cooling system. Thank you for your timeExcaliburMM - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have this laptop. I have a very nice gaming desktop but when it comes time to go mobile its an absolute pain. At college, LAN events, a laptop would be really helpful. Even around the house. I'd love to have such an excellent piece of hardware to show off and keep me gaming on the go!Boogaloo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to finally play dwarf fortress at an acceptable framerate.Evangelineooo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
of cause gaming. with this power of the laptop. i believe i may use this to play game near no life.datobin1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be bringing it to quakecon and anywhere else I go.dragonfriend0013 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my current 3 years old custom-built desktop. Is has served me well, but I need more portability for my computing/gaming needs.linkinpork - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
use it to game! i've never had a gaming rig, desktop or laptop before :Pjclarksprintanand - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's not so much what I would use it for but more of what I wouldn't use it for. With that group of specs it would be a desktop replacement which I could take everywhere. I would use it for code development and testing (trying to get a MUD off the ground), VM testing, GAMING, school work, work work, when I go to my friends, multitask playing online games and SHADOWRUN (the traditional rpg, with the assitance of software on my new laptop; character gen, pdf source books, etc..)So I guess I would have a good time with it. That's what I would do with it.
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Yes, this would definitely be nice.Professor Pinky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have a gaming laptop that doesn't shut down due to overheating. My current AMD laptop reaches 108 and powers off.Margalus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
quite a bit. I've been wanting a notebook computer for a long time. Haven't been able to swing one that could play games well into the budget though. I've wanted a computer to take with me to help diagnose issues when fixing friends or families computers for a while now. But I want to be able to use it for other purposes also, which means the cheap ones I could afford aren't the ones I really want.Davabled - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to have this laptop on the road playing games between gigs and then switching to using it as a DAW to work on new sound projects.godl!ke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go. That make it easier to carve up my Steam backlog.velatra - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
a DAW and mobile gaming rigLekko - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Been looking to get a laptop for a while. This would be a very very good one for me.vixiv - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
since it's a gaming notebook, I'd most likely use it to further destroy my life by playing diablo iii away from home. and also for lightroom 4...yeah...lightroom 4...boeush - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A poor and broke brother of mine needs to upgrade from his old and tattered laptop for the next year's college season. This one seems pretty ideal for a Computer Science major: nice for coding, great for fun.Only one minor issue (for coding), is the relatively low screen resolution: a 1920x1200 screen would've been preferable in a 17'' form factor... But at least, this one can't be beat on price :-)
laabbigbee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing is better then some desktops. And it is portable.Azuroth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would let me play games even when my wife just HAS to do her farmville...Mandom - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this MSI GT70 to finish off all my opponents in TF2 and finally quit my day job, and apply to become an MSI ambassador and test the heck out of every single piece of MSI hardware.zero2dash - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to win this....wow.arrogantjellyfish - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
obviously Diablo IIImikeangs2004 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am in school, so I can do all of those things mentioned above. For school I can use it for stuff like CFD simulations with CUDA cores. A laptop is also much more mobile.Powermetalx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a PhD student at U of Virginia, studying quantum computing. I'd use this laptop for CAD work when designing things for the lab, in SolidWorks. I would play a few games too :)I don't currently own a laptop, because my macbook pro died, and a laptop that can do CAD is too expensive for me.
glenn0688 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Benchmark this beast to no end all while laughing at the poor excuse my old quad Phenom desktop would be compared to this. Also gaming, lots and lots of gaming. MW3, BF3, Skyrim, TF2, CSS, CSS Beta, Torchlight 2, and more!unrulycow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Obviously, I would use this for gaming when I travelmichaelklachko - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as a desktop replacement to save space.static101 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would really like a laptop that allows me to do some gaming.Ambictus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to umm... well do stuff on the computer like games and internets and stuff.Thanks!
N4n45h1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my current aging laptop and probably replace my desktop as well. :P This is quite the powerful machine!zuht - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Battery life be damned, I need portable Diablo!brownk5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently use my work CAD laptop to game with while at home. This would allow me to do proper in front of TV gaming without killing myself bringing the gigantic Dell M6600 home.Torran - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be an amazing upgrade from my current desktop and give me some portability to hook up the display to my TV. I can't easily haul my desktop around to do big screen gaming, and my current laptop can't handle any modern games!AstroCreep - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use a new notebook, and I would use the crap out of this! How would I use it? Daily use/functions, gaming, and plans for world domination.Good luck on the contest, me!
kbendo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could finally play Diablo 3 (and any other new game) in any room of the house!sonofgodfrey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to benchmark the hell out of cryptographic software.falconbeach - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This website is fantastic. I'm in college and only wish that you would post more reviews of products!PostConsumerWat - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yesh, give it to me...I will use this laptop for games... possibly to game with GF.
Trick0502 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing would pwn my laptop!! Mine can't even handle csgo. I would be able to game at work in style!!!darthur2000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like a nice system to game on while travelling.Smartteaus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
There are so many new games that I would play. I'm a huge MMORPG player though so I'd most likely use it for Diablo III, and WOW:MOP, I'm really starting to feel the lag in my current machine.starwind9078 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this to replace my way old laptop and then use it for mobile gamingsamuraid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming on the go. The specifications are impressive and it would certainly handle pretty much anything you could throw at it. I'd bet you could even stream gameplay for others to watch as well. There'd be no need to lug around a desktop PC if I had a laptop like this.Sinestar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This bad boy id mine!Mbonus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games and work, in that order.kreedaz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Frag my friends and then to make up for my guilty conscience in obliterating them, I would join it to folding@home!cdillon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since my gaming rig and my current notebook are both lackluster, this would be a nice upgrade!chaosknite - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo III of course, and probably some StarCraft II. And MineCraft.infocalypse - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First I would hold a funeral ceremony for my 5-year old lenovo and its poor, noisy, dying fan.Then I would boot the new laptop, pat it gently, wipe it with a silk napkin, whisper sweet nothings to it... and then I would kill Diablo again and again and again and again and again and again and again!
:)
Ttdawg1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to code, program, play fps games, play resource-intensive games, and I would use it for schoolwork.Viridia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Diablo III and read Anand!gmkmay - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So that I could give my mother my current laptop. She's spending a lot of time caring for her mother and needs something to keep her occupied.nexox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to code in bed. My ancient netbook isn't even remotely able to fire up a modern IDE, and there are days I just don't want to get out from under the covers...Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I mean, yeah, I'm not gonna lie, I'd totally play some games with this machine, but with a full HD screen I'd have room for a lot of lines of code, and a Fermi-based GPU lets me develop both CUDA and OpenCL applications.budjevin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Thank you, MSIThis would be pretty sweet :)
dragonboy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it to win.kkayser - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have a nice desktop at home to game on but in college there are a lot of gaming clubs I have friends in. I can't haul my massive desktop around and go to all these LANs because I'm not mobile. It sucks because they all have gaming laptops that they bring and I miss out because I have a full tower desktop. If I had this laptop I'd use it to game on the go!Dunar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since my old core2 Dell laptop crapped out two weeks ago...I'm broke son..I'M BROKE!Timewasted - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this computer to make my brother jealous that my laptop is better than his desktopSodaAnt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play lots of games. Because games are cool.nivlacnotrub - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To run FSX, X-Plane and Prefer3DJambe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to get some mobile Diablo III on...CyberKender - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Were I to win, I might just have to get a dock and replace my desktop with it. More likely, however, I would use it to be able to keep playing games or doing graphic work when I travel. Or possibly much too late into the night, while lying in bed. ;> I hope the screen quality matches up the to the rest of the specs.Nick_C - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for my masters in CS, working on programming new games in XNA, Unreal Engine etc. I also love to mod existing games like the Fallout Series. It would also be incredible for LAN parties, that is one sweet computer MSI put together.alphacat44 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this sweet notebook to access work related hospital charts from home and more importantly to do some serious gaming on the road!m0lasses - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play games. Alot of games.Munna2002 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to power through my parents' endless videos and pictures of their new granddaughter using Light Room, Premiere, and Photoshop, and multitask with Diablo 3 on the side.Borkus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo in every room of the house!lymang - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, and Star Wars: The Old Republic are my current addictions of choice, and it seems to me they'd be a lot of fun playing on this really nice laptop!Himrin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook replace my current notebook used for developing software, playing games, and general badassery.Not to mention, it almost replaces my desktop as well.
Huge fan of MSI notebooks!
Yojimbo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Right now I am just using an old desktop. This notebook would replace the desktop and allow me to play some cool new games.asoiaf7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play my games on the go and at some high quality levels.elzahir - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop... to take over the world! And maybe play Skyrim.relphie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i need to play d3 on my way to workipapadop - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Sometimes programming can be fun. So CUDA programming all the way :)dgordon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play games when i'm on the road!owlxp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This looks like a pretty sweet rig. Blows my current computer out of the water. The only downside will be my wife's nagging me to get off the computer once I have this thing.:D
MrPerlishells - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be nice to get out of my room and still be on the computer.turdlepwr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use for games and LAN partiesdenwin1102 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
take the place of all my other computersdevelop software
start playing WoW again
try out modern games (maybe i can find something new i like)
spend more time outside (with the laptop of course)
slpnshot - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is probably more powerful than my desktop computer...Jollies - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Waste away countless hours gamingBabyBear - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for my birthday. :'Pjeremyshaw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my desktop.aex90832 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Id use this laptop as my new gaming rig(old one lags with Diablo III) and also my computer for college next year. I need a nice, powerful laptop for that too;-)
Grarrg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this awesome laptop for gaming.budabellyx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to FINALLY return to PC gaming. BF3, Diablo 3, and of course my old staple CS:S!P.S. The laptop looks SIC!
GarthMan4 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Sign me up! I would use this notebook to play games on the go and in style :-)forsaken1969 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Probably as a portable software development box, with some gaming on the side when I can't code anymore.sjwpwrpro - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will be spending the next 6 months deployed to the middle east. This would be a great way to relieve stress. Lan party anyone? (we don't always have Internet so we play lan based games.)Just like to add that I love MSI I have a MSI mother board and graphics card, i also put MSI in all my friends computers.
cbanmcc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for everything! My desktop is barely usable and I haven't had the means to upgrade it, this would be perfect!SoWhat286 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as my primary but portable gaming and social interaction rig.Smudgeous - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Should I win this giveaway, I'd be using this laptop for both gaming (especially Diablo 3) and programming (mainly C++, C#, and Java [for Android development]). I really love the idea of a laptop being able to handle both of these tasks. Being able to start, pause midway, and resume wherever I happen to be going is priceless.PLL14 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To finish up my thesis in style!mark3505 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd spend some quality time gaming on it, right outside the genius bar, hehe....totallyfailed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For gaming. Duh!AdrianR1189 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play Skyrim on PC.rpmrush - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Deus Ex, Skyrim, Minecraft....probably a lot of Minecraft on trips. My 6 year old daughter can't get enough. Flying in creative mode wows her and the Zombies in survival mode scare the hell out of her..lolConficio - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Just doing SW dev for Android and other mobile platforms. This will be ideal for driving a couple of VMs7earitup - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a great school/gaming laptop so I could play some TERA and GW2 while out and about! Gimme gimme gimme! =)brianbhsd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
4 hours a day on a train commuting to/from work. This would make the time fly!OR4NGE - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a nice overall upgrade for my main PC too.Taphius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be a nice upgrade to my a8 3500...shatteredx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to locate Bigfoot in order to kill him.SilthDraeth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be replacing my desktop system, moving it to the closet to act as the media server, and do all my gaming, and other work on the MSI GT70.rulo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To my HS Kid!Thanks Anand and MSI.
designerfx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to replace the wife's broken laptop which sadly isn't covered under warranty either.chari - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That is an impressive machine in such a small package. I would love to be able to grab this and go and still have a great gaming experience!Best of luck to all.
SamW2012 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... to play Minecraft!!!fourzeronine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my MSI gx740 with this. And donate my GX740 to my brother so we can play PC games together. I've moved away from console gaming and he wants to as well, just can't afford it. The gx740 is plenty for Diablo 3 with core i7, radeon 5870m, and 8gb of ram. :)scho18s - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
me please! Need it badly. :Dsealeopard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Run a couple of development VMs with my local Hadoop clusterPhynaz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give this to my son, who starts school in the fall to become a game designer.robl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I hope I win. :)vanteo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would turn it on, load it with games, and play them. Anywhere I wanted.SigmundEXactos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For LAN parties. Right now I have a Core 2 Duo laptop with integrated graphics. :(Mumrik - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it on the go, while traveling or visiting friends. I'd use it with the pleasing thought that I didn't even have to pay for it.engieguy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm in....*fingers crossed*
Zarf42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I use computers as a production studio. It would be nice to have a mobile production studio that didn't overheat when idling (Like my current gaming laptop). I'd edit videos, produce audio, play games, host servers at LAN parties, and fold proteins like a mad man desperate to not die from some sort of P53-based cancer.Taenon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to eradicate HIV (I use GPU computing in a clinical/bioinformatics research setting and my old laptop just died).sunnymesa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wish it has better video output, dvi, mini-displayport, or better thunderport, any accessories we can utilize multi-display play?thanks,
Markallen1988 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To avoid using my crappy 300 dollar laptop that barely works. Probably for some moderate gaming, and mostly video editing which I've heard the i7s are amazing at. Sony Vegas takes forever to render video on my desktop, which has an AMD A8-3820 APU.hkai1015 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
1. Playing Diablo 3 in 1080p2. Playing everything else in 1080p!
Budles - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would use to play battlefield 3 and diablo 3 at work. My current old laptop barely runs wow, the pain.C6ZR1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for college when I am at school for engineering classes as well as for gaming when I have the free time.ZenConcern - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for my first uses of a notebook ever. Seriously, I have never owned a laptop or notebook, I even find smartphones to be excessive, but I could sure use a notebook now.SGTGimpy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would just love to have a decent laptop again.coryhud - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, besides D3...I would use this laptop to develop mobile OS games and other software.phanmc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women.And maybe a little Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2 on the side.
kpresler273 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
....college next year! If I win this, I won't have to shell out $1500+ for a new laptop capable of games and four years of computer engineering.Drewstre - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... for gaming, and for travel.abbiecd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give to my mother so she could take her VMware Player virtual machines on-the-go. With such beefy 3D onboard, even the 3D in her virtual machines won't skip a beat! The built-in bluetooth will mean no more dinging up a blueooth USB dongle when on the road as she dials up through bluetooth PAM. At 8.6lbs, though, I might have round up a pack-mule or a floating magic carpet to carry it for her as she travels!gamoniac - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace my desktop and convert my desktop to a VM or HyperV server.Thanks, MSI.
AKFlyerFan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My ancient dual core (not even C2D) laptop is due to be retired as it is...DblClutch - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would so use this laptop to play the latest in gaming. Hook it up to a big screen and play Diablo 3 in full 1080P. Nice!!hnson70368 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 in Full HD on my Samsung LED.Hell Yeah!beerandcandy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it on all the notebook haters with their lame phones/tabs. I would type on my keyboard and mock their snooty ways with their little tiny germ covered screens. I could easily type some words and stuff to point them in the direction of a docking station or plug in keyboard.I would change all their facebook to single so 25 seconds ago. Oh and i would probably play diablo 3 on it
DaveSimmons - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
"Just what I always wanted. My own little [ MSI gaming laptop ]. I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him."But seriously, I'd play SWTOR, STO, Skyrim, Borderlands 2, Torchlight 2 ....
Fuelrod - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for LAN parties ... and to make my friends jealous!chunxiaohan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to run some popular games!UNHchabo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this, I would be able to go play games at friends' houses; my notebook is employer-provided, and a Fractal Define R3 isn't the easiest case to move. :)Blacknoir - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...as I'm on the road a bunch, sitting in hotel rooms watching crappy TV isn't really doing it for me. I'd love to be able to log into steam and play my favorite games (Civ V, L4D2, Fallout) on a laptop that can truly handle them.Please, MSI - save me from boredom. :)
sdcc633 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Don't have a gaming notebook. Would be nice to have!Williams674 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Me too.Would be really great to own one.iguana15 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
12GB RAM would create an amazing portable testing bed and sandbox. And of course, playing games. Pick me please. Thanks.achelabar - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Heck my desktop only has 2GB DDR2 800 Ram.really want to win this.Why ? I mean , come-on , who wouldn't want to win this awesome MSI laptop ?mattd390 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for school, work and nightly frag sessions lol!knutjb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be nice to have. Thanks for the contest.FragKrag - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would love to take htis thing to lan partiesskroh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to show my clients the benefits of GPU-accelerated media editing and encoding!emtownsend - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Something this incredible would go with me to work too!It would be awesome!
damckinnie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my desktop with this laptop, and let my wife have my desktop.mastrhiggins - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my "almost catches fire every time I use it" Gateway laptop.And game like a boss!
rdwade55 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so bad!! pick me!sherazch - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a photographer I would probably use this more to crunch through photos and videos. With an SSD this laptop would fly. Please let me win! Thanks Anand and MSI!Shaotai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would fit the bill for gaming for me!Need to upgrade the intel hd graphics so i can game against the boys at work!
ones9788 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my desktop too if i won this.Please Please Please do pick me.HK_sends - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
*First Time Poster* Hope I still qualify...I would use this...to generate jealousy and envious stares from all my friends for being able to play the latest games on a laptop! And of course when they ask me how I am doing it, show off my new MSI powerhouse!
Cheers!
-HK sends
Imster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need to replace my old XPS with something that can run BF3 in all it's glory!kazanma - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give it to a friend, whose current laptop can barely play 3D games, if it all.kevmanw430 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give this to my brother for his 21st birthday. :) He's always wanted a nice gaming laptop like his older brother. :Pdoubletake - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a DTR for when I go back to school this year.darukaru - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Probably try to Hackintosh it for a lark. Otherwise: Diablo and Dark Souls PC, when that finally hits the market.roybfr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
He is slowly realizing some of the advantages of PC games to consoles, this may be the final thing to get him over to the dark sideswhibble - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To design 3D models for printing in sketchuphartleyb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for gaming, and for when I travel. I do a lot of grpahics work and having a more powerful laptop would go a long way towards getting my work done quicker and smarter.middlehead - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for pretty much everything, so that I can dedicate my desktop to the mass of media encoding that I have backed up.bobo456 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Lots of uses for me personally...Games:
Diablo III, Minecraft, Portal2, Shogun II, Skyrim, Left 4 Dead 1&2, Company of Heros
Work:
.Net C# development...
Media:
Watch movies.
Mateo0502 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to read Anandtech at work, what else?commonmind - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and to play games with.jackstar7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace an ailing older laptop and continue to work on scripting features and animation projects. Help me MSI!jefeweiss - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I promise to use it to play Diablo 3. And maybe Half-life 3. And Portal 3. And considering how often I buy new laptops I will probably also use it to play the third version of games that haven't even come out yet. Which this laptop might actually run, because it's much better than my current laptop, which has less RAM in total then this has in it's video card.Mahdimael - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for travel, and also to shame my friends when we do a LAN party- it's likely faster than all of our PCs.highlnder69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since my current laptop is an old IBM T42, I really can't use it to play games. I would love to with this new laptop though. Looks like a great gaming machine and would be a HUGE upgrade. :)benjdm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And the Expansion.aesthetics1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games on the go!.. What else?! Diablo 3 has a hold on me.korrian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Portable gaming and 3D modeling/rendering are where it's at for me, especially during substantial downtimes I have been faced with regarding my desktop system (and for a change of scenery once in a while even one everything else is functioning normally).Plattypus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a laptop with a good GPU and keyboard for college, and I will use it for 3D rendering software like Solidworks for classes required for my degree, since I want to be a mechanical engineer. Having all those CUDA cores will definitely help over the terrible laptops my college rents out. I am also an avid gamer and will use it to play games on Steam, like Battlefield 3 or Left 4 Dead 2. If I get this computer it would be awesome because I won't have to spend a lot of money on a laptop until I finish college in 3-4 years.KipV - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For my master's project.... I would just love to be able to work on my M.S. C.S. project with this machine.sullenmoon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my desktop and play games on this thingLB-ID - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
From deep within the bowls of my most secretive fortress, my face is illuminated solely by light from the powerful pixels of my MSI GT70. The red phone next to me is ringing, but its pleas fall upon ears heeding only the strains of Wagner rolling majestically from the Dynaudio speakers. The moment has come, and as I click on the friendly red doomsday button on the screen, the world trembles before its new master.lc235 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since gaming desktops cost less, I would use the remainder of the money I get from selling it to help pay for summer housing.-Some random college student
Grit - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Please oh please oh please! My old Toshiba is SO SLOW.I didn't even know MSI did laptops! This could be fun!
sidm2k11 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing games while travelingrikmorgan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
InnovationStyle
M...?
More?
Maniacs?
Mainland?
I will discover what it stands for.
todlerix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games.siddathra - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I work in the CAD industry and travel often. I'd use the laptop as my travel machine. With this machine, I would be a mild mannered CAD engineer by day, and Super Geek Gamer by night!dac1319 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a portable gaming rig to go meet with my guildmates for an awesome gaming party. My current desktop rig would be too expensive / difficult to transport that far.BAHill - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would make a great addition to my gaming arsenal, allowing me to take my games with me beyond the tether of my desktop...tweidman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a great notebook for portable gaming and high end computing.ckelly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
All about the games - Diablo 3 and Battlefield 3 in the immediate future.jdubuser - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a long time gamer I would use this laptop as both a gaming machine and a work machine, all in one. Diablo 3, Mass Effect 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and the numerous programs that my job requires.tyler31763 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for everything. Its already better than my current machine so it would definitely be used for gaming as well.IamDazed - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to game it up! I'm a long time pc gamer and would use this to play the upcoming Guild Wars 2, my all time favorite game SC2, and also Battlefield 3 :) This would make my year, I would love a REAL gaming laptop like this.luke8908 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
"With this laptop, rule the world!druine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play the overwhelming amount of new MMORPG games outside so I get fun and sun at the same time.Rankor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go and to lan parties for me; should make a good addition.Married_Man - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for the opportunity to win! Notebook looks awesome :)Ferazel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A PC laptop like that was built for a lean mean gaming machine!wofuhuru - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for world peace.... by playing BF3.navinjo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With that spec's ? let's see...Gaming, Video chat, Gaming, Image/Video editing, Gaming, Video Streaming and did I mention Gaming ?Ryard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3. Diablo 3. Diablo 3.That is all. :)
thatbritishkid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To do my homework/take notes at school, and to play too many video games.RCSI - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To vanquish all my foes in all my games, and then settle down after a battle to enjoy other multimedia content. Not to mention it is a gigantic step up from my ~5 year old laptop.mafbloggerdanny - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to see how this laptop would perform in my favorite MMO - Fallen Earth - http://www.fallenearth.com it's a post-apocalyptic setting and blends rpg mmo elements with good old fashioned first person shooter play style and a heavy emphasis on PVP. Also has a pretty good crafting system and no classes! It's also F2P! It's a lot of fun!cashkennedy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Screw brining my desktop to lan parties, this is just as good, and 40 lbs lighter.Arugula Chimp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Starcraft until my eyes implode, of course.TheGreenleaf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Just stare endlessly at all of the pretty lights.kaninm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Im starting classes in the fall, so this would make for a good school/light gaming notebook.Ryjaxius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
swtor and diablo 3!whooleo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to have that desktop power on the go.MerlinRML - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would become my primary workstation for daily usage doing things like running virtual machines for development and testing, web browsing and media, productivity/email apps, and the desktop it replaces would become a file server/backup server.kodak29 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Same like me.It would become my main computer as well.Will play games as well!TheEmrys - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I got laid off two months ago, and took the opportunity to apply to graduate school. I've been out of the whole education thing for a while now, and have really wanted to go back, and the timing was right. I'm currently waiting to start classes in the fall. I've just sold my desktop, which was a very good system, so my wife and I have some money until the unemployment checks start to come in. Between losing my job and my wife and I finding out we are pregnant, money is tight. The goal was to sell off my desktop, but a cheap laptop, give up gaming, and then pocket the remaining money for expected medical expenses. This would be an amazing way to keep myself able to occaisionally play Skyrim and Civ V while still having the flexibility to go to classes and do my research.coutch - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
goodbye free timejedimike64 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would be a sweet gaming laptopcarmichael - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to kill zombies and humans in DayZtheoldg50 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As someone with an old machine I got during sophomore year of college, this class of notebook would let me keep up with my friends when gaming, and yield millions more pixels in real estate for programming and productivity. The possible efficiency! It's astounding!wazoo42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's been so long since I thought about my laptop I can't even remember the model number. Core2duo from sager...jaydrivefree - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play Aion, tera, guildwars 2coldfusion16 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play games while I'm at home and use it for work as well.Ponder - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice looking notebook.Jaggins - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play GW2 in the shade at my local park with this laptop.Houdani - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would gift this to my wife, in order to keep her off my prized desktop!Plus, her old lappy is long in the tooth.
luckylogan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop is so ugly, I don't think I even want one for free!freeloadr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm going back to school in the fall and need a portable solution for my gaming needs.grimm2000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For persaonal and business use. I would bring this beautiful piece of technical wonder to my business meetings and show everyone what a real laptop is and not those lousy IMAC/IPAD peices of cr** that everyone brings nowadays. I wold show them what a real laptop is...Give me that laptop ... :)
mateo78 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Niceeeee Laptop!Tibze - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My wife has been out of school for 15 years and has recently decided to go to college this fall. This step in her life requires a laptop, and we do not own one yet. We're both PC gamers so the laptop I decide on has to be a good performer with any games we throw at it in addition to any required school work that will need to be done. This one definitely hits the mark! I've got my eye on you MSI.ryanjacoby2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I can't think of a way that I wouldn't use this laptop! Games, games, games.IndyJaws - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To keep me sane while on regular 22+ hour business trips to the Philippines!dabidosan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
* Play games* Home video editing
* Portable photo editing studio
* Watch movies on a projector outdoors
* Code?
SandInMyShoes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...with a higher frame rate than I get on my desktop PC!beastyben1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for school...then games!jerccb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would pretty much use this everywhere and anyhow I am legally allowed to use it. Desktop computer is exceptionally old, been nursing it along for a while. Work laptop not allowed to be used for anything practical (pretty much work only at this point). Could use some good flexibility for travel/home/entertainment. This looks to fit the bill.mlevasse - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play games, and to do my homework when not playing games.omniphil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like a sweet gaming machine to me...Rippe - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This seems to be the best laptop out there.Please give me this.Shanevo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My 4 year old notebook just doesn't cut it anymore, I would use this computer for my job and may be able to work in "real-time", instead of waiting for my computer to catch up to my mouse clicks and keyboard typing.And now I could actually play some games that I hear everybody talking about since my iGpu with 64MB of ram doesn't cut it.
Fredbob711 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games? I don't have a desk right now, so my desktop is sitting there unuseable, and my 4-year old cheapo laptop isn't exactly up to running the newest games (or most older games as a matter of fact).sderban - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Quite like my condition.If i get to win this , i will be able to play all the current games on it.Please MSI & Anandtech...........JackF - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be good for me.fourpixels - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Good you say ? This would be awesome for me.mmccloud51 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd re-task my current main PC to Server/HTPC duties and use the laptop as my main computer.asphodyn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
in for the winorthancstone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As someone who spends most weekends traveling to family while his gaming desktop stays at home collecting dust, I'd find a lot of value in having a portable gaming solution (no matter where the gaming industry is going, my smartphone does not count as a serious portable gaming solution).If anything, being able to game on the road would give me an opportunity to put a dent in my ever growing Steam collection.
Hourglasss - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Games are extremely fun, I would like to play them. I would also like to re-purpose my gaming computer savings fund to something else.anglish - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for some Programming , Multimedia & games.wheatevo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to program and game. That would be nice.MushroomBomb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I live in Europe and my fiancée lives in the US which means I travel a lot to be with her. we both enjoy playing games online but the old system I use while I'm there is quite old now.I spend my money on traveling and the gaming rig at home, I'm away months at a time so having a capable laptop would be awesome, something MSI is definitely able to provide. Right now I end up bringing my own keyboard, HDD etc. taking up a lot of space and the risk of loosing or breaking the components, a laptop would solve some of these issues as well.
Hopefully I'll get lucky and if not I hope it will make someone else really happy :)
Thrakazog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I don't have a notebook at the moment, so I would use it for everything......work, school, and gaming.awg0681 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to play games! Well that and some on the go photo/video editing. I'd also use it at work since all i have there is a sad old Pentium D w/ 2 GB of RAM. =(celborn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replacing my 6 year old desktop for gamingcomski - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I always had plans of replacing my desktop with something portable & what a better thing it would be than my current.BigT383 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
When I was on the road at PAX Prime last year, the laptop I had brought to play games on started having video problems. First, the screen went green, then every other line was blank, and finally I stopped getting any video signal at all.So now I need a replacement in order to take my gaming on the road.
spraino - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to elicit looks of shock and dismay from my wife who knows full-well that I don't need another computer gizmo around the house.RohitK - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
. . . play games, of course!Mccaughey - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Play games with a backlit keyboard & gtx 670.Chibimyk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play BF3 while on breaks from work or at the local coffee shop.I'd love to get a squad that meets up to play BF3.
futuramafan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
because i still use window xpkenyee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
17" heavy laptop probably weighs enough after you hit someone with it :-)Shffl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use the notebook so that I can play diablo 3 in the dark, as it has a backlit keyboard.HK_sends - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
generate fear and envy in all my friends as I trash them in games they have to play from their desktops and watch the shock on their surprised faces when I show them I beat them from a laptop!-HK sends
garnin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo 3 on the gowukkar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for everything from playing games(Portal 2 co-op anyone?) to work for heavier usage DSP programming. Always nice to have the power you need!(or just want)sintaxera - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop at work in-between taking x-rays of patients. I am sure my attitude, quality of care, and image quality would greatly increase thanks to the happiness and joy this new laptop is sure to give me.victorjake - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and also play games. Browse interwebz and edit some videos!boe323 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Playing games & watching DVD movies.Towermax - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I can give her my laptop so she stops complaining about her crummy overheating HP and quits trying to steal my Asus. Then we could both be totally absorbed in our laptops and not have to talk to each other.css352 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook as a gaming device, for school work and to just geek/nerd out.Bonka6 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I don't have a console.Neither i have a quality desktop machine.So, i would use this to play all kinds of games. :)rlhunts - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing Skyrim while traveling, as well as other games, plus it would allow to have a decent laptop, rather than the peice of junk my employer provides!inorbital - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Home, work, and definitely play.mclndelux - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use make presentations in my tech class while simultaneously gloating.jmveloria - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop well bestow upon me the power to save the world many times over. Once saved enough times, it will shield me as I descend dark tunnels into the very depths of the underworlds. Once there, the laptop will release chain whips of lighting to allow me to banish every champion mob, boss, mini-boss, and epic secret boss in existence. Wash. Rinse. Repeat...Kramit1013 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use this notebook as a communication, gaming, research and entertainment hub. It would stop me from having to use my roommates desktop to do all these things and give me my own computer to play games with my friends, talk to family and friends that live hundreds of miles away, and help me complete my Business and Accounting degrees.0xMattMac - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games at "max" settings, and turn my current one into a mobile VM server.adkins - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to play games at the highest settings which i never could so far.thanks!kossuth42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
it would be really nice to have a laptop, just for convenience sake. I'm a student and it would come in handy.PyroDan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and take a sledge hammer to my comp. 5 years of nothing but issues. This sucker would def be a godsend... then again at this rate so would an abacus.ldemanet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Run HPC simulations!And while they run maybe play a little game? :)
basickler - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Can anybody say DiabloIII on the road?Orsox - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Offcourse D3 on the Road.Not only D3 but i would also play Star Craft II & Mass Effect 2.Passion of the Rice - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definitely use this to power my Foreman and cook some sweet succulent Bacon.Akura - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to its fullest potential. My old computer just died on me (graphics card blew and so did the power source) I am an avid gamer without a machine to sate my appetite. This beastly machine would be more then up to the challengeJimbomebub - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My laptop has Intel Integrated HD Graphics, this thing would be better than pancakes.bryther - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Same case with me.Intel GMA inbuilt graphics on my old notebook & want an upgrade.trowgundam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I travel a lot for work, and it sucks not being able to game (they gave me a cheap $400 laptop to use). I would use this to feed my gaming addiction (currently stuck on Diablo 3 with a little Skyrim mixed in) while I have to be away for work.teiglin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This may come as a surprise, but I'd use this notebook to play games. And I'd probably use it as a test vehicle for swapping a mechanical hard drive out of a notebook for an SSD.frankylawl - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use the lappy to game at 1080P with Max configurations.I am sure it will handle them comfortably.soulswallowr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I were to win, I'd give it to my wife, who stays at home with our son while I work, and plays on a really old laptop that barely starts up. She deserves something better.webbwbb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for many, many things. I would edit photos and videos, write and compile code, write papers, edit books, do video conferencing, and remote into my workstation for tasks that require a bit more power.P.S. Actually, I would also use it to calibrate the audio in a room with a reference microphone and RTA software and to stream live events on the web. At this time I do not have a working laptop at all and I really need one.
zirnef - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to make a time machine. This laptop seems to be the only capable of accomplishing my goal.dimic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am sick of my PC, it's realy bad, can't play CS normaly, but i am realy good player, and wanna improve my gaming skills.Kungfupanda - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I want to run 3D Modelling softwares on it & some games.mars2k - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use it to watch SlingBox while on the roadLynkDead - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to occupy my time while waiting to ship to Basic Training. D3, SC2, LoL, CS:GO, Skyrim, and all those games that haven't come out yet (Torchlight 2, etc).sinaster74 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this computer to go back to school.right now im using a friends computer right now do do things.
SonicReality - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for playing games (obviously) and for coding.bat67 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Play games & some programming jobs.dumpsterj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to game in the walmart parking lot while i wait for my wife to get out of work when we carpool lol.thefremen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I already have an MSI that's worked well for years but aye, there's the rub: it's been years. :P Time for a new one.roxas331 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would be able to have a machine that i could use to game and surf at home at work and bring to friends house. Unfortunately all of my friends computers suck.ZmaxDP - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could definitely get some evil done with this baby...brandonlaw1992 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current desktop just isn't cutting it and I can't play Diablo 3! I would love to have this laptop.Ebowman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to replace my desktop and actualLy beable to play gamesagrik - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would be replacing this laptop over my desktop because it's portable & offers more bang for the buck.loukin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I hope I win but good luck to everyone.LinusNeuman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is my time to shine, i really really want to play a game maxed out for once!cuty0917 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I did not win anything ever.So, Please make me a winner.I can use it very well.chuckist - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To finally have a computer I can use and let the kids have the old one.kieltt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Diablo 3 and beat inferno with all classesdacrazydude - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Minesweeper. Hardcore 2x2 minesweeper. Aww yeah.nisten - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would blow my netbook out of the water!xodius80 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
cheers anand, your site has become the best in the internet serious and straight fowardmillerduck - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would rock this thing to replace my i7 920 Desktop monster!renzX - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
It would be replacing our main desktop PC & will be used for everything.Jumangi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be my new Diablo III machine.Sbeezy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Diablo III Gaming Machine & Multimedia Powerhouse. :)KenjiXSamurai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use the notebook for LAN parties of course and then for work. Have to get that fill of Diablo 3.thehe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Counter Strike 1,6 on high level. I would play Diablo 3, Scrim, Gothic, and many others games that my computer would NOW be able to play.. It could be sooo nice to play those games... (:loumsc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Kill, Crush, Vanish all enemies!BluRrish - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would also use this to blow away all my in-game enemies & to experience a great gameplay!!Altraz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Primarily for LAN parties with my friends, though for school as well. My old laptop fried out if graphics card so if we ever do things now I'm kinda left out unless we are in our own homes.jcddude - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For my old Core Duo laptop. Still can't believe Intel made a Core Duo chip that was only 32-bit...Sinicalgeek - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I primarily play MMO and real time strategy games. This laptop would allow to truly experience the games that I enjoy to play with my close friends.X-Angel - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would play FPS ( First Person Shooter ) games on this which i love most!battle1990 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If i had this laptop I would first learn how to program a artificial intelligence being. Then after that I would use it to design robots that are supposed to be able to help everyone so that no one will have to work any-longer. Then everyone can live happily ever after but that's the problem because the AI being decides that it wants to help the humans live longer so it decides to shut down the robots because the people are not doing anything. Then the people go back to working but they are complaining. So with the computer I am able to create exercise machines that harness the energy from the people using them. What that allows is to have the people still exercising and the AI turns the robots back on running off the power of the people so all the people have to do is keep in good shape. Also the robots stop all world wars because that's not in the interest of the people.Now that I have solved all of the worlds problems I can move onto my goals. I will use the laptop to design a rocket and capsule to be able to go to space. Then I will use the laptop to power all of the guidance as I fly it in space to the moon. I will use the laptop to also store all of the videos that I will take while in space and then use that beefy processor to encode them so I can stream them back to earth. Once I'm done with that I will finally be able to finish Portal 2 and maybe I can find the cake!
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It needs a little house when it can be appreciated. I promise to take it on daily walks too.arvinmoses - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In for contest!Thanks!
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Sorry for double post. Didn't see requirement. Would use it for some video games, but also creating videos/motion graphics/3d assets for small business and teaching.kishokun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I made a mistake of buying a MAC i could afford just to have one. After 2 years of playing games on the lowest perfomance I would use this notebook to finally enjoy games as they should be... great graphics!... also i should be able to run some programs smoothly from my graphic design career.HighRPM - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Because one error message from Blizzard isn't enough, in a three person, two computer houshold.Makkara69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It vould be awsome for doing homework and playin more bf3 :)Pitel2012 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would do some gaming & audio editing on this.random_hero - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've never been able to play a game with maxed out graphics settings in my life. It'd be nice to experience that, especially with a laptop that I can take everywhere. I can make my wife drive even so I can play games on the road! MSI FTW!Ariton - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I always had to tone down the graphical settings before i can play a game.I found that 1280x1024 is the max i can go.More than that the game either hangs or just don't want to start at all.This gaming notebook will allow me to game at 1920 x 1080 because of the screen resolution & the awesome Nvidia GTX670.
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I would play league of legends, edit video, develop with verilog, c, and c++, and take it to class so I can show it off. When i go to england next year id miss my 4.2GHz 2500k less. I'm majoring in computer engineering and loving every minute of it. Id put this machine to good use.mrcapncaveman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
@MSI , simply put this laptop makes my ASUS Desktop rig look like a pile of rubble. I would be a serious killing machine in most of the games I play! I use my desktop as a workstation as well and this laptop will do anything that my desktop can do and probably more. Thanks MSI and AnandTech for such an outstanding giveaway! WOW!plasm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for work and to play gamesChikey - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
For gaming & leisure purposes!stephenv2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seriously - this is would be awesome in helping me continue to work on the film when mobile - www.outsideinthemovie.com. 12 GB of RAM, fast GPU and big drive spanks my current notebook.flattit4 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This laptop has got great internals & also looks sleek & sexy.I would game on it with the power of Gtx670 & Ivy Bridge Proccy.austonia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
game's over folks, I got this.androk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
pleaseEvilTechnomonkey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Bioshock Infinite, Assassins Creed 3, and more. I just graduated college and this would be a great replacement for my old school computer. :)lonergenius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use this notebook to fire thunderbolts at my school assignments as I conquer my college career at lightning speed, and in style. I will use this notebook to crush the spirits of those around me...or inspire them to get one, if they are strong enough. I will think more clearly, stand taller, and achieve more...all while gaming.teylewr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In a train..?On a plane?
There is simply no where I wont game!
araczynski - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
wow, between 12gb of ram, that cpu, gpu, and HD, i'd probably have sex with it and then smoke an electronic cigarette.Deja_Vu - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This laptop has great specs.I'd have to play games on it as much as i can on this beast.aspleme - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wow, over two thousand comments already. I have to doubt my chances to win, but what does it hurt?If I won the laptop, I could use it at my new job that will have long hours away from home, but still with lots of time to kill... it would be nice to have something that can play great games and is also powerful enough for video production software.
SansRegreT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This is the perfect machine for me, a $1500 Facebook and Reddit machine with some spare processing power left over for Microsoft Bob. I can't wait to upgrade, since my current machine specs won't let me get the juicy graphics detail Bob can produce.rispon34 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To keep my family off my existing laptop so I don't have to constantly reinstall/disinfect because the wife and kids don't know how to "safely" explore the web.geekbeef - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
3d gaming on the bus in to work!lalanothing - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
mostly play games my current computer can already handle, but most importantly the games it can barely handle or not at all. That way I can play the games in full(ultra, high or whatever you want to call it) settings, compared to the lowest settings which look awful. I'd alo use it for school wether for typing up papers or taking notes during class. I'd also try and figure out a way to use it as some sort of media hub when I'm not gaming or doing school work so I can watch all of my favorite shows or movies since it has video ports, listening to music on it's nice speakers and subwoofer, and I guess the occasional skype call with the parents.jtbryant - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Definitely would be mine for a while - probably to play Diablo III. After that, I would unfortunately have to relinquish it to my son to take off to college with him...dinos37 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
If i won it , i would play latest generation games on this!amallen1028 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for myself and give my computer to my dad so we could play games online together while im away at college.youwonder - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's a gaming laptop, I'd use it for exactly that. DIII, witcher 2, SCII, F.E.A.R 3, etc etc.Muriten - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Yes exactly said.It's a gaming laptop & should be used mainly for that.PCpassion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would undoubtedly use this for gaming. This would give me a reason to buy all of the latest and greatest games since it would have no problem running them.jolo8570 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to destroy... I mean create a wonderful online experience with everyone I frag... I had a nice chat with. Thank you and good night.changz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd go in to my backyard and select an area. I'd then design and begin construction of an alter in honor of the MSI gods who brought this gift of awesomeness upon me.I would then install every FPS in my collection and dedicate 100 days of games, gladiator style!! Each frag would be in tribute to the design and construction of the instrument I would then be using the destroy others in combat!!! EACH IN-GAME HEADSHOT TO MY OPPONENTS WOULD WARRANT THE BATTLECRY "YOU'VE BEEN PWNED BY MSI-FUELED BADASSERY!!!!"
