Razer Blade -- Discuss

only a inch thick... and they say its the worlds FIRST gaming laptop.....? .. lol


Razer Blade - The World's First True Gaming Laptop | Razer™ | For Gamers. By Gamers.™

 

lol ya does anyone know if it actually has any good specs?

 

2.8GHz Intel® CoreTM i7 2640M Processor
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
17.3" LED Backlit Display (1920x1080)
NVIDIA GeForce® GT 555M with NVIDIA® OptimusTM Technology
2GB Dedicated GDDR5 Video Memory
Built-in HD Webcam
Integrated 60Wh Battery
320GB 7200rpm SATA HDD
Wireless Network 802.11 b/g/n Compatible
16.81" (Width) x 10.9" (Depth) x 0.88" (Height); 6.97lbs (Weight)
$2799!
Razer Blade: hands-on with 17-inches of gaming greatness -- Engadget

 

$2799!!!!!

lol.

 

Looks good but IMO an expensive alternative to an Alienware M14x, for that money I can get myself a fully loaded M17x R3 or an AW M14x + M11x....

 

yup..and im a lefty so the "conveniently placed switchblade track pad" is a deal breaker

 

and dear god i just looked at your sig...niicee

 

It's a nice machine....but not for 2799.99.....especially with those specs.

 

What you don't like a challenge of playing with crossed arms? pff you're not hardcore man!

 

I could actually seeing it being more useful for a lefty... It's much closer to the arrow keys than "wasd" (I assume that's how lefty's play, I could be wrong though). Unless they expect us right handers to take our hands off our mouse...which is a terrible idea.

 

I like the idea of the LCD Screen built into the keyboard that acts as a touch pad / secondary information screen for some games, that you don't see that much in laptops.

 

how about the switchblade... running a atom chip

Razer Switchblade Hands-On (with Gameplay) - YouTube

pretty funny vid.. i see why its still a concept... keyboard response sucks... lol

 

Hopefully this forces AW to make somewhat thinner laptops.

My M15x is 3x as thick as a MBP. :x

 

You should see me try to fit this thing into the forward Loadmaster station in my c17

 

Good marketing and design, but overpriced for the performance you get. The people who like Razer's design will be willing to pay a premium for it, but value-driven buyers will likely go somewhere else.

So, it falls right in line with the profile of Razer's other products.

 

A few gimmcks:
- LCD touchpad
- reasonably thin
- 1080p screen

Laughable "gaming" specs:
- low-end i7 sandybridge
- lol 8GB RAM hey that's so useful for gaming right?
- ..... GT555, low-end chip used in $800 laptops

I can imagine kids begging their parents to buy this for them for Christmas this year.

 

0.88 is really overkill. I wonder how much they had to sacrifice to get that tenth of an inch over the MBP. If 0.98, it'd still be by far the thinnest gaming laptop anyway, heck even at 1.08 or even 1.18, it'd still be the thinnest by a long shot.

For Christ's sake, it has a dual core. That's just pathetic.

In any case, I'd love to see a gimped 555m drive a 1080p screen AND a secondary monitor (the trackpad) with anything resembling "performance". The 96 core 555m is no better than the 6750m in the Macbooks.

This is literally a Macbook Pro + iPhone.

 

It's the GDDR5 555M so it's almost as good as a 560M I believe.

 

^ No, that's completely false. Unless Nvidia developed a "new" 555m exclusively for Razer.

 

the ddr5 is only 128 bit while the ddr3 is 196(ish). The ddr5 does have slightly higher bandwidth, but I believe they both perform around the same.

 

how do you sufficiently cool a laptop that thin? but then again i guess those parts don't need very good cooling...

 

Yes, but memory bandwidth is a small factor of performance. 96 shader cores vs 144 is the biggest difference. The GDDR5 is a good 10-15% slower than the 192-bit DDR3 version.

 

Wow They even brought Alienware into all of this...lol. With all the manufacturing problems as of late....I really hope AW doesn't try to copy Razer's innovative TP & Macros.

Most of Razer's wireless mice have buggy software. I'd hate to be an early Blade adopter.

