Thanks user persona centered design!
Thanks user persona centered design!
The keyboard and mouse on my work desktop are gamer gear, as is my work laptop (my next one might even be an Alienware). And boy, do I hate their radioactive glowing.
The MSIs are nice (as are Razers, etc), but I'll probably stick to a major vendor like Dell (Alienware), Lenovo or HP - in other words, a company with an established support infrastructure.
I've also been super impressed with the physical touchpad buttons, port array and OLED screen on the Alienware 13 R3. The catch is that it's relatively heavy and ugly. BUT, the heaviest I'm willing to go is around the weight of my old 2011 15" MBP (~5 pounds and change), and it comes in around that weight.
The new XPS 15 with 1050 also is a top contender for me, although the ports leave me wanting.
-- edit - forgot to mention that the lack of touchscreens also put MSI's GS series near the bottom of my list.
I bought my license of DisplayFusion (multiple monitor utility for Windows) [1] on Steam because it was cheaper (during one of those regular Steam sales) and the license allows me to run it on any of my machines with Steam installed.