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New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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The last thing the PC gaming community needs right now is another insanely expensive piece of hardware with a gimmick attached. I really cannot see this going anywhere within the community. I'm guessing that those who largely play the PC games that would require such high specs aren't likely to want to play them outside of their homes. Besides you can purchase a comparably spec'd desktop system for a quarter of the price.

Heck, the most popular PC game at the moment (World of Warcraft) can be played on relatively cheap laptops already.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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I understand they say they don't care if there's no market, but I'm curious who's going to buy it. Pro gamers will not care about a trackpad, or dynamic key-screens, as they don't want to spend time looking at the keys when they're looking at the screen. They have everything memorized anyway. But they are the ones who can justify spending ~$3000 on a laptop. Casual gamers would like these features, but don't spend $2800 on gaming.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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post #4

The last thing the PC gaming community needs right now is another insanely expensive piece of hardware with a gimmick attached. I really cannot see this going anywhere within the community. I'm guessing that those who largely play the PC games that would require such high specs aren't likely to want to play them outside of their homes. Besides you can purchase a comparably spec'd desktop system for a quarter of the p…

Man, geeks are a tough crowd. I for one applaud their effort to shake things up. You say there's no market for this, well they say they're building it for themselves. I think chances are good there are lots of people out there just like them.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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post #3

It also looks to have an innovative lawsuit inducing ID. Seems pretty lazy to just anodized a MacBook Pro black, swap the logo and call it a day.

I didn't realize MacBook Pros had touchscreens on the keyboard...

Look at this gallery of product shots:

http://www.engadget.com/photos/razer-blade-0/

That is Apple's industrial design language. They could have made it look like anything and they chose to ape apple, that's lazy.

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