When put to use for browsing, the keys on the GE40's chiclet-style keyboard produce a noisy tap to the touch, and don't sink with any of the firmness of the GE60's SteelSeries full-size keyboard. In either laptop's case, the positioning of ports is similar, with the DVD-RW bay situated to the right side, and main heat vents planted to their back-left. Even so, the cool metallic finish of the insides is a big upgrade over the GE40s predominate reliance on plastics, and it still feels relatively lightweight given its contents include two SSDs, a single 1TB HDD, and an optical drive. On parsing open the laptop we touch on a distinctly rough edge to the top of the lid, as if the matte bezel and glossy plastic for the exterior are misaligned at the meeting point by a millimetre. Again, it's a nightmare to keep on top of fingerprints while opening and closing the unit, to the point where it becomes more hassle than it's worth to keep a cloth handy. The GE60 adds some flair to its design by splashing red sports lines across its lid and rim, while a glossy piano lacquer finish is used for the shell. Even so, the choice of build materials no doubt helps to meet its target in weight. There's some flex to its aluminium-brushed lid, and the use of glossy plastics on the inside cheapens the feel of the unit, whilst also making it very prone to finger-print smudges during use. Declared by MSI to be the thinnest and most lightweight gaming notebook, the GE40 crams these components into a chassis measuring under 30mm in thickness while closed, and weighing in at just 1.95kg in this configuration. The physical design of the laptops has a huge bearing not on just on heat dissipation, but general usability for mobile gaming. Naturally, the CPU's integrated HD 4600 graphics takes charge outside of 3D applications such as games, switching over according to cue in the interest of saving power. The only difference between the two is a core downclock from 800MHz to 650MHz, while everything from the 768 CUDA cores, 128-bit memory bus and their 4GBps memory speeds remain identical. The unit, as specified, currently retails at £955 in the UK, and costs between $1,200-$1,300 in the USA.
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