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Beginning March 4 thru the 29th, Costco will be placing this excellently featured dual-drive laptop on sale - it sold out within a couple of hours the last time they placed it on sale. I picked it up during that sale and I mainly use it for video editing, at which it really excels. It's an excellent, feature-rich, well-built laptop: a beast. FYI, you automatically get a free 2nd year warranty from Costco and if you use the Costco (Citi) credit card, they'll double the warranty, giving you 4 years of worry-free coverage. You'll also get a free 1 year subscription to McAfee Multi Access via download. Costco will email you the download link and activation code.
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Processor 2.6GHz
16GB DDR4 2666MHz RAM
1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive + 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive
Microsoft® Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Killer N1550i Combo 2x2 ac + Bluetooth® 5.0
Integrated 720P HD Webcam
Killer Gaming Network E2500 (10/100/1000 mbps) Ethernet LAN
17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz 3ms Display
6GB NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 2060 Graphics
2x 3W Giant Speakers + 2x 3W Subwoofer
Steel Series Anti-Ghosting Keyboard with Per-Key RGB Color Customization
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
1x USB 3.2 Gen 2
1x HDMI-Out
1x Media Card Reader
1x Mini-Display Port mDP v1.2
1x RJ-45 Connector
1x Mic-In/Headphone-Out Jack
6-Cell 51Wh Li-Ion Battery
Dimensions: 15.63"x10.57"x1.08"
Approximate Weight: 5.75lbs
https://www.costco.com/msi-ge75-r...10882.html
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You get a bigger screen and extra HDD with the MSI, but that's about where the advantages end with this one - at least in my opinion.
The m15 has TB eGPU support (with some tinkering) and also supports the Alienware Graphics Accelerator which, while proprietary and flimsy, is a good bit faster than Thunderbolt 3 eGPU's and cheaper to boot. If you're looking for viability down the line, eGPU support is something worth keeping in mind as you're much more likely to be limited in the future by your GPU than your CPU.
m15 has WiFi 6 support vs. the GE75's 802.11ac support. Bigger battery and, of course, lighter weight given the smaller screen size.
While the m15 is unlikely to capitalize on the 240Hz display when being pushed by an RTX 2060, it's still not a bad feature to have and it could become more useful with an eGPU, though I imagine most will use an external monitor in that case.
All in all not a bad deal for the GE75, but if you snagged the Alienware and are okay with sacrificing screen size for portability I'd just stick with your original order.
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