More info from engadget (including lots of pics): http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/26/razer-blade-hands-on-with...
New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer
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#12A $2800 laptop without an SSD and with a smallish (by current standards) hard drive?
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#13The 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…
The market will decide for itself what it needs or wants.
I'm glad they have the courage to try this. Outside of Apple, most computer companies stopped innovating a long time ago. They're happy to fight over scraps in a commodity market. HP finally got sick of it and are betting their business on a major shift in strategy.
When it comes down to it, you get what you pay for. With computer taking over more-and-more tasks in our lives, it's worth it to spend a little more on a system that better suits your needs.
But who am I to argue with someone that thinks any advancement in HCI over the ancient keyboard-and-mouse is a "gimmick"?
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#14This is a nice looking laptop. It's expensive, but it's the first of its kind so there's not market price set for it yet.
I hope it's easy for programs to change the look of the multitouch display buttons. It almost bring the Optimus keyboard into the mobile realm!
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#15But what will the battery life be? At least when the gaming laptops are big and bulky they also have a huge battery. This thing looks like it'll run out of juice flat in 1 hour.
Depends on what you're doing. It's got a 60Wh battery, so it should last a little less than a macbook pro, so 2 to 7 hours.
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#16The 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.
Agreed! Expensive? Sure it is. But I applaud Razor for trying something daring. Given how slim it is, those specs are pretty outrageous.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Sure, it's very similar to the MBP, but it's not just a paintjob and a sticker - turning the trackpad into a touchscreen and moving it to the side of the keyboard is a big change.
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#18Their advertisement took a stab at PC gaming vs console gaming and then they release a $2,800 device? This puts it in a different market (one that I don't think is very big).
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#19Whenever I play a game with a laptop I use a real mouse. Anything else is a bit painful for me. Because of that, as a righty I'd rather have the dynamic buttons on the left side of the keyboard.
Heck, make the whole keyboard dynamic. Then when you're playing a game, instead of an alphanumeric symbol on the key being displayed, the action it's bound to can be displayed.
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#20"The hardest thing was convincing a manufacturing partner to consider our designs," Tan said. "No one wanted to do it. They all said there's no market, it's too expensive, no one wants this. Gamers would want something big, thick, and cheap."
Serious gamers actually flesh out a lot of money on their setups. And I don't know much about any scenes except Starcraft 2, but I know those tournaments give out products from certain companies who sponsor the event as prizes, I could see this computer fitting in that way. SC2 game "casters" have been doing the same thing on their own, and it's normally equipment of this sort of high end pricing.
The question here is can the gamers who build their own custom set-ups piece by piece be convinced to buy this kind of all-in-one package instead?