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Razer Blade Gaming Laptop - WOW!

Nvidiaguy07

Nvidiaguy07

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/5606/razer-blade-review/

I'm not really in the market for something like this, but it looks to me like someones finally done it right. Up until now i never even considered a gaming laptop because of how clunky and ugly they are (IMO - alienware ones would be embarassing to be seen in public with).

This to me looks very similar to a macbook pro, but with enough extra on it to make it look different/maybe even better. The best way i could describe it would be if the macbook were spiderman, then the razer blade is Venom.

I dont think i could ever give up my desktop, but in the future, i could see myself using something like this, if it were just a little smaller.

Selling point for me would have to be:
14" optimal (13-15 would be ok too)
thin and light
good design - like this
powerful enough to play new games with eye candy
maybe a little cheaper <$2000

doesnt look like we're too far away, and this just takes us one step closer!
 
A refresh of this machine (as noted in the review) with the GT660M (GT640M but with GDDR5 at GT650M clocks) along with ivy bridge would be very potent.

A true no compromise gaming machine is now within our grasp however.

Two versions, 13" and 15.6"

13":
Dual core i7
13" 1600x900 display
2 ram slots
2 mSATA slots (supporting raid and using intel TRIM raid drivers)
1x GTX680M
No ODD (external one supplied)

15.6"
Quad core i7
15.6" 1920x1080 display
4 ram slots
2-3 mSATA slots (supporting raid and using intel TRIM raid drivers)
2x GTX680M
No ODD (external one supplied)

The 13" machine would be fairly thick while the 15.6" machine would be slightly thinner than the 16F2 from MSI is now.
 
I'm all for more choices and such but after reading the AT article and looking it over I'm not all 'wow' over it. The higher costs don't justify what you get IMHO. It is lighter but has less power than it's contemporaries and more expensive. I wouldn't choose it over a ASUS or Sager unit for example. But that is just me.
 
Skott said:
I'm all for more choices and such but after reading the AT article and looking it over I'm not all 'wow' over it. The higher costs don't justify what you get IMHO. It is lighter but has less power than it's contemporaries and more expensive. I wouldn't choose it over a ASUS or Sager unit for example. But that is just me.
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Well not saying its perfect, but i feel like finally its a step in the right direction. Up until i saw this, i would not be caught dead with a gaming laptop. That 15" sounds perfect.

I think were a year or so out from really good gaming laptops.
 
Price tag aside, I really like the product they've put together. I game a lot but much of what I play is, well, old or undemanding. TF2, NWN, Bloodline Champions, LoL. This machine would run all those without breaking a sweat and I've got a desktop with a 7950 in it for the graphical monsters (most of which I wouldn't really want to play on the go in the first place anyway). Because of that I'd actually form factor and design more important than gaming performance in my own scenario, and this provides a strong compromise between the two.

Definitely echo some of the above sentiments as well, Ivy Bridge and Kepler refresh will go a long way in the Blade.
 
Razer Blade "Gaming" Laptop
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All you need to know: it's a piece of crap.

Why? It's even more overpriced than normal "gaming" laptops, has sub par hardware in comparison (dual-core i7 instead of quad-core; GT55M when it should be GTX 560M at the min.), and it doesn't address some of the main things that make a laptop a laptop: size and battery life. It's an inherently stupid idea to make the laptop thin when it's still a 17" beast you'll have problems toting around. What matters when it comes to how portable a laptop is three things: weight, width and length, and battery life. It has weight covered, but misses the mark on the other two. If you're gonna carry the thing around the thickness makes nearly zero difference when it has the same width and length of any normal 17" laptop, plus its battery life from what I've seen is less than three hours doing the usual stuff (web browsing, email).

And while it may look "sexy", it's probably not that durable (as it goes with almost all Razer products, really) and the screen in the keyboard tray is gimmicky at most, and completely worthless at worst.
 
The Blade is one sexy gaming laptop that's for sure. I don't game on a laptop just because its sorta of an oxymoron, but the Blade would be sweet as a normal laptop.

I love that its so thin, all laptops should shoot for this design. Unfortunately all that gaming hardware in a small form factor has this laptop price sky high.
 
darkewaffle said:
Price tag aside, I really like the product they've put together. I game a lot but much of what I play is, well, old or undemanding. TF2, NWN, Bloodline Champions, LoL. This machine would run all those without breaking a sweat and I've got a desktop with a 7950 in it for the graphical monsters (most of which I wouldn't really want to play on the go in the first place anyway). Because of that I'd actually form factor and design more important than gaming performance in my own scenario, and this provides a strong compromise between the two.

Definitely echo some of the above sentiments as well, Ivy Bridge and Kepler refresh will go a long way in the Blade.
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exactly. I've been trying to play TF2 on my macbook air, and you have to turn everything all the way down, and play at a low res. Can't wait for another year or so when this will be even more capable at a lower price.

If this were crammed into a macbook air form factor, id be willing to pay 2000+. I wouldn't mind gaming at 1650x1080 or even 1440x900 on a really nice smaller 13-14 inch screen.

Hopefully that lcd trackpad doesnt suck like most pc laptop trackpads. I love my trackpad on my MBA. The lcd does look really cool though.
 
Meaker10 said:
A refresh of this machine (as noted in the review) with the GT660M (GT640M but with GDDR5 at GT650M clocks) along with ivy bridge would be very potent.

A true no compromise gaming machine is now within our grasp however.

Two versions, 13" and 15.6"

13":
Dual core i7
13" 1600x900 display
2 ram slots
2 mSATA slots (supporting raid and using intel TRIM raid drivers)
1x GTX680M
No ODD (external one supplied)

15.6"
Quad core i7
15.6" 1920x1080 display
4 ram slots
2-3 mSATA slots (supporting raid and using intel TRIM raid drivers)
2x GTX680M
No ODD (external one supplied)

The 13" machine would be fairly thick while the 15.6" machine would be slightly thinner than the 16F2 from MSI is now.
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Considering how hot the current model ran, they'd need to make substantial revisions to run a GTX card without burning it up. Thin form factor just wouldn't work, and then the whole thing is pointless.
 
Would like to see a 13-15 inch version that runs around 1000. Doesn't have to be fancy. Doesn't even have to play games.
 
yup, its amazing how little they compromised considering how thin and light it is for a 17" laptop, the problem is that its still 17" and thus unavoidably clunky and heavy

then of course there's the restrictive price, $2800 is way too far above any sort of sweet spot

a ~14" @ $2000 would be something that would give Razer a fighting chance at competing with the likes of Apple/HP/Dell
 
bunnyfubbles said:
a ~14" @ $2000 would be something that would give Razer a fighting chance at competing with the likes of Apple/HP/Dell
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I would be all over this. Same specs @ 14" @ 2000 dollars and i would sell my MBA, and might even consider using this as my only PC.

If were this close now, i cant see why this wouldn't be a possibility in the next few years. Its not like PC games are becoming that much more demanding, so the hardware on laptops definitely has time to catch up.

I can see myself faced with a tough decision a few years from now with all the tech coming out. Windows 8 tablets that can be docked and made into full PC's, Laptops like this that can function for everything, and also what apple does to compete (making the ipad more functional.)
 
The price is the only thing that wows me. Impressively thin, but 17.4"? It seems like it would be more sensible to go with a smaller form factor, whats the advantage of having a super thin laptop when the other dimensions are huge?
 
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