Airwaves - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this is a really impressive gaming laptop!Dadoun - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Great Gaming notebook should be capable of running all the games till date with flying colors.Albino Digits - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yesss! I will be able to battle the minions of Hell wherever I go!Tylerlaros - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to finish my college degree and explore what MSI has to offer to the gaming community. MSI products (motherboards, chipsets, etc.) have always been my number one choice and a laptop from them would be something unimaginable.Trebvor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To go to LAN parties, easier to carry than my current PC.jesteve - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
As the upper poster has said , desktops are difficult to carry around.I would use this as a portable gaming monster.Beaver Jones - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook would be great to get my son interested in computing (he's 8 now) and for me to have fun on BF3 and DiabloIII when he's asleep. Getting work done during the day would be a huge bonus too as this would be faster than my current computer.Spoogie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Exactly what I'm looking for.wb182 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Due Sunday....Aww (pick me)F13Bubba - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I travel a lot, and ever since my laptop from a certain... (H)ardware (P)roducts company went kaput, I've had to leave gaming at home. With this, I'd be able to get my game on wherever I go. If it's half as good as my MSI mobo in my rig, it'll be with me for quite some time :)sinclaj1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've never had a gaming laptop before... would love to "downsize" from a PC to a laptop and still enjoy some quality gaming!dolphin90 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I am using a desktop PC from the past 8 years & could use an upgrade if you Please.cryogenic666 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I already have a laptop that is in need of repair, so I could use this to just keep at work most of the time and not have to cart my other one back and forth everyday. :)nephilim42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games with my kids while I'm out on location doing remote work and for programming work.Wickerman43 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play diablo 3 outside the house :PNarcofis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice machine, would love to own it...BryceGlass - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I actually very much need a new laptop. My previous laptop was stolen by my now wife... and abused. I could really use a new laptop to call my own to love and cherish.DRajagopal - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this machine primarily to play games .seansingh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would run actuarial programs, while blasting music from itunes, while skyping with colleagues and playing WOW all at the same time - just to see what happens! Pick me, please!tirez - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My parents could use this as their main computer in the kitchen. We have a junky notebook there now. This thing would scream for what they do, and when the grandkids come they would enjoy playing games.chemist1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
....to run Windowns-only software that I currently run in Parallels on my MacBook Pro.ryguy64 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
then have a second computer so my wife and I don't have to fight over our desktop.salahkhan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be my first gaming notebook and i would forever be an agent of anandtech!!!Spread it among my peers and friends!!!!landrypalacio - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be my ist gaming notebook as well.never owned one before.yoi55 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for portable gaming!winkly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a replacement for my dying desktop, it would allow me to play the latest games and not with slideshow/stick figure settings!!!My cat would stop getting hairballs!
My hair would stop falling out!
My epeen would obviously grow by a factor of 10+
This laptop in fact is so awesome, just being in it's proximity would stop any and all leaks my car has, cause our carpets to self clean, make the water hotter and stop my skalding when someone flushes while I am in the shower!
Oh I needs it!
;)
pvrvideoman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I want to brag to all my geek buddies about my new MSI laptop. I want to laugh when I tell them it's faster than their desktops. And yes I work out, so carrying it around with me won't be a problem. Would you please throw in an MSI branded laptop bag or backpack just so people know I'm "packin heat!" Yeah - video editing, gaming, watching movies (gotta get some sweet headphones too), and all that! And no - my kids cannot go to nickjr.com or poptropica.com! NO!!!nalane2009 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play Final Fantasy XIV on this. I love the specs on this MSI GT70 Ivy Bridge Gaming Notebook. Its a gamers dream. Thanks so much for having this giveaway.Shovel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would really like to win this notebook to replace my very old computer and be able to use it for school.very fast with a nice graphics card!
mikeomatic9000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Game sessions with my brother playing Diablo III. Also, a laptop powerful enough to handle Visual Studio would be awesome.edhunter57 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I travel alot and would use it to replace my 4 year old alienware for gaming ont he goblurrex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my warhorse that needs retiring. 6 years is a good life for laptop. I had been eying the previous generation GT from MSI but never pulled the trigger. I would be using this for both work and play, I am a PC gamer through and through. I also do some light android dev and it would be nice to have a system that compiles faster than an abacus. Plus I would show it off to my colleagues and make them jealous,Indecision1991 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a college student working full time in IT this would make it much easier for me to do school and office work concurrently without having to turn off Diablo 3.Synther - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this in both my business and my play time. For business, it would be excellent for being able to diagnose other computer, have a research tool, and generally have all the software tools that I normally need on-site when on a computer repair job. For play, I'd use it as a mobile gaming platform for the many LAN events that I go to each year. This notebook looks like it will have all the components I would need wrapped up into one nice little package.jtkalcich - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am looking to be able to better edit the pictures and videos I take of my children, as well as try the revamp of Baldur's Gate, right now I do not have a PC with the power to play games.saintjon0421 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
one the go... so i can pwn some n00bs anywhere in the world... Come at me Broheims. =]jackanapes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use my notebook to solve the worlds problems and if not that just rock out to some wicked hardware for anything there is out there to throw on it.PiotrekDG - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would run Max Payne3 on max details and cook some eggs.cr133r - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Was just starting to think about replacing my e8400/9800GTX system. Maybe a gaming laptop would be a good place to go.sirrealist - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I just moved to Hawaii, and am currently working over 80 hours a week. I haven't been able to play a single video game since I moved here. I'm getting the shakes. Also, when I was still in NYC (where I moved from), my gaming computer got stolen; so I also don't have a way to play games.In summation, if you give me this laptop, I will make time for video games and send pictures of me playing games from crazy places, like atop each of the 3 Olomana peaks on this hike:
http://www.unrealhawaii.com/2009/10/third-peak-of-...
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Also: please?cljmart - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would really be nice - my old gaming laptop is on its last legs and this blows it out of the water!chancewar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for everything. From gaming to watching videos.Hoboitup - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook the way it's meant to be used. As a small form factor and mobile, but powerful gaming system. Currently i'm staying in the Den of a two bedroom apartment with roommates. My room is the smallest of the house. Seriously it's a glorified storage closet. Having to have a small desk +tower and monitor takes up half my room. Not to mention it being such a small area my desktop pc works Ike a space heater. Makes my room unbearably hot after long gaming sessions. Obviously i can't just pick up my tower and move to the living room were it would be cooler. So usually i have to make a choice do i want to game while being uncomfortably hot in the summer? or do i want shut my system off and be comfortable. Not to mention i miss alot of sleep do to the heat. Especially now that d3 is out and i'm dieing to play more, if it wasn't for the trade offs. In short i desperately could use this notebook as a poor cash starved gamer. Heck it even blows my current system out of the water. Q8200, gtx260, 4gb ddr2 ram.kingramsu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to get my game on.. ha ha..bear95 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replacing my ancient laptop and being able to play games off of my desktop.Tjxlee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play diablo 3 where ever I am and sell my macbook prolau808 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would play games on the go and also do some school workxerozebra - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to pursue video production and art, as well as gaming with a noce computer that gives me the ability to do it, and quickly. I also would prefer it over my old HP.ihsviks - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be put to use for some intense gaming, music editing along with folding. :DSuperJones69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Heavy gaming & some photo editing jobs.Voldain - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Diablo 3 and Arkham Asylum on something that's not Core 2 based.melted829 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would be great to win this!! here's hoping!! thanks for all the content..have loved the site since '90'scwalmsley - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm a huge fan of MSI equipment and this laptop would be awesome to have, for both gaming and productivity. My Sony laptop is 7 years old, needs a new battery, and I have to reinstall windows xp on it every 6 months. I've had to replace the hard drive and power adapters on it. Could really use a system like this since I am in the field and do so much of my work away from home.Another great product from MSI...
preshy360 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've always heard of msi systems, they are good indeed, would love to try this one out.........Musoka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Be able to play games with my boyfriend, instead of just sitting and watching.JeepMcMuddy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to help free the world from the likes of Diablo!Quadzillah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for gaming. And maybe a little more gaming.olson34 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would love this gaming labtop, i cant wait to play diablo 3, counter strike (1.6,source, and go), star carft 2, and league of legends, all my friends have teams we have been working with for years. id alo like to have a labtop that i could take with me to use for all the nonprofit organizations that i work for. keeping track and helping kids.Fuzzy761210 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to have this, I would give my laptop to my father to replace his 12 year old campaq he runs his business on. Recently did a fresh install of XP and it took 2 full days of installing updates.Mace Touchu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To be able to play all the games I want anywhere I want smoothly and efficiently.Yangorang - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
enter me!acochrane - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It'd be neat to see what this can do for my home entertainment system.. Games on the couch with a projector view!6 x the amount of ram I've been running the past couple years.
I'm not sure it's exactly a replacement for my ASUS eee pc though..
This one might not fit under the seat in front of me.
Donniey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to do all my work, including surfing and bookkeeping. My other MSI is getting a little aged and I could use a replacement.Yangorang - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook to play games of course heh...I already have a T420s for productivity stuff...Diablo III and LoL haven't been running so great on it though...
tinymiata - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for solid works and D3Vidmo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to have one.crocvox - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally catch up on all the gaming I have missed out on. I have no console and a laptop that overheats too easily!AZCompGuy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I really need a desktop replacement, as I'm still running on a core 2 duo e6600 ddr2. I'd like to be able to skyrim/diablo3/crysis2 anywhere in the house instead of being locked down to my desk. And, of course, take it to work and show it off :).Kevin G - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Count me in for an entry.Dgoodale5 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for college this year, and to play battlefield 3 and diablo 3!Spazilton - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Old laptop gave out a few months ago. This would be a wonderful replacement.Davisnyt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would be an heck of a replacement over my Intel Q6600 machine.macmuchmore - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play countless hours of City of Heroes instead of using this giant, awful desktop PC!UKnowHuu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play all my games on the go. I can sit in class before lecture and play Battlefield 3. People will wonder, why is that game so beautiful. I'll say because it's being played on an MSI gaming notebook. And they'll be like what's your name? I'll be like "Sorry, no time for a social life."Piso_mojado - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to feel like I have grown a pair. Currently, our only laptop is my wife's. It is pink with pink speakers, pink headphones, pink mouse, pink mousepad, and a pink bag.If I won this, I could quit carrying around this pink laptop, I would feel like a man carrying a beast machine, and I would no longer be ridiculed by my friends, family, and complete strangers for carrying a pink laptop.
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By the way.... My wife's pink laptop is a MSI with a pink decal attached.wharris1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be perfect to replace an old Dell and let me play Diablo 3bkiedinger - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming while on travel makes boring hotel room nights more funYiPPiEkiYEH - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be for playing D3 anywhere that has wifi availiblity...Pineappl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would brag to other people that my computer is more expensive than theirs... oh and pwn Diablo a bunch of times.fuel_saver2006 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for video editing using Adobe Premiere Elements. The specs for this MSI notebook clearly show that it can handle basic video editing and the native USB 3.0 compliments the addition of an external USB3.0 HDD for content.StrikerZeroX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This computer looks like an excellent upgrade from a current laptop.I currently have the Invisible Model, with 000GB of RAM...
CMBINPDX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI is top drawer, in my book. Very cool machine as is the laptop giveaway...Drago95 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to finally be able to play some of the recent games that I've been wanting to play but didn't have the horsepower for (ex. Skyrim, Diablo III).rdatoc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my crummy MSI Wind netbook...Millerseny - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It will let me replace my C2D lappy which should be placed in Museum by now.Neyhl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
it would allow me to play diablo III and wow whenever and wherever i want :)holymist - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 and WoW.lordbannon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, my existing laptop is currently being used as a paperweight, so I would more than likely use this as a laptopweight to ensure the first one doesn't blow away. Until they send me out of town for work, and then I would bring both and play co-op Diablo 3 with myself.Knoxco - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... and then some Fallout, who knows where from there. It'll be fun though!CptnSlappyPants - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it not only to play games on and master the skills of diablo(lol), but to do my college work on when I go next year when I graduate.hands - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to kick back and forget about work.dlpdx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The MSI GT70 looks to be a killer of a notebook.bountykillermc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use this notebook as a workstation to use Hyper-V virtual machines to develop and test my network infrastructure.undignified - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If i win this laptop i would use it epicly to play Tera online and Diablo 3 with my wife, because then she could have my old laptop coz our other computer can't run any of those games.... and i really, really wanna game with her...ShadowKntSDS - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Msi makes some solid products. The KB on this one is actually pretty nice.Wilsonnah - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming on a Steelseries backlit keyboard would be great especially in dark.Drago95 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to finally be able to play some of the new games I've been wanting to play but don't have the horsepower for (ex. Skyrim, Diablo III).kosjet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this when I travel for work or pleasure to have a full fledged capable machine with me with absolutely no compromise in performance compared to what I have at the office or at home.jewakhan14 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would love to use this laptop to play all of the games i play it would ROCK!i have an asus that is going out and gets so hot from the fan not working properly.
i would put it through its paces. the force is strong with that laptop i feel it.
elhoboloco - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I want this. But I live in Europe. Damn you, Anandtech.TheSoCo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As my main computer and be able to take it places easily for once!VendettaVictor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
*Hug it and squeeze it!*Show it off and brag on it to every living creature on earth 8-)
*Work on homework and study real hard with it :-)
*Browse the internet ;-)
*Play games of course! Like: Batman Arkham City - Star Wars The Old Republic - Portal 2 - Max Payne 3.
*Talk to it - using Microsoft speech to text.
*Pay bills
*Read e-books
*Skype with friends :o
*type in the dark with the beautiful back lit keyboard.
*Network it!
*Sniff it, I just LOVE that new computer smell.
*Listen to music with it.
*Watch movies and you tube videos on it.
*Always keep it clean and sparkling.
*Never leave it alone or lose it.
*LOVE IT ALWAYS Just Like I have Always Loved MSI. "Micro Star International"
badjohny - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play wow and d3danact - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would surf the web of course.TheWarOnPants - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To game and further shut myself away from the world. Not just when I'm at home any longer, but when I'm out and about as well.kakalackid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...to embarass and shame my netbook... I would set this notebook on a pedestal in front of which my netbook would be prostrate in the glory of this portable monster. The netbook would accept it's new lord and master as successor, and exclaim it's lack of worth to continue existing - nay - to wish itself back to sand because it realizes itself as hardly worth the silicon and polymer from which it was formed and came to be! And the MSI GT70 0NC would sit on its pedestal and bask in the warm multi-colored light of it's own glory while chewing through binary streams provided by it's human pet and spitting out the images, stories, sounds, video, and MEANING that make the human pet purr - if the human pet could purr. And the netbook would continue to exclaim it's last expression in silence and succession: "I am not worthy!!"kakalackid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
P.S. A photo of this ritual of succession will surely be provided in the case of my winning luck.themontygirls - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use it to game when travellingDarthCarto - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 all day and nightjoshdasher - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won the GT70 first of all I would probably cry just a little bit. I do amateur video work and would love a computer fast enough to render in HD. Video games, of course... using it at school would be terrific too, because it glows so much that I would probably distract half the class. I've never had a fast Windows laptop, I would love to experience what that is like.ajtyeh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i want the preciousssbritjh22 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh lawd, still using C2Q in my desktop but this would be so fun to have.red_dog007 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Don't post a comment. It's a trap! I feel in and can't get out. Please don't join me, I might have to eat you to survive!Jhatfie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First of all, I love MSI products. Secondly, I when would I not use this laptop? I'd be a able to entertain myself when my wife insists that I sit down at watch some horrible reality TV program with her. So in reality, this laptop could potentially save my marriage.omarvader - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to finally be able to try out Diablo 3!drew.flint - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to create a nexus of envy centered on me because of the raw awesomeness that this laptop is.Panlion - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My wife will use it to Kill all the demons and Diablo :-)Greggyson - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well I would use this for multiple things. I would use this to record music. Using Adobe Audition CS6. I find the program usually crashes because my system can not fully support the program. I also will play Diablo 3 Crysis 2 and so many others I have through Origin and/or Steam that Do not meet the requirements for my Sony Vaio. Lastly I will also use this computer to keep up on school to get online and do assignments and everything else. I will also use it to edit photos and manage my music and videos.joshjtd@gmail.com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to show the younger kids that us middle aged guys can still pwn n00bs!nitemareglitch - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would totally use this to be able to game and play Diablo III, not to mention the CUDA capabilities of this machine for my day to day work!!edrow - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Game a bit between classes.woda - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice laptop! I bet the googles run fast through those tubes.jewakhan14 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would like to get this i would put it though its paces,and play all the best games on itonly the best for that laptop am still useing my asus g05v series and it is nothing compared to that laptopmy asus is going out on me the screen goes green and it gets so hot i could roast
smores in front of the vent. i want that laptop.
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I would use this computer strictly for gaming and watching my DVDs on the go. Whenever I'm not home or get bored of my room. I'd be able to go out n take to LAN parties without the extra time it takes to lug my desktop around. I would then be able to leave my desktop for school work and game reviews while playing on my laptop or for having ppl game with me @ home!Taylorghy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would too use it primarily for gaming & some DVD watching.i hope i win this.Thank You!seoci - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to play Diablo 3 and whatever game I get into next!Sunrise089 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Thanks MSI!MULuke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming, of course. That's what they built it for.Tinamil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play video games when my desktop is not available.KMSNemo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play starcraft 2!! and become Grand Master :Dshanu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What would i do with this they ask?*EVIL LAUGH*
What cant i do with this piece of awesomeness. GONNA PLAY EVERY FCKING GAME I EVER DREAMED OF!!!
eternal242 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hmmm...I guess I'd use this the way most of us use our computers. To cure cancer, end world hunger, solve the energy crisis and stop global warming. But I'd mostly just use it for porn.Mustardghost - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
All I ever use on my PC builds has been MSI parts!!JZavala - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
pleaaaaase let me win this. need a new laptop for school. they have tons of outlets everywhere, so i wont be in much trouble in terms of battery life. cnc machining......krapht - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as my gaming machine. My current laptop just barely squeaks by playing games at low-medium details at 1366x768. I'd love to upgrade.scminh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to surf the internet and play games...wait for it...like a boss!Golono - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Honestly, I would replace my six year old notebook with this beautiful creation. I would then proceed to create an overview and unboxing of this beauty and then edit and produce the footage on the laptop. I am not surprised to see a high quality product like this from MSI. They always bring upon the best products. MSI=QUALITYthatprsn100 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My previous laptop broke about 2 weeks ago. This would be a great replacement, I could use it for my school work and to play the 10+ games I bought during the last steam sale but haven't even installed...schlatts - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace my aging Asus W3J laptop and play some Diablo III!nickb64 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this and let the family use my current laptop.Also, lots of BF3, Total War, and other games. I might even be able to pick up Metro 2033 again.
Pvt.Dancer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it... to do just about everything yes everything.... to say it would be for only a few things would be a lie, Diablo3? yes yes I would... paper weight? I don't see why not! a reason to sit at Star Bucks and pick up women for sure! the possibilities are endless.Wreckage - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
No longer would I be tied to a desk.TimFNJ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...so I could swap my current notebook with my friend's identical but very cantankerous notebook; I'd be very happy+she'd be happy with a non flaky notebook.xistic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
after I quit when I got sick of lugging around my desktop.Blacknanas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Enough power to handle all of my work applications, plus on-the-go gaming... perfect for my traveling and nerd requirements!arnoc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Keeping my games away from my work computer, and to replace my older overheating laptop (that isn't exactly portable anymore, thanks to a defunct battery). Working from home, it's hard for me to resist the urge to slack off and indulge in my favorite PC games. I'd love to be able to keep my gaming on one machine and work on the oher.gr1msag3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to A) work on my college coursework while away from home(im majoring in computer science with an emphasis on game design), and when im not doing homework i would show off my 1337 gaming skills :)jojodawg - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would probably walk into my IT VP office and say " Hey remember when we talked about BYOPC, Yeah I would like to be the first beta tester." Then bring it home everyday to whoop up on the little son in LAN games also.See I could get in 14-15hrs a day on the beast.
exspider64 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my stolen laptop.It would also be nice to have something nice to use while visiting my parents.
garrett.i - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this wonderful machine to keep me sane while stuck in a hotel with 3 cats for the next month. My cats and I would have League of Legends to keep us busy(they enjoy watching.) Hopefully they take a liking to Diablo III. We would also use it to keep in touch with our family(my wife,their mama.)Ysen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this a a bedside lamp and alarm clock :P all those lights!Paul_chevyman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Please let it be meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!drgngd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this notebook as a desktop replacement for my 5 year old p4 quad core that still runs on DDR2 ram :(.Quixote One - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This machine would make a perfect mobile workstation for when I need to do real work away from my home office, including handling the more demanding tasks my more "sane" little portable isn't able to.Oh, and gaming on the road would be way cool, too. ;-)
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I'd use it to combat boredom, of course!b7of9 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new laptop!smwht - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play lots of diablo 3.neno16 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i'll use it for playing HQ games :Dhttp://www.anandtech.com/show/5863/msi-gt70-ivy-br...
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I'd use it for work, play and relaxation.Polynikes2012 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook to play games. Currently that would be Diablo 3. I would also use it to read the Anandtech website daily :).twkatadin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could use a gaming laptop ... to play games!truthbeacon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Mostly for porn...Okay, well not so much, but definitely for gaming. Just some of us have wives would would rather us use computers for porn than gaming.
Rego104 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Throw away my old desktop, HP 6110n with integrated graphics. Trying to play WoW and SCII is unbearable. I cannot even buy new games because even the minimum requirements are to high for my machine :( I would actually 'use' this beast laptop and I would be able to get BF3 and have the ability to play my other games on settings that don't disgrace me (800x600, low settings) I wouldn't be ashamed when I go to LAN parties because I would now have the king of all laptops!! :)IbanezK7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wish I could win this, definitely a beast.PDXDean - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Practice my battle skills for when our robot overlords attack with zombie armies!!Laurazkewl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
everyday! My MSI died a cpl of weeks ago,...and I am broke,...and desperate! Today was my last day of work for the summer,..oh what will I do w/o my puter!! ;(jburgett - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it as a homework incentive for my kids.NorthDallasMike - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to remain productive and entertain myself while away from home, either on vacations or when visiting relatives.Omega1015 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use the notebook for when I'm at college. Probably more for League of Legends than studying, though.shigionoth - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook's awesome GPU to find the next undiscovered prime number! Then, I would use the wifi to connect to SETI and find E.T. Next, I would store all the protien chains for breast cancer on the giant 750 GB hard drive, and use the processor power to discover the cure for breast cancer! Last, I would use the 17.3 inch HD screen to design MSI T-shirts, and wear them to a nationally telecast baseball game!Oh, and I might play a little Starcraft II in my spare time :)
Kunieda - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to keep up with the highest of the competitors in hardware as I shut everyone down with my superior gaming skills. But really it's just so I can enjoy myself freely and play game without hindrance on the go!Pyrath - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would get it all set up and give a clanmate the laptop so he could play with us!chaolun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
a new laptop. mine is definitely getting old....=(AdmiralTiger - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this to play games, especially MMORPG's since I'm quite into them. I currently have a Toshiba laptop with a GT 230M in it. Talk about "ancient" by current standards but still a bit better than modern integrated crap!That and I'd be showing off the laptop to others, while at the same time keeping it away from their drools.
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Game the night away with occasional spurts of productivity.drac17 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In my opinion, 40nm GPUs are obsolete.Willhouse - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
and to play games at various locations around my house.mooseunc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use it to game when visiting my parents.Kokek - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would totaly use this laptop for gaming..hidden in my corner of the house away from wife and kids afer hard days work... if you got the same you understand!MoFoQ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd have it meet its cousin/ancestor (my old MSI notebook) before embarking on a roadtrip to different LAN partiesFinedaible - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this giveaway notebook to replace my outdated, buggy, rip-off, Gateway notebook. I really could use one that works.Trapini88 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll be able to go to all the lan parties and not have to drag my humongous desktop and monitor around.chrismog - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to do my school work and also some gaming when the important stuff is done.DirtySocks - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
There are many ways I'd use this notebook!- Hook it up to my TV and plug in a controller and play games like Borderlands, CoD, Need for Speed, and Batman Arkham City
- Take it to a friends place and actually have a fantastic gaming rig on the go instead of coming to a friends house and play on less than capable spare machines.
- Use it as a host for a couple of virtual machines when I need to test stuff for work using different OS's
With that much memory and power, I think it would be a very versatile machine.
everett.ben13 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Dear MSI,I would use this note book not entirely for gaming, but for programming and web development. At the moment I am stuck on a small Alienware that has really been a let down. I thought it would be fast and reliable to do school work such as coding, and it just ends up crashing or I end up having to reinstall the OS on it. With this notebook I would be able to continue to learn code and become an even better programmer of both programs and websites. Of course I would get back into gaming too if I had something this. I really need something fast and the specs on this machine I believe would give me what I am looking for. As I expand my knowledge I need to expand my inventory of items to use, and this would be a really useful tool to use.
Benjamin Everett
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Penetration testing and mobile password cracking. (Oh and gaming)BopTop - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook when I visit my parents, they don't even have TV!Martink - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I do really need this very badly so that i can kick some arse of my gaming enemies.Thanks for the scope.zak706 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would sell it to help finish paying my taxes!!!jcar77 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to play Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 on this awesome MSI gaming notebook!!!I would also use it to edit a low budget film I'm involved in, and give props to MSI
in the credits. :)
tolasar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing Diablo III 24/7 at work and house party.Wilkofromoz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I think it would be overpowered for Diablo III but if I had it I would play it on this.Niceguy3000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to further my gaming experience. I am limited to a outdated comp that cannot play many video games. I have bought Diablo 3 and would like to post that. I would use it for other purposes such as school and home use, but mainly gaming with the New Counter Strike and whenever Half Life 3 comes out and breaks every gaming record.guerco - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm still using an old ass duo core dell that doesn't even shutoff when you close it shut anymore.IfuRyA - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With this powerful machine, I would develop a flash game using stick figures. Maybe stick figure volleyball, yeah volleyball.Ranari - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To top the dps charts on my Hunter, and slay Diablo in Inferno difficulty. Epic computers call for epic gaming.golca - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Im from Serbia, 22years studing electrical enginering and still dont have laptop becouse i dont have money. I would realy like to get this laptop for my school it would be great help to my projects, and ofcourse to try some great games like Skyrim, dota2, Mass Effect 1,2,3 Bioshock etc.Thanks
Recoil83 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Between personal use for pro gaming and being the IT road warrior with traveling, this system absolutely kicks butt.sb0326 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh, I don't know.. Only EVERYTHING!!Wolverine7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old gaming laptop is getting seriously underpowered these days (has a nVidia 7950 Go video card if that dates it ;). This MSI laptop is sweet! I would jump to the MSI system in a heartbeat! :)funtasticguy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To create videos and play games (including emulators)!Martinezol - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I work as a graphic Designer & will use the machine for my work & gaming purposes.eanazag - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yeah, about time I pick up Diablo III. I had been on a Dawn of War kick for a long time. With all that RAM I can run some VMs also.I'll even be kind enough to post how the speakers are if I win.
F2_Stoke - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play BF3 and as a nice upgrade to my entry level Toshiba laptopjerry711 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It will definitely be my fastest gaming laptop!!!Rogie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming and more gaming!Oh, and some work on the side.
Jiin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play all my games anywhere!!Commieee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To game everywhere all the time instead of just when I'm at home.nvalhalla - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To get my wife into gaming by joining me in Diablo III. Maybe then I can stop sleeping on the couch...brosonm15 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definitely use this instead of the ancient laptop I have now.thelastlaugh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seems like a gaming laptop would work great for gaming, so I would use it to it's fullest.Xhynix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I always feel more comfortable using my own stuff at other places x]Also I wouldn't mind such a nice upgrade. My friend has an old version of this computer and it's just bomb.
cam0385 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would game on this so my girlfriend can have my gaming desktop. She is always hogging my machine since we both game and she refuses to shell out cash to buy her own... This would allow me to get some good solid Diablo 3 time in. =)RaidenSix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Good luck all!fuzzybabybunny - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would sell my desktop and use this exclusively because it literally replaces everything I would normally use my desktop for.jbreault - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
msi make one the best gaming laptop for the money cant go wrong and they look beautiful dell makes alienware now and the build them like sh.........t when Microsoft owed them they were best now so meany companies are getting in to the gameAnsercha - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I had that notebook I'd use it to communicate with the dead. I'd also get a very large solid state hard drive for it.liemly - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would give this note book for my brother since his birthday is coming up in julyboblmao1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this notebook because i have been trying my hardest to convince my parents to buy me the msi gt780dxr then the gt70 for over 5 months now. and right now my life's been tough with financial issues and schooling problems due to gaming. Its a perfect laptop for gaming and school needs!danteken - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to replace my MacBook Pro that has an old Nvidia 9400M graphics card. These days, I use my laptop more than my desktop, so a gaming laptop like this would be perfect for me. And I would be able to play Diablo III on the go! What more could I ask for? That 12GB of DDR3 RAM is awesome!derekul - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this gameing laptop games and even to watch movies and read books even use it for microsoft office my is old pc is a HP Pavilion Media Center Tv PC: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service pack 3TrptJim - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As my laptop died a week ago, I hope this one is my next!merio - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a desktop replacement. I hear it'll offer a decent upgrade to my Pentium D setup. :)Rapidfire48 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this and get rid of my main rig. Clean off my desk and have a mini powerhouse.LeftSide - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
More Virtual Machines! And Photoshop.Thomastika - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Photoshop & Adobe Premiere.Gaming also.Proxy711 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this for the 3 hours in-between classes I have this fall =/Eschnei104 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to help make my business mobile! I'm a small business owner...a chimney sweep to be specific. I rely on constant access to google calendar and other resources through my phone. I must be connected to my technology to effectively run my business. This notebook would allow me greater flexibility for my business and let me focus on my work without the hassle of relying on my phone service provider!TidalWaveOne - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI, I would use the notebook for software development.djboombea - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the 17.3-inch 1080p to see everything that's amazing about any game I'm playing . I would never ever overlook anything or anyone with size and detail of this screen. With the i7-3610QM That runs at 2.3GHz and Turbo boost to 3.3GHz I would run anything and handle it due to the 12GB of DDR3-1600 . I would try and use all 750 for games of all kinds. I would use the GeForce GTX 670m to see all the amazing graphics and I would enjoy everyminute because I am a graphics whore and love to play games on Max quality because I feel that's how the the developers wanted me to play!
With this computer I shall wreck shop on all foes
And play with the best on the best!
:)
<3!!!!!!!!!!
Pappyo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
OSX and Boot Camp.buddhabocaj - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to see if this could do 3D stereoscopic stuff with a GT750 120hz proj. I want to dev stuff for Unity3D! The specs certainly seem powerful enough, but there's only one way to test...zeaustin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well Id bring it to the bar and use it pick up all the nerdy chicks :) Nerdy chicks love a big powerfull laptopKi11erHyde - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finish my backlog of games and retire my dying laptop.Hamm3r - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My laptop is over 4 years old and can't even run Skyrim. I'd love to be able to have a new school computer that can play Battlefield. That's how I'd use it. School and BF3.bananabanana - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would give it to my mom, since her computer just broke down and i didnt have any money to buy her a decent mother's day gift.Daodao - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as a gift to my sibling who needs a gaming so we can play games again.jbreault - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would join ever gaming land party i could and show ever person in the room what msi can do with all that power and speed and with that nvidia 670m rocking room with the best state of the art graphics need i say moreantiocles - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would play games nicely.Ekodas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use the notebook to take my gaming on the road when I have to go out of town for work!cbcollie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My wife and I are both in school online. We do not own a laptop. This would be useful for this purpose.mauthful - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
play games, of course. like Diablo 3.and replace the 4 year-old desktop that can't be trusted to start up when you hit the power button. or, run anything beyond flash-based games.... :)
Maggietobias - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
photo and video editing as well as games. Definitely more capable than the unit I havecmdrdredd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That's some hefty hardware there. Awesome!derzyniker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play games out in the light, with the family, on the couch...instead of sitting in the dark, by myself in the office, next to my loud, hot, outdated tower :)Rectified - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming on the go and for running CPU-intensive benchmarks for my engineering research.RedFlameOut - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I just gave my laptop to my nephew so he can finish police training. How I have no laptop to game with away from home. This would come in handy and I trust MSI.billdcat4 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to free myself from my desktop with SLI'd MSI GTX460 HAWKs.endlesszeal - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop is faster than everything I own put together. My laptop is a Dell 700m with an Intel Pentium M, the desktop has a mind blowing Athlon X2 3800+ and lastly, a powerful Brazo platform powers my HTPC. The MSI GT70 will replace all these in one fell swoop.Reflex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...my 2007 era Dell Inspiron. Been needing something that could game effectively again.df96817 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gaming and work while traveling!Sharun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for GAMING! After my old Dell laptop died I've been without laptop for almost a year...I'm still suffering withdrawal!wackytoiletpaper - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have never had a laptop before only a desktop. I am in need of a laptop for my ministry. I am an online missionary and will soon be taking a short term missions trip to Haiti. It would be good to be able to do my online ministry anywhere I happen to be not just at home.druidcent - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd mainly use this notebook to catch up on all the games I've fallen behind on since my main gaming machine had a meltdown 6 months ago... I miss not being able to play Diablo 3...racurso - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've installled an SSD but I would really love to replace/update the entire system.orphius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This may get me back to windows system again. Currently I am using a 15" macbook pro.I will use it to do photo and vedio editing, environmental modelling and some light gaming (mainly sports base - soccer, cricket, football, golf etc.)
ourdee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
All these years and I STILL don't have a notebook. Oh please, hook me up!LarryMorley - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for my work creating drawings in AutoCAD or REVIT and for my recreation watching Movies and paying online Chess.bikardi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd frag some noobs in BF3 and rule the World of Warcraft and Diablo 3xcellarxdoorx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would play starcraft 2 all day long because right now i can barely play it on my laptop now :( also i would eventually go pro!Klinky1984 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Probably for android development and playing Company of Heroes.SnomanJ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to catch up on playing games from the last 2-3 years that my current aging desktop rig, with its tired 8800GTS and Core2 Quad, cannot handle.joshg253 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...in bed, instead of reading! :)DETSpartan12 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my old Dell Inspiron 9300 from 2005 which has served me over seven years and three continents. The MSI GT70 would help me update websites for work, manage large databases of contacts, and I'd finally be able to reintroduce computer games into my life.avengingllama - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this beast for marathon gaming sessions and for my school crap. Aviation maintenance is rough....loleldertru - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to kill all the zombiesDbzruler72 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
:)orangehorn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
And I'd prefer to do it with something other than my venerable core 2 duo powered donkey.spoom83 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am separating from the military and going back to school. I'd use it to get my degree and maybe a little Diablo III on the weekends. It'd be much easier then borrowing my mom's ancient laptop that requires a wi-fi add-on card smh in shame.sweb1974 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I want to be the cool kid on the block... even though I'm 38 and bald. OK! I'm an ugly kid! Don't judge me!Gyrotica - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming on the go!RahulRavindran - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be the perfect notebook for gaming on the go during those nasty long layovers. My VMWare would appreciate the healthy boost to memory :)dijidiji - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace this old Dell.CAunt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be my main computer...replacing my old, much slower desktop.CharonPDX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Even with high-end gaming components, this would use less power than my desktop - and very likely be faster, too.Eternis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Here's my entry. Gogo RNG. Papa could use an upgrade.raven0 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
if i won it will replaces my desk top pc from 2001 and wold be use at work and and on the go at nvidia partys to show off some of my art work and so i can play diablo 3Buur - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for pretty much everything. Gaming though. Mostly gaming.thewarm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
CRUSH the competition......hifi_pie - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play 4 games of starcraft at once while browsing anandtechishmoo21 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm pretty sure this is better than my Dell Inspiron 1420 with a Core 2 Duo haha so I would replace my computer with this. Skyrim too.Andr0n - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to run games, of course!pust082 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Like a Boss.ViciousDBD - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Buddy has an MSI gaming laptop loves it, I wouldn't mind one for myself for gamingKabatz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would use this laptop to run games that i cant with this dell inspiron 1564 :/ this laptop is trash and overheats so much... it sounds like a vaccum when im trying to run google chrome....LordDarkHell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for homeworks ;v)xOmnificent - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I wont this laptop I could and would do so much with it.E-mail and web browsing would have there place of course but the focus of this machine would be games. The games would look stunning. Titles such as Diablo 3, Dirt 3, Call of Duty, The Witcher 2 etc. would be played without problems and effortlessly. The games wouldn't be the only thing I will do with this laptop. I would also show it off to all of my friends and family harping on the quality of MSI and there products.;) MSI ftwgilmoreisu - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...use this laptop to play video games in the garage while smoking a cigar and drinking scotch! My neighbor just got a similar laptop and is doing this as I type this post. I wish I'd thought of that.B
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would be awesome to take a gaming machine to bud's houseddawg609 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
never owned a laptop, this one would be choice!bbs lm-r - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've always heard good things about MSI's laptops (and their MoBos), but I couldn't afford to spend money on a nice laptop when there are bills to pay :/Don't have a console either so it would be nice to have some to game with on the side. Plus, I'd probably be able to see into the future and catch unreleased AT articles before they're even posted with the amount of power this thing is packing :D
Spyder22446688 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would gift my current laptop to my girlfriend, who needs a new system, and use this new MSI laptop as my primary machine for gaming, working, and email. Mobile fun!faZZter - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would try it out on "The Secret World" launch as well as a bazillion other games!Cynikal - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop, I'd probably forget about my desktop and use the laptop for all my gaming needs. I'd even use it for my video editing and programming needs. Oh yeah, that'd be nice.Gundam Junky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be my desktop on the go. Music, movies, games, you name it, I bet it can do it with ease (not to mention 'work' as well). Unfortunately, my laptop died the other day (7 years old) so I am hoping for some luck with this entry. Excellent looking laptop! Thanks MSI!xonotic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Why does the 670M have more vram than the 670?Quixoticism - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Totally rock out on that bad boy with some StarCraft 2, Mass Effect, and GuildWars 2!Ivy Bridge is most excellent for mobile platforms and I'm looking forward to getting one!
tunty - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my old Dell inspiron 8600, yes...I haven't upgrade in years cause financial problem, I saw this post and I'm taking the opportunity to tell MSI that I will use the laptop to play newer games, edit videos, music creation that i haven't done it because my old laptop. Don't laugh at me.Thank you. :)
RonMLew - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as a replacement for my 7 year old desktop and 6 year old notebook. I would, of course, use it for gaming. However, I would also use it for video editing, presentations, and web site design.I promise to keep the MSI desktop background during presentations (Free advertising for MSI).