 

This is coming from a previous AW owner and current Mac owner, why would i buy this?? If i want thin and portable i could get a nice MBP and if i want a fully loaded gaming laptop i would get a m17x/m18x, there is no point to this. This a 17inch laptop with a GT555m that is not at all impressive, esp for a 2800$ laptop. If it were a nice 15inch or a 14inch laptop then it might have been a great machine but 17inch is too big and all i get is a GT555m. As pointless as a MBP 17.
The only reason some one might get it is the LCD which just seems like a useless gimmick TBH

 

No offense but if I were in the market for a mbp, I'd choose the Razer Blade.

 

Lollll 2799$ for this laptop is OVERPRICED. I paid my m18x 2700$ before taxe and I got much better specs than the Blade.

 

YEA BUT YOURS ISNT A GAMING LAPTOP, ITS A GAMING DTR. IN YOUR FACE!

 

So MBP's are gaming laptops too?

 

nope only razer makes worlds first gaming laptop.

 

Very good things like that appear. I'll stay with AW, but there is nothing better for prices than solid competition.

 

technically the MBP is more powerful (not that I support apple in any way shape or form) since it has an i7 quad.

 

Haha if I have to choose between performance and a useless lcd touch pad.... I'll choose performance.

 

Huh, I'm not seeing an optical disc drive in the photos. So that's most likely what was on the list of sacrificed stuff.

 

2799.99 and no Blu-ray writer?
Wth?

 

^Probably too thick. That's the reason Apple didn't include one.

 

yeah this thing is laughable! If you want a GOOD gaming laptop get a alienware if you want a Portable gaming laptop that has a crappy mousepad get a Rzr lol

 

Eh, it's an interesting concept, but paying all that dough for a system just because it's thin and has a screen/touchpad and dedicated gaming keys...?

Dell's XPS 17 has the i7 quad, DDR3 555M, and 1080p 17.3" screen at less than half the price.

For those who want thin, the 15z is decent for what it is.

But hey, bring on the competition. More competitors in the gaming notebook space is a good thing for consumers.

 

Razer Blade - The World's First True Gaming Laptop | Razer™ | For Gamers. By Gamers.™ after watching this video, I want one one...lol. The day Razer makes a DTR with this type of tech and good specs for a decent price, I'll be the first online to buy. By then Dell will probably be all over that tech.

After seeing the Blade retail for 2799.99, Dell might actually raise their priceslol.


Did anybody notice BF3 running in the Razer Blade video? If the Blade can handle BF3 than my M18x should be able to max it out x2.

 

You're willing to pay 2.8k for a dual core machine with a 320 gig hard drive?

 

Too much like a Crapple Crapbook if you ask me....just with some more appeal to gamers......but not enough and too expensive for what you get, which is a "tarted up" Crapbook.

 

it looks good




thats about it lol

if it was half the price it would have been doable but a mid range gaming laptop with shiny stuff on it for a price like that ?

i want what their smoking lolz

 

i had to create an account just to laugh at all the alienware fanbois making fun of Razor and Apple fanbois. bags.

 

If that's the only reason you joined NBR, we would all be better off without you here......so "do one" - you muppet LOL j/k

 

If they made a 11 inch version of that I would pay up to 1600.00USD. I hope they eventually make a DTR at a competitve price.

Welcome to NBR. I actually like the Razer Blade. It's just overpriced for the specs. From your comment I take it that you have never seen a M17x or M18x in person....or you would not be laughing. Do some research, scrounge up enough cash, make the purchase and properly contribute to the forum.

 

You guys seem to totally be missing the point of the whole thing. Also it will most likely not go on sale for $2800. They released that estimate and are most likely gauging the responses, almost universally stating it is overpriced.
I'm more of a console gamer, and I am not sure how PC gamers view us, so please no boo's.
Have you ever thought about why consoles can look much better than 6 year old computers? They're using 6 year old tech, tech that wasn't even new or remarkable 6 years ago. Its because companies can code for that specific hardware set up. Imagine now if there was an industry standard for PC gaming set ups. Imagine every year to three the stanard is changed and revamped.
PC gaming would make a huge step forward. I imagine that is what they are trying to do seeing as they only have the one Blade you can get, you can't change it, thats what you get. Sure the UI is kinda gimmicky but if you wanna say a gaming laptop at 17 in and less than 8 pounds isn't awesome you have your head shoved up your backside and need a nametag introducing yourself as " that other companies have tech that piques my interest after I just spent >$2100 on my latest gaming machine.

