Ah MSI. I am happy to say my ROG still acts like new.
I did consider MSI in the past and again, most likely due to its hardware of choice and price tag I might go for it next upgrade, tho, you cannot deny Origin laptops beauty/specs
1 out of 3 of us with the ROG ain't bad
Mine is still running but one HDD is bad and I had to go back to Windows 7.Problem with ASUS support is they have no idea either and if they did they probably wouldn't know how to solve it
I took an 15.6" HP Omen for a spin price tag on that was around $1000 USD however on 8GB memory older GPU and a smaller SSD.
The problem there was certain functions such as changing the lighted keyboard to different colors and zones did not work because the software is not updated
I have been looking at MSI for a while now so I recovered the HP omen and took it back,gotta love Best Buy
,and got the MSI.
They have a similar one that is thinner and lighter but it runs hot.Mine is really not very heavy and with bigger fans runs much cooler.
IMO MSI is every bit as good as Alienware with a about $200-$300 less price tag for the same specs.