MSIisamazing - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have always wanted this laptop. But i feel that its too expensive for me. I've been looking for a high performance laptop for a while and this one is perfect!Orpington2019 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would give this notebook to my new wife. We have been looking for a new laptop for her to use with Photoshop for her job. This would make a wonderful one month anniversary present!acx - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm in for one!Roklam - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my crappy work laptop. That way I can game when I have to travel but also actually get things done when I attempt to multitask in the office.Bob-o - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
. . . be able to try one of these "games" I keep hearing about. . .kbp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Like to put BF3 to the test!Un4given01 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to help me keep my gaming on the go, no matter if i was back at home, or floating on a United States Naval Aircraft Carrier. It would give me the ability to play any game i wanted, any time, any where in the world!RAPiDCasting - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to take with me to the next MSi Battlegrounds so I could have the same great casting experience I had using an MSi laptop for the the first tournament!SalientKing - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would make excellent use of this laptop! By that i mean, i'd run 5 clients of EvE online at once and mine lots of veldspar!RealTheXev - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd love to have anything other then this Atom netbook... -_-RealTheXev - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As for using it. I'd play catchup on all the PC gaming I have missed since 2008 (Yes, its been that long since I've had a working gaming machine), like Mass Effect... Mass Effect 2.. and 3.... and Diablo 3, and probably lots of Skype... maybe some TetriNET and Melty Blood AACC, and some Borderlands with a mouse and WASD.....I'm pretty sure I'd be giving up much sleep. :)
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I would use this laptop to replace my desktop and take it to work to play Diablo!!thete - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Will use to play games like Diablo 3 & SC2.prakashpk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to edit 1080P HD videos and for playing games.BurningStandard - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I got this powerful device, I would show the world that PC gaming with MSI's notebooks has more superior performance than console gaming and has more mobility and battery life than Tablet gaming. This is the holy grail of gaming and blows away Consoles & Tablets!betaman69 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to destroy the forces of hell.Rictorhell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Winning this notebook would change my life. I would use the notebook to help me develop cures for previously uncurable diseases and I would donate some of the profits to Anandtech and other deserving organizations.LLPF2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this killer laptop to keep running my business and get back into gaming! With a good system I could even do both simultaneously!Merxxz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play the heck out of D3 and LoL.lp2515 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it primarily for games and HD video.VTArbyP - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop is definitely faster than my desktop, especially the GPU. I'd then have a portable modern computer. 8-)codefeenix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
not having to keep staring at my tiny smartphone screen when I need to do work(play games) while I am traveling.nodushiv - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to move on from my old and aging Thinkpad R60. Yes, I am serious.johnbpiii - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to teach my son to be a pc gamer and no longer just a console fanboy.Metalhead14 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for multitasking and gaming. The hardware specs on it are impressive (even faster than my home PC ha ha). It seems like it would be very versatile and it looks impressive too. I would also introduce it to my friends that prefer to game on their laptops to see if it would be something they may consider buying in the future.stdowa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd virtualize all of my aging machines and have the hardware to actually enjoy some current games.cz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old DELL needs to rest but I am still dragging it along for too long.valvalis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd play games on it, duh :)demonbug - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would provide it with electricity, internet, and companionship while it plays games.amitm18 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Long time silent follower...I signed up just for this.Dex1701 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing would run circles around my netbook!ther00kie16 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Haven't had a serious gaming PC in a couple of years.Ben12 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I never had a gaming computer.I will pray to GOD to Please let me win this because i can't afford such high-end hardware ever. :(GeoBoy)SU - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop for on-the-road video editingmannytabloid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to get back into Counter Strike and make fun of my friend who spent way too much on an Alienware.michaelcoker - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
faster and better than my PC and portable so I can game anywhere!Mesin - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
It's so much better & cooler than my desktop that i would want to use it for everything.Kartajan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a desktop replacement machine. My intentions are portable gaming with the latest and greatest FPS games. And I don't stink. Really. Try me, I dare you....Karli - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would also use this as my desktop replacement & would be able to play games wherever i go..Magictoaster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use this laptop to play League of Legends and Diablo 3 when on the road for work. I have a great desktop rig for gaming at home but no way to play when i have to travel. Should would be nice to have in those boring hotel rooms.rdhickmott - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Tons of gaming on the go for sure! Diablo 3 :DVoidman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Don't even have a laptop currently. Need my games when I'm traveling!CloudsAreFlying - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I too don't own a lappy & can use a new one which is that mind blowing. :PUnknown09 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Will play d3 and other games on high settings :)lustcon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will also play D3 , MP3 , ME3 & all the upcoming good titles. :)disastar2 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my anemic Dell, and play Diablo III on the train at full volume. And also to bludgeon the other passengers telling me to turn the volume down.nickersonm - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my Eee netbook. It gets pretty cramped on vacations.Juniper7 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would also replace my ASUS EEEPC 10.1" netbook which is too slow & can't cope up with most apps.If i win this , it will be my main machine.cyberburnout - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Finally be abe to play games in peace! Not hear the wife whine that i am hogging the big tv all day! I can even sit in the same room with head phones and mass murder people around the world in COD! relax in my recliner to finish work that i forgot when i was thinking of playing games when i got home. I can shop online without getting up! With this laptop i dont ever have to get up! Mold into my recliner, gain weight at an astonishing rate from all the hot pocket and doritos during countless hours of online gaming! Oh i so need this!greenmrt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To run Day of Defeat Source at hundreds of frames per second, dominating my lesser-equipped opponents and lifting my-esteem. The new, more confident me will be willing to get out of this rut and apply for a well paying job from which I skyrocket up the corporate ladder. At the top, I'll use my wealth and position to team up with a corrupt politician and earn millions on the taxpayer's dime. Finally, I'll use all that wealth to fund research that will end cancer, easing my guilt-ridden conscience before dying.boydemonkey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To bring my wife's home pc into the 21st century. And to play games.patohi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I parted out my old build and all i have left is the girl friends laptop with an intel X3100 gpu... : (I need my games...
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good luck everyone :)jackacid - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would waste many an hour playing games that are beyond the reach of my current notebook. Oh, and as long as I have such a machine, I might put it to some productive uses as well.Rezurecta - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A laptop is almost a necessary part of our mobile lifestyles. I would love to take MSI's product, and examine how it compares with the myriad of IB MSI laptops that I was looking @ during PAX East.If it is similar or better than the MSI laptops @ PAX East, that would be very impressive.
A comparison of how far the mobile platform has come and how it compares with a current enthusiast PC. I would also love the ability to game on the go as I have never had a machine that would provide that level of performance.
It would be great to check out how optimus technology affects battery life as well.
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This will be a good mix to make cad plans, 3d renderings and play a few hours at the end of the day :)Chaser - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
....if I were equipped with this gaming powerhouse!Let me rock it MSI!
Spacedet - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Please provide kme the power of an MSI Powerhouse.I want to know how games would look on a Full HD screen powered by Geforce GTX 670.Please......piggys - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I haven't had a laptop in over a decade. It was a AMD K-6 420 mhz, phones are more powerful than that thing. It would be nice to do some gaming on the go.ericpittman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
IVY BRIDGENicusi - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Ivy Bridge + Steelseries Backlit Keyboard + GTX670 + Dynaudio Speakers + 12GB Ram + 7200 RPM HDD + USB 3.0 Ports = Gaming Heaven!!!mackmuhlenkamp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play game online with my son how is in the Army stationed in Germany.gigantor21 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Since I haven't had a decent one in years. It's especially depressing since my Dad got a new one with ridiculous specs. -_-bgreen147 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play a lot of simulation games as well as try out some new games that I havent been able to play for lack of the best hardware....crumja - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my broken netbookJulok - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would replace my old notebook with this one.TR1PW1R3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would definitely use this for everything. Be nice to have especially doing graphic design, gaming in my downtime, web design, I.T. Networking and Troubleshooting. This would be my workhorse for sure. My Acer Netbook died and this could be a more suitable replacement indeedcurtis206 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I NEED a gaming Notebook!!!Avatarki - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
So do i.Thanks for the chance to win this beast!!KITH - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That laptop is a beast!100noobsdead - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
select me dear sir or ma'am100noobsdead - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
on a side note im using my work laptop to game lolPCMerlin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my current laptop, which I have to "start" about 5 times before it actually boots (kinda like an old T-Model Ford).Saxie81 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wouldn't mind having this beast.Hazaradous - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would want to win this because i want to play games at a satisfactory resolutions.I am really pissed up playing games at 1024 X 768 on my laptop that has integrated graphics.VectorSpace - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will use it to play games while laying on the beach.jhawkjrod - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To be able to fill my gaming addiction on the go.100noobsdead - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I thought i posted here already but couldnt find my post. anyways. I could use this rig because gaming is a hobby and for the past year and a half I havent been able to do my hobby as i have no computer. I am currently using my work laptop but that has a workstation GPU and its for work only lol. By me winning this I wouldnt be fired for using a work laptop and I could enjoy my games with no fear lol.hazazil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
wow, that would be awesome to win this BeaZT!!almer62 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Really i would feel out of this world if i get the chance to atleast touch this laptop.But do i really have a chance here ?mckchr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I could this so I could pawn off my main comp to my motherthdanh90 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm be gaming on a gaming laptop. What else can I do???CODBO - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My current laptop ( nvidia geforce GT 415M ) can't handle high-end games at higher res.So, i want win this beast so that i can game at high details. :Pcblakely - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I have an aging core-2 laptop that barely plays the latest games, and my friends and I are playing a ton of D3 lately, with world of tanks as the old standby. Plus it would do double-duty as a work system (visual studio) and mobile media (films on flights).adam879 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would literally dance a jig if I won this laptop! I have been unable to play Battlefield 3 with my friends and this beast of a laptop would allow me to smoke them. I would also set it up as a dual boot between ubuntu and windows so that I can work on my network security schoolwork on it.MGenius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play games until my eyes bleed.bigkahunas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as a replacement for my five-year old desktop!a35599 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seeing how I just sold my last notebook, and only using my desktop and smart-phone now, this would make a nice addition. Need something to waste more time at work.billtidor - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be nice for modeling on the go. :Pgrungleshnorts - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to take over the world or take a nap.Eggrenade - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to game this summer because i won't be able to bring my desktop with me to UPenn.Sanada - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Please enter mecldmstrsn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for my gaming needs. Having to make regular trips to my friends house where we play BF3, Starcraft II, Left 4 Dead 2, and Civ V it would be great to not have to lug my desktop and monitor almost every weekend. And this being an MSI gaming laptop, I know it would last me a long time!npolite - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my old D630.Koulikov - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my old Acer that is used to do book keeping.makotech222 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If i had this laptop, i could finally replace my crappy lenovo with integrated graphics. Would game forever.number58 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a desktop replacement and do all my work and gaming on it.Abix - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook and work more.cybergaby - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally get rid of my big tower and replace it with this beauty. and then I'd take care of it by making sure I give it games to run as often as I can.hien34 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
work + play! Definitely a gaming rig but powerful enough to run some VMs for work and app/devlac29 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I hope I win!prc00l - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Will this also play bejeweled at highest settings?Si1veR - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would become my main system, it's so much faster than my current PC.BilluG - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
The MSI GT70 will be my main machine as this will be the most powerful i have ever seen in my life.dominos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
hook up to a monitor so I could skype to my brother who is in another country (in one monitor), while playing Diablo3 in the 2nd monitor. Yea pretty much gaming as well as relearning Photoshop and Dreamweaver is what this laptop would be for.MrStatusLine - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been thinking about replacing my aging and very heavy gaming tower with something a bit lighter and a lot faster. This laptop would likely be faster and lighter than what I would build anyway!BadTrip - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to show off how badazz MSI has become lately.Hallys - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would show it off to everyone that how a gaming laptop should be made!Jcollins82 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play rad games obviously... Diablo 3 and Borderlands come to mind.But more importantly I'd show it off to my friends, family and coworkers so they'd be more familiar with MSI products. The ones that always insist on buying from those "other" companies because they are so woefully uninformed.
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I would love to win this.8.6 lbs makes for quite a hefty device. Not sure this would make it was my every day carry. Hard to beat for serious gaming on the go, though.
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This would be perfect for my CUDA projectdistorted620 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My crappy sony is starting to die!Twisted_Metal - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I don't even have a notebook. :(mandelc - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
1. Send emails to MSI and Anandtech thanking them for my brand spanking new gaming notebook.2. Post photos of me with my new notebook on facebook.
3. Enjoy the envy of my friends and family.
4. Redouble my efforts at beating my tendonitis so I can actually play games on my new notebook.
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Id use this to play all my games or use it for matlab coding for my bio-medical engineering projects.jeffapohl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It definitely would help us on vacations since we don't own a laptop presentlyhajoob - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current laptop is a few years old and aging quickly. Some games are not playable which is the reason i bought it. This would be a godsend!lokesh1699 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would really need this to game away and be mobile..likewater - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This should last a while on the desk. A little on the heavy side for lugging around.samedhi - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Seriously, I am playing on a 3 year old macbook pro. Physics means I drop to like 4 frames sometimes. I can't do the speed runs with friends, I am outcast. Sad.Souka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I wonder if it'll be better than the HP Pavillion dv8000 I have?It does have a powerful AMD Turion x64 CPU @1.5GHZ and a ATI x300 video card :)
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I think I would try to learn to game on a laptop. I don't do much gaming, but would definately try to learn how to use laptop for that...Barracass - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gaming on the go would be great.inwheel76 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Really Gaming on the go would have been awesome.Fantastic competition.:)mattinthecrown - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my main rig, which is quite a bit worse in all respects than this beast.wow_lance - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
well with this hi-fi specs, one can do everything faster... from streaming directly to your TV to editing that odd picture , play Skyrim, and what not...!!!supr3m3justic3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be awesome for gaming, if i won it i would help solve world peace and hunger!ChickenFur - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to launch my plans to rule the world!vomka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to finally be able to play games wherever I want. I would also read anandtech of course.Surloi - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will be able to play all the latest games.Yes..apistodave - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice book--woud use for everything.Firefly2002 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my girlfriend who desperately needs a laptop for film studies and game design but can't afford one.allenpan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
such power house should be use for my CUDA development and matlab computation!BuckeyePC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Who needs a desktop when this thing is more powerfulDiskHDD - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My feelings actually.I will no longer need my desktop if get to win this ..JMan_041 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
would enable me to replace my wickedly fast Pentium M 760 notebook (with a whopping 1024 Mb of DDR2 Ram and blazing Radeon X300 graphics) with a gaming platform that would actually let me enjoy current titles!i011y - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will be gaming like crazy.MichaelD - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With this awesome laptop I could finally play games while on the road! I have a Netbook that I use for communication and general productivity usage, but I sure do miss gaming while on the road. Be assured that I would give this awesome piece of hardware the workout it deserves!ArbysOvenMitt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
The complete destruction of my social life.NinjaGnome - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd finally have a pc that can play diablo3, plus I would use it for working on software development.vanka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for LAN parties - so that I could actually play some modern gamesBapta - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to game in the Lan Parties in my locality.tw1164 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play Dablo 3!tjf81 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Wow awsome notebook. I'm still gaming on an old trusty core 2 q9550. Though it has not failed me in any game I have thrown at it, I have been getting the urge to upgrade it. This notebook would sure fit the bill. Pick me!ender11122 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Diablo 3!j0hnnnay - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play Battlefield 3 and Diablo 3Unilot - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Diablo III , Mass effect 3 & Battlefield 3.Crazyeye - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would do a ton of research, write a ton of papers while listening to a ton of MP3s.Then of course play battlefield 3.
Then I would probably haul it to the friends house to watch some streaming netflix vids, and then mess around with You Tube till 1 am.
Then of course play arkham city.
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My current laptop is on its last legs, and nowhere near as powerful as this slice of awesome. To have one of these would be to taste the sweet nectar of pure, undiluted awesome!Kindups - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My mainboard and CPU are about 4 years old now, so I can't exactly jack up the settings on games anymore. I'd like to make games look pretty again without suffering stuttering...Abarcus - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My main computer is from 2006.So, i can definitely use a upgrade.RealNinja - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Boy...This laptop sure would make gaming the time away during deployment in Afghanistan a whole lot more tolerable...Freddy1892 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current computer is very old and outdated, and I have been looking to upgrade. This would be great for me to both play games and do school.rrplay - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To use a main portable desktop because it has plenty of processing power for all the different types off tasks that I could demand of a notebook through out my day.It has plenty of multimedia horsepower and big enough screen real estate to ensure a great user experience that will most likely be noticed and envied by others.No doubt that I would be assured of the build quality of all specially selected components MSI, and the MSI GT70 just looks great.I know that I would also be watching movies and of course being able to play a game like Skyrim and other modern titles like Max Payne 3 on a notebook like this is the stuff a geek like me can only dream about.Thanks MSI and Anand Tech for this amazing opportunity and best of luck to all.
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To blow away the competition!turbogamer1000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would be able to get rid of my crap laptop and be able to pwn on the go!Chloe-Grace - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Same situation.I want to get rid of my crappy notebook which isn't at all suitable for gaming.sphinx123 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Love to use it for gaming and development.gradoman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like this laptop would be awesome for movies and gaming!BarbaraM - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Me think also thatn it will outperform all the laptops presently available now with it's awesome horsepower. :0)yjin320 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be with me on those long nights on call at the hospital. I promise to answer all my pages and help keep patients alive between the gaming!gamer1000 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For gaming and for drawing 3d art.gamer1000k - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With this laptop, I would install Linux and experiment with wine...sarscott - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI, I would use this laptop for gaming at least fifty percent of the time. The rest of the time I would use this laptop for school work, home accounting and bill pay, and web surfing.Sincerely, Scott H.
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To say: YES! it can play Crysis.lmbell - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to multitask at legal conferences and deal closings.Oompus_AT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My existing laptop is dying the slow slow death. Plus, it's old enough I haven't played any games on it in years.dungeonimp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would replace my current 7 year old laptop I use for work and I would finally be able to game away from home!atreyue - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
So I can play Diablo 3 at my desk while my wife thinks I'm working on my business desktop. What better use for it could there possibly be?rakeshchn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If i win this it will be my first notebook. And that being an ivy bridge gaming notebook is awesome! I can see myself playing BF3 next time i am stuck in an airport :-)michiganave - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
With a smile of course!gondezee - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this for engineering school work, as well as blowing off steam.fershnickety - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer for coding, gaming, youtube watching, web browsing... Basically, everything I use my desktop for.nedjinski - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh man - this would be an amazing gaming machine to have as a portable - I want it!Fernas - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Yes this would be an awesome portable gaming machine.With extreme hardwares inbuilt , no game will lag even on the highest settings.Go on MSI!!philsan - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I was just going to build a desktop but I could just as well use this!lucyChun - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i am in need of a laptop for school. if i won, i would use this for schoolwork and play fun games tooNogib - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take my gaming on the go for once! :)kikapoo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a wonderfull replacement for my recenlty dead old Thinkpad...I will use it for email, browsing, MS SQL, news reading, watching youtube, playing bridge and chessmaster 9000stachelsk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
...but I also have a [geeky] computer friend who is short on cash and has a birthday approaching! Roll the dice...scent - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Sell my crappy desktop and use this for gaming and school work.Jitlop - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would do the same.Sell the desktop & use this for games & videos.cbgb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my aging laptop and finally be able to play some decent games.GotThumbs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a great reward for my Niece. She's done so well this year in school. She'll be a Sophomore next year. I noticed on recent family visits that Her current laptop has become the family laptop and the power connector is showing extreme wear (shielding wire showing).She could really do with this, so she has sole use of it. The specs on this are so rockin that I'd be tempted to keep it for myself and pass on my current laptop, but I wouldn't be a cool uncle then.
Thanks for MSI for their generosity and supporting those of us who are NOT satisfied with typical common systems.
Best wishes for the ultimate owner.
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I'm going to give this to my girlfriend so we can play diablo 3 togetherlittlecrazycub - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Facebook games, of course :)thelosers106 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Likely use this laptop to play games, convert videos and run Folding@home. Love MSI's product. Have a MSI mobo that is oc to the max! =)Panith - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would run F@H & Games on it.WOuld be an excellent machine for gaming & multimedia. :) :Ddaldaren - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook to actually be productive.. by playing MOBAs at work and screaming in my office about how mad I am at noobs. Absolute beautiful machine.jtheater - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Lemme get in on somma this!jkuo13 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Believe it or not, I'd probably use it for programming. It's got a powerful enough GPU so that I could use it as a portable workstation and work on the go. Of course, I might sneak in a game or two...dakidphilo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this Notebook to help me record music, help me learn how to program and all my other dreams I want to chase, oh and get in some serious gaming now and then! :)Krewe - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to replace my circa 2001 desktop.Krewe
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It would save me from having to upgrade my main system. Diablo 3!!!RockItBaby - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Please somebody let me win this so that i can play games finally!!!spiked_mistborn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
... find my missing sweet-roll on the go.Azela - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would greatly help with skool.Dsmos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this to LAN parties instead of my big heavy desktop and monitor.RamarC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
so free is betterAVP - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be awesome to get a new one!Opara6 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
yeah would be very cool to win & have such a beautiful computer.Pick me , pick me..phdchristmas - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would mix up work and play on a daily basis with a ridiculous laptop like this one.odin607 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it as my main rig. Then when I go to stream on twitch, I'd have my current computer as a dedicated encoder.TokamakH3 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my 5 year old Inspiron 1520 with Geforce GT 8600M, which is slightly less powerful than Intel's HD3000. Yeah. From 12 FPS in Diablo3 to 100 FPS.agmois - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This thing might do, if not - Alienware there I come!Qmzn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd pull the hard drive, replace it with a SSD, reinstall Win 7, and dedicate it to HD video editing with Avid Media Composer. Then I'd pick a Linux distro, put it on a 32GB flash drive, and tweak it in anticipation of Steam for Linux, DRM-free stuff like Wasteland 2, and GoG titles via Wine. EXACTLY THAT, NO COMPROMISE.lungjian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Portable gaming. Portable video editing & rendering would be the main uses for me. So much power in a portable form factor...Cinnenomaster - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This is a portable gaming beast & i can play games as long as i want. :)gsda620 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What a gem, my old gaming box can't cut it anymore.This would solve my problems.
Rhert - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I am currently enrolled in an engineering program working towards a degree in biomedical engineering. I gifted my father my laptop for christmas because his was old and absurdly slow. Having a laptop with this kind of raw power will really help me for multiple reasons. I will have next to no limitations on my mobile computing power when I am in classes that might take advantage of 3d modeling. I also will be able to get some high performance gaming in whenever and wherever I have some down time. I've essentially been unable to game because I am so busy, and I can't exactly lug my desktop around...ChankMcStank - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To hinder myself from ever touching a gaming console again.PedroDaGr8 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace the crap notebook I have now with the screen the almost broken video cable. The screen randomly flickers, has noise, then goes white so I have to restart the computer. Sometimes having to restart 2 or 3 times before it works again.MrSeaBass - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To upgrade my current MSI notebook. Great machine.JudPee - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I am willing to upgrade my Dell Notebook with this.RubberShoes - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd take my video work mobile. I'd figure out the CUDA drivers to support Avid Media Composer's GPU acceleration and coupled with the quad-core Ivy Bridge I'd be able to work from home and do more editing in more places. My footage would also take advantage of the USB 3.0 and I could edit straight off of any USB 3.0 external HDD without the buggy slowdowns of 2.0.Not to mention the games I could start playing :) Thanks for the giveaway!
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I could have a mobile desktop with so much power and colorful LEDs! Maybe my dream will come true?Udicial - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
The Keyboard is really great & will help me gaming in the dark.!!GeorgeH - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd test and review it to see if that 17" DTR behemoth is any good or if it's just a jaw dropping spec sheet.GTX670dude - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play battlefield 3 and pawn all the noobs!apockoffork - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this as a second gaming computer so I can play computer games with Fiance!NeedfulS - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this as my main gaming computer!Tyler_Durden - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer as an excuse to neglect my children and wife. It would be wonderful to play games on a system that doesn't require me to turn all the eye-candy settings way down.MikieTImT - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would make a pretty sweet cruncher on Einstein.Lunyone - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
In it to win it! Boy do I need a new gaming laptop!hydrocarbon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
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Excellent replacement for my current old AMD dual core desktop. The upcoming Guild Wars 2 would play perfectly on this.Biruki - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Use it as desktop replacement.Will game & watch high resolution movies on the 1080p screen.CrankyOldGuy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Ivy Bridge + 12GB + 750GB = running a handful of VMs like a boss. That 670M would also come in very handing at busting passwords.edifus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to go game at a friends house instead of having them come to me all the time!Laststop311 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would take this notebook everywhere gaming away on diablo III!rongoree - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This laptop would work perfectly for keeping my table from wobbling and it also might be good for gaming, but I will have to wait to see.I hate State - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My computer is a P4 desktop from 2003 that just barely runs SC2 at 20FPS, and my wife has a slow laptop,so this would allow me to play Diablo 3!OrphaGn - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use to brag to my friends how much better MSI is than Alienware!hobbang819 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Some Skyrim, BF3 and such since this is better than my desktop.Ryan82 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to play all the new dx11 games coming out this year.Jejunum - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
diabloe 3 everywhere...gurki - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
How would i use it? GAMES! GAMES! GAMES! Baby. :DLance_T - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would game at work, travel, and would replace my desktop at home with this laptop!quadrivial - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it... For gaming.Well that and as a study tool for my last few months of college.
jrossmanjr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
keep myself occupied during downtime on my next deployment to the sandbox...I'm sure some this would help eat up the time and make it go faster.
Spidey906 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to do my school work ;)Kestiel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play the latest games wherever I am, instead of being tethered to where my desktop currently sits. It'd also allow me to have a functioning laptop that doesn't need to be pathetically plugged into the wall 24/7 (battery is broken) like it's on some sort of life support.Damn Dirty Ape - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to jump in with something as new as this.IVIauricius - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my brother's 8800GT fused gaming PC.SoneeOO7 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
use it for my software engineering class and BF3, Diablo 3 and Max Payne 3Zero110 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My laptop is a 7 year old tiny Toshiba joint with no trackpad. All it has is the tiny little nubbin to control the cursor. If I win, I will sell this laptop for $30 and buy a wireless mouse to make my computing experience on my Toshiba more satisfying.Pugnus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would replace my old Dell Studio XPS with this beast.Cvetocek6 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play oangband, and the original XComlamia - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd switch it over to Linux, then use it to play indie games, and watch videos; with a little image creation/'net surging on the side.bsloops - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this monster to play the latest games and have it do some Lightroom and Photoshop heavy-lifting.Doodley - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would use it to play games in 1080P & for my office work.QFH1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Nice laptop to play Tera on.dt1561 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook to do all the things I cannot do with my current desktop. Which is a lot. I would surf the web super fast, and I could play games that require the best of the best specs.1c3b0x - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've currently got an MSI S6000 laptop that I really like! I use it for programming not gaming, but it's really a nice laptop. It even recognizes me and logs me in! ha!l1o2l - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
That MSI is a beast! Best of luck to everybody.Blocky - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I still am using a Centrino based Lappy.Please upgrade me.Hope for the best..moqamar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To destroy, frag and pwn gamers on non-MSI rigs.Grendel78 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I currently have a MSI GT625 but it may be time for a new laptop. MSI makes great systems!Ralphing - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd bring this notebook over to my friends instead of hauling my full tower PC. I'd game on the couch, at Starbucks, and while on my lunch break at work. I'd also use it to stay in touch (and game) while travelling.polygammawonky - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My current one has so many things plugged into it, it's pretty much a de facto desktop...solatic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
a) Primary development platform. Having lots of RAM helps with running many virtual machines, to test the development software in different environments. This laptop would be especially important considering that I travel a lot and thus have to fit my entire system in a suitcase. Currently I use a MSI G51J, but that's feeling its age.b) Play games during free time - Diablo 3, Civilization V, and Sins of a Solar Empire.
mineal81 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for my Inspiron B130.Ripley231 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this beast of hardware to crush the dreams and spirits of all gamers in my neighborhood!emeric1120 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this thing is faster than anything I've used recently... and that is including the "state of the art" boxes we had in class... I'm getting a serious case of want.chaosrain - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to BANHAMMER all my other puny portable PC hardware from the house!!!tommy2q - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
msi products are awesomeAisorik - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play Torchlight 2, Borderlands 2, and Resident 6. Love third person shooters and games involving loot, my current PC is a bit on the old side, and I'd be lucky to be able to run said games at more than low resolution and medium settings.NhojGnol - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To finally have a "portable" gaming system, and not have to leave the games at home for vacation and business.CW50KK - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
He HE He - Son is not getting this one. Daddy wants a new machine to bring him out of the 19th century..........momoX52 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to post on anandtech and make fun of the people who didn't win.bgonz003 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I run software that is intensive for school. Also would help with post processing for certain programs. Definitely would help me with work and play considering the 5 year old laptop.tom_yellowblue - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming, family computer, video conversionMGSsancho - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop for when I transfer to a university later this year. Oh and play more HL2 mods :)alershka - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I won't go for Diablo III because of the persistent connection requirement so I'll keep playing Torchlight until Torchlight II comes out in a few weeks.d4a2n0k - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be sweet for BF3 and Diablo 3 while on the go. Its one nice notebook for sure.elias444 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As an upgrade from my current g210m notebook and to make all my friends jealous of the sweet blending keyboard.rubberduck2012 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to intimidate my current system.gslarkin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd enjoy a little Ivy gamimg goodness.craigdp - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to beat the bejeebers out of my daughter in GTAuto5...and possibly do some work as well...
Insomniac - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd make my friend jealous by running Diablo 3 insanely fast!Stuka87 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to be able to game on the go. I love my gaming desktop, but being able to game outside of my home office would rock :)Venom450 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to game and do some major media editing and such.ackkca - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This would be a great upgrade from my existing laptop.SamuelFigueroa - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I gave my son's computer to his elementary school teacher, so now I have to give him the gaming computer I built for myself. I was bummed out thinking about how much I would miss it, but this MSI computer would more than make up for all I've sacrificed recently.bharkol1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need to replace my daily d410 worker with something, this works!Carmen813 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to expand gaming to the far reaches of my apartment...like the balcony!bakaboi94 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to finally play all the games my current computer can't handle.Scabies - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
TO PLAY GAEMSalso to use in place of my desktop which I seriously take apart and lug to my car anytime I visit family. I'm aware that's pathetic, thank you. (bonus- for the schoolings! and to fold while at my apartment with my desktop, which I would be happy to report on the thermals of. note to the author, table could benefit from screen information)
oneblackened - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd just replace my ancient desktop with something I can actually do both high-power audio editing AND gaming on.Basically, so I wouldn't have to use my junk old desktop.
MysteriousAndy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Dearest MSI,With this beast on my desk I could finally stop wasting precious weekend hours entertaining my toddler and pursue my true calling: Playing Civilization V until my heart explodes like a South Korean RTS fanatic.
Just kidding. I'd also play Deus Ex, L4D 1 & 2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Magicka, Bastion, and Psychonauts (again) until my heart explodes like a... well, you get the point.
In all seriousness, though, gimme gimme gimme!
Kisses,
Mysterious Andy
PS: I desperately need to see Civ5 with the quality cranked all the way up before I die, and my current rig only does about 2fps, even when the bells and whistles are turned *off*. Are you sad for me? Then GIMME!!! :-)
TheBigBadGRIM - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I want that computer!cwilson - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
As a member of the US Army I would use this laptop to play games, online military training, and online school during my free time on deployments and also while at home.jwilliams34465 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for bioelectric testing -- need all the number crunching AND portability I can get!avarisclari - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Dont get me wrong, I only hope to win.Baked - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's gonna be so heavy, nobody will be able to walk away with it w/o injuring themselves.xeni - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Replace a broken laptop.Rangerunseen - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'm heading off to college next year, and so if I receive this, it will save me from buying a new notebook.Mkhail - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would love to play some D3 on the go with one of these beasts.Hiro.D - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Diablo III & ME3 on the go will be my first preference on this laptop.scubaduderon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I live in a place where it is hard to get good technology. This notebook would effect all areas of my life, business, home, and entertainment!TOO BAD I LIVE IN THE COUNTRIES MOST PATRIOTIC PLACES, GUAM!!!
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF ENLISTMENT IN THE US ARMED FORCES OF ANY PLACE ON EARTH! WE HAVE 2 HUGE MILITARY BASES, ON AN ISLAND ONLY 30 MILES LONG AND 9 MILES WIDE. BUT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE US INNELIGIBLE FOR YOUR DRAWING. TOO BAD FOR US, NO, TOO BAD FOR YOU!
ACDZX - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd give my current laptop to my parent for keeping in touch and continuing to learn about the wonders of the Internet. She only started using it several months ago, but is showing signs of independence. I wanted to give her the opportunity since I am moving away in June.It's too bad winners are random rather than merits of writing. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but some civility would have been nice. :)
SnowDrake - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
No laptop here except for a crummy one from the office. This would look good over here.Megabane - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming and school and show everyone that msi makes great products.Jdecarolis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play "anything" while she watches one of her terrible reality TV shows. Nothing says I love you like clicking 50 times a minute in Diablo.Tambar TechLink - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I need a new Gaming computer,My last laptop purchase was 2 years ago and it'a full of work stuff & development tools.My gaming computer is even older & can't play most good games.sheh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably sell it and get a smaller, cooler and longer running notebook instead. :)berrykerry789 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
replace my ancient laptop so i can finally games that are not 3 or more years old.....Shaba6 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
MSI,I would use this notebook predominately for gaming but when I am not gaming, I would run folding@home. I feel that the combination of CPU and GPU power would allow me to contribute greatly to the folding@home project and in turn, effect mankind in a positive way. When not gaming or running folding@home, I would use the laptop as a means to study up on IT certifications that I am pursuing.
eyrh0n - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
because I really want to have my own gaming laptop .. and at the same time I'll use it in our Church .. not for gaming but to glorify Him :)tigersty1e - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to pwnerize all the nooblets.Pewterdude73 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This computer would replace my Dell Inspiron 9100. That thing is ancient and weighs in at 14 pounds. Whew!!!Fiebre - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to get some serious imaging processing done for schoolKromis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It's going to replace my gaming desktop, that's how old it is!monochromegrey - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
My old "gaming" laptop has been pressed into service as my grad school autocad/modeling/video editing laptop. It fails. This one would not fail. Due to the lack of fail, I could take it to conferences and show everyone well edited videos of science and models of what new science I plan to do. Then everyone would realize how awesome it is to show videos of science instead of over-sized posters and they would all get new laptops to show their science. Soon everyone would have laptops and we could have late night LAN parties instead of drinking parties. This would improve science for everyone by reducing the amount of alcohol consumption, which kills brain cells (bad for science), and increase the amount of gaming, good for hand/eye coordination (useful if you have to insert a needle into a single cell to do science). This dramatic increase in the amount of science being done would usher in a new era of Peace, Prosperity and Happiness (and a little bit of jealousy when people see how Happy I am with my new laptop but that would be negligible.) In short, the world will be a better place if you give me this laptop. (Trust me, I know science.)RedPhilly62 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the MSI GT70 to play Batman: Arkham City in all its glory and I would finally have a top of the line machine!dleetz - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
A portable BF3 platform to rip movies with enough ram to run virtual machines for testing apps and OS's for work. It would beat the pants off the XPS I have.CrafterOfLaughs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I spend my morning possibly looking at the weather. X-TREME WEATHER!Then, I'd pack it up my GT70 in my nice Targus carry gear to work. X-TREME CARRY-ON POTENTIAL.
Upon arriving at work to my job, I'll take out my GT70 and start working on my latest project, most likely Enterprise Intelligence software. X-TREME PROGRAMMING! (No, seriously. It's quite extreme. We don't even have meetings sometimes.)
Around lunchtime, I'll set a video running of a water cooler on my GT70 as the guys come over to discuss the day's tribulations.
"Sup dude, how's that database controller coming?"
"Great man. I just have to tighten up the gr..."
"Hey, that's a awesome water cooler."
"Yeah, I know man. It's pretty extreme."
X-TREME WATER COOLER MOMENT!
When I get home, I'll take some time to look up on Youtube "how to grow a beard".
X-TREME ENRICHMENT...
What am I kidding, I'll be playing games all night long.
X-TREME GAMING...
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Lan Parties for sure!loganex - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Is there a way to make the keyboard just one color lolshineproductions - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I NEED a Laptop!hobbes7869 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Max Payne 3 and probably retire the ol' desktop to be a media server. Essentially, it would become my desktopMathew2450 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would love to win this notebook, I have always been about 5+ years behind on technology because of money issues, and now that I am in college, money is more tight than ever. This would be an amazing upgrade that would help out a future computer engineer.ethantsai - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
this would be an awesome replacement for my trustworthy yet aging W710d!Someone023 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would be a desktop replacement that I'll take on the road, fully testing it's multimedia and gaming capabilitiesraced295 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
How wouldn't I use it? Gaming, email, word, gaming, video, gaming, music, gaming. Get the idea?mdewyea@hotmail.com - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To expand my freelance business and streamline my 3D workflow. I would use this beast to integrate it into my home theater system and play the most demanding games till my fingers turned to little nubs.deckardd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I always wanted one!SyndromeOCZ - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my old dell inspiron e1505. And it would save me from having to find a half decent desktop. Would love the portability of a mobile desktop like this. And its the best looking notebook I've seen on the market!nutnub - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will finally be able to finish my matlab projects in a reasonable manner with an amazing laptop, and make my friends jealous.slothsd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Msi-I would use this laptop for watching porn (incognito mode only), messing with Unity3D game engine and playing Diablo III.
Fenixgoon - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've been my brother's source of upgrades for the past several years, and I'm sure he'd love another upgrade to play D3He had a celeron 366 OC'd to 533, then I gave him my AMD Sempron right (1.5ghz?). After that I gave him my E4300 rig, and that's where we are today :)
Ory77 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
What wouldn't I do with this laptop, well I would no longer cook my wrists(& occasionally testicles) while attempting to do anything on my old laptop, it could be used as a toaster forever more. I would have a ton of fun playing Diablo III, MoP beta testing, finally play Dragon Age 2 at max settings w/ dx11. I would watch movies and pull guitar tab off the web. I would enjoy quick startup and actual battery life. In short, I would have tons of fun!mlrabbitt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play dota2 plzMokka66 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this to game while lounging in the back yard in the evenings. Having a mobile platform would be nice too.luke278 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Will use for gaming.APairOfDocs - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First off, I don't know why I'm bothering to type anything more than comment, after all it is completely random.But, at any rate, if I won the laptop it would end up as my primary system replacing my current desktop. It would also save me from having to buy a new laptop for school this coming year.
And now I'm getting tired of explaining myself for no reason. To think, I was considering writing a long soliloquy expressing my burning love for MSI products and how I would put the laptop to it's greatest possible use... Yeah, too much effort involved.
humunculus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would like the laptop because I want to rip all of my DVDs and BDs to a hard drive and stream to my TV. The laptop would replace my 7 year old desktop.winniDpoo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will tell you what i am going to do with this notebook after selling my desktop ;-)Drivebackup - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 while using the bathroom. Killing the bowl and demons at the same time.Zayce - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Yes please and thank you, sir!Stanand - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd definitely get a Steam account and get back into gaming. My current PC hasn't been powerful enough for years.I'd also connect it (using HDMI) to my living room's 1080p LCD television for playing DVD/BR rips and streaming internet video. With power-efficient Ivy Bridge and Optimus, I could conveniently do this unplugged.
Finally, I'd replace my desktop with this notebook. I'd try connecting an external keyboard, mouse, and display. Maybe extend the notebook's desktop.
Siraph - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would probably give my old Asus laptop the boot and turn this into my main gaming machine. And, I'd use it for my mobile music studio. That's a good chunk of RAM for the musician on the go =Pn0xdw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for almost all my computing needs including working with a sql lite database and processing photos on it's beautiful display!fralexandr - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would play games on it woo certainly beats an m11x except when portability countsdave_the_nerd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This notebook is awesome.dave_the_nerd - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Didn't read the rules completely. I'd use this when I travel, which is actually quite a lot. Managing a guild doesn't lend itself to weekends off.gihan84 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo 3 while running Dota 2 in the background.Fastidious - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
First I'd use the webcam to Skype with my girlfriend who lives over seas right now. Then I'd use the beefy GPU to play games as it's about 7? generations ahead of what I have in my desktop. I'd type up all my research papers on it as well as I go to school downtown and it's a long commute back and forth on the train. Thanks for reading my entry. Good luck all.lane42 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
entering for a chance to wintjoynt - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I will strap to it a scaffold, plug in some speakers and motion detectors and stick in Black Rock desert at night. It will accost passers-by with astonishing music and beautiful, chaotic imagery, There will be glowing, pulsing buttons which compel the curious to push. A surprise will be thier reward....SLMonk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it for school.guskline - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh the Ivy Bridge would look so nice on my desk!blazeoptimus - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Playing WOW, Diablo 3, SCII, Skyrim, SWTOR, and possibly some virtualization testing. It would become my,ain PC.tonyt87 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
This makes my desktop look old o_o.oasis789 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it mainly for school, could use that computing power for simulationsInt Protocol - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the MSI GT70 Gaming notebook to sneak up on my desktop pc while it is sleeping and kick it in the boot drive.ZivNYC - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Hate my current laptop.....sonik35143 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To play some COD MW3 :)Dr.Anand - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for matlab and chemistry work and for gaming on the weekends. Sure is better than my desktop now >.<cpbong - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Well, i would obviously forgo this silly desktop thing and be able to play d3 where ever I want!Morsetlis - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
If I won the GT70, I would use it to play Diablo 3 since MSI does it best.Hardhun - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If i wiun this beast , i would be crazy enough to play Diablo 3 all day ( even whole night ) long.Here's to hope..Laptop Gamer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
How? The answer is very simple. To run high-end games like Battlefield 3 and Crysis 2 with decent number of FPS and without having to pay too much for a gaming laptop that can actually run them well. :]spectre505 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my old HP Dv7 series from 2006 so I could multitask and program on the go while have a capable machine for playing some diablo III and bf3 in my spare down time on the road.Draconian - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use it to game in style :)Sharki - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would want to play Diablo 3 & Star Craft II on this beast of a machine.briands - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
WOW!!! Imagine Diablo III on the go and I can finally finish Crysis or all the games I have on Steam.dipal37 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would also be playing Diablo iii while i am on travel.This would be the best computer i have ever had.Oracular - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i would love oneMincer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
better then the notebook i have lolGhazanfar - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Didn't even knew about that model. Oh how would I love to do some 3D game development on this super-machine. Apt machine for such demanding tasks! If I don't win the contest then I'll even beg for the money and buy it.ThePoliteGuy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
On this cool laptop I would play some really cool games and watch some really cool movies.thefizzle656 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for all of my needs and gaming instead of my desktop.Archivity - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would kick my desktop out of my home & start using this beast for all.CiXiRo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd probably spend half of it running games, the other half running MATLAB and other programs that I require for school. But who are we kidding, I'll probably end up using it to model and create a wormhole so that I may teleport to another dimension.Mincer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Better then my old laptop !LeTiger - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Use it to kick some serious pants in DOTA2!hucklongfin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a desktop replacement... and to play games.klmman - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
As my HP replacement & to be able to play games on a decent level.Greenstar1 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this computer for both work and play, running my business and playing games. I'd use it for doing mapping work and shopping on the web, bookkeeping and CAD design.MrBlonde - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd finish my backlog of games, like Dragon Age: Origins, GTA IV, and Bioshock.Davandragons - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I plan on moving for a new job soon and I won't have the room to take my old desktop. I would love it for its power and portability. I can still play the games I love.bitofasniper - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gaming powerhouse on the go - more opportunities to to play with a blazing fast systemUrMakol - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
ME3 & Max Payne 3 will be played on this machine if i win. Also some video & audio editing.wolverinski - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
It would replace my performance deficient Asus N53Jf for gaming and on the road for client work.klmman - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
As my HP replacement & to be able to play games on a decent level.PSLegacy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming, everywhere I can. Going out of town? Still playing BF3 and Diablo 3. LAN Party? Easiest setup for weekend. Bored at work...bust it out and watch some Games of Thrones.efeman - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to finally be able to game somewhere outside of my house. not going to lug this loaded antec 1200 around, my friends despise me for it.peokuk - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
For my wife to play LoL, SC2, and L4D2!BeriBo - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
for school and to play video games.emgarf - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this MSI Gaming Notebook to make all of my friends envious that they don't have one (yet).onionjuice - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to play a lot of games that I'm not able to play because of my current laptop with Intel HD 3000 graphics :3PheonixD - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Looks like my new system will be portable and let me take down all my opponents at the same time. Woohoo.princehamlet - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to play GTA IV on airplanes.mikebuybuy - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To program and code like a champ while playing my favorite pc gamescholination - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I feel like the use of a gaming notebook is fairly obvious, but I would use it to game, hopefully guild wars 2.Nikica - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
as a replacement for my old one and run VMs for testing. And of course for gaming.shaboinkin - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to send man to Venus!s002wjhwjh - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
well here goes 1 in thousands chanceeBauer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
beast of a systemjohnnybuda79 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
let me win!mgajdos - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'll take a free one . Post FTW!wwtest - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Play Starcraft 2Verticality - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
For playing diablo 3 & Max Payne. :)lute1217 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to make Diablo my b*tch.redwood36 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
pretty pretty dada DAda da daawe honey honey
LKO - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To replace my aging development system, mostly. And possibly get back into some PC gaming.speed33 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Giving up my gaming desktop and shifting to the US on a one year assignment. Looking to buy myself a laptop for my gaming needs. This will suit me very nicely.bdrup - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
graphics programming, making 4k demoscene intros, and playing lots and lots of games on a fantastic laptop. msi rocks!Basil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Oh....Me--Me--Me....Please :)kilometer31 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I've got a 12-year-old with a birthday in June and an aching desire for a gaming laptop. Trouble is, that just ain't happening in the current economic situation. Figuring maybe by Christmas.Have been looking at Asus ROG laptops -- but the Anandtech writeup on this looks pretty impressive!
