After much deliberation of whether to buy the GS60 Ghost Pro-002 (FHD), or GS60 Ghost Pro-053 (4K), I settled with the FHD version.I was about to pull the trigger on the 5th generation Broadwell version of this laptop, but ended up waiting a month for Skylake to be released. Here are the results of my research, and my initial impression buying this laptop. I hope this review will help you make an educated decision on whether to purchase this laptop or not since finding alot of information about this laptop (reviews, youtube videos, etc) is a bit sparse right now given that it just came out recently.Display: The 4K version of this laptop has an IPS screen, wide viewing angles, but has a refresh rate of 48hz. Here's the so what. 48hz means that things are not going to be able to run at 60fps and you are essentially limited to 48. As a gamer, this was a huge deal breaker, which is why i bought the Full HD version - which has a refresh rate of 60hz. Also note that you are receiving a Glossy display with the 4K version, while you get a Matte screen with the FHD version. Coming from a background of using laptops that are glossy (Macbook Pro anyone?), I was a bit reluctant to be buying a Matte screen. Glossy displays tend to be more vibrant, and colors look more like they pop out. The downside being that you are at the mercy of light due to reflections. This is typically a huge pain in the ass if you use your laptop, or there is any light coming into your room through your window. The first day, the Matte screen felt a bit weird to get used to, but I must say that I am very glad I got Matte instead of Glossy. I am currently using this laptop during the daytime with my sun coming through my window, and I can see the display without any annoying reflections. The FHD version has an eDP display instead of an IPS display, and it is LED. I am not too knowledgeable about eDP, but it is pretty darn good. No complaints there.Graphics Card: GTX970m. It is a beast for what I want to do and runs anything I throw at it.Heating and Fan Noise: What is very surprising to me so far is how little I hear the fan, and how I have experienced virtually no unpleasant overheating. I have used the laptop on my lap for gaming, and it only gets mildly warm on the underside. The keyboard area is not hot at all. Fan noise is minimal. This is strange because past models apparently were loud and hot. I will have to run some more games to validateSound: Dynaudio. Not bad at all, but not great either. Not too much bass, but definitely pretty darn good sound for a laptop. Plugging in my Bose QC25 is the way to go however, and the sound driver has no problem detecting this. Be warned, if you are using the Bose QC20i earbuds, for some reason - it does not work by just plugging them in and turning on noise cancellation. You may have to fiddle with some settings and drivers to get it to work.Keyboard: The backlighting is beautiful and typing on the keyboard is definitely a treat.Windows Boot Time & SSD speed: The SSD speed on the 128Gb drive when optimized for performance in Samsung Magician and benchmarked, comes out to a mind boggling sequential read of 1714 MB/s, sequential write of 836 MB/s, Random Read (IOPS) 125871, and Random Write (IOPS) of 49571. Yes, this puppy is fast as sh*t, and boot time to windows is less than 8 seconds. The only downside is that the drive is only 128Gb...and part of that is used by the OS already, so you only have about 70-80 gigs of true free space. Hence the expectation is that you put all your games and apps on the HDD which is 1 TB. MSI needs to get with the times here...nobody wants to load anything from an HDD anymore. They should just provide a bigger SSD as standard. Because I am a stickler on performance, I ended up voiding my warranty and removing the HDD and replacing it with a Samsung 850 Pro 500GB. I think it is stupid that in order to open your laptop just to replace your hard drive - you are essentually voiding your warranty. God forbid this laptop has any issues in the next year and I may be fighting an uphill battle with MSI trying to explain that i only replaced the hard drive and didn't fiddle with any of the other components. *fingers crossed*Touchpad: The touchpad has got to be the most f*cking annoying thing i have ever used on a laptop. I struggle so hard to even move the mouse using it, and left click/right click is near impossible. I am planning on using a mouse for all my work and gaming, so its not a deal breaker...just expect to lose significant productivity to do anything if you do not use a mouse with this laptopBattery Life: I plan on keeping my laptop plugged into the adapter 100% of the time, but I did unplug, and battery lasted roughly an hour. Just don't expect to get much battery life out of this unit. You will most likely have to keep the laptop plugged in.Competition: Here are the list of other laptops that I looked at and researched prior to my purchase of the MSI GS60.Razer Blade FHD - Better design, but much more expensive and no Skylake. Also, seems to run very hot. I think I would still buy the MSI over this even if Razer Blade refreshed their lineup with Skylake. The MSI is not running hot at all. This is a huge win and a step in the right direction.ASUS ROG ultra thin GX500 - Last year's specs, no Skylake, 4K screen is useless considering games don't render well in 4K right now for laptops anywayASUS ROG 17" - The 17" series has the ability to house a GTX980m, but I thought 17" is way too big to travelLevono Y50 - Kind of a poor man's MSI. Thought about saving a dollar here and there, but I am glad I bought the MSI insteadGigabyte P55W v4 - design is too plain, and weight is a bit bigger than what I wanted. 5.5 pounds versus MSI - 4.2 poundsClevo/Sager - Knowing that these things are cheap, and typically overheat to death, I didn't want to take my chances - even with a warranty. I just wanted something much more sturdy, well built, with good coolingMacbook Pro - Hmm..$2499 for a 2.5 ghz i7 with an AMD radeon r9 m370x. I know macs are rarely for gaming, but horrible value IMHO. I used to be a Mac fan, but they seem to just keep falling further...Final Thoughts: Coming from using a Dell Latitude e6230 for work which has a 12.5" display, I was in for a shock when I realied that the 15.6" display is bigger than i initially thought. Thank god I didn't get the GS70 (17"), since I will be doing alot of traveling and I am not even sure the 17" can fit in my backpack. The 15.6" display is pretty awesome though...I love how big it is, and I can see myself enjoying the extra space that it provides. Would I recommend folks to buy this laptop? Absolutely, I love it, design is very nice, performance is exceptional, and there is nothing yet that has caused a disappointment for me. I will be happy if this laptop lasts me about 2-3 years without any issues or hardware components failing.