Edit: I would like to note that regardless of their reasoning $2800 is ridiculous and completely undoable for the machine they are showing off now, they may end up tweaking a few things before release, hopefully the price, and if the price drops a bit closer to $2000 I am totally in on this. I would also like to note that I love the idea of an industry standard for games.

 

PC Gamers love their hobby specifically because they are *NOT* forced onto a closed hardware platform. PC Gamers can buy whatever hardware they want, in whatever configuration they want, tweak it however they want, and run whatever they want on it. PC Gamers hate the idea of buying a single piece of hardware / appliance, that is nearly identical to everybody else's.

Asking a PC Gamer to adopt an industry standard for hardware would be like asking a car hot-rodder to buy a Toyota Camry.

 

Well I would personally kill for a FT86, but that's clearly not your point.
So pc gamers would sacrifice efficiency for the ability to spend more money and show off each others new toys to each other?
I understand the market for it but it's a niche market, and it's going to die if it keeps on this way. You'd rather have no pc games than standardization I assume as well?
Not to mention standardization will encourage innovation, what will sell is nice features and software like in the Blade.

 

lol its going to die. Thats kinda funny. Its actually becoming mor eand more mainstream as the price for gaming laptops/systems drop.

The reason why the PC market/scene is superior is because we simply get better games, better looking more interactive. The PC is always ahead of consoles for game quality.

Who would console ? ugh.

 

People have been ringing the bell of "PC Gaming is dying" for years now. And many of the most popular and most-played games in the world are PC games (World of Warcraft, Counterstrike, Team Fortress 2, Starcraft 1/2).

So, while console gamers are once again shooting assault rifles in the desert in Call of Honor: Modern Battlefield Assault 6, I'll be playing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Civilization 5, Shogun 2, or Starcraft 2


The PC isn't going anywhere.

Standardization kills innovation. Because any enhancement to the underlying hardware would no longer be "standard". For the most part, the Xbox 360 you buy today is identical to the Xbox 360 you bought 5 years ago.

Competition is what encourages innovation. And on the PC, you have that competition, because of the fact that there isn't a one-size-fits-all model. New video cards, new CPUs, new storage technologies, new monitors, 3D Vision, dozens of peripheral manufacturers selling hundreds of peripherals.

You can ask 10 different people to build you a gaming computer, and you will get 10 different configurations. You ask those same 10 different people to get you an Xbox 360, and they will all buy exactly the same one. To some people (such as you), those 10 different PC configurations are an inefficient abomination. To other people (such as me), the freedom of choice is *THE* reason why I am a PC gamer. I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

I'm not trying to be some pc gaming doomsday preacher, I'm simply stating that unless some things change in the PC gaming world it is going to die.
And yes consoles have their own problems, the very problems I am trying to escape by trying to get into pc gaming.


Cramming more powerful components into a machine isn't innovative, it's doing the same thing with bigger pieces. Innovative is daring to try and do something different, it's pushing away from safety. Options aren't innovation, whether you like the UI or not the switchblade is innovation, it has nice little software to go with it too and progamable hot keys that will essentially display their function.

I want all gaming to thrive, I want to make video games some day, but the simple fact is you won't suffer with performance if you standardize, in fact it will likely lower the price of the computers as well as makig them more efficient. I understand you don't want to give up that customization, being able to have something bigger and badger than everyone else's is cool, believe me I know. But we could get so much more if there was an industry standard.
I will consent you know more about PCs than me, not saying much, but I study videogames every chance I get, and I'm sorry to say that the "lawls they only have fps hur dur" argument won't work anymore, because even if you dint like them millions others do.
inb4: WOW has 9 mil+ users.
^that's not saying that much. 9 million copies sold is good but not ground breaking at all, excellent for an old game like that though, hoorah expansions.