Duke-Nukem - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Me too got a 7 year old desktop which barely works.I can do most tasks on it but gaming & CPU/GPU intensive jobs aren't possible.So, i would want to win this if you Please.Ohmycaptain - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I'd use it for the times when my girlfriend wants me to come to bed at night and I'm still gaming on my desktop, that way she can't complain about me sitting in my chair all the time and not spending enough time laying in bed with her at night, haha.But really, I've always wanted to have a great gaming laptop that could handle games like Battlefield 3, Skyrim, and all of my games at max settings. Problem is I'm broke as a joke and can't afford the $2,000 price tag that comes with it. So, I'd really use to play games when I'm not in the comfort of my own home sitting at my desk. I never like to be without my computer, so this would help me feed my addiction... Hurray!
TheWhrl - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Gaming on a laptop!? Preposterous! Oh wait. I bet this thing will play all the cool games out there. Thats what I would do. Play all the cool games out there.SPianw - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
i'd finally be able to develop 3D applications someplace other than my bedroomNonFriendlyUser - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Once again thank you for giving me a chance to win a great piece of hardware. Best of luck to all of us here.SkyrimPC - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Thanks for giving us this great opportunity to win something out of this world system here.MSI & Anandtech - you guys rock.If I win , i will be gaming on it all night.CoolBrule64 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
To help me complete my assignments, assist me with past lectures, and provide my friends, and I with tools needed to do our studies where ever it may be.Icewind31 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Diablo 3Borkil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to smoke my friends for once in our lans!Morphuess - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
my desktop is very modern. I upgrade it about once a year. my marginally modern laptop unfortunately died after owning it a year and so the only functional laptop i have is a 1 GHz celeron laptop that is about 10 years old. It can't do much more than browse the internet, and that it does poorly, so I'm forced to pack up and drag my desktop around whenever i go home to visit family.I'd definitely use this when i travel as a desktop replacement.
Munkles - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Would be a fantastic help for my growing family as tech like this, while on our to be dreamt about list is far and away outside our fincial ability to purchase.Plus Id happily upload a thank you video from my kids :D
fluxtatic - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Damn near everything on it, as it's more powerful than the desktop I have now...and it'd be perfect for the laptop I may need for work soon.Fun-lover - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This thing is damn fast i have ever seen on a laptop.I will be useing it for all the video & audio editing & for crazy gaming.MSI , nvidia & Steelseries Rock.....atticus14 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Im on a netbook because my good laptop's gpu died and have to spend a lot of time away from my desktop but i love gaming...i would use this endlesslytski - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
to make all my friends and coworkers jealous :pmkefer - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
Need a new laptop for work & games! The old ultraportable isn't cutting it anymore on either front.lootmaster - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
desktop is old and non-portable, i will use this new-fangled computing device to read anandtech, play games, watch movies... basically for everything a computer is good forsponreel - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
beats my desktoprealneil - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this Laptop to defend our dimension from tears contrived by alien races. It's plenty powerful enough to ~digitally stitch~ said tears, before our humanity is overcome by mutant three-toed sloths packing heat.In short, I would save the world.
ccgenerals - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
gaming!Girlo32 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My desktop is old & it's not possible to move it because it's so heavy.If i win this , i can carry it everywhere i go & run my favorite apps.How cool is that!equinox2355 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
I would use this for LAN parties with friends, as a portable workstation for virtual machines, as well as rendering any videos while I am traveling. I just hope that I will win! =)ktkbb - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
free myself from the tyranny of the nvidia 9400M in my current laptop.Warlock15th - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Skyrim and BF3 while waiting to take a flight, or even in my lunch break from work! :pAshragnorok - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
batman arkum city, SWTOR on the go, and possibly some schoolwork while playing masseffect 3 in the back of class.wwilkes3667 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I hope i can win this for my son to use at school!ravib123 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I doubt this would replace my XPS13 or MBP in every instance, but it would get showcased at weekly gaming sessions and around the office (I run a tech support and development company).If the laptop is any good, in build quality (it looks pretty good from the pictures), I could see using this model for our technicians.so they can ... multitask.
Killerloop357 - Friday, May 25, 2012 - link
No brainier... To play awesome games of course :). Never had a gaming laptop before, always desktops. (oh and FYI, only run nvidia based MSI cards with twin frozr coolers. Right now I'm using my *11th* one !!!! And still own 5 of them ! Nothing looks better or runs cooler !radspot - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would so use this notebook...in my audio bizElkcaps - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My desktop is too old to play Diablo III. Need something new!actofgod - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I teach a computer class in a school where all teachers get laptops - but they're dirt slow. Imagine the looks on my co-workers and students' faces when I pull out this beast during class or in a faculty meeting -- glowing LEDs and all! I use my laptop 100% of the day, so it'd be hard to miss. After the school day, I could take it home and use it for gaming - it would outperform my desktop computer too. I could work through my huge library of Steam games while pretending to watch my wife's favorite TV shows. It's a win-win.csklr - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
With this I'd be able to play PC games away from my desktop, which would be awesome.Vegit - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Yeah i could take it with me & play games on the move.Awesome..uzun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could use this as a (semi) portable video editor, that could also play games!geokilla - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll give this laptop to my sister who will need a computer while she lives in residence in university in the next four years. She requires a gaming laptop! Though this might be a bit overkill.applebym - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
please enter mejustiblizk - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would create better videos for my school projects, and play games at a much higher FPS.mattertron - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
First i would save the world by using this MSI GT70 notebook to link straight into the NWO's super secret orbital weapons system. Vaporizing the threat of a perilously close incoming asteroid hurdling towards earth. It will Play out just like the movie Armageddon although in this version i save Bruce Willis's ass by activating the weapons grid, simply by pushing a button on this extremely sexy MSI GT70 notebook. Soon after i will be deemed hero of all mankind. Becoming more rich than Donald Trump and more bad ass than Dirty Harry. Of course i would be humble and in my many interviews Id just say, "I just took one look at that asteroid and i said Go Ahead make my day"... Then i reached for my trusty MSI GT70 and with one fell swoop i depressed the enter key launching a full volley of nuclear warheads directly at the center of the asteroid. Simultaneously i wipe the sweat from my brow while looking up to the heavens i firmly say " Your Fired ". I will soon go on to be MSI spokes person traveling the globe touting the advantages of saving the world via the MSI GT70 as opposed to other lesser and inferior brands of notebook. After that i'm gonna go home, make a sandwich and play about 17hrs of Diablo 3 on my super sweet MSI GT70 gaming notebook. THE ENDmechaman - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I think I'll use this to manage my music collection...Nvidia_Is-King - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i will do music editing & gaming.This will be fun on this powerful beast.kobunni - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Saving the land of Tyria from my backard...Ancillas - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it to go back in time to stop my old 1988 Ford Econoline conversion van from being destroyed at the dump. Then I'd use the van to go buy a cookie dough blizzard from Dairy Queen.rastor - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to replace daughters old desktop.ShumOSU - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to venture out of my man cave and game anywhere. This will help me be social! hahahaGregski24 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
. . . the first thing I would do is show it off to everyone I know. Then I would probably run benchmarks on it and compare it to my desktop. Then I would show it off again. At some point I would probably take it apart too. I also see a Windows 8 partition in it's future, and maybe a linux distro too, 'cause I've always wanted to have a Linux partition on a laptop. My Ceton USB tuner needs a new buddy, so I'm sure I would introduce them to each other. I'd like to see how it can handle recording four HD channels at once! I hate to admit it but I will probably do more work on it than play games, but every other Saturday is game night, so I'll let her shake off her spreadsheets and show me what she can do!IrrationalFrak - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Never owned a laptop. I would use it for gaming and everything else.Asti89 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This will be the first time i will have a gaming laptop if i win.Syran - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It would replace my Alienware MX15r2 as my primary gaming laptop, which i do about half of my gaming on due to my traveling.edj4523 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Need a new gaming machine...my '09 Macbook can't handle D3!!! :'-(faster - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would be the ideal mobile gamer! I would take this lappy to LAN parties and use it for work as well. It would also make an ideal desktop replacement.latenightdog - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I wouldn't MSI a chance to win this laptop.Dradien - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it for gaming, on the go media, and to show my kids current technology in all it's glory!Asti89 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Will be using it for gaming on the go.waka75 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Please let it be me. Could use it for some coding projects. :)thomp237 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to finally get back to playing Starcraft 2 and playing Diablo IIIBM2KTom - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
same as all my other computers.....porn.dk127832 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
pick me!Manuover - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Please pick me as a winner.I want to win this bad boy for the gaming.carldon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
A social experiment of sorts begins with my entry.My intention is to give this laptop to an underprivileged kid in the most impoverished school in my city (Peoria, IL).
I knew nothing about computers until I began tinkering with them in the 8th grade. The availability of a computer and curiosity was enough to create a passion for technology.
Technology is pervasive in good schools but with school budgets being reduced there have been significant cutbacks in equipment. The poorer schools have been hit the worst. This will be an excellent way to provide a chance for a deserving kid to learn about technology.
If the entry is chosen, I will provide my recommendation of the school and three candidates from which a worthy student can be chosen by MSI or Anandtech.
PCVillain - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
We are currently loving playing World of Tanks together but only one comp. Taking turns is not as fun.Dae314 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Use it in place of my current laptop which I would switch out to become an Ubuntu machine so I can try out Linux and still keep a Windows machine (the MSI) that I can use easily :). Also I'd you know... take over the world with the awesome computing power that laptop possesses xD.Crunch2600 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it as part of my new mobile workout routine. The gift that keeps on giving.CSbeer - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
MSI, I'd use this notebook for Guild Wars2! Also some BF3 :D Might bring it to my Computer Information Systems class this summer but professor might get jealous...alfreddelacruz - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to play games, edit HD videos, edit photos, render scenes with 3D Studio or Maya, bring with me to Mission trips to show 3rd world countries that I visit photos and videos of the rest of the world, education, raytracing, general entertainment. If I win this, I'll feature this laptop on my website and Facebook account when I go to my Mission trip to the Philippines in August!Risings - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would use to play games & for 3D rendering softwares.Mr_Armageddon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to replace my aging HP dv9535nr, with its crummy battery that now only lasts 5 min.uchok00 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll probably use it to play World in Conflict....circa 2007.....StarterBoy - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Will play SC2 , ME3 & Finally D3.It will be a cool system to own.Bragging rights!cmburgess - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it when traveling to demo some of the ultra-sophisticated web-based products in cell phone suppression and enterprise metadata management that my firm sells. Oh, yeah, and when not working, this gaming rig will keep me busy and happy in what little downtime I have.AZengineering - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am trying to get my Chem Eng degree and as part of my research I must run very resource intensive numerical solver software (solving several PDEs simultaneously). Most of the time, the school computers fail to run do to lack of memory. The times that they do run, the computer can run the simulation but it takes anywhere from 24 hours to 1 week to run. This computer would be a huge aid to me in respect to my school work. When I am not working, I love to dive into a good immersive game (skyrim, diablo 3, etc..) at full settings in order to forget my stresses at school. Being able to carry around my work computer and gaming computer in a nice laptop format would be a dream come true. Obviously as a student I cannot afford to buy this on my own. I would be grateful to MSI and Anandtech for such a gift.wooties - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd gladly replace my m11x with this!Lean&Mean - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
It should replace my ageing Intel desktop.bahnzii - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
who doesn't love a portable gaming laptop with some graphic ooomph!!KR1SPY - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for school as well as playing cool games like bf3 which my laptop can no longer achieve.Quincon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to play 2v2's on Starcraft II, play Skyrim, and any game that came out for the next two years.Gigonite - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Simply...to dominate the battlespace.jepsr - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my aging Intel M and get into some modern gaming!Kiling09 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This machine if i win will replace my Intel Centrino based laptop which is about 4-5 years old.mattertron - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
First i would save the world by using this MSI GT70 notebook to link straight into the NWO's super secret orbital weapons system. Vaporizing the threat of a perilously close incoming asteroid hurdling towards earth. It will Play out just like the movie Armageddon although in this version i save Bruce Willis's ass by activating the weapons grid, simply by pushing a button on this extremely sexy MSI GT70 notebook. Soon after i will be deemed hero of all mankind. Becoming more rich than Donald Trump and more bad ass than Dirty Harry. Of course i would be humble and in my many interviews Id just say, "I just took one look at that asteroid and i said Go Ahead make my day"... Then i reached for my trusty MSI GT70 and with one fell swoop i depressed the enter key launching a full volley of nuclear warheads directly at the center of the asteroid. Simultaneously i wipe the sweat from my brow while looking up to the heavens i firmly say " Your Fired ". I will soon go on to be MSI spokes person traveling the globe touting the advantages of saving the world via the MSI GT70 as opposed to other lesser and inferior brands of notebook. After that i'm gonna go home, make a sandwich and play about 17hrs of Diablo 3 on my super sweet MSI GT70 gaming notebook. THE ENDviper1152012 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Hope to win this and replace this old gateway, something with more than a P4 would be world changing :)Sabresiberian - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Put me on the list of people to pick from.;)
mattspeer01 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...play BF3 at better framerates than my crappy old desktop can.Kashistie - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would def use it for Diablo 3, plus lots of AE projects!DonMiguel85 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could finally get rid of my oven-hot Compaq Turion laptop and play all the latest games and run my video encoders on this baby.RanDum72 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
because my laptop is 5 years old and is getting too slow and is showing some horizontal banding across the screen.Walkermanhun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My Athlon lappy is 9 years old & I really need a replacement to enjoy the latest games.flimsyboy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i'd play games and finally be able to get away from my desk sometimes!chhetri1978 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
dreamin .... give it to mebotreaper - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to game on the go, do all sorts of nefarious acts in diablo 3 and beyond, and overall just have a great time using the laptop.gossspel - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The multiple color back lit keyboard is a little annoying. I think pure color back lit is better.meshcaster - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i would use this laptop to gaming and watching shows and movies and homework and i would have the best time doing it :)staticx57 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would provide me with the opportunity to once again have a laptop capable of gaming. My last one is ancient and the graphics don't work anymore. Unfortunately I do not have the funds to enjoy such a thing these days.war59312 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd love to have this notebook.I'd put XBMC on it and use it as my main media center PC in my living room.
I've love to have this awesome laptop with full blown 3D support via HDMI.
The graphics card fully supports trans-coding my home videos to 1080p. Been wanting to do that for awhile now, but can't afford a notebook like this at the moment.
When not at the house I'd take it to Afghanistan to keep in tough with love ones, and of course will let my buddies use it too.
Would totally kick some ass to have this awesome machine!
juxtaposer - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For lightweight normal usage, I expect I'd enjoy fast response while running multiple applications on that MSI GT70. I have over ten browser tabs open right now, with a few spreadsheets and an image and text documents open too. Some of my heavier duty work has included running programs to do averaging and statistics and making some two-dimensional plots of data, along with word and image processing applications. With the huge increase in memory and faster CPU, I imagine better response than my desk PC, so I'd probably save time running intensive work on the MSI laptop. I use two monitors, so I'd probably use a desk monitor with it (with a KVM switch) while at my desk, but I'd enjoy its portability so I could work away from my desk and also easily show articles, media, and output to others. Of course, since it is a current gaming machine, I'd enjoy playing through some good new games.Kurind - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Going to use it for gaming for the times the wife wants to kick me out of the desktop to play her facebook games.endrach - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Gaming, pure and simple. Though I'd trade the HDD for a SSD. :)mtwardochleb - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd like it for my work and gaming. It's faster than my desktop!ruuku - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Good Luck everyone!Sops - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to watch movies/play games at work (I work at night and have a lot of free time) as well as at home, as it is better then my desktop.Micahmatthew - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would be playing d3 and bf3 all day like literally 18 hours. Ohhh please let me win haha.MadAd - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
when will us long time readers and participants in the rest of the developed world get any recognition for being part of the Anandtech community?redfuel318 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If I won this notebook, it'd make several people happy. How? When I'm with my parents I can tune them out playing games which causes less familial strife. They won't be able to engage me in their shenanagans, which means no arguments!leonowski - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i would use this MSI laptop so i can play street fighter while away from home.manuallydo - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will use it for playing games on the move & home.Also some film watching.Supralightning - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
There is always a story to be told. This comment shall attempt to convey the truest sense of the word. Once upon a time there was a girl. She was a simple girl, living in a simple yet poor neighborhood. Her parents did the best that they could to provide, but it was up to her to follow school and make something of her life. She did exceptionally well in an urban school, and went on to college, where she willingly submitted herself to the burden of vast student loans in order to put herself through higher education. While at school, in order to pay for cell phone bills and car insurance, she had to seek employment. One job she found herself applying for was a cashier position at Target. Surely not the most prestigious of careers, but for a poor college student, any income is worth working for. It was in the orientation at this very job that she met her true one and only. She may not have known it at the time, but she would come to value her experience for nothing else but the encounter she had on that first day. One weekend, the store manager at Target pulled the girl into his office. An employee had been checking out with rookie cashiers, and scanning a coupon covertly that prompted the register and cashier to issue out a $5 gift card. Several new cashiers, included the girl, had unknowingly participated in this fraudulent behavior. The girl had no idea that she had done anything wrong, and indeed she was only following her limited training and the instructions that the register offered. Despite all of these factors, the store manager promptly fired the girl and told her to leave the building immediately. Distraught, she sent a text message to the man she had met in orientation, and headed home. To add to her misfortune, that same day on her drive home her car broke down and left her stranded in the middle of town, unable to even get home after such an awful turn of events. The man took action immediately, and upon learning of what had transpired, he headed into Target on his day off to defend the girl he had come to admire. He spoke to the store manager and LP manager, and argued his case for the girl's innocence. She did not know that she had done anything wrong, and she deserved at least a warning and another chance. Such was the nature of the company that only one course of action was deemed reasonable. The man was fired too, for his arguments against a corporate policy and interfering with management level affairs. Through this experience they formed a strong bond, and in the coming months they would forge a deep and lasting relationship. Indeed they even went on to become engaged, and plan a life together with dreams of their own home, and a family to raise. The man went on to find work at Best Buy, where his computer background served him well. The girl went on to work at a restaurant, where she could make decent enough money while finishing school. One night, after midnight, he took her to the same spot as their very first date, where he proposed to her and she accepted with tears streaming down her face. All the while, they saved each and every month together, with hopes that they would someday be able to support themselves and live on their own together. In May of this year, she graduated with honors from her college. With rent, insurance, and loan payments, they have saved what little they have, but it has been an uphill battle. Their gaming spirits got the best of them and they recently purchased two copies of Diablo III to play together in their leisure time. He is playing on an Asus G73JH, his very first laptop and one that he saved up several months worth of pay to afford. She is playing on an HP DV6, powered by an AMD A8 that he purchased for her as a Christmas gift. He would like nothing more than to provide her with the best possible graduation gift, but he is torn between spending the money on that or continuing to save up so that they might move out on their own. A laptop like this would be the ultimate graduation gift for a girl who deserves a little reward for all the effort she has put forth in life. Not everyone is born with the greatest fortune, but there are those who do their best to live a good life and be a good humanitarian, no matter what hand they have been dealt. I can tell you that nobody would be more grateful, and more humble in accepting such a gift, than the girl whose story I have just told.Yuniverse - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would replace my desktop which has been giving me trouble with various BSOD.Nice specs.
Rollingover - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To be finally able to play 3D games which demands a high system config.Roby70 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will use it as my primary gaming machine since my desktop can't run recent times games.Darkerson - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to be able to play games on the go and at my friend's impromptu LAN parties, without having to resort to tearing down and moving my desktop gaming rig and accessories all over the place.Zap - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as God himself intended... by bringing it to LAN parties.alee67 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If I won this great notebook, I'd use it to play games and to develop software, as well as for general uses such as Web surfing and email.el_vato30066 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would sell the rest of my computers and consolidate to one this laptop.kapoww - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
What wouldn't I do with this beast of a laptop?ahmadmz - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll use it to play all the game that i could not before because of my crappy laptop. I'll also use it for school work and reading as my current laptop has a puny 14" screen. I will use it for benchmarks against my friend's alienware!zazoo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
play games, of course.Roundshaped - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Games , games & more games.That's what i would do if i win this beast machine.pan1cattack - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To get me through my last 2 years of University (and the homework it involves), and of course to kick all sorts of tail in my games (Starcraft2, TeamFortress2, Battlefield3, Skyrim, Arkham City, EVE Online, etc).broandelex - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
very nice looking laptop.MidBoss - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Lots of Diablo 3... and maybe some other games eventuallyMachine89 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Long diablo sessions & some movies in 1080p. :)oblikon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am working on a Master's program, and I would combine my soon to be aquired degree with this monster gaming machine to become a true master of the universe.Seriously.
duk421 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I have always wanted a gaming notebook, but I have been prohibited by the cost.Adamsion - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Quite like you.Never could afford a gaming lappy.I wish atleast this time......Please God Please be with me this time.
Thanks..
Elmnator - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My last laptop just died on me :-(MSI makes some awesome products!!!!
BWIS - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to play games while sitting on the back porch during the wonderful evenings we have been having around here.LaAaZ - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
for all kinds of awesomeness!initiative06 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Play D3, WoW, lots of steam games, and basic browsing ofc. honestly it would replace my desktop easily and i would use it for everything gaming or otherwise. Oh and it would be nice when i visit my friends for 1 week every month if i didn't have to lug my desktop around with me so i have something to do when they are at workBakermanyshful - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Playing games or what ? This laptop is supposed to run these best. :)analogmonster - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it on my boat. lan party on the docks.lilxskull - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to play games and use it for school work. And it's better than my desktop.EndlessChris - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to game at work bwahahahaha!Gonzalezman86 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For gaming in my home.Jaak170 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Since it is more capable than my 4,5-year-old desktop, I would use it to do everything I have done with my desktop. Luckily I'm also quite an avid gamer, so it would get the use it is intended to get.Kaizers808 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this beast of a machine to replace my 2010 Mac Pro desktop. Been waiting forever for Apple to release a new Mac Pro but I would use this Machine instead for all my gaming and work needs!Campbellsit - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
As this machine just going to blow my desktop out of the blue , i will use it for everything , including playing games.trek179 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For running simulations and some Diablo III !!timatem876 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 & lots of movies in 1080P.mariokiller64 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
PORN!! Lots and lots of it. I mean, come on, a large porn collection needs a large hard drive, and 750GB will do just fine! And since all my porn is high definition 1080p, I'm going to need a 1080P resolution! With a 1080P resolution needs a good graphics card, and a GTX 670M would fit all of my porno needs! The processor on this is amazing! Perfect for editing all my pornos to make montages and share with my friends!I guess gaming on the go is fine too....BOOM HEADSHOT!
Yarn - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i would replace my 3 year old gaming laptop that needs to be underclocked to remain stable and plays minecraft at 110Cpandemonium - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Considering I've never made the jump on buying a laptop, have a slightly outdated desktop and smartphone, I really don't know! One thing's for certain though: I've always wanted my own lappy to be able to plug my ECU in for tuning the car. And LAN'ing without dragging my full tower and 21” CRT around would be pretty awesome.I've become a pretty solid fan with MSI's GPUs, so winning something like this would take me to the next level of fanaticism, haha. ^^
level6 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would give it to my younger brother - he could really use it for a primary PC. Good for school and gaming!Mitchellsen - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I was thinking the same.He ( my younger brother ) loves playing games & would really be thankful if we get to win this.losershot - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Since my Acer is at the repair center :(biigfoot172523 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'm fairly confident that I'm the only member on here who reads this sight virtually every day (and clicks on lots of adds as thanks!) Who is still using a laptop with a P3 inside!!! INSANE right!!! Such is the life of a lowly student. I would give my left nut for this awesome laptop!MonkeyFaces - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
for playing gamesthienson - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
would love to have this to replace my old desktop and some gaming timesPereznil - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would also like to replace my desktop with this one & being able to do everything on it what i normally do on my desktop!ahamkyun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would also be replacing my aging desktop with it if i win.please..............................................................................................................................................arieper - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I've always liked MSI have bought several mobos from them never had any issues, from and 64 to core 2 quad... Would love to get my hands on Ivy Bridge and game again!AlexCaboose - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as a replacement for my aging current notebook both for gaming and for my primary computer for college work. :)satsarugi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To replace my aging desktop. Looks pretty nice.Turnerhun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I have the same purpose.To replace my desktop & to play games in Full Hd.CubNorris - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Ditto. My alt desktop is getting pretty long in the tooth.Gepidae - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
D3 gaming on the go and at work, lolsjback - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
provide a much needed upgrade and allow me to do things (um, like play games) that I cannot do with my current 3yr old laptop...PMB01 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to give to my mom as a late birthday present cause she deserves it.drew_afx - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
this one looks to be good gaming laptop that actually doesn't break over timevery tough looking (materials and design etc)
lukmeg - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
..to make all my friends jealous.Xpl1c1t - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Give it to my beautiful Utsukushisama so that she and I can play some games when we have free time. Her ~2006 macbook pro is oldschool.DarkAgent - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
my last computer died... i'm in desperate need of a new oneAbbottize - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
my laptop is just about to die.I need a new one very badoly.fikuschris - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Dear MSI,Your sweet rig will replace a 7 year old laptop turned desktop whose monitor gave out last year. It's been a while since I bothered to play any games, and this laptop will keep me productive and entertained.
Thanks
Meghan54 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
That's easy.....the laptop would immediately be given to my 82 y.o. father-in-law for his use. Since he's essentially become semi-invalid since his heart attack, he's had to put up with an old Core laptop....horribly slow.....so slow with its load times that I fear he'll have another MI before his fav. pages load, much less opening any game like his beloved Tiger Woods golf.Thanks for the chance!
AuraofVengeance - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
After having a heart attack (If I win), this bad boy will be used for LAN's, Diablo 3, Max Payne 3, Hitman : Absolution, etc, etc. The price is amazing for what you get compared to other brands in this category. Simply amazing! Thanks for entry :Dbelmanys - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Yes it's very nice that MSI is offering this great laptop for $1500 which other brands can't.Diablo III & Max Payne 3 for me also!chronon7364 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it to carry Diablo 3 with me to work. Along with lunch.JohnsonsCarter - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would install D3 on this notebook & would play at least 4-5 times.then Max Payne 3.Insomniac87 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This will give me an opportunity to lay my hands on a MSI notebook for the first time. I am a big fan of the company, however, haven't had the opportunity to use one of their mobile solutions where the scene was dominated by other players until recently. Obviously, being a hardcore gamer and given the power of the machine, i'll be able to play games on the move, therefore no longer handicapped by the immobility of a gaming machine...PymoRyu - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Well I could really use this laptop, My Toshiba finally took a dive bomb on me. It had and older hd 3000 series graphics card in it. Of course Toshiba didn't make it so I could update the graphics drivers unless they did. I have wanting a gaming laptop but just have not been able to afford one.rqle - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
strong for gaming, will be strong as my workstation as wellpittmorall - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I need this thingi7 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Yes i would love to use this notebook for games and everyday connectivity.kyukil - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I really need this game so that i can play games & videos in 1080P & also enjoy it's great sound.aurelt - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
No game would be left unturned with this beast!wuzero - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
play D3 on the go!brandon21486 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to stream Dota 2 and Diablo 3. I currently don't have enough memory to stream and game on my desktop and this would be perfect for that.RamsesII - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
want oneTbirdkid - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to introduce my son to video games. He is 7 and loves his Wii, but has never played pc gaming... plus, my old dell d620 is about dead...Dream77 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I will use this laptop to make myself happy (Study, work and play), make daughter happy ( play games) and my other half happy ( watch videos and photos of our daughter growing up). At the core create an example of "Sharing and Caring".NeoDiNardo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
What better way to keep my EMT skills sharp than to kill hordes of Diablo III demons between hospital runs.maxxl - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It really sucks, that you disregard all international readers :-/Rasterman - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to write games, and to play themMushkiguy - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Playing games in admirable levels & to edit & playback videos.This thing is a beast.Celeron - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If I won this I would have to switch back from my MacBook Pro, which is getting quite old and can't play even the simplistic games, back to Windows. This thing looks sweet!Thanks!
Beveralis - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If i get to have this , i would stop fiddling with my desktop & can use it wherever i go by taking it with me & playing games on the go would be good.notmythar - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
play diablo 3.xKrNMBoYx - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to render designs while also playing some games like the new and hot Diablo iiigreencomputerfan - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would be able to attend LAN parties and not be made fun of for having my current 11.6 inch notebook that can barely play modern games. And I could use it in a room that isn't pitch black thanks to the matte LCD!Virtually_Everywhere - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I too would bring this to the LAN Parties & would everyone jealous there.i3az0kimchi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd give it or the current laptop I use to my sister. She uses a laptop that is about 10 years old.lgoldson - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Game, game and game.johnyeros - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
awesome laptop! hope i win :DHussra - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to replace my aging desktop or maybe let my kid use it for school ...LStoops - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This looks like a very impressive system! I do 3-D solid modelling to visualize engineeering projects and this machine finally has enough speed and memory to make that practical on a portable platform. The small screen can easily be overcome with an external monitor when needed; everything else looks very suitable.iamrayth - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to finally be able to play modern games and try out some 3D modelling, which I've always been interested in.Jungleboy - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this to game & some video editing.Also i will surf the net & carry the system with me everywhere i go so that i can stay in touch with all my games , data & softwares.cbchcky - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would allow to play games at work. My Boss says i'm a catch 22, If i'm bored and messing around on the internet he says i'm going a good job. And the computers at work are incredibly slow.rkp2 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could finally play crysis on my laptop.balish2007 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
And i would be able to run Mass Effect 3 on my laptop if i won.GregANDTCH - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could use it to replace my desktop since it would be faster, and annoy my wife by playing games with it while traveling.GreatBigGiantBrain - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Diablo, Jammit (guitar), and software development. My acer aspire one is just... well suck.Brain
snide23 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook for just about anything I do computing - with gaming being top priority, of course.Roxyn - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i would be doing what i should on this type of computer.high-end gaming , 3D Modelling , video & image editing etc..funkindrago - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Need this laptop so that I can stop using a crappy dell laptop and actually be able to play a game like, Max Payne 3, Guild Wars II, Diablo III. Etc.Definitely would use this to game like crazy!
Mmopug - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I need this notebook to replace my old Lenovo laptop which has become too weak over the years.pbat51 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll use it to defeat everyone who uses an asus product (suckers)vangman - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would be the perfect laptop to help me in school and complete my project. I need the horsepower and graphics to solve and display my analysis of the lift of racing tires using CFD.valner - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
no reallyListless Spectre - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I currently own a Custom built DESKTOP with an MSI 785GT-E63 Mainboard so I am very familiar with the MSI name...and am very pleased =)I would definitely use the MSI GT70 for on the go gaming as well, but I do a lot of photo and video editing and sometimes I need a lot more power and speed than a typical notebook. So, among gaming, multitasking and networking would be high on my list of priorities.
Umar - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd put it to the limits of what it was created to do, gaming. :D I have purchased a few games that these specs would run that my desktop couldn't, and with this I could purchase more ! :D All I need is a good FREE computer :Dgreenwizard - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This laptop daily & keep it very clean!I drool when I see these notebooks :) .Gaming,movies,& more is what I would use it forJkr4577 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to edit videos in vegasbaughbl - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would play the new SimCity on it!Mclendo06 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it to analyze finite element models of textile composites in my PhD research. And play games. Definitely play games.Dr. Morbius - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This amazing gift from MSI would benefit my son while at college, and would also allow hime to study when he and his team travel to other universities to play in Div I/Div II matches.praxis888 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would go from home to home on the breeze like a badass Mary Poppins, teaching the children about responsible fragging on the go.frostysnow - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to replace my old laptop that is 4 years old and getting reeeeeeeally long in the tooth. Besides that, MSI's is super sexy and would look good next to my desktop!casavet - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would become my main gaming machine. My Mac could stay in OSX, and not get booted into the Windows Bootcamp partition. Funny that this laptop would have more RAM than my Mac!!!tbr - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
GAMINGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!wut else wud it be used for
lcravagnani - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to workout my fingertips muscles in severe gami... I mean training sessions.ErrorCode680 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could most certainly use such a beast.ErrorCode680 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd most certainly replace my current laptop with it (not exactly a bad one, but not nearly as powerful as this monster). Also the fact that I have to use a 1366x768 display drives me crazy, so the 1080p would be a very welcome relief. And you know, with a computer that could actually run games well, I might get into things like Diablo.GTA47 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My current Asus laptop screen is also 1366x768 & i am looking to replace my laptop with this one if Anandtech & MSI please consider my as an worthy candidate.Thanks!
Swartz - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To work on modding games such as Stalker: Call of Pripyat. It would be great to be able to have all my work readily available on the go.Rigs83 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would take to my college campus and still not do my homework because I was playing TORzephyrwind69 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Don't have a personal laptop and would love a laptop for gaming. Only have a work laptop (obviously unsuited for gaming!). So I'd LOVE it.Donish - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Currently don't have a laptop computer & can use a new one for gaming & videos!!!bachguy1 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my aging desktop system and show off to my friends!nikhilnadig - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Wow! Looks good for a notebook. Nice specs but nothing mentioned about the Display Resolution though. Hope its a full HD.rshappard - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to replace the nasty laptop I'm using that's slowly falling apart.Brownpit1 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It would replace my 5 year old laptop which is getting worse day by day.So, this new MSI laptop would really come handy.Crossing Fingers & toes.
Quantum Mechanix - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would love a new laptop to use on the fishing boat.Quantum Mechanix - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
What's not to love- me MSI, me! =)Swunati - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I love MSI & Anandtech.Though i have become a member just recently but i always visit Anadtech atleast 3-4 times a week.My current laptop is not in good condition.Several parts have started failing.
Please give me this laptop so that i can continue enjoying my favorite games & movies on high definition.
Thanks for reading!
rianba - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
and then more Diablo III :DTraceman - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Games, field engineer work, and to have a notebook to match my MSI system board and Radeon Video card!bandito552003 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would stare at it for hours on end and marvel at its beauty...circusdevil - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I have been a fan of MSI hardware for a while and never had an issue of their hardware. GL and who ever wins will have an awesome laptop.Yunicorn - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I am using MSI products since 7 years & they have never failed for me.I use their Motherboards & GPUs & they are all working solid.I don't have a laptop.So, you like to win this because this is my favorite hardware company & winning something from your beloved company always feels something special.RGrizzzz - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd love to sport this stylish and powerful machine!wfarid - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it as DTR, connect it to my monitor and edit photos and videos. Thanks for the offerjpmills - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would re-purpose my desktop for Linux and game on the new awesome laptop.anthrobug - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to play games. Lots of graphically beautiful games.Undertaker307 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I want to play high quality graphic intensive games which visually looks superb.ME3 or Diablo3 are such examples.eucen - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
finally would see what it's all about. D3 and then GW2 :)bobharp - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Need a new laptop for the kids.Thanks
DJetter87 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Instead of the worthless Gateway I use for work. Then I can play Diablo III while on business trips.ForgetCassettes - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I sure could use that laptop!mantixero - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The keyboard itself is a pretty nice selling point!Crysisthegame - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I want to experience gameplay on Baklit KB , GTX 670 & Ivy Bridge processor.DevilKin1911 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My gf took over my gaming laptop and I need another T_Twiz3487 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to game when I travel!!!CrispySilicon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Nothing quite like playing your favorite games outside on a nice day :-)AKACyrano - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
How wouldn't I use it. Powerfull enough to do any thing I would want. Pass it on to me, thanks.arub - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
for a new piece of hardware for all uses.jdburton - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to make sure that I never get a productive thing done again. No regrets.freterjd - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to teach my kids how to do programming and alternative operating systems. They have mastered using windows and are comfortable dabbling into Python. I would dual boot this with Linux and start teaching them C and C++ and related variants. Also, it would be a good machine on which to build Android for my phone and our Nook Tablets. Oh, and probably put in tons of games. This laptop makes my main desktop look like a Yugo in comparison to the Ferrari-like specs of the laptop.Falkram - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop, I could game all the time! Why work while at work, when instead I could rock out starcraft 2 while at work.zshift - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
First off, I would definitely use it for gaming. This thing is a beast, it would be a waste not to use it as such. Secondly, I am a developer, and I've really gotten interested in developing software that takes advantage of the GPU. My desktop is still running on a 4870, so this laptop would actually be faster than my desktop--I obviously need to upgrade, but that's a story for another day.Also, 12GB of RAM. I will make it wish it had more! My desktop at work has 16GB of RAM, and just yesterday I had it using around 11GB. Nothing like having 27 windows open, 3 of which are completely separate Visual Studio instances. I think the only "downside" to this laptop is an SSD. But I just recently purchased a Samsung 830 128GB that I have in my Mac. I may just swap the two drives, since I really only use my Mac for watching Netflix and reading AnandTech :)
diroloko - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I need a new mobile photoshop machine. Thanks in advance.Gulelin - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The forces of hell would flee before the might of my MSI machine. My witch doctor looks forward to slaughtering Diablo anywhere, anytime.nate_great - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll be majoring in computer science so it'd be nice to have this notebook for school :DDonkey2008 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Please enter me into this contest of luck and tomfoolery post haste.Home Premium? Really? With all of those specs they couldn't throw in Ultimate? LOL.
timmciglobal - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it to kick my dell XPS15 to the curb so I can have an awesome machine to both work on (I use it as my work PC) and to have fun on.Don't make me suffer with my dell any longer.
hoarangE - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would finaly upgrade my old centrino duo notebook as its has started to show its age.modded-account - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for a variety of things, including but not limited to:1. Gaming (Deus Ex: Human Revolution!)
2. Hashcracking (I'm a ethical hacker in training)
3. Messing around with other Linux Distros (I'd like to see how well they work with an Nvidia card.
4. Rendering.
5. Compressing and encrypting files for long-term storage. (7z + truecrypt)
Thanks for your consideration!
techmedics2078 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I NEED a new laptop. I game daily on my laptop (and old gateway FX wth a GeForce 9800M).It still does the job, but after all these years, it's starting to have graphics core problems, that crash the system and it's related to the dying cooling system (very poorly designed one too GATEWAY!).
In any event, I would LOVE to have this system! I would use it every day to game on! I've been looking at MSI laptops and would LOVE to buy one, but with 2 kids, mortgage, two car payments, I can't afford to buy a new laptop just to play games.
