My impressions after a couple hours with the Y50:
I like the design - it's pretty slick to look at. It's not too heavy but not light like a typical Ultrabook. The keyboard types well, although I typed better on the Razer Blade. It's similar in keyboard flex with the Ghost Pro, which is still good. The trackpad is an improvement over the previous models. It's not as good as Asus or Razer's trackpads but certainly better than what MSI did with the Ghost Pro. Mine felt a little loose like there was a little play in the trackpad - I think it might be a defect, it's tough to tell.
The screen is the worst on a laptop I've seen in a while. I said this earlier and I stand by it. I played Skyrim for about an hour and constantly noticed the discolorations in the corners of the screen. It was more apparent on black screens but I could notice discoloration with pretty much any texture that contained black. The center of the screen looked fine, it was mainly the edges. I thought IPS glow was bad, but this is worse. After playing for an hour, I went back and played Skyrim on my Q550LF(the backup laptop). It was as if my trusty $600 laptop was worth $500 more because it looked incredible in comparison. The *only* thing I can hand to the Y50 is the response time seemed a little faster, but that's a typical advantage of TN over IPS. Other than that, the screen just plain ruins the laptop in my opinion.
I was impressed with the heat dissipation and the noise. Comparing to the Ghost Pro and Razer Blade, the Y50 is FAR quieter. I used the same save in Skyrim that I tested the other two laptops and I barely noticed the fan changing speeds. It got warm but nowhere near as hot as the RB and GS60. Obviously, this is an 860M and the others are 870M, but the performance was close enough that I would prefer the Y50 over the other two machines if it game to gaming experience, heat and noise alone.
The sound on the Y50 is far superior to the Razer Blade and the GS60. The speakers are louder and the subwoofer helps prevent the tinny sounds typical in many laptops. Some people could give two craps about this but there are some, like myself, that would prefer to not wear headphones if possible. While I like the sound, it's not the best I've heard by any means. My Q550LF still blows the Y50 away in volume and fullness of the sound. I went back and forth between the two today to be sure and I liked the Q550LF each time. I did a bass test on both machines and the Y50 was able to hit as low as 100 Hz. The Q550LF was able to go as low as 65Hz. This is a little unfair because the Asus subwoofer is external and the laptop has 4 speakers, but in my opinion, I would still rather use the external sub if it meant better sound. Still, the Y50 sounds awesome.
Not many other thoughts since I didn't have it for very long(it's my friend's laptop, not mine). In the end, I can say without a doubt now that I will not be buying the non-4k version. To me it's a step down from the y510p and that's a pretty thick laptop. I'm basing this off the screen alone since I think it's trash.There are much better options out there and I would rather deal with my Q550LF for another year rather than have the Y50(yes a 745M GPU). Hopefully the 4k version has a better screen or I'll be settling for the N550jk or waiting for the GX or NX500.
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