Maingear Unleashes Pulse 17, World’s Thinnest 17-inch Gaming Laptop

Have you ever wanted a gaming laptop that didn’t hurt your shoulders while lugging it around? Maingear just might have an answer to your problem. The company unveiled the world’s thinnest 17-inch gaming laptop, the Pulse 17.

With the Pulse 17, Maingear has taken a different route than it usually walks. They have decided to ditch Clevo’s hardware and constructed a laptop that focuses much more on an improved design. The 17 is only 6 pounds and a svelte 21mm thin. It also features an all-metal chassis that you can color up with a paint job. Maingear boasts that their staff has experience with painting fast sports cars and states that your Pulse 17’s paint job may share a thing or two with some of the world’s fastest automobiles. The keyboard is a SteelSeries Anti-Ghosting keyboard that is customizable with unique color combinations.

The Pulse 17 features some admirable hardware. It’s rocking a 4^th Generation Haswell Intel Core i7 chip clocked at 2.4GHz that can turbo boost up to 3.4GHz when performing intensive tasks, like enjoying some Battlefield 4 at maximum settings. Battery life isn’t detailed yet, but hopefully it’ll be sufficient with the Haswell CPU. Graphics-wise, it’s sporting an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 2GB GDDR5. The 17 has a respectable 16GB of DDR3 RAM at 1600MHz.

Storage-wise you can either take a pair of 480GB SSDs with read speeds well over 900MB/s or a 1TB HHD in a Raid O fashion. Windows 8 is preloaded on here, with an upgrade to 8.1 ready to go. The Pulse 17 includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi for faster speeds with a compatible router. Bluetooth is also included and so is a 720p HD Webcam to chat with your buds while slaying zombies.

Maingear’s previous gaming laptops, namely the Pulse 14, have skimped out on the display. The Pulse 14 was a good performer, but what’s performance if the display is lackluster at best? The Pulse 17 looks to redeem itself with its 17.3 matte-finished 1920×1080 panel: a full 1080p HD resolution. Leaving the headphones at home may not be too disastrous because the Pulse 17 is pumping sound out with HD speakers by Soundblaster Cinema.

The Pulse 17 is available now starting at $2,099 on Maingear’s website. Time will only tell how the Pulse 17 will do this holiday season against its competitors, such as the Razer Pro. But, I want to know what guys think! Are you digging the Pulse 17? Let us know in the comments!

Source: Geek.com