PLEASE PICK ME MSI! Once my current 5 year old laptop dies, I don't know when I'll be able to PC game again! HELP ME!
cyricc - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my aging desktop, which would go to my parents.doschico - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd donate my Macbook Pro to my sister in college. Then I would stock up on Bawls, put Domino's on a delivery schedule and see what all the fuss is about gaming.RamsesII - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would love to replace my Acer Aspire 5100. Have maxed it's RAM out at 4GB. Replaced the HD with an SSD (limited to Sata I speed). Added a USB Wireless-N to upgrade the Wireless-G. I even upgraded the CPU from 1.8Ghz 90nm to 2.2Ghz 65nm. Nothing else i can do to for it at this point.waykizool - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To game and work....plus show to my friends and say "nanny-nanny-boo-boo"waydiddy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Do some programming on the go, but be able to get in some Diablo III on the side!vijaypatel001 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Truly a stunning design, I would use it as an everyday work horse. From games, productivity, to editing. Post pictures of it on my FB account and take it to work everyday. (I would have the IT at work install work apps so this laptop would be the envy of executive management). Just in time too, old one died. Looking for a desktop replacement. This would be perfect!!andy o - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
for graphics work and some games. Thanks!ZL1Corvette - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd replace my desktop and use it for travel.Adlers8 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I too would like to replace my desktop & play games on the go.Andy616 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would show off my friends how powerful this computer is!bskott - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
As a nice, warm pillow.Generation17 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Yeah, I have an outdated computer now. I could rly use a new one right now :Dslindbeck - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I like itRylinM_I6 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use this for all my heavy-duty computing needs at engineering college this fall. :-Dmetril - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If I won this notebook, I would just game all day. Well, not only game, but I would use CUDA to run some computational work in the background. Think about it! A mobile research lab. O.oMDE - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd replace my 4 year old MacBook with a dead battery and finally play Diablo III.nwrigley - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
With the large screen and amount of memory, I would use it as a mobile video editing station for work. Then I could fire up a game when I need a break and could take this to LAN parties.Jonod85 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop for Video and Graphics editing, mainly with adobe CS6.narbeh - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It would be the best replacement for my 5 years old gaming notebook.Basilnine - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
And here i have never owned a gaming notebook.Anandtech & MSI Please pick me!illus1ons - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Gaming all day long. This beauty will show its power in games! I`m sure it will exceed my expectations in all the games i`ll try if i win. It will be a shame to use this MSI jewel for office and multimedia. It will be my precious and i will be honored to have this fabulous MSI as my companion in the latest games.Danno86 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd be able to go to my friend's house and play Diablo 3 with him!Depco - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to infiltrate my enemies in EvE online. I would kill their alliances, steal all their assets, and then take their best players for myself. When that was not happening I would use the laptop to watch Netflix, play movies, and help the kids with their homework.rangerdavid - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll give this a shot. Send one my way if you can, please!Ditiris - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To save the world... In d3.steve15180 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Love to have a great gaming laptop to use for gaming while traveling. Great to havenear desktop power for your hotel or airport :)
Mogster - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
TBH I don't get "gaming laptops". How do you game without a real mouse and keyboard? Personally I think trackpads suck no matter what they're used for, and I can't imagine trying to use one for anything more complicated than Angry Birds.Dextermanys - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
You can always add an USB/Wireless Gaming KB/Mouse if you are not comfortable with the integreted ones.I always use an Wireless Laser Mouse with my laptop.Game on GTX670.Hell yes!
ValueDriven - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to level the playing field with those gray aliens and prevent them taking over the earth!gareed105 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
forward to a speed upgrade!justphiln - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to make my friend jealous and envy me for having a more awesome and superior by design and spec laptop than his crappy Asus that he just gotten.p.s. this army private really need a new gaming machine!
Jovec - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to run benchmarks to prove that you don't need 3GB VRAM for 1080p with a 336 core mobile GPU.GiGoLo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Plenty of times I've been stuck in a hotel room bored to death with nothing but hulu to pass the time. Would be awesome to be able to do real gaming for once!faitcameth - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For the Ultimate Gaming Experience, my laptop just can't provide the power needed, please hook me up!!!WastingTheTime - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would be saying the same.Please bless me with the laptop so that i can crush my enemies in all the games i play.hondaf17 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
So I can play Battlefield 3 while on the road at the cabin and while traveling for work! Would also use it to connect with MSI on social media and be sure to follow along and tell everyone how awesome it is!inspector94 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for my new college dorm life. I will be able to accomplish so much more then i would with out it!Fishbeans - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This comment 99% filler by volume.Endocraft - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
TO PLAY DIABLO 3!AlexMay - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to match the interior of a Virgin America flightelvishguard - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To burn down my opponents and laugh while trolling them.kidconcept - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
and work at building websites and games (check rigonauts, coming soon :) from wherever in the world my fancy took me.dasartis - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
monster of a computer I wonrobustdeed - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
As a development platform for the indie game I am writinglegisrex - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook for multimedia.Aklabs - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would be playing 3D games & run my fav apps on it. :)lurker37 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to slay nerds and take their ladder points!SK8TRBOI - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
That's one sweet laptop I'd love to win!oakenstaat - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
... to game and work outside the home. Would start with a couple solar panels, then a tent, then by summer end I'd have a whole palace built around this computer. Think I'd just stay there, at that point, through fall and winter.donkeycrock - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Never owned a laptop. I would love to sit on my couch, next to the wife and play Diablo 3. And TF2.IOSubsystem - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I never could bought a gaming laptop.I do have a laptop but you can't call an Integrated intel HD Graphics laptop as a gaming laptop as it's too weak in power hungry games.Thanks for opportunity to win.Zatta - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Traveling all the time, gaming would go much smoother than my old HP!puppetj - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I hope to win this, because a lucky friend needs a new one really bad!!!AgentSleek - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Gaming would be one of many.koopmjm - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would finally buy a copy of Battlefield 3 at full price, instead of being so cheap and waiting for the price to drop :)BTW..I did get an email that it is 50% off digital download from Origin/EA this weekend I believe...but I still haven't gotten it yet!!!
antef - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would use it to play some games.Facebookey - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This laptop boast the best configurations i have ever seen in case of a laptop is concerned.gaming & movies will be fun to watch on it.timtimmy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Looks powerfulomega21xx - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
After having my laptop stolen before I moved states, this would be an amazing replacement. :)bsherrill - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
So that I can play games while I travel :)Elixer - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This is one laptop that could actually replace a desktop for pretty much everything.So, I would use it as a desktop replacement for all my tasks.
ericychen - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for gaming when I'm away from my desktop.Doctor_T - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it as my first laptop computer (I've only had desktops before), and probably carry it around and impress my friends ;Djoshery420 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could finally attend LAN parties without having to lug my HAF X desktop around!!kdlynb - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would give it to my gaming/geeky/Engineering husband... After I convinced him to take me on a fantastic trip.mainebears - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Sitting a desktop for more than a 3 or 4 hours can be a pain so it be nice to prop myself up on the coach with a few cold drinks and sync up the laptop to the internet thru my Cisco E4200 Router and play Diablo and Everquest with my feet propped up in comfort :)dragonb5 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I can play games on the road that my old laptop can't.yaosun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Combine pleasure and business. I would use this laptop's firepower during free time to entertain myself and my kids with any and all FPS and RPG titles, and during business hours utilize the same firepower for development and modeling of mobile health applications. Would be great to have it all in one unit!reapergato - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
this thing would rule my life. LOL id use it for everythiiiiiiiiing. games movies work email everything this thing is great. i love it.bjm2k4 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd do a lot of coding on this machine, but of course I look forward to mobile gaming on a machine with this much power!fffblackmage - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could use a new laptop.... The old 8600m GT (with cruddy DDR2) just never really cut it back then, and it's certainly not much good now.cad2blender - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The specs on this thing are better than my current desktop...I'd play games on the go for sure.modalblunder - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it for both gaming and software development. This is one killer machine.EPAstor - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
For me, it's a no-brainer. My fiancee has been sick for 2 years now (doctors are mystified) and often needs to be laying down in bed, with diffi We play SWTOR together, not to mention other games - and gaming keeps her sane when there's not much else she can do. This would be hers - and I'll buy/build her a nice over-bed laptop stand to hold it!kaborka - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'm a consultant who needs power and reliability on the road. I have MSI nb now and like it.evan.yeung - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would finally play mass effect 3, Batman Arkham City, and The Witcher 2 the way they were supposed to be played....TechMaster52 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
If I were to win, I would use this to replace my aging Core Duo Notebook that I use for work. Mostly I do C++ development but also some gaming on the laptop. Having a quad core would certainly be a big help.sigmatau - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I will probably not use my decent desktop if I get this laptop.tihoti - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
nice machine for work and play!!!geek4life!! - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would game for sure and when I was not gaming I would use it for college classes.Jvboom - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
play games, most likely Battlefield 3 or something!atkilthas - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My wife's old P7811-FX is basically on its last legs, and I cannot think of a better way to replace it than with this, and right on the eve of our anniversary, too. Would love to finally be able to play Diablo III with her without her system hardware locking at random. I'd even be jealous. Steelseries keyboard, 3rd gen Intel core i7, premium audio, and 3GB GTX 670M? Yes, please!No matter who wins, this is a tremendous machine and a terrific prize. Good luck, all, and thank you AnandTech and MSI!
twindragon6 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I wants it! Give us the precious!silentsod - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Take it to classes for notes and looking at my own copy of the slides.Playing games, including up to date ones my desktop struggles with.
Web browsing, e-mail, etc.
HopefulStudent - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My partner and I have been saving up for a couple of laptops for D3 and GW2 later this year. It'd be a great help to win this computer. Then we'd be able to pick up a companion machine and spend some quality time together, even when one of us is away from home. I've never been lucky at these types of giveaways but hey, you never know! :)Thanks!
SnowCat00 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would really love to win the MSI gaming laptop to replace my 5 year old Thinkpad T60P.... I could play Crysis 2 and Skyrim on the go:-PMikeA123456 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
play and hopefully make video gamesKraelic - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it to program fire alarm panels at work, and relax with a game after the shift is over.gerson - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to play dota 2 on the goHugo007 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for playing on the go!Naviwins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Play games that i would not be able to on my Athlon 64 x2.BF3 here i come!!! hopefully!
McGarnagle - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
WinnerReservionspol - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I hope mine to be the winner. :P I will be playing all the new games on it.Agni Kai - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Simply put, the MSI GT70 is an impressive notebook. The specs are amazing and leaves room for a large range of applications. In keeping with MSI's core values of style and innovation, this notebook would serve as a means for me to revolutionize the world around me through hardware and software design. Whether it's used for building apps or conducting research, this notebook provides all the key tools necessary to not only innovate, but do so with its own style. Video editing and web design are just some examples of how a well executed and unique stlye can bring the best of any project. This notebook would also allow people to enjoy the innovations and style of others. The entertainment industry brings people around the world together and having this notebook ensures the user that whatever game, movie or music they are enjoying is a true representation of the vision put forth by the creator. Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope you have a great day!tc85 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would give this laptop to my brother so he'll have a laptop to last him through the rest of high school and college and then give his laptop to my girlfriend who is sorely in need of an upgrade.ChicagoMark - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...this notebook to play games.bellersavy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This notebook has been designed for gamers & i will put it to good use.Pick me Please.blunt14468 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
BF3 on the go with silky smooth frame rates !DiabolonNiclas - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I will say same.BF3 & Diablo III on full hd.Yes..Azured - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
... eat ithkphooey - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would play FPS games 'til the wee hours of the morning instead of sleeping.OctaneZ - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Number Crunching!rperez414 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Show my friends how laptops are still superior to tablets!Mhoblit - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to win at EVERYTHING.....and then I would rest. PFFFFT, Rest is for the weak, I would win at everything and then I would WIN SOME MORE!jwcatw - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Would love to play this baby. It would cetainly replace my old laptop.KevlarGibs - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to play the games my desktop can't handle.cobra4014 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to play all of the newest games and browse the internet though something other than my phone.hoorasat8 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would also use this to play all the new games in the market.NITROGENarcosis - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'm about to be moving around a lot ( military ) and a gaming desktop will be cumbersome. A gaming laptop would let me game much more!swimtech - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The outstanding hardware specs will allow for years of portable gaming and just about any other computer use scenario imaginable. I'd use it as a "touchstone" for software/hardware comparisons for various useage models for a very long time - and continue along in Skyrim until the next masterpiece comes along. This machine will likely excecute that with aplomb too.slashes2 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Hook this baby up to a 55" TV, and you got yourself an HTPC that does Skyrim at the size of your wall. Yes, please.Firebat5 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to help manage my farm's gps data, and run comparative analysis on the go. And of course gaming :)JudAK - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would allow me to catch up on the games I've missed because I've been hobbled by my 9300m GS laptop.syward - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Dump my old pc and finally play Skyrim and D3!Kid98 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Hope to winKid
kurahk7 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this as my laptop when I start commuting to school next year (I currently have my desktop at school :D)scandalon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...to give my current notebook to my wife, whose notebook is starting to fail. Thanks Anandtech!jakewit - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it as my new main machine for video editing.myangelsman09 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I should win, this would be the most advanced tech in my neighborhood, let alone my home. I'd use it to further distract me from school work. I'm addicted to video games and gaming news but haven't had anything capable of playing them in years.whiteonline - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my aging desktop for BF3 and A10. Space is becoming a premium in the house, so this would be perfect.mooch91 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Well this would make heading over to my buddies for some nice LAN action much less strenuous. Thanks!japhmo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
and it would help a lot. Maybe even lead me to try a game, too.jgrnt1 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Wow...puts my PC to shame!FLORESesec - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
yes it does put my desktop to shame.i want this for gaming.MSI are you listening ?V-Money - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for gaming and to replace my current MSI GX660R since it is starting to show its age.kcsavagesoldier - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this piece of technology to learn how to do cgi and learn how to make software.i would also like to learn how to make games and level design. Thank you for reading.
lakingsgeek - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it because it's much better than my 3 year old gaming desktop.chris_IVB_msi_laptop - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd play all the games I'm missing out on b/c of console gaming.....probably at a cafe so they'll kick me out before I hit a 6hr straight run of loopyness.ilal2ielli - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use the laptop for what it was designed for gaming when a desktop gaming system isn't the best option!fosterapu - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
That's what i thought to mention.This is a gaming system & i will use it for that reasons.JBlock - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd finally have a notebook worthy of getting back into gaming and it would be a great upgrade from this 4 year old laptop I'm working on now which I use for everything computing wise..Axiomatic - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to give to my 8 yr old son who has just become interested in gaming. He really enjoys Minecraft and oddly enough.. Left for Dead 2. I think this laptop would excel at both games and his homework. ;-)tdm23 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To 'Diablo 3' away the summer!Gonzalesjhul - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
D3 & Max PayneThickBlackRims - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
... because I have an eight-month old baby and am about to buy a house ... been working on my credit forever and not had spending money otherwise. :)indry - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to play games and be able to tell that i have a monster pc.Pitdweller - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To replace my ancient desktop and get on the go!Beyond.Imagination - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I have the intention of replacing my Core 2 Duo rig with this if i won.raptor_mayhem - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
By playing Team Fortress 2 of course!russelaan - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
TFII & Max Payne 3 on the GO!decmc - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It'd make a real good paperweight for the desk...a very entertaining paperweight :)mac2j - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would rescue me from Dell laptop hell.notposting - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
all the computers we have in our house combined.would be nice to have that kind of power on the go, plus our current laptop is a little flaky after our son poured milk in it.
Do want!
BlueKnight1 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...to game on of course! Diablo III, Minecraft, WoW, GuildWars 2, I'd probably let my wife use it too as her laptop is old and has an I(wannabe)GPU.Good luck all!
MartMan47 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I bet UT would really scream :) My old laptop is showing it's age, this would be sweet!! Thanks MSI and Anandtech!augiem - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop so I could get out of the house and do some development outside for a change. People... sunshine? What'll they think of next?birru - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would be a great portable gaming PC, but it also seems like a perfect bridge station for ARTEMIS (http://www.artemis.eochu.com/). Too bad the giveaway isn't a six-pack!FruityLoops - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If i win this i will use it as a portable gaming powerhouse which will power up all my collection of games both in the home or while i'm on the go.Scott T - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It would be my first mobile computer! I've always just had desktops, this would be a new experience for me and I would certainly take full advantage of it's gaming capabilities.Toughmn - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Games, games, and oh yeah, more games!!!beetea1561 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to be able to sit and relax and watch movies. I could also browse the web and shop online much faster. i could also let my kids and grandkids use it too and not be embarrassed by it. It looks so nice.bikermatt - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To play games!ahktang - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd love to play games and look cool at my local coffee shop with this awesome laptop.rukend - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This is a full featured laptop which blows my mind away when i see the specifications.I would be highly obliged & very much thankful to Anandtech & MSI if i win this.Chaffke - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to keep my mind off this deployment, and to enjoy D3 once i re-download it! hahaEraserX - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
demote my decrepit C2D desktop to the rank of noisy file server forever cast into whatever level of Hell which old electronics are sent. It also would probably keep my cup of coffee warm in between games, too. :)Tron_Girl - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'm in need of an upgrade!Pattin82 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
MSI :- Please let me upgrade my system.i am still using a 8 year old computer & can really use an upgrade which is so special.thanks for consideration.Zzone - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
As it is my laptop can barely run Assassins Creed I. I would use it to run higher end games than I currently cannot run.MrMale - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would be a useful workstation where I would be able to run some intense vector graphics algorithms. Oh, and clean the plate of Mabinogi and Skyrim simultaneously. But that's secondary...agent4678 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Id use this laptop to get all the ladies at the club, or at least Starbucks, or maybe just the local library. One look at my amazing baller laptop and they would be unable to resist me. It will also serve as a weapon to fend them off when their numbers grow to large. This, or I would just play games all day.yudi999 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd hop over it and fly to the world of inconmensurable mobile power and unicorns.Imperiex - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to replace my 4yr old Macbook Pro that is showing its age. Also be great for LAN parties.ZinduT - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will replace my 5 year old desktop computer with this great system.LouZir - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Dear MSI,Upon winning this GT70 Ivy Bridge Gaming Notebook I will dominate many a gamer using inferior Asus gaming laptops. In addition, I will complete my games so fast I will be able to complete my College assignments on time. However, there may be a need to use this heavy weight in self defense, fending off my jealous friends, family, and enemies.
With MSI love,
LouZir
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i'd use this in my classroom, (I teach middle school math). My entire class is done in OSX, and iOS on multiple iPads and MacBooks. It'd be killer to expose students to a powerful device that's not made by apple.Bobs_Your_Uncle - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
M is for the Megabytes you gave meS is for that awesome GeForce Speed
I is for the Integration, executed with aplomb
....ok, you get the idea. Stuff like this is what I can do for YOU, & should I be that Lucky Someone, I will pledge my undying fealty to MSI. Every fiber of my being, & every smidgen of my trusty laptops silicon, shall be passionately, tirelessly, OBSESSIVELY given over to enveloping the masses with such prosaic purple praise.
On the other hand,,,if you think I basically suck canal water & stiff me on the kit, well, I can pledge every fiber of my being, & every smidgen of my wheezing, chattering hard drive, to passionately, tirelessly, OBSESSIVELY doing basically the same thing, but in the lobby of your offices. Everyday. ALL day!
DZXplane - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Battlefield 3 on the go!compunut - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could play games on the road with this!erikpurne - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Oh, man, this would be sweet. Much sweeter than my current lack of a laptop.*crosses fingers*
Movingo - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I want this laptop for everything.I don't have a laptop & want to lay my hands on this powerful beast.jslacker01 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I work for a non-profit, so it would be great to be able to have some serious hardware for graphics work (and some great gaming nights and weekends).2gracing - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my aging desktop. Laptops have gotten powerful enough now to do everything I use a traditional desktop for.Ram21 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace an ancient 7 year old laptop that serves as my hometheater PC right now. I really need a new laptop and the specs are right up the alley for portable gaming :)Akfalcon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would throw it in my backpack and carry it around to work on ships all around Alaska. I am enjoying my MSI X460DX which is a perfect combination of power and portability, but having a 670M video card would take care of maxing out the settings on the newest games. Playing Diablo 3, Skyrim, Deus Ex Human Revolution and would like to try Kingdoms Of Amalur. Maybe some Metro 2033 at high settings.I work about 8 months a year on ships so a good laptop is really important.
kesryth.mri - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Finally a replacement for my desktop!atong01 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming, schoolwork, watching movies, listening to music, chatting, browsing the internet... too many possibilities with the MSI notebook! Thanks!JMRV - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am currently in school for a CIS degree and would find this notebook incredibly useful. The processor and memory would help a lot with my programming assignments and projects. The large screen is great because while at school the laptop is all I have, it is pretty much a portable desktop. The large hard drive capacity would be invaluable, between the various programs required for the work I do, the actual projects that add up over time, utilities that make life easier, and research items, my current hard drive on my computer is barely enough. And lets not forget that this is a gaming machine. In my off time, while away from my home computer, this would be a magnificent distraction when I need a breather from work. Up till now I have always had to settle for budget machines, no dedicated graphics, small, short on features, and under powered, it would be a nice change to get a real machine like the MSI GT70.af21187 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This is a fantastic laptop. Hopefully I can ditch my Pentium 2....Urokin - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
this is an awesomely built computer.I will want to play games on it & want to take it with me while i'm travelling.wollar71 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To finally replace by aging Dell 700m Centrino powered machine (still kicking!)cshunk63 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'm drooling over these specsalexwy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
good luck, everyone.Zerieon - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to enjoy the latest games at top notch quality of graphics and the laptop's mobility!Lan parties won't be a dream any more!!!
:)
nimaclop - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could use it for gaming (and probably will) but I have to be real, I'm about to go to school for visual art and I'd need a rig that could tolerate 3d rendering and video encoding. This could do it definitely. Maybe I'll be able to play before school starts and after finals?fakebun - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
im gonna be using this beast for d3 and wow while keeping it classy in starbucks :DDarrkane - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...to do everything my work computer won't allow me to do!Nirtal - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would be using this computer as my main PC & will stop using my crappy desktop.ahchiu - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
this is awesome.ALoserIsYou - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
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to play Diablo 3 and other current/future games, do homework, read Anandtech :P. My only computer right now is a Core 2 Duo MacBook (not pro!) with a seriously ailing battery. It can't play much more demanding than Diablo 2 :P.Locke_Daemonfire - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would most likely use this notebook to run calculation to further my BME PhD research.justareader - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This thing looks to be fantastic. I would be stoked to own it. I would use it for everything.swginokc - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would zoom through my work IF I had this notebook. I am so tired of my slow HP!adnanraf1q - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to show off to all of my friends and fellow gamers. First by making a youtube video for unpackaging this beast. second by loading up my steam account and testing all of my games. Third by making every post of my facebook about my new gaming machine for next 4 weeks!Mysticdreamer - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Hi, I am a women gamer in my late 40's and would love to have this gaming laptop to play my favorite MMORPG's on. LOTRO, GuildWars2, possibly TSW, and if Archage ever comes to the US I would be first in line to pick that game up sounds to be just the sand box type of game I am looking for. Thank you in advance if I am the lucky winner!!!justareader - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I saw my post and now it is gone? WTF! I cant enter?astroidea - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I can immerse myself in pretty virtual worlds wherever I go.justareader - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
1the antidote - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it for everything! And specifically for games that my current laptop can't come close to playing like BF3, DiRT3/Showdown, Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim, etc.Mindset - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I also would use it for anything a man uses his computer for.Gaming , movies , music , surfing ...djsvetljo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My old Core Duo (1) laptop is 6 years old and still rock solid from outside, but the CPU utilization does not go under %25 in win 7 and stays constantly on 100 as soon as i open youtube. I used to play nice games on this machine 5 years ago.Nawlins - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...so you should let me win this computer. MSI motherboard, MSI video card etc, etc.mtb_bkr7 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Need something portable that is capable of gaming.jgard0 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use the msi laptop as a large powerful email machine. I just love extremely fast email:)Ecliptic - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
this would replace my aging core2duo desktopgodunder - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it for:Games
Encoding/Decoding
Programming
Work
And other fun stuff.
ivangela - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would have a laptop to use when my wife has the ipad and the kids are on the TV which is hooked up to my PC.rageslegacy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would love to have this! Its a beast!Discovery5 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will have to say , this is the best laptop in this price segment.I want to have this because my laptop is old & can't keep up doing most of the games i throw at it.An upgrade will be highly appreciated.Tabbywabby - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it to program and game on the go... I have wanted a good laptop for a really long time, but i just don't have the cash to buy a decent one.quikfury - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I could use this to do all my dirty such as encoding and cd creation while freeing up my desktop for gaming use.safehex171 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
It will surely beat out my Timex Sinclair.. :OPrarohde - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook in my research analyzing historical patterns of climate change.Donniesito - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Just.. Drool.. Would love this laptop :-)mabasakura - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My laptop recently died and I need a new one. I am an avid gamer so this would be a perfect replacement!bmnbuckeye - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would be neato!Undersea - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I travel at least 2 days a week and my current netbook makes me want to die a slow death, I'm sure this would change all that :)JunGull - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To game everywhere! It's hard bringing my desktop everywhere on campus!lolTyler - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I think the better question is what -wouldn't- I use it for?Watch HD videos in the morning. Render high definition videos during the day and play some games at night. The best part about it? I could do it where ever I want, since the GT70 is a portable notebook powerhouse.
DFA-Havoc - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would love to take this laptop to LAN parties and crush my enemies.I'd also use it to write somewhere more comfortable than my computer desk.
justaviking - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I submit this with odds at 1:3345.And I wait and hope.
lildragonfly82 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
This would rock! My computer is so outdated and winning would mean the world to me and my family! Congrats to who ever wins! =)stussy - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
game until my eyes bleed! lol.Zeratul56 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop for mobile gaming and school work.gstovall - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I have a laptop, but the kids are pretty much always using it for schoolwork or entertainment. It would be great to have such a high powered laptop that was JUST FOR DADDY! :)Aeliophic - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
...as usual!Scratchy413 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Play games all over the world when I travel. Whether in the air, on land or at sea. :D And show off my shiny new laptop of course to everyone :)Durnims - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Showing the beast to everyone , playing games & audio editing..pburdine - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
We have been looking to get one, but random bad thing happen every monthcheena - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'll get rid of my desktop, finally!dwatson - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my soon-to-be-obsolete laptop.Rocksim - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My laptop is going to die soon.It's a fact.Just few days ago i had to repair some parts of it which took me around $150 to repair.I can very well use an upgrade.clairvoyantx - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Excellent replacement, so I can never be bored during my travels and still get work done.lunarx3dfx - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I travel frequently for work, meaning I spend usually a month at a time living in a hotel. This would be great for being able to do my work in the hotel room and of course gaming.pogi5000 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Finally get to play something newer than Starcraft 1 on the go...isuofi - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Writing reports, working on spreadsheets, ... Who am I kidding, I would use it to watch movies, play games, etc.Blutrache - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am a junior in university and I would love to have a laptop to use on campus...and for the occasional game!Trugentleman02 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To dominate banshees and atlas in Mass Effect 3!henro14 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it for light browsing and office work..... or mobile gaming that's more powerful than my desktop. I think you know which one I'll really be using it for :)kilkennycat - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
.... gaming while travelling or during the rainy days while on vacation.x.clay - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use it for gaming, photo editing, productivity, internet browsing, etc.BurningTrain - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
It will be used as a gaming machine & software development.tprice2012 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this computer for CUDA CFD simulations on the go, oh, and also some games!Che - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Replacement for my current 5 year old laptop. Sweet looking computerTrackSmart - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
That would be a great desktop replacement laptop - with enough power for work and play.IvanChess - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
My aging Core 2 Duo laptop needs an upgrade.udet - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
at insane frame rates.Bavor - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
as my main computer. It would be great for games and reprogramming my car's engine management computerKommisMar - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd give this notebook to my wife. I work at home and watching her play games helps the work day go by quickly. Although watching her play Xbox games is fun, I'm a PC gamer at heart. The problem is, her netbook doesn't support any recent games. This computer would probably be the most powerful that either of us has ever owned.CalvinHobbes - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
The very first thing I would do is install Diablo III and Skyrim, then I would call in sick.Shelnutt2 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
With a GTX670 this is quite the notebook. First thing to do is through a nice funtoo install on this baby and I'll be all set on the mobile side when steam for linux comes out.mattsaracen - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
With those specs, anything is possible! I would love to experience gaming on a portable PC. I wouldn't have to lug around my desktop and monitor to my friends house. Just thinking about carrying one item makes me giddy. Amazing giveaway, you guys are awesome.jrcaptain - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would be able to get my game on wile I travel around the world..Zephrith - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
First thing I would do is install microsoft security essentials to protect this beast. Then I'd probably install steam and immerse myself in the beatiful lands of skyrim!s3gfault - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for freelance web deveolpment and Diablo IIIadoduknom - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd use it for GameWorld DOMINATION!!Oh, and to check AnandTech for the latest and greatest updates on new tech.
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To entertain myself between calls at the firestation.mitojee - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I'd check my email, surf the internet, maybe keep some notes in the calender...oh, and play a ton of awesome games!ikjard - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will be watching a lot of high quality movies & will play a lot of visually rich games since this has got a nice GPU & 1080P screen. :)nick1832 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Simple take over the world!!!jkbrennan77 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
same thing as every night Pinky.dudeyourlame - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Id use this to game downstairs when everyone is watching tv I dont have to be way upstairs playing games on my desktopJester236 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I am the unluckiest person in the world but I'm hoping for once that will turn around. Crossing my fingers!Requireds - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I feel the same.I always have had bad luck in competitions.I can only hope that I win so that i can upgrade my 10 year old notebook.Yamitami - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Being that I'm an AVID gamer I would definitely use it to play my favorite games on the go. Currently I am in school for personal training so inbtween using this laptop to take notes and write papers I would brave the dungeons of Skyrim and kill hellspawn in Diablo 3. Thanks for the chance at such an amazing prize:)nezmith - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
i'd use this for gaming on the go mostly, after all this laptop was built for that task, and it seems like it will run any game at high quality very smoothly; killer machine!LordNoob - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo III.jtroutma - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to be my portable awesome box for everything i do; work, game, relax, and read.dwen2786 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this gaming laptop for what it was made for! To game any where I want! As of right now the biggest thing for me is Diablo 3. =)Jerrydawg - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this gaming notebook from MSI to rule the gaming world! I will be traveling a lot this year, and this laptop would allow me to keep gaming in the hotel!zeroice22 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
to keep me occupied with the advanced games.Impulse411 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
Thanks for the chance to win...I'd use this as my new laptop and replace the crappy machine my daughter is currently stuck with.Diazaador - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my old lappy.sillyjilly913 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
so, its been a thing between my ex and i to play games together, and usually my macbook was good enough to run wow, which is what we used to play. But when i went to go and play diablo 3 with him, it wouldn't even boot. So that is what i would use the laptop for, to play diablo 3 with my ex and hopefully its what will bring us close again.This laptop would be my wat back to the guy i love.hlper - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
You know I am suffering...Bi0hazard42 - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To slaughter the minions of hell, on the go, while playing Diablo 3!fearthisneo - Saturday, May 26, 2012 - link
To play some Diablo 3 and BF3mightym - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'm making games using Unity 3D, Maya, and Visual Studio. Those programs are quite taxing on my 3 year old MacBook Pro. This notebook sounds like a perfect development machine. So not only would I play lots of games on it, I would create them too.Fallen Kell - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
...and still be able to play my favorite games.Cottysek - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Same here.I want to play the biggest game of recent times.The Diablo III.This laptop will blow my desktop away with the hardwares it contains.Also Diablo III on a Go would be pretty cool .gvaroy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Global Domination ;) There is nothing better than having a laptop to use at work and play a little Diablo 3 or SWTOR on the side between developing.secretmanofagent - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Please.deepb84 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would love to have a shot at that laptop.shoto1699 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it for school and to be able to relax during breaks and replace my current laptop.brad4d2 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To save the world! One demon/avatar/robot/sith lord/ spore/kabuto/orc/evil priest at a time.JackNSally - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
College work that me and my wife are doing. and for some gaming also.Kurgan1775 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Man, this thing is a beast. I'm running a 3+ year old laptop right now. I deploy a lot so laptops are a must. I was looking for an upgrade. This would be a great replacement.The0ne - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
could use it!baranade - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I really could use a laptop because mine broke last year & i can't afford a new one.I promise , i will take very good care of this if i'm selected. :)Fox5 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Do everything and anything with this laptop!Marshallab - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I have an old laptop & i really could use this.Pick me Pls.hescominsoon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would give it to my wife..:)GammonMaster - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This computer would be a huge step up from my T41p Think Pad. It would be like comparing a tricycle to a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. I play a lot of backgammon using the program eXtreme Gammon, and it takes my IBM forever to do rollouts and it is extremely sluggish in selecting the best plays to the point of frustration. The MSI GT70 would be crazy cool to have!coconutboy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
If my girlfriend and I are lucky enough to win this notebook, she gets it as her new primary system so we can game together. Guild Wars 2, Diablo 3! Portal 2 and Minecraft are on deck, but with a system this powerful... maybe, just maybe, we can both play the Arma II mod, Day Z!!Nsk122684 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it to teach my kids the wonder that is mobile pc gaming.Niterider - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Pick me, pick me! I would use to create awesome graphic projects, and probably to play some games too. :) I just wish it was pink.chrgnthru - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use this to Game on the go ofcourse. it'd come especially handy for the summer since work gets very slow. I can't do much gaming with integrated graphics. This would be amazing to have.Petlover - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Gaming & web design.Would be awesome enough to won one like this.tercathian - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop as a performing softsynth, mainly of Native Instruments Komplete 8 and Kore. Now if it just had a touchscreen and twice the memory (RAM and hdd) you'd really have something to get torked about. 12GB RAM is nice, but samplers like Kontakt can still eat that for breakfast and want more.SanX - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Poor Billy....But i don't know decently how we came to this point doing not much different work then 30 years agoPatrickFromSC - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play games in the family room, rather than the computer room.brandx5 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd love to win!dragonarc - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
So do I.I will really take good care of it & will use for every purposes i use my PC for.kaytwo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it to waste time enjoyably :)LNCPapa - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it first to show off to my buddies and second to have some great gaming on the go.annmitama - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play all these great PC games that I've never been able to play before because this is a high quality gaming laptop.Mart89 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Greatly said.This is one heck of a laptop & will easily handle all the games available!mukali - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Thanks to MSI for another fantastic offerI was thinking of building a new PC, but I wouldn't have to if I won!
GTI337 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use this to finally be able to pay some games, CPU and GPU are better than my aging desktop :)RyuDeshi - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For gaming on the go, obviously :DVideo rendering too, when I'm not playing Diablo III.
adityanag - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To marvel at the wonders of MSI's latest and greatest... And to play some games!Runwalksleep - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Get any game without having to look at the hardware requirements would be sweet, and for photos/videos of my family.furion89 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
i have always loved playing top tier video games on the go and for a laptop with that kind of GPU it would be so awesome just to have that with you all day.with that kind of sound quality and storage capacity i would be listening to my favorite songs and i'll be watching HD movies until my eyes can no long take the awesomeness. and finally with a 720p HD Webcam will mean that i'm always close to my family where ever i may be .Subroc - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I bought my current computer from Micron at the end of 1998. I upgraded the CPU to a 1.4 Ghz Celeron 2. I maxed out the memory at 384 MB. I don't recall how much memory is on the graphics card, but it is an NVIDIA Riva TNT (remember those?).The old Micron has been a reliable workhorse, but I desperately want to play some modern games.
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I would use it for games on the go.PittyMod - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As said in the subject , i will use it for all the games i play.Let me win this please God.jrbales - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook in my job search and for gaming.PresidentThomasJefferson - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
play mass effect 3KenneyRock - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For playing ME3 & Diablo III.kema - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Make videos and edit pictures! Also play a little bit of games on it.Burnscheap - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To edit movies/videos & gaming.FyodorKaramazov - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Well, it would definitely replace my old ul30vt... and destroy my already abysmal grades.alsExtra - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I know i am the most unfortunate person on earth but still entering in the hope that i will have atleast a chance to win this awesome gaming notebook!LuluTheMonk - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
as my desktop replacement :)Muroni - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As my laptop replacement.alex1515 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
cool laptopothelious - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Very amazing laptop..over 4 hours battery on a system with this beef... simply amazing.Kuaro7 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Great laptop.Wow .Please gimme this!!!jmgalanter - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Actually, I'd probably use it to run molecular modeling software. It is convenient that great gaming machines are also great for doing science.panthols - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would love to have something that is actually nice and responsive. The ability to game occasionally would be nice also!tuccoyote265 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Playing just about any game at the highest setting possible. I love that this system is designed for gaming from the ground up. It would be great for spending time in hotels or on the patio this summer.erikiksaz - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace my aging five year old Lenovo as my daily driver.kromaticorb - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Programming, working, and GAMING!!!diamondlike - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Games & Entertainment.egotrippin - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
...make my coworkers jealous when their macbooks can't keep up.Sheninat0r - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace my 6 year old desktop.Matku - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For replacing my dieing lappy.w3z3l - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
as a notebook since I do not actually have a notebook. I have not had a notebook in probably 8 years, and am in the market for one.Zuz12 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I also don't have a notebook yet so i would replace my desktop with this!Teslyn - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To game while I'm traveling.I travel regularly but dont have a laptop. My tablet works for email but i cant game :(
Display73 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I too have to travel quite regularly & this will be very much beneficial for me.Thanks!jenesuispasbavard - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
A laptop that can rival my desktop in terms of power. I'd play Diablo II all day erry day on this beast.scott99tx - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games and do online courses.evileyed_man - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will be using this for playing new games such as Diablo & Sc2!!pinesol - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My current laptop is old and crappy.Buromasa - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I too have the same problem.my Pc just can't handle anything new. :( Anandtech & MSI , I love you guys.Hint ... Hint.... :Ddnd728 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would replace my desktop with this beast.crawmm - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To replace my current laptop to play games and show it off by doing plasma physics simulations.Crono454 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this blazing fast laptop to play games Shogun 2 and post comments on tech sites like anandtech all while waiting out somewhere while on call for workPM_DMNKLR - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
What, oh what, could, would and should I use such a grand piece of mechanical electronic equipment as this that is the MSI GT70 laptop computer? I SHOULD use it for gaming, photo and video editing, mobile-blogging and general everyday usage. I COULD use it for each of those reasons and more. I WOULD use it for each and every one of those reasons and of course any other that I would come across, such as it being the primary computer I would use for my stop-motion and traditional-style animation work. That would also fall in line with video editing and rendering, as well as photo editing, but would also entail a lot of audio editing and production as well. I am sure I would rather often use it for playing some of the greatest games on the market, including the still-awesome Battlefield 3, Dead Island, amongst others, but I wouldn't allow those to take up my entire time using said computer. It's powerful, robust and very fast as well, and I would scream like a giddy little school girl if I were to win it, lol. Either way, thank you for the opportunity, and good luck to all of us who enter!sizustar - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my aging HP laptop.Use it along with my tablet when I'm on a long international flight.
Tablet for movie watching, and this notebook for a game of Skyrim if possible.
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... to win such an extraordinary laptop. Here's to holding my breath.gulchart - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am holding my breath & keeping my fingers crossed.I hope i win it.Thanks for the chance guys. :)signmeup - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
this is one sweet laptopLeCrow - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
MY PREVIOUS POST was not my reply to my "comment telling MSI how you'd use this notebook if you won." This is my one entry.So if I won, I would absolutely use it for gaming, movies, music, and anything and everything else, hopefully just as good as a desktop!
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I will also use it as a desktop replacement!shadowknight314 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Count me in - Solitaire will probably have an incredibly high FPS, too!bcshults - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
SWTOR, BF3, Mass Effect 3 and some Starcraft 2 to round it all out. I'd also love to show this off to my fellow CCNA students!bcshults - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
SWTOR, BF3, Mass Effect 3 and some Starcraft 2 to round it all out. I'd also love to show this off to my fellow CCNA students!dennisdxl32 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to game (and maybe do some work) while commuting on the light rail system.Agelos - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
MSI is one of my favorite brand.The quality and design of products make msi one of the leading companies all over the world.I have2x gtx 560ti 1x gtx 570 1x mobo Z77A-G45 and i plan to buy a msi gtx 670. Hope to win this laptop to continue to play their favorite games when I am away from home and work my favorite applications while they are away from work..
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It would replace my 4 year old desktop rig and make me a happy man!karma80 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
It will replace our 7 years old desktop & i will no longer have to worry about my games not running well. :Dmadden64freak - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
.....crush the will of my opposition, and bend the multitudes to my will.......and play Sim City 5 when it comes out......and transcode lots (read: terabytes) of video.dewatcher - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Yes, please!markpb - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This would make a great tool to escape into th nether world;)iconn - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Eye plan on world domination with the use of this laptop. MuhahahaH! (_8(P)UrielDagron - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
It'd be my first laptop.. also faster than my desktop..Gute - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Faster than both my laptop & desktop by a quite far margin.Please consider me.Thank You.erple2 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Primarily for its intended purpose: to crush my online enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women. Well, mostly the first and second part, not so much the last part.baileyjr1972 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To make my colleagues so envious they all have to run out and buy one themselves loltreym - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My work laptop is so locked down that I can't even use gmail.pandelta - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Because I never win anything and this would make up for it! BTW, My laptop is 5 years old!Miracle89 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I didn't win anything in my life ever too.So, really looking forward to this so that i can replace my bulky desktop.Deejor - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Save my marriage! This laptop will give me the gaming power I need to move my evening entertainment activities to the master bedroom. I would be able to "watch" any of a variety of reality tv shows with my wife while simultaneously fragging away in the latest FPS game of choice or running down a quest in the latest rpg. This laptop has the goods to power any new game out there and gives me the mobility I need to snuggle up with my better half killing two birds with one stone!slocke5 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would replace my desktop computer with it. It's a lot more powerful and I would rather have it mobile than stuck at a desk. A mobile gaming platform would really be nice.Shocking-Reality - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would be replace my desktop with this beast notebook.I can finally enjoy all my games in great clarity. :)jagjitnatt - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I want this notebook so that I can finally play all those PC games that I've been collecting for the past 5 years, and waiting for the time when I can afford a PC good enough to play them at full settings.GIVE ME PLEASE :-)
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I too need this for playing all my games on this.My PC can barely handle good quality games.eeigenbrodt - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To do research for my PhD project.... and of course to game!Terraprime - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would totally game it or run F@H!Either way its faster then my current desktop by ALOT!!!!
getitgotitgood - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to make sure my post actually posts.ramj70 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
mmmmmm, gaming laptop, better than donutsAlexvrb - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
A friend of mine was talking about hosting a LAN party. I haven't been to one in forever, but lugging around my desktop doesn't seem as appealing these days. A gaming notebook would certainly make life easier. Of course, if we play Diablo III, we still have to go through battle.net. But hey, that's life.Miskal - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play Guild Wars 2 on this!LazyDude - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
So I can throw my 8 year old laptop away and not tied to wireless B!Kilgore_HT - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I didn't want him to spend his money to buy a laptop. So I gave him my 1 year old machine and as one of friends said, "You will never use all the resources on this computer." It is a very nice l/top.I've been using my smartphone ever since and would like to back to normal typing.
Best to all.
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Finally be able to relax at the hotel after work instead of using my inferior work laptop.jboiler76 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I need to retire my 7 year old machine.Bios64 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I also want to quit my desktop pc & start to use this because it's portable , runs on battery.SO, i can bring it anywhere i want to & still able to handle everything i will throw at it. :)Strife21 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to game at the beach.zenonthego - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My life is no longer tethered to my desktop from 1996 and the games I love to play (and where I play them) aren't available for my PS3, so this laptop would be the perfect answer to crushing in actual sunlit areas area real people!SovereignGFC - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
...to put my other machine out to pasture. Seriously--in order to make my existing machine work, you have to run software in the background, tinker with the BIOS to disable its crazy thermal throttle and pray to whatever deities you hold dear it doesn't melt through whatever you have it set on. While herk-jerking through a game like Starcraft II.nurdc0re - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am part gamer, part developer, and I would use the awesome performance to great effect for both purposes. This would be the perfect way to make my Warcraft gaming top notch AND do serious OpenCL work.bryanW1995 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
surf more/better pron. Surveys show that a gtx 670m loads pron 42% faster than gpus from AMD. 'nuff said! Oh, um, and I might play some games on it, too.d1cey1 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd most likely use this as my primary computer, so I'd be running CAD, rendering images, editing video, playing games (as one would do on a Gaming Series notebook), and messing around with audio editing and recording.nbatothemax - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to be able to play a game without a BSOD at 5 minute intervals... :(Fernamans - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this as my main gaming computer which will allow me to run all the newer games with ease.Groyt - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook by throwing out my desktop computer and settling into some awesome gaming, working, playing, socializing, and exploring.Thanks MSI for letting us all have a chance to own this beast. If a friend brings over some underpowered lame laptop I'm worried this baby would dominate and devour it. Then my wimpy friend with his wimpy laptop would expect me to replace it. I'm afraid I would have to put this MSI in it's own cage and only let it out when we both want to have some serious play.
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To play Battlefield 3 close quarters in full 1080p. According to notebook check the gtx 670m should run Battlefield 3 at around 47 fps at high settings.MaxPayne3 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Playing Diablo III & BF3 on maximum settings.sheletal - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I could really use a good lan rig for Diablo and Starcraft. This would do the job quite nicely.Aurak - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I can use this while on road or out of city.I can't lug my desktop with me & just in this case , this powerful laptop fits the bill.I will play games , watching videos , Music listening , surfing internet & much more.Please let me have this.Thank.bandrews - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
use this new computer to make up for the laptop the school I teach at had to take away do to budgets...AuBoi - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Of course reading email, looking at the net and some gaming as a sub for my older Q9300 DTgunnys - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My Asus G73JH has seen better days... already replaced the MB. Now the screen has gone out :(roscolo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If i have this , i would be able to replace my aging desktop.Yavuz - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for doing my school projects like typing reports as I rarely game. Only about one to three days a month when I really look back at my gaming habits, but maybe a new faster stronger PC will help. It looks sturdy enough, so I might take it to school to show off them cool led lights on the keyboard. I hope it doesn't run hot as I actually get a tube of ice encased in plastic made for them water bottles and put it on top of the exhaust vent to keep the temperatures down. Maybe I should resort to playing outside in the winter when it's freezing cold. But I mainly plan using it to read tech sites, browse the internet, and type up reports with a little gaming over the breaks and extended weekends. Should be useful for typing my 20 pages semesterly essays. Seems like a good laptop I would definitely like to have and am.Buzzrr - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I most definitely need a new laptop for business and leisure.I would finally be able to retire my very old 8 year old Fujitsu Lifebook, which has given me very good usage.
I have dismantled it several times to apply quality thermal paste, replaced 2 LCD screens and 3 hard drives.
The ATI Radeon chip with 64 MB of RAM is not good for playing any new games, and it would be a welcomed pleasure to use a REAL gaming system!
I use Photoshop and Sound Forge for business. For leisure I listen to a variety of music (Lifebook's left speaker has blown out), and burn DVDs through an external USB optical drive, since my onboard DVD burner is not functioning.
I was planning on purchasing this very MSI laptop anyway, which is how I happened to find this giveaway via a search.
Here's hoping and praying from a pauper! :)
brjames - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
help me not be ashamed by my inexpensive budget laptop that can't really play current gen games.Kamikrazy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
...to play games of course. :DValnjes - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
For playing games i will use this..KaliSophia - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo 3 while commuting on my very long train ride to work.jsv35 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to game on the go.Winter_chill - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Gaming on the Go!!!!!vaille - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will use it to play games! It's better than my desktop. :(Glanzick - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As a mobile gaming platform! Lugging around my desktop gets old fast....NeoteriX - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To play Diablo 3!Ragnaroknroll - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
If I got this it would save me $700-800 that I would be looking to spend to replace my current laptop (a Toshiba with a Penryn Core 2 Duo, besides being old it has horrible integrated graphics). this would be a welcome gain because in addition to all the nice hardware (CPU and GPU) this laptop would be a major improvement in battery life, other reviews give it 5 the MSI laptop 5 hours in comparison to mines measly 2 hours (not good for college if you are commuting). Also money saved on a replacement laptop could go to maybe getting a nVidia 670 for my desktop. (also an nVidia fan that fact that this has nVidia parts is a great bonus.)In short this laptop would be major upgrade from what I have currently and getting it would allow me to focus on upgrading my desktop (my primary computer).
vailr - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would be a very spiffy portable machine, and faster than my MSI X58 desktop machine.phenom2 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is a very powerful notebook & will sweetly replace my old desktop.TheEvilBird - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
have it teach my old notebooks some new tricks....Yes, that was a euphemism for having it 'turn out' my out-of-date laptops.
princekermit2 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to Game, to conquer my enemies & own them.I would use this laptop to further my education, and get ahead.
I would use this laptop to socialize with all of my many friends and buddies.
I would use this laptop and give away my old Toshiba to some non-profit charity org.
I would use this laptop and rule the world.
jatherley - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to return from the gaming abyss that has been tormenting me for the past few years. I've never been able to afford a decent gaming rig. I've always had to buy low end and play games at minimum graphic setting while still getting low frame rates. Now we have been blessed by Blizzard with Diablo III and my laptop isn't even up to minimum standards so I can't even buy it until I can get a better computer. So if I had this notebook, I would buy myself a copy of of Diablo III for my upcoming birthday, and it would be a rebirth of my gaming career which would be to first step in my rise to power on my way towards world domination.heretocrave - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I have to travel 2 weeks of every month. If I win this, I'll create a Guild Wars 2 PvP character that I will use every time I play on this laptop. What shall I name this dominating character? MSI GT70.j03h4gLund - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
What wouldn't I use this for?! One thing I would try not to use it for would be work. Hah!Gardnerd - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Yeah i would use this beast for everything a person does on his or her computer.It's that powerful. !slick904 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My cube at work may become an intense battlefield with guns blazing, bullets whizzing by, grenades popping, and my team yelling flank, flank! My office at the house might be a speedway where my bike zips pass the stands only a mere .002 seconds behind that guy in 1st as we constantly battle between a tenth a second. My couch could even serve as a hub for intergalatic takeover. When one game loads an "Angry Bird" might kill a pig or two or even one my "Trial's" bikes might find a win or two or a crash or alot. Either way I see myself gaming immensly and even more than i thought possible (more than i do now) as a winnner of this laptop.nerijusuza - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For games onlyPayneMax - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For games & movies.DashTrash97267 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Nice laptop! I would use it to play borderlands 2 when it hits. Until then, I'd bench the heck out of it!Baffo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To replace my aging desktop. This system should easily outclass my old AMD system, and stop all the complaints about performance from the other members of the family (from zanga games no less!), let alone when I want to get Diablo III. My poor old 780G system would probably crawl during the credits. LOL.k1n9k0n9 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will benchmark & test the laptop with anything it can handle.Ericruo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to play games, to keep in touch with my parter who lives 2,000 miles away, and to let my eight year old watch 'My Little Pony' on Netflix. it could also replace my work computer and I'd have something that wouldn't bog down using MS Access databases and large Excel spreadsheets.I might even see if I still have any interest in playing Harpoon...
mr_cheesy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would just bust it out just to brag about its specs :)firesyde424 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Same thing I do every time I get a new PC: Try to take over the world....republic47 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop, I would donate my desktop to someone and use the laptop as my everyday/gaming machine!Panagiot - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If i really win this notebook , i will donate my desktop to the local children's school & will use this as my primary computer for gaming & video editing.davecason - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
The wife loves her computer. She would use this one to manage finances, pay the bills, manage the home automation (I love that!), and burn a little time on a game or two.Her current laptop, an HP, is old and she is on her third battery which is already down to holding only one minute of charge (again!)... So she has a real need.
Seranis - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would give this notebook to my wife. By day she is a graphic designer and is in need of a faster laptop with more storage. The GT70's design is perfect this way in that it's power is harnessed in a design that is professional enough to take to clients to show them her work.By night both of us are pvp mmo gamers. Next up for us is Guild Wars 2, and being able to play it without having to minimize settings or bump down to a non-native resolution would be wonderful.
ITfanatic - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am an IT consultant.I own 50+ titles with steam.
All the blizzard games, etc..
I would use this laptop to play while on the road.
(I already use MSI mother boards in the systems in my house.)
d2och - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
When I work from home, which happens quite often, I use my desktop. But it, or its hard drive, contains so much stuff I can get distracted by, so that once the machine is on, my productivity goes down to hell. I tried to work with my 3 year old laptop, but not being a great one 3 years ago already, it's too weak to meet my demands. With this MSI machine, I'll be able to work at home without much distraction and at the same time without sacrificing performance!bam785 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Current laptop is a crappy HP it is burning my crouch as we speak runs at about 90 degrees C. I am tethered to a wall since the battery ran out. And to top it all off It gets BSoD alot. I can barely run minesweeper. I will never be able to suckle upon the sweet nectar of Diablo 3 or BF3. Help me MSI your my only hope.sgaaster - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I want to upgrade my HP Pavilion ( 5 years old ) to this beast.Help meEatsRamen - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I like free stuff.VTek42 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This would be a great portable gaming rig and an awesome work unit. Don't know if my company would let me use it for work, but still...Emo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I've never won a laptop!SpeedZealot369 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This laptop has some serious horsepower. My roommate recently got this new 17" ASUS laptop like half a year ago. I would use this to make him cry. lol. Oh and play the hell out of diablo 3 (no pun intended)Webox - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This is one mean machine.Who wouldn't want to win one ?MrKanti - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'm at a point of wandering around with barely any time to use my desktop so I need something to take with me that will handle my gaming and design on the go. Never had a laptop before.hi129 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go would be awesome!Rag1ngR1ce - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play Minecraft... just kidding, i would play bf3 at ultraevilbix - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to make my old core2 laptop feel self-conscious and inadequate... and also to play battlefield 3 on the go.Windigo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play all the games i could only drool at before :)MaccyMan - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I am collecting games from several years but not many of them i could actually play because of the low end hardware my PC got.If i got this , i would replace my computer with this & will be able to enjoy all the games i am collecting over the years.Thanks!!!
mattstrig - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to destroy my relationship with my girlfriend and spend way too much time playing Diablo III!surt - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My current laptop is too slow to play it!dustinhyle - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I think the 670m would play Diablo 3 great.nagoli - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
gaming on a Steel Series Keyboard & Gtx 670M GPU would be great!!Thefinaleofseem - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To play games, of course. I might see if I could Hackintosh it down to road as well, heheh.Piospi - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Gaming , gaming & ONLY gaming..yourjewishgirl - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I may not play more than one game every couple of years, but I can tell you having this computer would make a HUGE difference in my life when you add in the Biomolecular Simulation and Bioinformatics classes I'll be in during the fall. Not to mention the instructional videos I'm suppose to be creating for my IT job over the summer, this would greatly speed up the speed of that as opposed to using my sub-par laptop I have right now xP...Oh and I might squeeze in a bit of time on Diablo III thanks to my family's multiple 1 year subscriptions to WoW :P
carlsonjw - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to plan and execute my long but as of yet unrealized dream of ruling the world. You need this kind of portable computing power in order to properly utilize all of your command and control to execute this nefarious plan.sweetsauce - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To stop being a hermit and get out of the house to enjoy the nice weather we are finally seeing in Seattle.rms - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My biggest use would be adventure games and moviesJollyman - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would be mostly use it for FPS games.Silicon_Vampire - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
So she can both do her school work then veg on her favorite MMORPG during a boring lecture.pr0stagma - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for multimedia, high resolution gaming, CAD, and programming. The 12GB of RAM could be useful for a RAM Disk for compiling my programsMadMax2911 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Full HD 1080p gaming , Movies & Multimedia. :)PalmBayChuck - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Yes, this would be a fine addition to my hardware collection! I could even retire my aging home desktop machine,or pass it down to my children.SticKYR!ce - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would play all the PC games I have on this laptop, which I couldn't do on this current laptop...klarm - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I can play all the games of this world in this beast.Thanks.AWeav09 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'm going away to college in the fall, and I don't yet own a laptop! Winning this would be mighty nice...hellfeuer - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to rule the worldmythrus - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Nvidia gtx 670 drool, I7 Ivy Bridge drool...I could play anything I want at max settings! YAY!!!
forcelaw1 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would replace by aging HP , and get to true gaming motions.nik17 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would replace my aging desktop with this MSI laptop.frag_226 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
for my animation class where the workstations are cheaper than my socks ;_; where power is needed and love those disco kb lights_LEGendARY_ - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I am in need for a new laptop because my current notebook crashes all the time due to a problem that can't be fixed. The problem is related to the GPU.Thanx Anand :)
cybereql - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
perfect for my diablo iii needs, with room to spare.SimKill - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace my aging Sager NP8662 Gaming Laptop. This will be the perfect replacement, being a huge jump in both processor and graphic card.perpetualvisitor - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace my clunky desktop computer, and be able to move around with my work (mostly video editing).dbSlycraft - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
That is a BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like the Excalibur of Laptops!!!!!!!!!RicoFrost - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I need a laptop for portable gaming.CatatonicMan - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it as a replacement for my ye olde laptop. Actually being useful for mobile gaming would be a plus.Broadwell - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I could use the laptop for LAN parties instead of having to lug around heavy old desktop! That would make it so much easier for me as my old desktop is a full tower. :(Then show off awesomeness of the MSI laptop.
cyrusfox - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This would be my new gaming laptopQuicksil - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
this would be my first gaming laptop.connor4312 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to impress all my friends with how shiny it is! I am a student, and I want to get into computer animation and modelling. Unfortunately I can't lug my desktop computer to class, where the computers at school are missing some valuable software, so I sometimes have to bring my four-year-old Core 2 Duo laptop. It renders about as fast as my Ti-84 graphic calculator plays Minecraft. Hint: not fast. If I won the laptop, I would use it to help me peruse my dream of being a 3D Environment Modeler!mordgarrad - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
though I would rather an SSD or at least a hybrid. Otherwise should be a decent laptop.kjknight - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 on the go as well :).eLiu - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it... to play games, of course! At home, at work, anywhere/everywhere this laptop would be awesome.Rogginator - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 & Skyrim on the go would have been cool.genki_philly - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To talk to my friend Alex <3atxnarf - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace my aging m11x. This one is a lot bigger, but most of the same features, powerful dedicated GPU, colored backlit keyboard, etc.azido - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would love to win.Kupodi75 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Seriously would like to win this..dobeltiger - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
i want this notebook can replace my desktop. i'll use it as desktop replacement. its ivy dude!! :DNovulux - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Beats my current desktop until an upgrade in the future. Would save me tons of money though. :Djrizzojr - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It beats my desktop by quite far margin.Would love to have it as my gaming laptop.bayedo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Dear MSI,I haven't been a gamer, but would give it a try. I'd enjoy running the Logos 4 Bible program on this screamer.
Yours,
bayedo
Jdogdaonly1 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play mta sa and skyrim since i have to play it on lowest settings :(grunv - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I wud play Skyrim & Max payne 3 on the highest settings with all eye-candy on.yeah!!!tekeffect - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo on my lunch breaklanchime - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This would replace the old Pentium 4 system that's sitting on my desk right now. It would get rid of the clutter and I would get a dual monitor setup in the process!Track This - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as a desktop replacement, I already have a very good gaming rig, but this would be even better, I could pretty much play my games anywhere I want and have the versatility of a notebook. Would definitely complement me playing Diablo 3, Battlefield 3, and the upcoming Guild Wars 2!pbcopter - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Would like to use this laptop as my desktop replacement .soflawill - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to replace a latitude d610 that i want to donate to a museumRyanVM - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As a mobile workstation and development platform.nrxsmith - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I've been longing to finally get rid of my desktop and replace it with something super solid that I can game with. If I were to win, I'd get rid of my old huge computer desk, get something sleek and narrow, and put this bad boy right on top of it. And then finally finish Skyrim with it. :-)Fishead8080 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
As a demonstrator for Windows 8 mobile gaming. And watching my Diablo 3 account get hacked while I play Torchlight...GammonMaster - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Where did my comment go from yesterday!This laptop would be a huge improvement over my paltry Thinkpad T41p. I would use this massive notebook to speed along my backgammon rollouts and crush the imbeciles that are arrogant enough to play me.
jU2relle - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play D3 :)shearer72 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Same.I would play Diablo iii & Max Payne iii on it as well as other good games.moraucf - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Engineering student here. 3d cad and lots of games. =)Trefugl - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd of course use it for gaming while on travel.SR81 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it to game and occasionally to stream movies to the living room.distortnx - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this thing to replace my ridiculously old Athlon 64 3500+, AGP HD3850 system...FreeWilly - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I am willing to replace this with my crappy n old IBM Thinkpad lpatop!!!andersb - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
...for just about anything and everything it could possibly be used for, including but not limited to: Gaming, 3D animation Apps, 2D animation Apps, illustration Apps, video editing Apps, web browsing, streaming video, 3d sculpting, photo retouching, editing of my website, and impressing friends and family with my good fortune... various other tasks like writing scripts and screenplays, planning trips and budgeting projects for work and home... ummm... I am sure I am missing a few things here but that's a start right?Slash3 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
... in ways I can't even begin to imagine, as I'd likely unfold the lid and immediately be stunned into a slack-jaw stupor of amazement at what my eyes have beheld.:)
wbell45 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My desktop is outdated and i would definitely use this.volantc - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I still am using a Pentium 4 desktop & could use an upgrade.This laptop is outstanding!!NStriker - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd probably donate it to the charity of "my friend who has a crappy laptop."Aw, who am I kidding? :P
pscrzy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to play all of my games that require a beast of a machine to play.Demi.Goddy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this to connect to my HDTV for getting a larger game experience.radcomp - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My old Dell P4 is 10 years old and still going, but it's time to move on !Zebrena - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this so I could play D3 and other wicked games that my desktop fights to play at times. (It would also be my first laptop.)calebclark.james - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to replace a rack mounted PC I use for audio production. It is sorely in need of replacement, and this would cut close to 100 pounds from my rack!eg888 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
With my second deployment coming up later this year I'd hate to get out of the gaming/technology loop again. Having a great laptop with me this time would allow me to keep in touch with family and friends. Being able to play the latest and greatest games wouldn't hurt either... One question though. Can it play crysis 3?nevergrownup - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it for Diablo III and Max Payne 3.Craig234 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Wow that's a lot of entries. I'd use it for gaming, probably on my 65" LCD TV.picklemilk - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
would be used to solve crimes and rob candy storeskbhakta - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo IIIsweeper555 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it for gaming, programming, and watching videos. It's even better than my current desktop.SAVAGEINJIN - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
For all my gaming on the go, D3, Tera, FFXIV(Its getting better), and everything coming out soon. Guild Wars 2.USGuy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I will use MSI GT70 for all my gaming purposes.thanks..foxlinked - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to play diablo 3/sc2/bf3!Man In Blue - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use the MSI GT70 to play Diablo, to create AUTOCAD drawings and spreadsheets at work. What a dream machine this is!mpb35 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To game when I'm away from my desktop!jasonlok - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would game on this.Any type of game.Fradler - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd definitely use the laptop to fill in the free time I have while awaiting medical discharge from the military. Long periods of looking for job opportunities and the even longer time of awaiting responses will go buy so much faster. Would love to have so much power available.SparksIT - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I have door that won't stay shut, this would be the perfect wedge item....really.I might play games on it.
jlarsson - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Paperweight, of course :)mrweigand - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
And then I could retire the Compaq to PLC programming work on the shop floor. The new one would get the comfy office programming chores and should make short work of the PIC compiles.robert795 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
gogogoNinjaCommando - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
i need a laptop because i dont have one =(IrjaSa - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This is cool.Currently i don't have a laptop.Thanks for the chance to win one MSI & Anandtech. :)tackle70 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
If I won, I would replace my old work laptop with something that I can both work and play on in style on the go!Danger_Den - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would replace my 7 year old HP laptop with it.Thanks..Kecius - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would run vmware converter on my work laptop and run the image from this beast. I would then be able to work and play at the same time. Who needs a lenovo when you have this one?epiecher - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
for gaming, software development and a whole lot more. All that memory would be awesome.navigata1 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Fixing old junk laptops to use wont cut it anymore, This Laptop would literally take over my work tasks, kill all of my CPE school needs, & crap over any game I throw at it, along with my video editing hobby on the side... MSI = Heaven!!!Kridian - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
.. to create game environment content that will blow your eyeballs out.*jpww - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook as a desktop replacement, as well as taking it with me when I'm traveling.Superb.Reality - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would also use it as my desktop PC replacement because that is too old by now.ataccuser - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
The specs are perfect for gaming but also great to make small budget movies and test the audio. Thanks for the chance!Flashy89 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This laptop has eye-turner looks & beautiful asthetics.I would love to play with it.GomezAddams - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this machine to play rfactor 1 and rfactor 2. Those are my games of choice and it looks like it would be a worthy machine to race with them on.gshayban - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd develop some parallel libraries using OpenCL on both the Ivy Bridge and the GPUeventualhorizon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My kids game all the time on my existing crappy dell notebook. I would let them use this to play mine craft/etc and stop the cries of LAG!!! every 5 minutes. This thing looks awesome.CorwinRathe - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this as my gaming monster on the move :).zirc99 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would want to replace my aging laptop with this & be able to play games on the going.MattJS14 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Wolfenstein 3D!!!!!!!Linchpin - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Simple. I want to replace my TOSHIBA Satellite laptop from 2008. I want these specs to be replaced by the MSI Laptop Giveaway;AMD Turion (2 Cores)
Radeon X1200 GPU
4 GB RAM
With the MSI specs. I would love to have this giveaway to sit on my desk.
capnstebbs - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to end all world hunger, and bring about world peace. And play much video games :)LowDoze - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it for exactly what it was built for ....GAMES, movies, web surfing, GAMES, pr0n (hey let's be honest here), and saving my sanity when not dealing with my wonderful kids + demon ex-wife.TheBlueberry - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
This would be a blessing to get an updated notebook and not the old thingy Im typing on. Thanks Anny for doing all these giveaways. That is a great looking notebook. Hope it can run Battlefield 3..........................................Thats such a sexy notebook. Wish I could afford one..LOLOL Good luck everyone.tormorian - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
would love this oneDjDl46 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I don't have a laptop so want to win one so that i can do all my works without my desktop.rugbagger - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
would use it for gaming.Affinity - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it to continue my dominance in Tribes: Ascend. That game would run GREAT on this thing!MoneyLoo - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
My wife is in desperate need of an upgrade, but I've been waiting for the new generation of components to come out. Poor thing has been stuck with an old, heavy, ugly "Dell" style laptop that really needs to be tossed out a window!browsing - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use it and be able to play games instead of my overheating, broken keyboard ASUS.X-Man-2010 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would use this to play games in high frame rates finally!Dead God - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Diablo III while at the beach!clf0616 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
To play Rappelz between classes... after my homework is done I have to set an example for my childrenwifigamer - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to play online game, beta test all the new games coming out. Capture the game play, and edit the video. Do some photoshop. Take it out to go play at the library, cafe and places. Watch movies anywhere.Laminator - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop, I would use it to play video games until my fingers became hobbled with arthritis and my eyeballs fell out of their sockets. I might use it for work, too, but I can't make any promises on that front. Just arthritic fingers and fallen eyeballs.ornus - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
to work on changing the world from any location life takes me, such as exotic beaches and mountain tops.frelledstl - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop for actual work. I haven't had a useable PC in a few years and need a new one for work, cad, etc and home for games....and I really need a fix of real gaming. I just can't deal with console gaming anymore. My PC roots are calling.stub62e - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
School, work, and of course gaming!Adamantine - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Enter me in the drawing.Dolph Dorcas - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would give it to my son if he survives Marine Corps Basic Training.honourbound68 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
While tis would be overkill for d3, it's my current time-killer right now and I'd be using this laptop to catch up to my friends who are all ready on inferno.Assimilate - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Would finally retire my old desktop and be finally be able to enjoy using a computer and play games on a pc again.football777 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd be able to replace my antique age desktop with this beast laptop!Desidero - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'd use the notebook to play games at my friends' houses. It's not very practical to bring my tower around, but a good gaming laptop would be perfect!el_rix - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Pure epic gaming, unconfined from my desktop area, stream hd movies all in the comfort from my bed, student workstation able to run the demanding software i would otherwise need the computer lab for, finish programming my indie game on this, and use this beastly weapon to slapp chuck norris across the face!jedipowell - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
...for my IT career, to do my bit for Rosetta@home... and to raise hell in Guild Wars 2. Vivat MSI!rcarroll05 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I could sit by my son and laugh at him to his face instead of the other room as I toast him in a PVP match. :)DragonLotus - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
School and gaming. This laptop is probably better than my current desktop.ckevin1 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Guild Wars 2!brokenwave9 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo on this new shiney laptop. :)jasonelmore - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to pwn noobs in Diablo III on the go, thanks to the epic hardware at my disposal. I would also make a youtube video showing off the unboxing and setup of this laptop so all my enemies will be jelly. Also, all your base will belong to me!OnyxDragon - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would love to get this system for my wife . we couldnt afford to upgrade her pc and mine this year so she let me upgrade mine and we upgrade hers next year. This would solve the problem and make her happy as she really wants a laptop.batchburner - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I'm in college and my previous laptop, with Nvidia 8700M GT SLI's, just had a fan begin failing and cannot be used due to heat. Now I get the sweet choice of spending $200+ on replacing the same outdated, never very impressively performing graphics in a 4 year old laptop, or waiting for back to school season to hopefully get a good deal on a new laptop.This MSI laptop blows anything I could afford out of the water, and I'd love to have it, especially for gaming.
osho741 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
School work and gameong and watching moviesRabdumi - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Movies , Games , Surfing & Music.KingHerod - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
pulling my giant lazy-boy chair up to my only gaming capable rig that currently acts as my HTPC, a setup that sounds comfortable but really is not.This machine would also spank my aging MSI P6N SLI Platinum-based system with it's silly early era quad-core and pitiful 320MB Geforce 800 GTS.
Thanks for the shot Anand!
ratkandy - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would go work in the park when my apartment gets too stuffy.thingnblah - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Finally try to play through my backlog of discount steam games that have been accumulating over the yearsfranknsense - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use it to make my life easier (and faster)anomaly2181 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I purchased my Gateway P7811FX in September 2008 to play Diablo 3. The sales clerk told me is was releasing in a few months. Well, here we are 4 years later, and my lil Core 2 Duo and 512Mb GPU won't keep up as the game finally released.So, to circumvent buying another high end gaming laptop to play, as Charlie Sheen would say, WINNING one would be great
carage - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
Hmm...If it had an Express Card you can easily hook up a desktop GTX 670 to it and that would totally pwn the GTX 670M...Running a real GTX 670 on my ThinkPad now, thanks to Express Card.
Prodigy18 - Sunday, May 27, 2012 - link
I would use this to start my pc gaming career :)Zenny - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to game whenever & wherever I go.The Battery should last longer according to the official specifications of this GT70 laptop.lmckay - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my friend who can't play Diablo3 with us because his laptop is too slow. And convince him that Apple doesn't sell all the best hardware!coulbin - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This notebook would replace a Dell 9330 single core laptop-please!k1ll14n - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
all the hardware they can cram into a notebook! it sounds more like a portable desktop :)Azethoth - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I need to be writing code at the nearest beach, instead of indoors.peersu - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to play diablo 3...everywhere i go :)jiggypunk - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would play diablo 3 upstairs so i didn't miss any NBA playoff games or miss out on playing time. Also turntable.fm upstairs would be a HUGE plus!Atreidin - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
As a grad student I would use it for class work, research, and gaming.jpheiney - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop to enjoy playing games while I travel.EkaGduncan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Gaming on a Train would be pretty cool !!onethree - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I never owned a laptop and as a technology major it would be nice to have for use on campus, for class work, emails, and leisure time gaming.chuckey - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would love this as an upgrade for my aging C2D thinkpad.Envhenry3 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to rock my socks offjed833 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for everything I could possibly need, from playing games to working on them. I would pretty much live on this computer.Paltry64 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I was about to post the same.I would use this for every reasons possible.Now Please someone lets me win this. :)SolarBlue - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Need a new lappy BAD!!nfriedly - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
that thing is faster than my desktop!scoby005 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This laptop just can eat my desktop in breakfast.It's that good.Looking for an upgrade.Fingers crossed. :) :P
replicnt - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My current laptop has a p4 and cannot really be used for more than my kids reports, i,d love a new laptop that would enable me to plat Diablo III, Max Payne, and log favorites like the unreal and Quake games!Blacksmith7 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I am having a Intel Pentium D 920 system & could use an upgrade like this!The_Sid - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd obviously play games, but I'd also be productive by digitally painting and creating 3D assets.polymerase - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Diablo on the go!!!Krazeee - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this on deployments. After working 16 hours a day on KC-135s, I'd go to my room and skype with my family and play games.DKRON - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Well i'm gonna go a different way and say I'll use this epic laptop to design new games like Diablo III and then play themRubus - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to play a game besides the built-in Solitaire! :-)TheRealDrBob2 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
'twould be a shame not to use a machine like this for all of above.Trust me, I'm the guy that can put this machine to work and make you proud!
bamboo2005 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My desktop HD 4870 video card is dying. it will blue screen after 10 minutes of game play. I need this.JaimeX - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
With the power this laptop has, I would use it along with a flux capacitor to increase the horsepower and gas mileage of my Mazda. I would then have time to play a few games as I would be early to all my appointments for work. Brilliant!DKRON - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
lol im voting for that kid if he can pull it offDiabloIII - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
With the power that it comes with , anything will be a child's play for this.Games are the best examples of that.zude - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would play the heck out of some Diablo III! As well as the rest of my games! :)thanhhaimai - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Yeah you heard it right. I'll pose 5 pictures with this laptop! It's beautiful!gnomeater - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would finally have a laptop for school. I gave my 6 year old Toshiba to a friend whose house burned down last month.BuggedOut - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would have something to brag about.I don't have a gaming alptop.Consider me as a deserving person please!!!Kasqwuid - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for keeping in touch and playing games when traveling. For home use, even more gaming, and also curling up in bed to watch movies or lazily talk to people!slpnshot - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Didn't realize I was supposed to post what I would do with the laptop.But I'll mainly play lan parties with it since my netbook can't do anything more than net browsing, and my desktop is 30+ Ibs of equipment...
lschen - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
woot. Ivy Bridge.ar38070 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
play CRYSISCarsonD - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would play Battle Field 3 & Diablo III on this laptop. :)mmagnum77 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go!kevin.beister - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would give this to my wife. She loves playing Star Wars. It should run nicely on this notebook.Pablo87 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
If I win , I may gift this to my sister on her birthday which is coming up soon.She will be extremely delighted to get this.NuclearMusic - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to play all of the games that I have been meaning to play on the go (Diablo III, Skyrim, The Witcher 2, Guild Wars 2)bollwerk - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
count me in!nashville - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play some of the new games that I can't play otherwise, because my current setup is not capable of playing even Battlefield 3. I would also use this laptop for school which I will be starting in the fall. I currently create things in Cinema 4D but it is very hard considering my slow setup with rendering times and what not. Winning this laptop would greatly help me in pursuing my career goals & reliving some stress. :)marcusj0015 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To be honest, I'd probably sell it to help pay for college. :/wantsback2dis - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'll finally be able to work my 50 GBs of Media (Photos, videos, audio recordings) that i recorded in a year at a Local Theme park. Rip my DVD's to be playble on a portable device. Play Starcraft II. Give my netbook to my parents for internet browsing.kerpy - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i'd love a laptop for school! thanks anad i read you & arstechnica everday. great site.ruzveh - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I want this laptop to increase my productivity for day to day use. Never used a laptop since birth. I have played many games though like PS3, PS2 & other old legacy games.Vayate - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This would keep me company on the night shift. Great time to play some Diablo.om05964 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to finally replace my very old notebook. I would use it to do everything since I wouldn't need a new desktop.Foxymobouser - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I like this notebook because it would replace my old desktop & outperform my desktop in every aspect.Thanks for chance.SirSweeps - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would finally have my own computer... I would not have to go to the computer lab at college or wait for a turn to use the family computer.vertdang - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd replace my badly aging 6 year old dell laptop. It's still running winxp and can barely surf the internet. It barely runs diablo2 but it makes a wonderful doorstop and table leg fixer.I'd love to be able to take my gaming elsewhere in the house as opposed to being shackled to my desktop in the kitchen (core i7-920, msi x58 mobo). And my daughter (aged 3) can play bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies in the living room with daddy on the couch.
Having 2 little girls, there's no way I can afford a new laptop right now, and would be eternally grateful if I could win this one. Thank you.
alakyr - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i would use this notebook to play games and check mails/ works stuff comfortable lying in bed when at home, on the train going and coming back from work and as private pc at work cause pcs here suckschinkgai - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i will be le happiest dude evar!nsavop - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Desktop type gaming on the go! What more could I ask for.mikemmxp - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to hack the gibson furiously. Also for school and Diablo III.Pyromaania - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to finally get all my work done. I have had a strong and steady desktop that has served me for nearly 9 years, and as wonderful as it is, it is falling under with performance and reliability. I used to have the MSI gx620, but ever since my apartment got broken into, I am now stuck with working on my this-here desktop again.I have moved on to university, and studying editing and montage in film is a pretty strenuous task for my desktop. Editing takes a long time, with stuttering images and choppy performance, rendering takes FOREVER! This laptop would be my new mobile powerhouse that can finally help me get my things done by deadline.
I would also use this as my source of entertainment. Being a lower-middleclass freshman, I live at home with my parents, yet I have nothing really to do here. Suburbs of NC are kind of boring for now. I could invite friends over, hook this up to one of their projectors, watch movies and play our favorite games, from classical SNES to modern titles that I hear this laptop can play, like my favorite, Battlefield 3 and Arkham City.
With all the bad luck going around lately, maybe some good luck will smile at me.
AlphaVortex - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Gaming on the go, what else!Ruko - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would be very glad & extremely thankful if i win this.I would have a computer while I'm away from my home & I can do anything on this I want to.wbarido3rd - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My 9 year old son currently has a Dell Mini 9.It is very game challenged. In fact, it's pretty challenged in most ways.
We would use this laptop to play Minecraft multiplayer on our own private network.
As my little boy would put it, "Way cool."
jbdox - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
It would replace my old Core 2 Duo laptop and enable me to play games when not at home again (like this past week when I was out of town!)hawkeye_wx - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I need a computer, period. Mine is a dinosaur that can't run HD video.Victorsys - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would need this laptop to make 3D Animations.I would use softwares like 3DSMax , Adobe Premiere Pro , Protool etc.In the meantime I will also be playing some of my favorite games.Lainer - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to replace my 3 workstations at my job, and of course to play games on my breaks :-)stainremover - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i'd use it to play d3.ianmit - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Hi Anand,I am amazed that you still restrict these giveaways to US residents. It flies in the face of the international customer base you must have. It really says we are not very important to you.
Cheers
Ian
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Diablo 3 everywhere, and Dark Souls when its released for pc.Sbar08 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My P4 is dying and I would like to be able to play modern games and watch HD videos.PPMguir - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Hi Mr. Anand Lal , Thank you very much for the opportunity you gave us to win a heck of a laptop.i would like to replace my old & weak Pentium M computer which can barely run games or Multimedia.
So, i would be highly obliged if you Please kindly provide me this.
Thank you for your understanding!
mattartweb - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'm running on a seven year old desktop. This would be a great upgrade for gaming on the go.Drewdog343 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I can has Ivy Bridge laptop?Joe Martin - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to play Black Ops daily. Online play, max detail. Yes!Jams80 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to run Call Of Duty , Diablo & other major games.highrain2 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'm a graduate student and have used CUDA for years to reduce compute time. My current research involves simulations that take hours to days. I have a general strategy on how I think I can speed this up with CUDA parallel processing. With this laptop's NVidia GPU and 12 GB of RAM, I can actually implement this. May sound lame now, but when I take some execution time from 30 minutes to 30 sec, that's pretty awesome.LikeABoss - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
That laptop looks kick a$%! I've been out of the PC gaming scene for the last few years & have been squeezing by with an aging Xbox360. With this I would finally be able to play modern PC games in all of their visual glory!!ET3D - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I generally play games on my PC which has a Geforce 6200 AGP Graphic card 7 as many of you know , this only supports upto Directx9.So, I could never play any newer gen games because for that you need to have either Dx10 or Dx11 support.This laptop packs some serious punch.if i get it , i will never need another computer ever because it will satisfy every demands of mine.
Thank you!!
hax0rkeith - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
with this box i'd finally have a game-worthy laptop.colorful54 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This Ivy Bridge laptop will be best for me while i will play latest & high end games.junkss - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
.. for school and the occasional awesome game. Put me in for the giveaway!shooka - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would love to be able to use this laptop for school and gaming in my time off!S1lpen - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to shut my wife up about how it is not fair my desktop can run Diablo III and her laptop keeps shutting itself off after 10 mins of play ( it is 5 years old and the cpu can't be upgraded).kvnobrien - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
As always, great site and articles. The giveaways are the best and easy to sign up for. Thanks Ananddaskills - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play Diablo 3 and program for Android.nyxnexus - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
No this would be a nice upgrade form a Dell D620.swmeek - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This would be an upgrade from an ASUS N53JG Notebook which has a pathetic GT415M GPU.xcomvic - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use the laptop for all my military deployments, video gaming, Skyping with friends and family and reading Anandtech while away would keep me very happy in la la land!NMDionysus - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would give this notebook to our Grandson who has been wanting a high end GPC for a while now. He just moved to NM from OH and gaming is one of the few ways he still has contact with his OH friends. He has gotten straight A's as long as I can remember and has been recognized by his school every year for his accomplishments. His passions are baseball and PC gaming but his gaming has been relegated to hand me down laptops. I can not express how much winning this laptop would mean to him and all of us by showing him how proud we are of him!arthomas - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To replace my 4-year old notebook.LMF5000 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I believe this laptop is just about powerful enough to run notepad on Windows 8. Maybe even minesweeper if you can cram in another 12GB of RAM.Uniformity - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I want to have an upgrade really soon because my old laptop has started failing on me.I would be able to use this MSI GT70 for all my work & leisure purposes.Please give me this.Thank you very much.
Bibble - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use this to play Diablo 3.Werty_316 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for playing Max payne 3 , BF3 & some other visually rich games!slapkey - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To play LANs with friends instead of lugging my seriously outdated large-tower PC around!mjh215 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd probably use this most to play games while still allowing my primary desktop to work on stuff and I can switch back and forth without interrupting either.legoheads - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I am just now getting back into PC gaming after a 6+ year hiatus (had a kid). My old desktop ran a MSI motherboard that I absolutely loved. Unfortunately my gaming time is limited to what time I can squeak out on the old slow family MacBook. Winning this killer GT70 0NC would be unbelievable. The configurable steelseries backlit keyboard looks amazing! Really hankering to play some Diablo 3 and Max Payne 3! Fingers and toes are crossed...bennyg - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Flog it ASAP and buy a more powerful Clevo P150EM or P170EM with a 7970M :)At least it doesn't have gaudy red or fluoro orange plastic all over it like MSI gaming laptops used to.
Maneuver - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use the computer for work (military), photo/video editing, and of course gaming :-)isoparm - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
It would be my first personal PC notebook. I would use it for photo retouching.maxfisher05 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this to play Civ 5 and others, and I wouldnt have to fight with my wife over who gets to use the computer next :)Zozon - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
...new one would be great :-)Pathison - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
A new gaming laptop would be nice.I wanted to replace my old desktop.littlebitstrouds - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
as a portable editing rig for my production company when I stay at my ladies every other night of the week, so basically it would increase my productivity two fold. Yes please.Tanja1211 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My husband told me to come in and post a comment to help him win this laptop. SCREW HIM!!! I want it. It can replace that crappy almost 3 years old I3 he bought me. Cheap ass. I told him I need a good laptop that can do Photoshop and picture editing.dnddanranger - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
As a wonderful replacement to my current 4 year old laptop. I would love to be able to play anything beyond solitaire on my laptop!pjf90 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to play Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm when it comes out. Also, it would be a replacement for my desktop because it is way better.Decision_Taker - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I need an upgrade from my old Toshiba laptop.Thank you!!partsdude - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd love to play Battlefield on this rig!Law.Enforcement - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would like to play Diablo 3 on this system as some of you guys said. :)Mofabio - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
use it to play the finest game of solitaire.exe my work IT department has ever seenSporadic E - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
EnteredSporadic E - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Crap that didnt work. I would upgrade my current MSI laptop that is moving in on 4 years old. Hand that one down to the kids as it is still a fine computer, just cant play the new stuff (Core Duo 8900, 4GB and 9800M 512MB). Would be nice to have one to play on while on business trips.katzie19 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will use the citrix to view all the scans of patients instead of my old macbook. I am aspiring medicine student and I will be able to do better videos and pictures of those scans which will enable my professor to have a better presentation. It will reflect on my letter of recommendation.familyprinting - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
want onetyrebyter - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
give it to my daughter she needs a new laptop for schoolDynamoNED - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
and this would be an excellent candidate. Good luck to everyone!pts211 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this for video editing, CAD, and of course gaming!tungt88 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would use this for school, work, and gaming; would be a great desktop substitute!Oracular - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
it beats the one i have now...i'd be able to actually play games :Oelepere - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Sweet unit. An awesome entertainment system that can go anywhere. I can take this on the plane and not be bored on those long flightsconanfan - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To explore the limits of human understanding, to overcome barriers of race and gender to improve the human condition, to discover the singularity, and to play the heck out of Skyrim, Witcher 2, and DIablo III.marccrazy - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
For the past two years I’ve been using my net book as a laptop. Although it has a great battery life, I am sorely in the need for something that can run VMs and my net book is not the answer. It would be nice to be able to play some decent games on it too.Qubix1 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Been looking around for a high res, high power system to allow me to run many virtual machines while also allowing me to play games at high quality settings without having to compromise for performance. This would fit the bill perfectly!mea1453 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to replace my old single core Dothan notebook from 2004...it's only good as a web browser at this point.This MSI notebook looks awesome!
EBrown9583 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to show off to my girlfriend and illustrate the fact that she truly needs a new computer as it can barely run plants vs zombies.Jphaser - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I gave away my last laptop to my aunt in Vietnam so she can share with my little cousins over there, it was a crappy 11 inch dell but it was all that I had. If I had this laptop I would bring it back to Vietnam later this year, teach my cousins how to play games and watch movies, over there they don't have access to regular things like we do.loganking75 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To play Star Wars: the Old Republic. Because Celebration VI is two months+ away, and I needs MORE Star Wars.tmeekhof - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
That is one sweet laptop. I would use it to blast mine enemies to bits.zerogoat - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to play Star Wars The Old RepublicProfessor Malice - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I need a new laptop.wotanisi - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Either that or school. But I would rather leave school at home.infintium - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this.genflush - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
What a spectacular notebook. Please add my name to the drawing.captainwtf2 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I could definitely use a laptop. Would probably help a ton when I'm fixing other peoples computers.jimmi102 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
What a beautiful system. I've got a good home for it here.Jim
IlikeContests - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My laptop died this weekend. I would love a new one :)tgumina - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Awesome specs. What is the sceen size and resolution.JPSurratt2005 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Diablo 3, Call of Duty, and anything else I can manage to play on the go would be amazing!!ucookie - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to protect the world. @_@300thelefts - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to1 I would program cuda, for Nvidia new architecture. Hopefully they now have more blocks to issue.
2 I would use this computer to play Diablo 3 and starcraft 2 and crysis as well.
3 I would use this computer to run research workloads on Linux and construct the computer with my desktop to form a linux cluster.
mightieristhepen - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To strike down evil...assuming someone's servers stay up. coughBlizzcoughMajjick27 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If I won the laptop I would scrap it down for parts, make a fully aware A.I., sell the design and then donate millions to MSI.NeonFlak - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Between gaming sessions it would be running world community grid!shadowobscured - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
The light up keyboard and well-designed chassis is just the start to something that will laugh at titles like Skyrim and Arkham City with a Nvidia 670m (3 GBs of VRAM).dimsdale11 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use this to amaze everyone how awesome mobile gaming is! And to turn silly apple users green with envy!doomsday_heresy - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it for both work and play. I teach computer repair at a charter High School and am an avid gamer. I host LAN parties at the school to raise money for our vocational programs.evongugg - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would be exactly what I need.Thanks.
sigmabond - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to destroy the internets... and play any game i want while i wait for the xbox 720 because the 360 has past its lifetime.jc430 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 on the go!!tlmaclennan - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to help me with my engineering courses. In the little free time I'd definitely put it to the test with some great games!mdrentz - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
to be able to play all the games my current computer can not handle or play at reasonible graphics level! im tired of playing new games on low settings!Kolgrim - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would notebook all day every day. Yeeeeeeeah.an0n42 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Playing games on vacation, of course. Thanks for the giveaway!bgc99 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
And so it begins, Skynet or bust. Also, to check email.ttownscott - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I could use a more powerful development machinesmahalin2011 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
With great technology of Ivybridge (3D gate)Apoculos - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Porn and games of course!MicahC - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to to cad on the go for my EE studies, and I would probably game a little, and surf a bit.6StringMercenary - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This would surpass my current respectable Lenovo i5, 8GB of RAM machine and in a good way - put on Ableton, run as many VSTs and effects and such as desired, run real-time video output to make it also be able to run in a club / projector setting, and turn up the volume while the APC40 glows and the keys sound amazing.ShadyPenguins - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use the laptop to finish my computer science research (Kalman filters) so I can graduate and get a real job. Oh and to smash a few more demons on Diablo 3 also. I was looking for a new laptop, so this would be great timing.emesis - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My laptop is either on my lap in the living room or on the TV stand playing Hulu, YouTube clips, etc. I use it for everything, but it's an old piece of junk. It would be really nice to get something I could use for everything I do with my current laptop, and that would play games too!killer_wasabi - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play D3Yrusoad - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Play Diablo and Eve at the same time. Eve on the lappy, Diablo on my desktop.SBSailor - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
And other stuffspinalphil - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
work and play would be the users1089 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would give up frivolous things, like eating, sleeping, and having a social life. MY PRECIOUSSS....but actually, I would play games the way they were meant to be played, with visuals in all their glory. I would multitask with windows side by side (to fill out those tedious med school applications), and watch movies in beautiful HD, while my friends envy my beast of a notebook and hatch a plot to obtain the one notebook to rule them all.
bigt2424 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
i have always loves racing sims like pCARS and iracing, but i do not have a computer to be able to have fun with all the other dedicated racers out there. And with some great titles coming out soon, i wont be able to race because i dont have the power. I think it would be great to be able to finally prove myself on the track and not worry about my frames and stuttering:) Thanks for a great giveaway and i can only hope to win and good luck to everyone else:)initial J - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This would end my search for the perfect laptop to play Diablo 3 @ 1920x1080. Must feed the addiction...Velsk - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
playing Diablo 3 with my girlfriend. She's currently suffering through the game on her Macbook Pro at about 5-10 FPS on average. Anyone playing with her can tell her computer is chugging very badly trying to keep up with the game. She desperately needs an upgrade.CoyoteX - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Wow! I was always hoping for getting one of these bad ass laptops!I would play on it StarCraft II, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2, Crysis Warhead, Aliens vs Predator, Lost Planet 2, & Resident Evil 5!
MSI makes awesome stuff!
Pick me please! It would get a lot of use!
golensama - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use the notebook to play Star Wars: The Old Republic and Minecraft.Kelfen - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to design complex circuits and program complex programs (including games :) )Roek - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My god....beautiful!!!! I would love to upgrade to this!!someguy19 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This would replace my quickly aging laptop.Flesh Creature - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
as a calisthenic workout aid, walnut crusher, Frisbee, space heater.. oh, and desktop replacement gaming rig ;)ntahfs - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I have been an avid gamer for over a decade. Recently I returned to college and I would use this laptop to, not only play games, but also as a tool to secure my degree. I have a 4.0 average after my first semester returning and I am on course to continue that gpa in my second semester. I have learned HTML/CSS and am currently learning C++ in an introductory programming course.This computer would see a lot of brilliant schoolwork as well as a hefty dose of power gaming if it were entrusted to my care.
Thanks :)
In2Boost - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
would love a notebook with discrete graphics! come on msi!jbaker8935 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
run a DAW for mobile recording & play natural selection 2.k0mpressor - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd sit outside an Apple store at the nearest mall and play various games at levels the cool kids couldn't.joeymetts13 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I don't have a laptop. So yeah this would be cool.AndroidXZ - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Games, programming and everything and anything you can do with a computer this powerful.MadHatter0 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Hours upon hours upon hours of Diablo 3 and GUild Wars 2!stiiv - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for villiany most heinous.valdez555 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Wow, this is what i need as I move on to my boat... Not enough room for my current gaming rig, so this would be perfect. I could also use it for course plotting, movie machine, etc...mkmitch - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
After using if for a short time just to see how it goes....I'd auction if off for charity to help the less fortunate in my area.SilentAssassin - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My old laptop finally bit the dust and I can't afford a new one. I would use this for College and Gaming. Diablo III!!!teraunus - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as a mobile gaming hub away from my desktop, and it would alleviate my need for a laptop for my university classes.Thanks for the contest Anandtech and MSI!
jjonny - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Well, I'd initially be using this for gaming. But I bet I would get more into the streaming if I can bring it to somewhere confortable.to watch. No need to update the desktop (which has kept me from starting Skyrim)! Thanks for the chance.Egoyte - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Not just for work (though I'd do that), but also to edit my youtube videos. I'd also play games, of course, and then name my first child after the thing. Gimmie? Please?smackoww - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I am in serious need of a new laptop! my current dell is a pos. I'd use it for everything from school to gamingshakenandstired - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to edit text in notepad, and play Minesweeper.markawesome - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd blow the face off of any fool (figuratively, of course) trying to peep my game because this laptop would own their beings more than the games themselves. Jaw to the floor and hear the jealous roar.cybermoser - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to travel with for my job. During normal hours I would use if for video production, at night I would use it to SKYPE with my two young kids before they went to bed and then I would get my game on!amd4life - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I certainly could use a new laptop, great contestI am as mad as hell - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I will give this laptop to my S.O. as a gift, so she can play her Sims 3 and Diablo 3 when she is not studying towards her college degree.Jaydgr - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This would make a perfect desktop replacement for my aging development & gaming system.Presto785 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to do homework when I wasn't playing games, watching movies, and emasculating my girlfriends mac book pro.MorpheusMan - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd love to have a laptop that's faster than my main computer.chandler240 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Please, please, please, please, come to me, come to me, please, please.chandler240 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
P L E A S Eflowrush - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use it to render amazing frag videos, help with protein folding, and enjoy an awesome time at Quakecon 2012 without having to haul in 50 lbs of equipment because I'll be using this bad boy.Apollyon1980 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would love to be able to kill some monsters for frag some noobs on my lunch break at work!Brilhasti - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I have just started back to school on my post 9/11 veterans fund. Since I do not have a lot of money to spend on computers I am using an E2200 dual core for school work and gaming. If I were to receive this laptop I would be able to have something portable and capable of running any of the software required for work, school, and gaming.Happy Memorial Day!!!
tacosRcool - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would play some Battlefield 3 instead of paying attention in some of my engineering classes!shiuchewan - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Been waiting 'til I can upgrade my machine before purchasing Starcraft so I can experience more than 1990's graphics. Maybe I'll finally get my wishCreig - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
for work, play and games. Then put my old laptop to use in a changeable message board.Grazer - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This would allow me to play newer games I have been holding off on. I would be the envy of my son and his friends! HAHAHAHA!!1akk31.wolfe - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use it to browse AnandTech, of course! Only faster. And with more games. Yay.Burnsinator - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If I won this laptop I would use it for gaming and for multimedia purposes. I would sell my aging desktop to a friend at discount so that they can continue to use it what it was built for, playing games. This laptop would be all I would need for gaming and to take with me to game at a friends house or to watch movies on. It's great looking as well. All of my friends would be rather envious I think. :)jims23213 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Use it to crunch protein strings as part of protein-protein interactions.idiotsavant1 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use this to play games when I'm traveling for work.Asteon - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
wonderful laptop replacementlostproc99 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
As my gaming/music creation and editing machine....My previous laptop died and I don't have ability to do either at the moment....Dying to finish the Witcher2 and DragonAge Origins. The power of this machine should handle these games with aplomb....Also, I miss working in GuitarPro 6HeresiarchTHC - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would this notebook to play games and watch movies when I'm away from my desktop, which would be most of the time, but then again, if I had this laptop I wouldn't need my old desktop. :)drdope - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd be able to actually play a game. I'm on a Toshiba A305 with core 2 duo and integrated 4500HD GMA. I cant even play TF2 at low settings. I need an upgrade so badly, plus this laptop would be for college so I could strike an expense off my $30,000 a year tuition for Computer Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.amiacalva - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Would be nice to have a laptop that had more than integrated graphics.Talyrius - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games while I ride the bus/train to work everyday.Reign91 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for absolutely everything,not just gaming,I need a laptop for for my schooling,I hate using the school computers,this would make life a bit easier, and also to have some good old fashioned american fun on the side......too poor to afford oneloafgiver - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
It would replace my very very aged desktop, which is super super slow.Thank you for your consideration.
Frone - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd definitely use it for gaming...and probably everything else. My Dell laptop just died on me and so I'm currently rocking my single-core 3GHz, 1GB desktop running XP. :(buzznut - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
me likeyPsychosomatic - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If I won that laptop, I would play the hell out of Diablo 3 everywhere I go.Space7007 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Wouldn't this be nice :)buzznut - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this PC for pretty much everything. Like others here, I have an outdated and very slow notebook, missing keys, and horrible battery life. I get maybe two hours before I need to find an outlet. And its heavy! I wouldn't mind all that stuff if it kicked ass but it doesn't. It doesn't kick anything really. It just sits there sucking up energy.Actually, on second thought I would probably give it to my stepdaughter who is going off to college in the fall. Yes, thats a much better idea.
merlpriester - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
This is one AWESOME laptop. Mine is 4.5 years old and will no longer run current games.I would sleep with this laptop, as it would be my second best buddy, my dog is first LOL.
Merl
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I would use this laptop to help further protein folding research with F@HDetectiveDelicious - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
My desktop is starting to get a little behind. I could definitely use something like this.zjhaiyao - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Such a great gift if lucky.pyroistech - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
Should win this wonderful beast I will dedicate my life to fighting crime and the forces of EVIL!jparsons11 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
The winning of this laptop would provide my family with a much better computer. Yup. That's all I got. <3Press_ALT_F4 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would only use windows 95 on it.mbaty1 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
If only I had the opportunity to utilize a machine of this magnitude!! I am still stuck on my old Intel Centrino for my mobile needs and would love the ability too play my games on the go. Awesome piece of equipment!slab154 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
And I need a new laptop!pyrooni - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for my heavy mutli media editing software such as Adobe Cs5.5.Gaming the latest and greatest , emulation , and anything else i wish for pushing it to the limits .
Bron5 - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
To play games, what else?alsowoo - Monday, May 28, 2012 - link
I'd use this laptop to finally be able to play PC games! Have never had a capable PC, even now mine chugs along watching flash video, so this laptop would be perfect!jehg - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
last MSI product a motherboard gave me a good product for a fair price , ok , lol i know -laptop would come in very handy for games , and tons of other things we do on laptops .
I dont own a laptop , have been looking , but right now quality ones like this one is out of my
reach right now , bragging rights aside , would be cool to upstage younger brother ( works at
computer store) on this laptop ** when** i win ..
its great that venders like MSI AnandTech can offer contests like this , TY.
wilkinsoncp - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
So I can have a computer that can handle gaming instead of this half broken netbook so I can have something to do while I watch my new daughter at night. Help me Obi Wan, you're my only hope as i can't afford a new gaming system with the costs of a new baby taking priority!Stayshift - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I've been without a gaming rig for quite some time and I've learned to cope with the mainstream versions. I would even go as far as satisfied with my Inspiron 1520. I would like to say that I am the sort of person who would put this up on E-Bay and give the proceeds to a charity...and normally I would but, hand on heart, I want to reward myself for the past year. I would like to return to the world of PC gaming after graduating with my CompTIA Strata, A+ and Networking certificates and finally getting my rear in gear to do something that I truly care about (technology) and pair it up with degree (foreign policy...which has a lot of facets having to do with the human condition and the state of the known world politik and lack of digital authority). It's all a bit confusing and quite a bit of mumbo-jumbo verbage that I'd rather not talk about.Like I said, I am okay with my current laptop. I just find myself glancing at craigslist and newegg and tigerdirect, longing for the opportunity to strike when I will finally be able to sit back on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy a bit of fragging once more.
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yes! give it to meGimpDaddy - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
The few hours a day when I'm not playing a game I'd be editing video for more money for more games.HayesK - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Replace my aging T2330 notebook used for daily activities and monitoring my folding farm.pookey106464 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Being a poor college student I would use this computer for just about everything.jdmshaker - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Why Pinky, we would use this for the same thing we do everyday....Try to take over the world!...and quite possibly lots of digital gaming awesomeness.nvp - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would like to get this laptop to play games. Hope it is not very noisy.euforiia - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would utilize the power of this laptop for 3d modeling, drawing, rendering, and other types of media production during my studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where I will be pursuing my Master of Architecture. Since the program requires laptops now, winning this machine would allow me to save a lot of money in my tight budget!bmwoodsie - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
don't forget feeding starving ethiopiansRending - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
this to brighten my day.trumpeter001 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Seriously, this laptop is more powerful than my home system. My school work and gaming would benifite greatly from a system like this.nermie - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Love the site, that notebook would be sweeeet.perfectstranger - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To play games on the go, of course :)bmwoodsie - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
play the games i thought my previous notebook could run... Turns out the previous one can, but its about as smooth as the rockies. Then give my old laptop to someone who needs it.bmwoodsie - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i also want to learn Unix so the extra hard drive space would make a partition nice and easy to start playing around with linuxjgoldeneyes - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would love to use this to resurrect my gaming in general. It has been a while where I get a chance to game. So with a portable gaming device such as this i can get back into gaming.This_Guy - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'm currently in the process of trying to build my first gaming rig and stumbled upon anandtech.com. I saw this contest on the front page and thought oh hey that's awesome! So anyways if I won, I would use this computer for gaming. I would finally be able to play d3 or bf3 with my friends! woohooo!zerox20 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
ON THE GO whee d3 funrocknrob - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
First of all I would of course play some of today's baddest games but I would also use it to create some awesome looking WordPress themes. I would also have to take it to a few LAN parties just to show it off!!!Daroo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I can definitely use a new laptop, especially a gaming capable one.av_av - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Skyrim's crypts will look much less scary that way.npjeff - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
So i can play diablo 3 on go go go!!!!! Raw power in my hands please.tvcplu - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Way better than my current laptop.Shrimpy266 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To do ALL of my homework and classwork for my upcoming school year and to study for all of my finals.... nah probably to do some misc. work and play some Diablo III till the birds start chirping in the morning.mangatron - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to replay all the games I've played, to this day I've played games on low details and 800x600 where available, some games can't even run well at all, so I would definitely use this laptop to enjoy some nice visuals. Oh, and Photoshop as well, I'm a heavy photoshopper.Skarn - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I always take a gaming class notebook with me when I travel, and the GT70 is lighter than my current 17'' beast by about 1#. I'd also probably use it to replace the aging convertable tablet that I use for tabletop RPGs.carlisle - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i'd be processing a massive dataset of satellite images for work at the same time as playing some awesome games, on the go for science!boofarino - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i guess maybe some torrents too, and obviously checking anandtech daily :)bbosley - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would actually get a chance to get some computer/gaming time without having to kick someone off.sbeck - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I promise to step my gaming up if I win this!!!!kagey - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use it as a gaming laptop as well as a desktop. It's powerful to run all my applications.thunderbrain - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would definitely use the heck out of it, specially since my poor old dell get's stuck even when launching google chrome. I really need an updated laptop but I'm kind of holding on a laptop so I can upgrade my 3 year old desktop. This would would be a great addition to play Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3 (I just love point and click with lots of loot games)Fenrir3050 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I've been lusting after MSI laptops since they prototyped one using one of the first Fusion designs. I thought "What a great idea! Gaming ability AND reasonable battery life!" That was the same thought I had when I purchased my current laptop, a Sony VIAO based on Intel's Centrino platform sporting a Radeon 9700 mobile GPU, back in 2004. I'm still using that laptop - the 17" 1920 x 1200 screen is just good to give up even if the battery lasts less than two hours. It's been quite some time since I've been able to play games on it, but I can't beat it for productivity applications (and a bit of web surfing...).Harrisam - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd love to actually win something for a change!Phara - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would love this notebook to replace my 3 year old netbook. I would love to game on it and use it to finish out my last 2 years of university and med school!DevinC - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
as a much needed second modern pc in our home, and for that gaming fix when away.badmals - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Beyond gaming this machine would function incredibly as a mobile platform for reading/displaying complex 3d CT and MRI scans, and allowing me to show and explain the images to patients. And of course the ability to run ultra setting graphics WOW and raid away at conferences would rock.thp1017 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
definitely faster than my old desktop, been thinking about switching to laptop only!azasling - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Sweet!!!!! Diablo 3 on the roadCloakstar - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It would be a laptop to call my very own. I would hug it and squeeze it and game on it and call it, "George".gmknobl - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd give it to my wife to replace her aging netbook and give her something where she can't complain about the speed and lack of graphics capability. Then her netbook would go to my oldest son so I could train him how to use computers (plus he'd stay up way too late at night, but that's what summer vacation is for when you're ten).J23rdi - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would love to play games away from home.ralith - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd replace my 4 year old gaming laptop with this beast. Then game and game some more.ZeroPointEF - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would be able to write code, and then play a game or movie while the code is compiling.FozzieB - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would be gaming, working, surfing, word processing, spreadsheeting, internet tech article reading, and everything else on this laptop. If only I had one.artoodetoo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play games until way past my bedtime.unkldiesel - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My sister's been through 3 old hand-me-down laptops from the rest of the family and I would give it to her so she could finally have something nice to play her games on.dawheat - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
for work and funBlitz324 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I constantly go to my a couple of my friend's house to play games on some older desktops they have so if I won this laptop I would be able to have my own beast machine to play on. Plus, my friend who I usually hang out with already has the same type of laptop from MSI. If i win this one i'll be sure to take a picture of the 2 of them together :)Mettech - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would replace my main pc with that power. And allow me to Game anywhere.PaperPlate - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
For sure it can and I'd love to try it out!MaximillianSterling - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This might actually force me to make time for gaming again...uncleyankee7 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play any game anywhere in stylemyson - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Free of everything, bound by nothing. I would seek wisdom through the strategy of the game and create new worlds in my studies. I will break the rules of physics in this universe with the juice from this ultimate brain amplifier.insemnia - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'm in need of a laptop. Fingers crossed.Gilgame - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Subject says it all. Just had twins, sometimes I take over while mom naps, and it would be sweet to game on while the twins and mom all sleep.rakez - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i'm going to use this for farmville!winac - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this computer as a mobile office for CAD work.(and also maybe a few games, too)
JAlbatross - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Thanks!BioHazardous - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
First off it'd be an awesome birthday present since today is my bday =) Secondly, I wouldn't keep it for myself, I'd give it to my girlfriend so she could play Diablo 3 with me!Kryptix - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To blow off steam from a day at work by playing Diablo III, DOTA 2, BF3 etc, while in class at lawschool at night.Menacing - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use the laptop to game when I'm back home.Also porn.
Rivensteel - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'm limping along with my old macbook pro for mobile computing and it's starting to really hurt. I'd love to upgrade to a new laptop, and Windows-based would be great to go with the new PC tower I just built. With this laptop, it would be a long time til I felt pinched for computing power while on the go and I'd be able to leverage my Steam collection far better than before.Riley Craven - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to be awesome.... (aka show off to all my friends how cool MSI notebooks are)Evilrandy - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Absolutely to game on the go. I would use this daily to enhance my online gaming experience and when it gets old and slow by the standards of the day, I would do like I do with all my computers pass them on to my ids. Hopefully not for a long long time. MSI great brand and certainly one of the nicest laptops available today.poolgas - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Like laptop. I would play away to my hearts' content with this lappy.Asiancelestial - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Would love to have this as an upgrade to my 5 year old dell laptop!hobbesmaster - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To play games obviously. Also prevent people from occupying my desktop!alfreid - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Playing DIRT at USC!lordneptune - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this both to play games (replacing my current, aging laptop), and to work on some game design projects on the go.bignickmetro - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
this would replace my aging core 2 duo based macbook pro. would love to have a usfeul laptop again!dustinnoe91 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would play games of course!Hanako_Ikezawa - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'm going off to college next year. I believe that this would be a fantastic tool to help me stay up and "study" for classes.Ammaross - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 of course :) Well, that and any number of other laptop uses.jiyamoo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
As a desktop replacement to continue my dominance in online competitive play (or my perceived dominance -- its a blurry line at times). But id do it in style!itoregon - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To look in on Anand every day.Dkard - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play games on the go!Spacecomber - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Since I don't have a laptop at this time, my first thought is that I would use one in order to be able to take my computing with me away from home, doing basic things like being able to browse the web and check email. But this sytem is so powerful, I would no doubt install some of my favorite games; so, I could take these along to play away from the house as well. Very cool.MBASHCRAFT - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This laptop would replace my 4 year old laptop, and would serve as my main computing device through the next 4 years of college.HocusPocus - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Having a gaming beast as my first personal laptop.... now that would put a smile on my face :)Kaifmomin - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace a old computer and to play Guild Wars 2Stilgar72 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
A gaming laptop so I can play Diablo anywhere... well as long as I have an internet connection...lolclipless - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
...comes great responsibility. I'd rock this laptop with a little bit of Skyrim and CAD work for the car I'm designing.BruceCLin - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I will be using it to play Guild Wars 2 on the road.superunknown98 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To replace my netbook, does that make sense?WagonWheelsRX8 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
playing games! And replacing my 6 year old desktop computer. Yep, it's that old.Alpinweiss - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would definitely be using this to game and not have to worry about my ever-aging desktop.Ahlnut - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use this notebook for gaming of course! It would replace my non0gaming laptop. A MUCH needed upgrade!fc1204 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i would use this nb to replace my old asus one.and perhaps some light video editing since my old asus couldn't handle hd video coding.
Daniel W. - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play World of Warcraft and Diablo III! When I'm not using it I'd let my son use it to play Minecraft.cicatriz63 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would play endless hours of diablo 3 on it.WaltW - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this to run several VM sessions.Aegis90 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Would love a chance to win!kimala - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would like to use this for autoCAD and 3D rendering.vuduman5 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play diablo III without it crashing on me, which would be glorious indeed. Also, obviously with a laptop, it would mean diablo III in unconventional locations...aduncanvickery - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this for nefarious purposes, such as: playing WAY too much Diablo III in my office during lunch breaks, on the go, at the lake. And Torchlight II is on its way out too! There goes my summer!cletus - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to replace my wife's aging laptop and fill it with as many modern games as possible. This would actually be an upgrade even from my desktop computer!lordzedii - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To try and take over the world.Plan B, take my old laptop out to the range and vent :)
Spartacus00 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
And maybe some games in my free time.D Beers - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd love to have a laptop for portable digital video work.whatsinit4me - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
for the benefit of all mankind and wipe out hunger and bring peace to all the races and religions of the world and to replace the antique ibm t43 i am currently sentenced to use.Erf_Berzerko - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for about 90% gaming and 10% everything else (probably looking up stuff game related). Not to mention it's the perfect bring-to-lan-gaming-sessions laptop instead of hauling a tower, accessories, and a monitor.Nfarce - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would not only be great to take on the road as a portable gamer for personal use, but also as a portable flight simulator experience to share with school children where I could introduce them to the high quality graphics and realism of Microsoft Flight and X-Plane...to expand their horizons and imagination.o1die2 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would be my first notebook; looking forward to trying some gaming on it.ismaelgonzales - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would replace a 2009 laptop as my gaming laptop.BigLan - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It'd make a great update and replace a 5 year old system.SSG Geezer - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
TO crush my children at their favorite shooters , and do my networking homework after I go back to my house.rdriskill - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play Diablo 3 in its full glory.artlozano - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it for virtualization and as a portable server.Jonahkirk - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Wow, this would be quite an upgrade from my Athlonx2 desktop.jcamilo70 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use it to have my first notebook ever (Only PC for me) and finally be able to play all the games I've missed for the past 5-8 years due to lack of hardwaredcianf - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I could run the server and client ON THE SAME MACHINE! Think of the possibilities!Icabus - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
First step to Multi-boxing.PawnX - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Looks very nice. This trashes my core duo laptop that i have been needing to replace for the last couple years. I think it might actually be able to replace my desktop as a primary machine. does this have an option to add an additional SSD HD in it?Main purpose in the past has been to play games on my laptop when traveling. With all the new games D3 SC2 and steam games (Steam offline don't work unless it was put in offline mode when the system was online. Doesn't work all that well half the time.) this is getting to be hard to do since even though they have offline content you need the internet to play.
Solix - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
May I have some more?bviperz - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
It's only so far upgrading RAM will take you on your old laptop.ratbuddy - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To replace my aging secondary desktop.Oreoscrumbs - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This notebook would replace my current desktop, which is an AMD Sempron 3300+ with 1Gb of RAM and an ATI All-in-Wonder 2006 Edition AGP. It's ancient, but I haven't had the resources to upgrade for a while, and kids and work have kept me away. It would be nice to get some current gaming done, along with some video and photo editing.calicob - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would like to try diablo III on this if given the chance winning it. It has enough power for sure.Lanax - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would be a great gaming notebook, time to get lucky!gorfmaster1 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I need a new computer so badWhitetiger19 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
need a upgradevangl76 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to do everything. It would replace my current desktop and laptop.Flipper34 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would replace the old laptop that cannot play anything but the simplest games.j?z - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
old laptop is not cutting it anymore.yamatoex - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Entering to see if i can retire my current Penyrn powered laptop.cyiton - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook as a mobile gaming platform, but also for a fair amount of productivity related work I've been eyeing an ultra-portable for.Flash1214 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games.AlucardX - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
play video games on my patio :)7Enigma - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would be perfect for a long weekend at the parents without my main rig!wakuritz - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'll be playing games, of course. When I'm at work, I'll be working with it.FGforty2 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use it because I' ve never owned a notebook and my 4 year old has recently become a PC gamer and has claimed my current Desktop.GX700X - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would most deffinetly change my old MSI GX700X which is used to the max of gaming, for about now 5 years been using it, and still runs the games!issleeping - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Play D3 at work... (probably not a good idea).steeb0z - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i would thats what i would dokarmacoma - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My desktop is a four year old gateway with a Q8300 core 2 quad and no GPU. I don't have a laptop at all. So I'd use this laptop for just about everything, but especially to finally have a computer capable of playing anything other than 10 year old games.SmashingTool - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would be absolutely life changing! Here's to hoping!Genjimaru - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
D3, TERA, TSW, and GW2 on the go!Bitmap - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I have a LONG commute and this sure would make it more enjoyable. Angry birds will only take you so far ;pmezrah - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My old ACER is dying...I could really use a new laptop from a great company like MSI!Psychosylph - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
...for evil...jmccaf01 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Need it.deadlift1 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
12GB ram in a laptop is awesome.rarson - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
At least I'm honest.Jesse32569 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Need a laptop for college, gaming, 3D modeling, programming etcdigitac@gmail.com - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would be the perfect laptop for a bit of Diablo 3 on the train.eyi526 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
this thing's a beast! i wouldn't mind taming it!pepe12 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
...to play on the bed, so that my wife would stop saying "stop playing, come to bed".robcomptech - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This has enough power to run development IDEs.Werebob - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Yes, color coordination is key in the home of a bachelor. Don't want to scare off potential lady friends with mismatched colors.gearwrencher - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I need a new notebook badly!gearwrencher - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
current laptop I got in 2004 lolStickyRain - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to pwn people in WoW & Diablo 3 everywhere I go.dhoshaw - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Sounds like it would make a fantastic machine for software develoment.flayre - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i'd use this as one of the lonely souls left playing swtorlug - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd play diablo 3 by the lake while on vacation.Kaifmomin - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i would use this laptop to replace old computer, and play GameszillaSMASH - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would be able to beat the summer heat in the basement with this bad boy. I would also be able to keep my cat company. Aside from the glorious gaming I'd be able to do, I'd also like to tinker with some Android app development. I'd be the coolest kid on the block, making all the other nerds jealous of this beast machine. *Crossing my fingers*webdawg77 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this awesome notebook to finally catch up on some gaming!mrmbelue - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Early in our relationship I introduced the wife to gaming. As time progressed we play alot of games together. Alas our second pc has outlived its compatibility and needs to be replaced. Should I receive this laptop, the missus and I would get to spend some quality time together on Diablo III.ddahlin - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to rule the gaming world!philit - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
First would be for CS: Source as its an addiction, then maybe step it up to some of the newer games out thereCravenmor - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Great looking and great specs, a great prize worth winning.goldmorgan - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Great looking machine! I would use this to play games and wife could use this to replace her desktop.Frodo247 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would take this laptop into Mordor, to the fires of mt. doom, and cast it in. It is too much power for the world of men to hold.radjeandsets - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I could use one of these.mdwgmagic - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I really do!WetLlama - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
... or I may have posted this 3 times. Awesome DQ for me.Anyway, I'd give my current notebook to my girlfriend's son (who has Down's Syndrome), and I'd use this one to play games with him.
GenMasterB - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I've been crawling with a lowly netbook for years now. something faster then syrup in winter would be a miracle to me!BrotherChurch - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would make it possible for me to game at friends house without having to carry my desktop around.tting - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it to read recipes from, and play games!mikefxu - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it as my work computer.WintersEdge - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would probably take this notebook to LAN parties, so as to not bother lugging around a desktop.domokunrawr - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I think this laptop would work as a very nice monitor stand... a colorful monitor stand for that matter.In other news this beast would allow me to conquer anyone on a battlefield and rip them to shreds through pure power. :D
It'd also be portable which is something I need because people look at me funny when I bring my desktop to classes...
mcnels1 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
With the large memory I'd use this as a mobile development workstation, with breaks for games.terrencepickles - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Would give it to my brother as a graduation gift. His previous MSI laptop died.drjman - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
One of my best friends is in the military and the only way we can "hang out" is playing online games. Unfortunately, my laptop had to be sold to pay for bills. I would use this laptop to pick up our "hang out" sessions playing online games and talking via skype. Funny enough, my friend has an MSI laptop (GT780R) and loves it!joncgde7 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I want to replace my 7 year old desktop which is insufficient to run modern applications & newer games.Thank very much that you have given us this chance!!!sylik - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
because sandy bridge just doesn't cut it for diablo 3.Bitgod - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
as a main system, probably connected to a larger display at a desk. But it would also allow me to play some good games when I'm on the road also.cmax - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook in every single way I haven't been allowed to use my work laptop. By installing every game ever on it and playing it like crazy. I think I'd also let my girlfriend use it from time to time ;)datwater - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would smack Diablo in the face with this beast of a laptop.cdewyze - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
So like everyone, D3 is high on the list, but so is work, designing, developing, creating. This would give me the legs that I need to get all this done an no longer have to use my "provided" laptop to do it!The last laptop I owned was a Gateway desktop replacement (so I could play Diablo 2 oddly enough). This would be a great way to bridge the gap!
brycobat - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use it to replace my woefully inadequate current laptop for...darn near everything, come to think of it.dschaeffer - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
general purpose use and some gamingLurkyJangles - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it to play CS:GO beta while traveling for work!thestrangebrew - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play all my games at exceptional frame rates while I'm stuck at my in-laws. Never owned a gaming laptop before so I'd like this to be my first!douglaswilliams - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this to replace a slow old Dell D630 as my work laptop to continue development of a ATC RADAR simulator. Much more horsepower is very needed in these simulations.D1RTYD1Z619 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
DIablo 3 will get worn out on this laptopkusanagisan18 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
With this laptop I would be able to step away from the shackles and limitations of the desktop platform and able to move!I would use this laptop for everything, mostly just browsing reddit probably, but when not browsing reddit either playing some Steam games or encoding some x264 videos!
Also I would use this laptop for mobile video editing. I like to grab a lot of video when I'm out and about and with this handy little thing, I could just unload my card then and there and keep recording and have a rough edit done by the end of the day! With my desktop, I'd have to wait till i got home for all of that
crisop2001 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Yes, I could use this, definately.Zeracool - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If I were to be given this laptop I would first of all be extremely grateful for such a generous gift. This laptop would help me relax and play some vids with killer graphics while an university for a study break to get my mind off of studying.Best of luck everyone!!
Milstar - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
for computer things and email and maybe FarmVille.Aquila76 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use this so I could keep playing Portal 2, Deus Ex, Dirt Showdown, etc. on-the-go. Forget the Vita, THIS would be a seamless mobile gaming experience! I already use a MSI mainboard and recently purchased a MSI HD 7770 for my main PC. Just keep the great products coming MSI! TAKE MY MONEY!!!CDiNardo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Mainly to play Diablo 3, but Internet surfing & research, and skyping would also get a fair amount of usage..ahungerartist - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
With this weapon I would destroy Master Blaster!jadinaro - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To replace my sullen old laptop which takes 10 minutes to boot to windows and do some serious gaming while on the road. At least I would use it until one of my 5 kids wrestles it away from me, no doubt in a coordinated swarm attack.hooptyb - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to play some Diablo III!dillonnotz24 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If I had this laptop, I'd take it and the similarly priced Mx14 from Alienware and benchmark them side by side to show how this laptop dominates compared to Alienware's ridiculously weak offering. Then, I'd take it and go flaunt it at LAN parties across the state. This thing's got class, so I might as well display said class rather openly.iamkyle - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Dearest MSI, oh the joy of a shiny new MSI gaming notebook would bring to my face. Many many games would be played. Many many hours of my life would be lost.tjdulak - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for playing League of Legends. I upload youtube videos of myself playing LOL which I would edit on this laptop. My girlfriend also has a youtube fashion and makeup channel, and she would also use this laptop to edit her videos that over 35,000 subscribers watch.tjdulak - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play League of Legends and I would edit game play videos on it. My girlfriend also has a youtube channel with over 35,000 subscribers and she would edit her videos on it also. I am also in great need of a laptop because my current one is an old dell with a core 2 and integrated graphics card in it that is not in par with my needs. I am also a mechanical engineering college student that would need this computer for college work such as 3d modeling and Microsoft programs for classes. I would be greatly appreciative if I would receive this laptop and I hope to hear from you soon.Thanks,
tjdulak
meatbo0t - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i'd use this notebook for everything! especially guild wars 2 :)me19at - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If I win - its a win! If I do not win - its a win for someone else! In any case, its a win!!!jamison - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I just beat stage III kidney cancer at the age of 27 this past January after a flawless surgery was performed by the fine doctors at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC. However, this forced me to withdraw from classes last fall and the massive medical debt limits my "awesome gaming laptop" budget.As I'm restarting my senior year this upcoming fall, I'd love to use this laptop for school. But we all know I'd have to unleash this beast on some crazy gaming action whenever I'm not writing a paper. Diablo III and Battlefield 3 come to mind.
Best of luck to everyone who entered.
Dado12 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to teach myself new programs like CAD and perhaps a few software languages, if I'm brave, so I can actually create something. With the money I would save of not buying a laptop, I would get an sub 500 dollar 3D printing machine and try to create a few prototypes of ideas I have in my head. In my downtime, I would play some Diablo 3 to unwind. This would be a perfect tool for my life. I thank you ahead of time, winning or not.DSperlak - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I am home and get to use my desktop all of an hour a day, and as it is now half a decade old I am hesitant to build a new system that would see little use. This would let me keep up with the gaming trends while also allowing me to actually use it for more than an hour outside my home. Fingers Crossed.Shankroid - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To take over the world, the gaming world that is.absic - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop as a gaming system.This has very powerful hardware instead.If i win this , who needs a console then ?Cartman756 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My 3 year old laptop is about to die very soon & i am looking for a replacement.I hope & pray that i win this so that i can use it to the fullest extent possible.Please wish me luck..einstein4pres - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
If I were to win this, I'd replace my aging c2d desktop and buy some fancy new games to go with it!COLMADD - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My aging laptop needs a battle buddy.prosive - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
to win this contest!smeghead4269 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
That thing might become my current gaming machine. It's more powerful than my current desktop.JNo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
446 pages of comments. Jesus!Please please please find a way to make these compos open to UK residents!
You love us really. You know you do.
Liz0lee - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Would love to sharpen my league of legends skills against my brother! 19 years old!SupDX58SO - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would be a wonderful update from my only good for email laptopmplez - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
The same thing we do every night, Pinky--try to take over the world!pheato - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I think I would sleep with this notebook and send my wife to the couch :-)...ezridah - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
The idea of lugging my comp + keyboard + mouse + monitor (and I wish my speakers but obviously that's out of the question) keeps me from ever lanning it up with my friends. This would completely change all that and it's better than my desktop anyway lol.SamF09 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would play LOL for days!or diablo 3 for even longer!
Dt_uno - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Got a notebook that's slowly dying... this would make a great heir to the throne!!Snoopykins - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Everyday computing. browsing the web, social networking, email, document production and editing, and of course gaming.Thanks,
Snoopykins
omgitsLong - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would love to have a laptop!!zerox20 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
For such a larger gaming computer, I am surprised how lightweight it is, I figured it would be a lot heavier?sreypech2 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for both Guild Wars 2 and for virtual machines for school.Nimiz99 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To surf the net after work and to game/program on the weekendsjwick66 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would be abble to run my game s on ultra setting no compromise while traveling.queenazteca - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
...to finally ditch my giant, arthritic desktop and game and work wherever I pleased.ComputerNovice22 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I'd use it to play games but also edit video using Premiere Pro CS6, as well as use Photoshop etc... But mainly to play games with...Orical019 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I currently have a G73 as my travel companion to anything from work, play, and even just for show. If i won this, the ASUS would become a hand me down to my mother and id fire this bad boy up wherever i may gojona102190 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To play diablo of course!tomfiggy - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I could really use this a lot.Moorbo - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for coding during the day and gaming at night. Low rez textures and details set to low is just no way to play a good game.FrostyFox - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I work for a non-profit chairty, where money is always tight, so if I won, I would donate my current laptop (which is bad for gaming, but would be fine for business use) to my work and use this one for Diablo III :Panort3 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would replace my Toshiba laptop I use for Internet and DVDs and finally be able to game when not at my desktop. This thing has a better GPU than the GTX 460 1GB on my desktop. Love the multicolored keyboard.rcbrown99 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would do some serious gaming, build a website collecting all the best stuff in the world, game some more, write a novel, game even more, finish a screenplay, game of course, skype my buddy in Ukraine while gaming, and then finally, after all is said and done, yeah that's right, I would game till I drop!johnp888 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Definitely play some skyrim, bf3, and diablo3. Also use it as a development machine. Good luck everyone!avball - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My current laptop is an XPS M1210. Does that not answer your question?wormyourhonor - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
i'd use it to have the dopest graphics for solitairedry_sun - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would swap out my desktop and use this laptop for work during the day and kicking butt and taking names in all the awesome games this thing could play.OCCrisisMaker - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Seems to be a perfect portable to introduce RC flight (through simulators) to new audiences.Avalonx86 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use this to assist development and testing of my game and tools targeting 1080p.kalki - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it for work. And playing Entropia Universe.Arkuatic - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
My mobile PC.h3rmanmunst3r - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I could use a laptop for school purposes since I currently only have a desktop. If it were a gaming laptop that would be even better!!shadab - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Continually running HTPC or as a gaming portableMightySnake - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This would become a perfect desktop replacement for me!andresc775 - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would use it to create physically accurate light simulations and analysis for artificial and natural light sources. And to kick everyone's butt, too.bhima - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To finish drawing and editing my daughter's children's book. Then I'd use it to play every game I could get my hands on.lolinternet - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
To game of course! this laptop is way better than my current rig!Osirislives - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would play games & edit audio/video files on this!sarcoidjohn - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
This would make good ballast for my model steamship.blazebro - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
I would finally be able to work on my screenplay out of the house.ferghe - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Actually, I would give it to my boyfriend who could appreciate its amazingness more than I.Sipporex - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - link
Knowing the immense power that this little baby packs and that I'll be off for college in a cold snowy environment I would use this laptop by running all my favorite games at once to warm up my room and entertain me. I'd also get a mount to feel like a police officer in my car and use it for additional warming while drivingsamhuileo - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I think this is the fastest game laptop in the world now, and it has great price, although it is still expensive for me~ However, I think if it has the 3d screen which can make this laptop perfect!!Sc2Fan - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This laptop is the fastest i have seen till date.I would play Star Craft II on this baby!archdale - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Going to be on campus for several hours with an hour drive back to my desktop; HP Mini won't cut it for gaming during down time.Keratos - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to study at my newly transferred university, UC Irvine. I would also use this notebook to relax, socialize and game with my friends.reaganaut - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play and enjoy the marvelous world of esports.Vaagur - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This one is a great laptop.I wish if i could win it here so that i could play games on it 365 days!bkiserx7 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
wish it had keplar, but it is still a beast and would love to have it replace my 3830tgkrazie59 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
It has the Geforce 670GTX which is an excellent & very high end GPU.Gaming will be lots of fun on this.kawatwo - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Intel Lanfest coming up, could use this for the 1000 frag tournament!Sigholt - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would be perfect for university.error_logic - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
General use, gaming, and programming.SharpSticks - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would use this for gaming & a bit of video editing!!vjoshi - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Gaming and programming, learn to program different languages.louvu - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use it to get on-the-go access to multiple radiology and EMR platforms at different medical centers, allowing me to do consultations simultaneously. And play a few games on the side.Bebsman - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would finally have a gaming machine to take with me to visit my son.Cerpin - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to play games and watch movies in glorious 1080p on the go. Additionally, it would be a great mobile workstation at school.aznmastamind - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Would use this to play PC Games & watch movies in Full HD 1080p.Jasperline - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I enjoy a lot of graphic intensive games, Skyrim, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft, Kingdoms of Amalar, etc. I'd use it to be able to play Diablo 3 with my brother. I'd also use it to play Skyrim until the cows came home. Beautifully designed game. Haven't had the time to upgrade the computer or the money with family monetary issues and personal drama issues. It'd also be a terrific option to be able to play a few of the other (Boxed) pc games I purchased to left off some steam during all of this nonsense.Congratulations to the winner. Treat it well! :) Good luck all.
Sangueffusor - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'll use it to play Flash games in a browser window. Or maybe Facebook games. Oh the possibilities...chenook - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would game at the mall at lunch in the evening at the park and in the parking lot and at the store in a dressing room at the coffee shop on a plane in many States and overseas.Diogynes - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would love to finally have a computer I can travel with.Tamura - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Same here with u.I want something that's portable so that i can carry it with me.sav9797 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
And to do other productivity things . . .achusp - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Always thought that laptop's aint that great for gaming but from what i see this pc will eat my desktop for breakfast....and i got an i5 2400 !! Ah! you are making me crave MSI !!!achusp - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Man I I would make this laptop sweat with all games !!! I May even run 2 games at the same time.....and the benchmarks are gonna be sweet!!! I'll test this MSI lap to it's absolute limit !!!Amandeepp - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
To harness the capabilities of the laptop by running turbulence (DNS) simulations on it, along with coding my programs and games and watching "Hackers" on the external 1080p screen in full hd, all at the same time. This powerful beast would be great to try all this and test my theories about turbulence.oemo_wae - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
be able to play D3 anytime, anywhere, everywhere!kRuxx - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would first install some 3D Benchmark softwares like 3D Mark 2011 & PC Mark etc.Then I will laugh myself comparing this laptop's benchmark scores with my crappy desktop!przemien - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to finally beat my fathers record in minesweeper! Expert in 78saramisathei - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would give this notebook to my wife as a gift for her finally getting to attend college.Planetary - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
VMs on the go. Lots of VMs...octavey - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Will replace this laptop with my old laptop.Pianwoned - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook probably as a desktop replacement because it literally is faster than the desktop I have. I would primarily use it for games of course, but I can definitely see a use for rendering photos and HD video editting with all the horsepower this laptop has.RSDXzec - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
My Desktop is 8 years old & i want to replace mine with this.It would be a great upgrade.CiaoBoy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to play Diablo 3.-CiaoBoy
roxz72 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Replacement of 5 yr old laptop.Finally able to play some of the newer games on the go
Goomshill - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would love to replace my old HP with this new GT70.fstrat - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Some gaming on the go sure would be fun on this thing.Saryn - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Gaming on the Go & movie playbacks!Bobsy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would this laptop to make video editing when away at my parents' place.woofersus - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I need to replace my 4yr old Lenovo that I once used for school and now for business on the road. Aaaaannnnd I might play a game or two when nobody is looking....ojrac - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
If I win, I will flip a coin: heads, I play Diablo 3. Tails, I play Tribes: Ascend.drcbass - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
My current laptop is 5 years old, no longer accepts a charge, and has a hair stuck between the display and the glossy cover! My desktop has been giving me fits for 3 years despite my best efforts to fix it. I would love to have this laptop for gaming and development practice.Avalerion - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would play the best Sims 3 games ever! With unicorns and time-traveling vampires and hydrophobic robots!Konjopat - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would play Diablo 3 & F.E.A.R. :)lesherm - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
take my steam library in my bag when I'm on the road!InMyMemory - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd used this to a replace tower that I built back in 09!!plext0r - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I love MSI motherboards and this laptop looks like it packs a punch. :)Beset - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I also use to use MSI Mobos & they are doing very nice jobs for me! I would still want to replace my desktop with this MSI laptop because it's portable.tcnasc - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Diablo 3 24/7!!ALegion989 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
With a fine laptop like this I would blow away my competition while enjoying my favorite games in their full glory!! Thanks for another awesome giveaway!Windskon - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
As a desktop replacement.mustderef - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
... to play diablo 3, and program!georgekn3mp - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to upgrade from a Core 2 Duo 17" laptop with Radeon graphics which would then be passed down to my youngest son as his first computer of his own.I could play Civ 4 and 5 and my sons could play any Steam game they want while away from home. Musg faster than their Turion x2 laptops...
snogger - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
i want one!Z9gamer - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I really need one of this.Please enter me into the competition.Thanks.Arthor - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
If I win this i would like the computer mailed directly to the monk that administers the hospice ward and hermitage. It is a non-profit and this would be perfect for a patient to use while stuck in bed 24/7. I would love one myself but I can use my old computer fine. I am bed bound myself and know how gaming can make the time fly while making you forget where you are and why you are there. A perfect gaming computer.tomatoactivator - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
My three year old laptop cannot handle the latest generation of games very well. A powerful laptop from MSI would make that go away.boozzer - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
gaming on the go is always nice. nothing beats boredom more than that :Pnecroshank - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this for gaming to replace my aging getway fx p-7805u. I would also use it for work since I am in IT can never go wrong with more power.Gizmox64 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for:Playing games such as Skyrim, Batman, Ghost Recon, Diablo 3, Civ 4, Company of Heros, Crysis 2 and all in stunning 1920 x 1080 Ultra mode.
Modding Skyrim, making use of the monsterish 17.3 inch anti-reflective high resolution screen.
Listening to music with no need to hook up to separate speakers as the Dynaudio premium speakers and subwoofer would create perfect sound.
Just browsing the web and general computing.
Portability, and to show off to my friends :P
Thank you MSI
Gizmo X64
mrcactus - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd finally have a mobile machine that can run a current OS. I could travel much more effectively and work from anywhere.Blacky9 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would have a portable gaming computer which i always dreamed about!jdownard - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I need something to keep me entertained on business trips.GLSatTheTrak - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I have had enough of boat anchors, my desktop doesn't fit in my seat on the train.I want to be able to travel and play the games I play wherever I go.
When I retire in the near future this will be a cool addition to my travel gear.
Us old fogies game too dude.
1neutronbeam - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd definitely game with it...I'm looking at YOU Borderlands 2!ArbitorFallen - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
For playing Diablo 3 on the run of course.Digitas - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Play diablo iii on the go.Great!buttons85 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Secret of the Magic Crystals alllll night.Arhuul - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Winning would let me spend a lot more on a very well deserved graduation present for my wife instead of spending the money on an upgrade for myself.Wolfbarin - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This would be a nice all around upgrade from my current laptop.Hurtio - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
If i get the chance to win , it will be a nice update from my Inspiron laptop!tony54 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use it for everything I use my desktop for only MUCH faster. Playing games, movies, and maybe even getting some work done. But I would love to see what it could do !hyan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
So I gotta kill them (with my friends and when I'm traveling).BruceMan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Good luck!gamefryse - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Of course I would have to game on it! In particular, it would be the linchpin of my Artemis Bridge Simulator group.Second, I'm working on getting various networking certifications, and I need a modern machine to work on.
vortmax2 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to better the world we live in. ;)Genysys - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
It would replace our family's main computer which is 10 years old.Strikenoir - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would be a great upgrade to my 6 year old notebookdellor - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
It would also be a nice upgrade from my old Netbook which can only good for surfing.remorseless1 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
time to play in the park in underwear only modeAkira5284 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I am stuck on a PowerMac G4 at work. I would love to have a laptop that I could bring to work to work on and be able to take work home without having to VPN.I would also load it up with my current gaming habits to make sure I could play on my lunch breaks and when I have to visit the in-laws.
This computer would see a lot of use from me.
Ensign - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This would be great for gaming and music recording! Thanks!Dm_218 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would use this beast as my main gaming computer!!Refuge88 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
If I had this laptop I would not only use it for the gaming I oh soo desperately miss.(My desktop was stolen when my house was broken into and ransacked, and my laptop was broken by my little cousin when he was visiting over the weekend thus leaving me with NO computer other than my iPhone 4.)
But I would also use it to help me in my pursuit to go back to college and become a programmer, I want to go back to school and get a Bachelors in Computer Science and Programming.
It is the career I've always wanted to have, and it would be a dream come true, my father works for Intel so with an internship I could hopefully get a job there, but even if not, the intership would look great on my resume anywhere maybe even at MSI?
If I got it, it defiantely wouldn't go to waste, it would be put to use, and would help me in my pursuit to a better future.
Refuge88 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
The games I would plan to play would be:Skyrim
BF3
Diablo III
Borderlands 2
WOW
LOL (League of Legends)
Starcraft II
And more to come I'm sure!
chillz1122 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
To play games on trips!wesleygriffin - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to work on my dissertation research using CUDA outside of my lab.yyaros01 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
this is a perfect replacement for my aging desktop, would use to play games and do other cool stuff, also can go mobile now. I could only wish to have this gem....Xetoxy - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would receive this as my desktop replacement.cdclndc - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Terraira with my Son. That we we could play in co-op. Woot!Magnumload - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to game hardcore. I lost my gaming computer to a fire and have to deal with this DELL Studio for now. That MSI would be put to the use it was intended for.Ruckusa - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Gaming & only gaming till the end!!!WidowMaker21 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to replace the 5 year old racer I'm on right now. It would allow me to get back into some of my freelance graphics production and assist with providing extra income for me since i've been on disability it's not easy.JWatson - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I could definitely use a laptop like this considering my last laptop one died a week ago -_-Tomb89 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would say Pretty Please.I would quit using the desktop i am using & start using this gaming laptop for gaming & CPU/GPU intensive tasks!!DBxWanderer - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I answered: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."
And that is exactly what I intend to do while playing EvE Online, Guildwars 2, Diablo 3, and Heroes of Newerth.
I intend on hooking my my t.v. as a duplicate monitor so that my guests can watch me own newbies all day long like lambs to the slaughter....
>8D
-Wanderer
mylittlepony - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Do want this notebook. Much.NMRGuy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd use it for... pretty much everything.KMod - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to edit the photos I take for my ship/the navy; USS MILIUS DDG 69.Video Editing for our promotional videos that we make for various events during our deployments.
Hooking it up to the TV we have on the messdecks during chow to play movies or saturday morning cartoons on deployment.
Web/Graphic design when we're moored in homeport.
Skyping with the fiance when we pull into ports on deployment.
Gaming, obviously. Definitely gets you through deployments sometimes. Taking out your stress at being stuck in a floating metal box for months at a time by zoning out into some call of duty, civilization, Crysis, Battlefield, etc.
Basically, I'd use it for everything.
D.O.A. - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This is exactly what I was looking for.eqc6 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This will be used for my gaming and design needs on the go!fourax33 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I will use this to edit videos.phila - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Play a lot of Modern Warfare 2Play a lot of Modern Warfare 3
Play a lot of COD4
Also watch/transcode videos.
Looks like a sweet rig.
wroblewsk - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Diablo III and LOL!brchan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
My desktop machine has no place in our living room so it got moved to the basement which is really out of the way for games, photo editing, programming etc. This notebook would be an ideal solution for me to stay close to my family and still get stuff done. Plus it'll keep me from relapsing into a basement geek like in my high school days. (my wife would be grateful for that)Geostyce - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Travel a fair amount and this would allow me to replace an aging Sager laptop (still going after 5 years). In addition I could relegate my current tower to a backup server and use this for my main computing platformbankerdude - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
this system would replace my old P4 2.8ghz HT desktop and immediately make my life better, faster, stronger!HardFyst - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This laptop would replace a Centrino based laptop which is 5 years old.jdstarflower - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Oddly, there is no information about the display specifications on this laptop. I still want one, but I find it interesting.alex2112 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Please?sx1ong - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would destroy my desktop!! I want!!!ugotdoggied - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to play my games where ever i wantOberkanone - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Replace my over 4 years old HP notebook.Retiring from military in 6 months, will have time to use this if I win.
Flocke - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
To prove to my wife I don't have to be in my "Mancave" to be happy.I can spend time with her in the living room.... with my new laptop....
dajungki - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
as a fancy doorstop. Just kidding, I'll use it as an uncomfortable pillow.kether888 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
never owned an MSI laptop before - kinda curious...mazhaoshen - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to replace my current one that's about to die. please?Zenphyc - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I want to replace my desktop PC with this one. :)RandomName2 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to replace my current aging laptop with something much fasterdistortnx - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This thing is faster than my main desktop. Still rockin AGP. I'd use it as my main rig/HTPC.kensai73 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would take this with me to Afghanistan when I go and donate my old laptop to one of my airmen.Laaaaaaame - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd use it, hooked up to a 1080p projector and a surround sound headset, to fill the wall with some multiplayer goodnessbumcivilian - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this monster of a machine to finally get some decent FPS on the latest shooters, not to mention the major bragging rights at the office.markusNC - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
... to run some virtual machines for software development while also having Unreal Tournament open. If the bugs are getting too frustrating, relief will be close by...joysonj - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this awesome powerhouse for playing my favorite games like Crysis, Call of duty, flight simulator and so on.It will also be greatly useful for my game development course next semester.
And all this on the move. WOW!!!
brenjacob - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
i'm praying to win.rev. bren jacobson
fishbits - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
In addition to using the MSI GT70 0NC for excellent gaming while travelling, I would use this as part of my gaming live-stream setup. Would run Xsplit through Twitch.tv to show off what this laptop can do, while displaying an MSI logo along with the laptop model in the corner. Would be a total blast!Synyster182 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I registered on this website that I read daily for hardware info. Just to win a computer I'd use to read this website. And play games.ishtiaqzig - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I am a Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator. As a DBA i would like to put some databases of sql server 2012 and play with them.secondly i am an game freek too. with Diablo 3 would be my first choice as a start.
Thank You
Ishtiaq Ahmed
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Games! Photo processing! Just whatever because it would be the most powerful thing I own.Qwyksilver - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I have always had to use my work computer for any gaming, and I am limited to business graphics, etc. This would be great to have as a personal gaming system, so that I could play all of my 3D Games in their full detail, full resolution modes, without taking a huge FPS hit. :)Dzerzhinski - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this system to finally play games that were made in the past 5 years -- being on a very tight budget, I've been limited to a netbook and an eight-year-old rig I dug out of my brother's attic.ShaneSaw - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to avoid touching my old laptop, gaming, gaming and gaming at work!!Also browsing anandtech.com!!!
Lokán - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Finally be able to game while I travel.TGSA - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
My friend just got one of these and I'm extremely impressed. This is the laptop I need! Not only is it large and allow me to get all my work done on the go or at home; I can also use it to keep up with my gaming wherever I am, especially when I'm out of town visiting family.sundansx - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I like this machine and command that you draw my name. please.Etoch - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Sweet machine! Would not mind owning one.flatfour - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Boy could I use this!dgburns - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I gave my laptop to my wife as she needs to be mobile more than do I, plus I have a work-supplied laptop. But That being the epitome of "business" laptops, I can't get any real gaming going on it.cyrus147 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
IT WILL BE MINE!I recently bought diablo 3 simply because I WILL PLAY IT. Now, I did not do any reading as to the minimum specifications because, hey, it's diablo..I HAVE to play it right?
well, sadly I did not realise (did i forget or what?) that my laptop has INTEGRATED GRAPHIX. yeah. so, after about an hour or trying to bypass the diablo 3 restrictions, I COULD FINALLY PLAY!. no. no i can not. apparently the restrictions are put there for one simple reason -.-
DIABLO 3 DOES NOT RUN AT 2 FPS VERY WELL.
PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THIS ATROCIOUS LIFE OF SERVITUDE TO MY LAPTOP AND GRANT ME...
SALVATION!!!!
please.
andrewsdw - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This would allow me to game on my lunch hour, or in bed, or in the living room, etc.pwndcake - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I spend a lot of time in hospitals (my last stay was a week, and the one before that over a month). These stays are incredibly boring, and being able to play Diablo 3 would help pass the time much easier than watching tv all day.snavevans - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Not much of a gamer. I would love to use this notebook for my photography processing though.SomeAudioGuy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Well first off, it would be used to play games. A LOT of games, but I'd also use it to keep up with my mobile recording gigs!Jory - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd play any game I could get my hands on. And if performance is as good as advertised, it may replace my desktop PC. :)benjos - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
i'll use it for work so i can remote into servers and home. i may also play movies or games on a TV.michael.gulde - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
i love to play with it.tho faster than current laptop..
rvw14 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This would replace my aging core2 desktop.library_ian - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
To play all the games I want to but can't because of an HP that is over 6 years old and apparently incapable of updating.HungryHippo - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'll be glued to it and lower my manhood by letting it rest on my lap...while playing Close CombatBleroy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play games online, and put myself through college with it. My Mac friends would be very jealous when they saw the extreme power of this notebook. And so I can finally rid myself of my current old laptop.mikezachlowe2004 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I could really use a laptop like this for school and work....jello - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to replace my sons computer as to be capable of gaming so we could, at last, play some multiplayer games together.Epsinyan - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
There are always the obvious things to do with a gaming laptop, like playing the games that interest you that minute like the consumer whore that you are (myself included), and there is playing the games that you still play 10 or even 15 years later on a retro gaming emulator or just the odd game of counter strike or team fortress that you know doesnt require the resources that your desktop delivers. But what about doing all that around other people? Or on a plane? Or in a quick lan party? Why not just to show your friends? Or simply to make that mac user across from you jealous?I really like that last one there, but I really just wanted to play games on the go, just like anyone else, and for years to come unlike HD 4000 laptops.
Why is that so much to ask for?
itsChibers - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd use it for replacing my current aging desktop and pump BF3 to the max!Sogekihei - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I'd use such a notebook as this, being almost at parity though a bit weaker in performance compared to my current desktop, as an opportunity to recycle my old system by sharing the modern PC gaming experience with a friend of mine who's not very financially fortunate. The fringe benefits such as being able to play outside with relative ease (in the shade of course) and not needing to lug around 80 pounds of metal and plastic when having LAN events would also be wonderful. I can't say my reasoning isn't shallow, but at least I have some limited altruistic intentions behind it.mouseywithpower - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to finally be able to do everything i want to do with a computer. so often am i limited by my own budget, which cuts my options for hardware to secondhand from friends who have much better machines than me. i'd be able to keep up in games, produce videos without slowing everything else to a halt, use image editing programs effectively, and do even more. this would be a great turnout for me.crunch888 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
sign me upthanks
Aarion - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
to continue to play games when my wife or kids sneak time on my desktop (always when I want to play!). I could now sneak off myself to another area or even outside to continue my passion! Also, now when I travel - gaming goes with me!I love my family, but they sure love their time on MY desktop (Even with iPhones and iPads - they always come back to the PC (unfortunately mine)!!
Thanks!
zatoino - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I could really use this as I make my way from Hawaii to the University of Miami this fall for my freshmen year. I'm only able to attend becaus of an academic scholarship, so money is tight. I love pc gaming and it would be awesome to keep up with D3 an SC2 while I'm studying!Dt_uno - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
did i win yet?? I hope i do!stefaniex143 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
great giveaway! id use this everyday to play games with my friendslbacaj - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I need a new laptop! Plz plz! Loltheheirarchy - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
First I'd show it off to everyone I knew. Then I'd beat the snot outta Diablo 3. I'd finish my degree in game design and work on my small side business making apps and games on this too. Faster than my desktop, sexy as hell. I'd be in seventh heaven!HeWhoFloats - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
With the MSI GT70, I would become Justice in a land of victims, a General in the greatest battles of History! I would learn all the spells, find all the items and save all the innocent! Never would a Galaxy on the edge of destruction need to worry again! All these things and more are what I would do.maeshughes - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
This laptop looks amazing. I love MSI and Anandtech. Good luck to everyone that entered (myself included :P)!nkaena2 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Need this for my son. He's heading off to college!fcmatt - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Would replace my 5 year old dell laptop and make the other EE under-grads jealous when I slay them at the next LAN.maulataur - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
When I want to play my games I have to sit at my desktop computer. I would love to be able to play my games anywhere I go. The MSI GT70 would allow me to do just that. Thanks for the opportunity.TrivialC - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
.... playing Diablo IIIgoldenstandard - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for my school work by day, and to be a dragonborn by night, playing skyrim, and editting videos will be a breeze with this fantastic piece of hardware.anoldnewb - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
gaming, photoshop and folding@hometallik - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
I would probably give it to a close friend of mine who hasn't been able to upgrade from his old Pentium 4 system due to financial problems the past few years.Rinderanzug - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This laptop's just a smidge more powerful than my aging desktop, so I'd hook up my monitor, keyboard and mouse to it and replace the ol' clunker. Unless I ever got wind that one of my friends' internet was out. They've been really vocal about D3 being online only and how it should be boycotted. So I'd drive over to whoever had the cable outage, tether my phone to this lappy, and go on a quick diablo run.tmodjeska - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
is stare at it in disbelief..gstillman - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I have always dreamed about owning a Gaming Laptop but in fact I could never afford one.If you give me this , i will be forever grateful.I know I don't have a chance in between 4700+ entries but still i have tried my luck just in case...........
I have already started dreaming that what will I do If i really win it.
I will game like crazy , I will not go to bed for the first few months & will stare to it all day & night long.
But Dream & Reality doesn't match......
I will pray that i win but I am not sure if GOD will ever listen to me or not.
Thanks anyways for this wonderful opportunity.
You guys rock....
javert78 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Did I get it?? Did I? Pretty please . . .nolla - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I'd replace the aging laptop we use for the "Family Computer" with this - games, school work, media -- and use it for games and work myself, especially when traveling.smasher_d5r - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This beast will give me the ultimate gaming experience. I'm tired of playing games in low settings all the time. Can't even enjoy them because my computer keeps on crashing. With this machine, I would be able to play and enjoy all the games that my computer couldn't handle. And i could take this with me when i visit my family every weekends. I'll be the happiest man in the world if i get this rig. ahahathanks the AnandTech for this opportunity...
Good Luck to all of us..! peace.!
splify - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would love to play on the off hand hours when I'm at work and there is less pressure, obviously it would mean having to carry around 2 laptops but for this beauty I would go the extra mile.And when I'm going to my G/F and her desktop sucks, so at the moment I just don't play when I'm at her place... the sacrifices I do for my mate.
Corland - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
But I would use this to crank out games better than my Mac Book Pro, which kills all non gaming laptops.CaraB00 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to bring it to my friend's house and finally brag that have a better laptop than him =DDunner46 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
For just about everything! Betters specs than my new desktop!wand3r3r - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I'd use the computer the way it's meant to be: to the max. It's a great combination of the latest technology capable of running the latest games or other digital hobbies. It'd be a great laptop for on the go for the occasional trip overseas and to do some remote work.Dbru - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
To benchmark an application I developed. It would be interesting to see if Quad cores would increase or decrease performance.kadins - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
The competition has ended with more than 4700+ entries.I know I have the slimmest chance of winning but still hope that i will get the good news soon. :)I really wanted to kick my crappy notebook out & use this one instead but I don't think I will ever win anything in my life ever.
So, here's wishing for a good news from Anandtech.
Thank You!!
ishish0k - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This would be great for onthego gamingthefan124 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
i would very much enjoy playing with this notebook in a lan party or onlines matches!but most of all it would be awesome if I won it, since in my country (Arg) this notebooks are prohibitely expensive!
static101 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Current laptop is so old!Drvudoo - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I'm the A/V guy for a Juvenile Oncology Camp in Southern California. I have the privilege for doing the slide show at the end of the week. Each year I try to up the game by doing more effects that take lots of time to render. The extra speed from GPU rendering would be a good a great help getting the Slideshow/Video out in time with lots of Special Effects.samiur666 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
from Zerg attacks, Nazis, Reapers and of course el Diablo himself. MSI you can't afford NOT to give it to me. The future of the world is at stake here.digitalzombie - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Play games mostly League of Legend on the Window 7 OS.Dual boot with Ubuntu, to do program web application and hadoop stuff.
adampk17 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
to play games like WoW and D3 just like it was gloriously intended to do. Thank you, in advance :)akers - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
The MSI Z77A-GD65 is not only great for gaming but post-processing digital photos as well. My software not only requires a potent cpu and lots of memory but it also uses the GPU to accelerate processing. This would make my life a whole lot easier.dmitri@dbmsg.com - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
For gaming of courseladybug_2_9 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I have a netbook, but it only works when it wants to and i'm starting Nursing school in the fall....would love to win a notebook to help me get through school!!ltruong - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I'd game on the go, in the car, on the plane, on a boat!Bochi - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would take this on the road and play with the type of power I enjoy on my desktop.stoy4o - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
... i'd def get back into gaming :Pfuglett - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
This would let me play swtor from my couch, or my bedroom, or bathroom, or back yard, or at work... no not at work, but definitely everywhere else.futbol4me - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
win win winaceperry - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
The more part would be to run a lot of different vm's so I can do development, which this laptop seems to have ample power to spare.Samwar - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would take this notebook to my friend's house for some good old fashioned LAN party action. That and to play Diablo III with him.crazylion - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook when the two kids are fighting over the desktop, or maybe to let each one of them use a computer.protofa - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
if i win this great msi laptop, i will play diablo 3 on itGalbias - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I'd use it for gaming, virtual machines (12GB of RAM is perfect), and general portable use, it looks powerful enough to do just about anything.Xray71 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
to replace the one that just died.alek99 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
If I win, I'll take it on my trip to Kenya, Africa at the end of June!teddyv - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
take along on motorcycle tripsgodan - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
been wanting a laptop so I can get off this darn desk, got a great deck out back, for surfing, gaming and my work (hobby kinda work)franknsense - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
visit all of my favorite blogs!lee133 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I could finally play the new Minesweeper & Chess!Vommy - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I'd love to use this notebook to stream on a website I'm part of!Dimak.tv
Blacksheep01 - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I am a part time graduate student and work a full time, I am also a lifelong, dedicated PC Gamer. Therefore I spend a lot of time on a laptop, whether it's school work (which is extensive) my job or leisurely web browsing. However, one thing I can't do well on my laptop is take a nice gaming break from all my work. So, if I won this great MSI laptop I would not only use it to work on my thesis and use it for my job, I would use it to load up some Skyrim, Battlefield, Just Cause and Total War, games I can only dream about running on a notebook. So please MSI, help an overworked grad student win this sweet mobile rig so I can take a much needed gaming break now and then.mzr - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
Mostly to play games. I haven't really played many games since I was a kid. I have some major catching up to do. Basically the last 20 years of games to go over.burn0ne - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop for office work and also to play games.effemup - Thursday, May 31, 2012 - link
as a gift to my son who needs a laptop for use at college.mechanicalcorpse - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
I wanted to have this done long ago, and I have been thinking for days of something really profound and maybe even a little witty to say in this comment, but nothing like such has come to me so I will just be honest and plain. My boyfriend lives in New Jersey and I live in Utah. I've been facing lots health issues as of late and wasn't able to make the move back East as planned in March because of them. The distance has taken a great toll on our relationship and our level of closeness and interaction. My boyfriend recently bought me a whole bunch of games on my Steam account so we can play together and still have "date night". In effort to still be able to do stuff together and have that oh so important play time. Well, the laptop I had crashed about two weeks after he bought me everything. So, basically, I'd use this laptop to be able to play games with my boyfriend, to keep our relationship going until I'm healthy enough to go and be with him forever and ever. :)oldseddie - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
to replace my M11x R1 as my son has been after it since I got it.impulse89 - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo 3 everywhere!I love the game but I don't have a way to play on the go.
I would also squeeze out a bit of Battlefield 3.
It will be great for my schoolwork as I cant always be at home and the computer labs there are definitely not up to par. I love MSI and the design of this laptop is just so attractive. I don't mind a beefier laptop as long as I can do everything that I want with it.
This is very classy and I would love to own it.
Thanks!
solidbarton - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
To slay the legions of hell. Every day and night. Without rest.rsjet - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
I would use this awesome notebook to play Dota 2 and do video editing for my church's conference invitation video!Thanks MSI and anandtech!
ionmachinelove - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
how i wish o get this and say goodbye to my aspire one netbook .hellfiendtx - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to play Diablo III inbetween work and night classes.Jackiesboo - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
My Net-book can barely surf the net! :/ I love anandtech and I would love them even more if I wont this :P lolarctan - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
I could use a laptop with a chicken dinner.bobmyknob - Friday, June 1, 2012 - link
Awesome, awesome games.TheManWithCoke - Saturday, June 2, 2012 - link
I would use it not only for intense gaming, but for serious editing and as a workstation on the go. It would really speed up my productivity in the next few years.BrothaJay - Saturday, June 2, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook for school and late night GAMING SESSIONS!smandable - Saturday, June 2, 2012 - link
To finish my master's degree - and play games!magneticzero - Sunday, June 3, 2012 - link
to replace my aging laptop.simon.zax - Sunday, June 3, 2012 - link
As a gift to my nephew, his family is a bit in financial crisis so he spends most of his time at his friends place, playing computer games. I would wanna see his face if luck strokes him .Trevornims - Monday, June 4, 2012 - link
To play Diablo and The Secret World, and have them look amazing.flurrball - Monday, June 4, 2012 - link
This would be my mobile web development laptop... schweeeet.SalientKing - Monday, June 4, 2012 - link
So, did i win?! :)fuglett - Monday, June 4, 2012 - link
This comment is relevant to my interests.waldbaro - Monday, June 4, 2012 - link
My current notebook is old and tired.tscottt - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
for my graduate studies, which includes data analysisLaAaZ - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
for everythingchibichanman - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
to probably get rid of my desktop, hah!oyster150 - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
Just for the sake of a comment :)JinsooJinsoo - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
Going to college this coming semester and this would be great to have for "taking notes"! <3doctorex - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
To pwn noobs(AI noobs mostly since I'm playing D3 recently). Also, That processor and memory would be great for running my VM's on instead of my dual core hahaamigabill - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
I'm hoping to get an Ivy Bridge laptop soon for a portable engineering workstation. I planned to get something back around Christmas, but then a friend told me that Ivy Bridge was imminent and I've been waiting ever since. I've kindof wished he hadn't told me abotu it back then as then I'd be using something useful instead of trying, and only sortof succeeding in getting by with a crappy old Celeron 900 laptop that my mom got as a prize at work. (ie it's a super-cheapo POS) I've begun a Master's Degree finally, and some of the tools used so far such as Xilinx ISE are absolutely horrible to wait for on this minimal thing, a good laptop like the sweepstakes thing here would be so much better. It seems that a lot of what is good for games is also good for engineering tools.JoshBen - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
Being a traveling consultant, I would use this as my portable gaming rig, and my main VM host. I would be playing Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, and WoW. I would run anywhere from 4-10 VM's on VMWare Workstation.augustreverie - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
I would use this computer to build websites for friends & non profit charities. To work & get money. To game. To watch movies. To listen to music, and to make it. To entertain my son with educational programs. To be able to give my Mom a new computer as the one she has is broken and from 2002. I would write stories on it. Poetry. Run a poetry zine. Do gigs on Fivverr. Basically it would do everything. :)NickSuperb - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
I would totally use this sweet laptop to play Diablo III in all its glory.. My Macbook can barely play it at the LOWEST settings possible.sprdav - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
I would use this for mostly gaming, but also video conversion for my HTPCrhisgen - Friday, June 8, 2012 - link
I would use this for work and play .. plenty of power to get all my work done and then relax with games !MarioG - Friday, June 8, 2012 - link
I'd play games and edit my vlogs. :Dscottlanning - Monday, June 11, 2012 - link
I'd use this to replace my desktop! This is an amazing machine!Nekki - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - link
Crysis 2 plus both High-res texture and DX11 packs, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3 and the upcoming Doom 3 BFG Edition... and for relaxation Alan Wake with all the eye-candy enable at 60 FPS.Junkyboy - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - link
Turning it into a hackintosh..RKetterl - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - link
Wow, what a laptop! This would be one powerful machine for photo and video editing. As an emerging photographer, I would be running Adobe Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4, Premiere Pro CS6, and After Effects CS6 to render my work!Hrel - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - link
I would use this to play video games, obviously. But I'd also probably not bother building a new desktop and just use this beast for video/photo/music editing/rendering. But MOST importantly I'd show it off to all my friends and smile as their mouths water with envy. MUAYHAHAHA.ZenoX2 - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - link
Maybe I'll finally start playing games on laptop :)arcticfox23 - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
i'd use it mainly for college (since i have yet to have a college laptop that works without being plugged into the wall). This entails typing out my assignments, using the wifi to access wolframalpha for quick answers.i'd also use it for gaming, both my laptop and my pc are about 7 years old made fit-together from parts from miscellaneous pc's. i'd finally be able to get back into gaming!
but most importantly, i'd go around the interweb talking up MSI and how awesome of a laptop i own
TheHelmarocKing - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
To control a swarm of quadrotors.xMinorThreatx - Friday, June 15, 2012 - link
I'd use it to get a bit of BF3 and WoT time in when I'm at my GF's place an hour away.CrysiZ - Saturday, June 16, 2012 - link
I would brag to my friend with it :lol:.Definetly play the high end games that the world has to offer now and in the years to come.And i would do that even at work,that should be a lot of fun.
colbaltblue - Saturday, June 16, 2012 - link
Mine recently was broken, so this would be an awesome replacement.Texasota - Saturday, June 16, 2012 - link
I am a design student, I work as a writer, and I play computer games. I would use this computer to play windowed Diablo III, write a press release, listen to music, and have something rendering in the background.Would that much multitasking drive me insane? Probably, but it would be so worth it.
trobface - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - link
I would use this notebook to GAME LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW!!!! Oh my gosh, I can't even believe the specs on this thing! This tromps any laptop I have even considered buying! Heck, it tromps any DESKTOP I've ever considered buying!Dvldog8551 - Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - link
I would play a lot of BF3 and Call of Duty Warfighter when released.domlator - Monday, July 9, 2012 - link
I wouldn't mind having this baby, cause i'm just looking for a new gaming laptop to replace my old dual core hp :)Link9194 - Saturday, July 21, 2012 - link
Currently finishing high school I'm going on to collage to get into 3D modeling and game programming. This computer is just what I need to do just that. I would do Blender all day long!giderac - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link
to upgrade from my gen 1 c2d desktop i built in 2006Plotisateur - Thursday, September 6, 2012 - link
If only i had this fabulous notebook in my hands , i could play full night with fully high definition and high sound with all that type of games i cant play today cause of my stone age computer.Furthermore i'll make computer studies and i would be really enjoy if that splendid engine come with me everyday to study.
And whatever happen , this computer should be my teddybear for all my life.
HuXu7 - Saturday, September 22, 2012 - link
I would use this laptop to finally become an indie game developer! I have already learn Unity but my 4 yr old Intel graphics just can't execute what I want to accomplish.ftwpenguin - Thursday, January 24, 2013 - link
I would use to play games so I dont have to use my bad laptopatong01 - Saturday, May 25, 2013 - link
I would use this computer for browsing the internet, word processing, watching movies, youtube videos, listening to music, gaming...masamune23 - Friday, July 12, 2013 - link
gaming all daySdf89 - Monday, September 23, 2013 - link
I would use this for 3d modeling, AutoCAD and probably some gaming on the side.Violentdeed - Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - link
I would smoke Elder Scrolls Online when it is released and have a way of doing school work without being stuck at an old dell computer.chac6292 - Monday, December 16, 2013 - link
did i enter this one already?Maxinator1993 - Thursday, February 6, 2014 - link
Just looking for a nice laptop to have for the next 6 years looking to get good use out of this if I do win. I know chances on giveaways are low but I thought I'd give it a shot and see if I could be surprised. You can't win if you don't enter!z0mbre - Friday, May 23, 2014 - link
Hi I'd use this notebook to finally get a chance to play some REAL games. Currently I am on a cruddy vaio laptop that gets 5fps on every game. I honestly have not played any games in well over a year and I'm looking forward to finally being able to play with friends again (and crush them of course). It is both depressing and frustrating to not be playing games.