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Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by lotharbot »

pragmatic wrote: post #105
amelim wrote: 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…

Your missing a huge market - couch gaming. I have my laptop _on my lap_ working/playing games etc on the couch instead of watching TV. It's difficult to play many games in this situation.

I find the biggest impediment to gaming in this situation is that it's hard to use a mouse on the couch.

Solution: a $5 polypropylene cutting board, still in its shrink wrap, wrapped in patterned contact paper. It's rigid enough to sit on a couch cushion or (wide) chair arm and provides a nice big mousing surface.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by dustyreagan »

51Cards wrote: post #89
Bud wrote: post #55

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People think that because the high-end PC gear can't compete right now on price, design, longevity, toughness, etc. For instance, this laptop can't manage to hit the MacBook Pro price point, and it's in a plastic case, as opposed to a single-piece slab of aluminum. Which do you think will hold up better? Who would you rather deal with for warranty repairs and replacement? Which company is more likely to still be aliv…

I have to add a comment that personally I dislike Apple's aluminum slab design. I have friends with MacBooks who's legs are red from the heat transfer after it's been on their (insert irony here...) lap. Also I have never had a problem with a well designed "plastic" cased laptop standing up. The Thinkpad is generally considered one of the the toughest laptops around and it's in a plastic case.

I'm a fan of the aluminum body. My Macbook Pro is 4 years old and it's a tank. You're right though, it does get pretty hot, but most high-end laptops do. I burned the graphics card out of my old plastic Fujitsu many years ago playing video games. Heat's just the price you pay to have the current fastest hardware.

I use a laptop cooler on my desk and lapdesk on the couch.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by windsurfer »

unavoidable wrote: post #91
windsurfer wrote: post #15

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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.

Not while gaming it wont

Well gaming will make it last about 2 hours. It depends on what you're doing.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by SoftwareMaven »

nrb wrote: post #142
old-gregg wrote: post #135

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"CPU... GPU..." who cares? The laptop is composed of a shell, battery, keyboard and the most importantly - the LCD. Nowhere in your post you mentioned the quality of those 4 critical difference-making components. Comparing computers based on irrelevant commodity (chips) is like comparing automobiles by how many wheels they have.

No... comparing "gaming PCs" by their internal components is like comparing automobiles by their engines and handling. Which is to say, perfect apt.

But there are still a huge variety of "sports cars", including $200k cars that could be trounced by a $45k Suburu.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by eagleal »

amalcon wrote: post #94
eagleal wrote: post #74

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You can actually get a laptop with the same specs for about 900€. (the only thing that missed is the little touch screen on the right, and the 17", it was 15.6)

The screen size is a pretty big difference -- the 17.3" is just under 23% bigger (in terms of surface area) than the 15.6. Of course, that's not $1500 worth of difference. I'd be interested to know where you found that, though. Newegg has exactly five laptops with 15.3"+ 1920x1080 screens with CPUs clocked for at least 2.5GHz. All are $1560+, which is about $200 more than 900 Euro. Two are out-of-stock Toughbooks, tw…

If I remember correctly, should be an HP (sorry I can't find that damn model). I live in Italy, and I saw it in an Euronics ad.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by dekz »

phaus wrote: post #69

The laptop looks very nice as far as design goes, but as a 3k gaming machine it leaves a lot to be desired. I am starting to wonder if some of these technology companies are intentionally trying to lose money. The GT 555M is a mainstream consumer video card. It can be found on laptops around $700 and I doubt it will run BF3 well at anything higher than medium settings. As a $3000 gaming machine that hasn't even been…

So one has to fork out $3000 every 6mos/year instead of $700 to just upgrade a graphics card?

Looks cool, doesn't seem practical to replace a gaming rig.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by baddox »

Shenglong wrote: post #30

I can't believe it took this long to make a non-apple laptop that isn't ugly. Simple, sleek and smooth. It really isn't that difficult.

Here's some non-Apple laptops that aren't ugly:

http://www.samsung.com/us/news/newsRead.do?news_seq=19774

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/16/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-review...

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/03/hp-envy-14-review/

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/30/asus-outs-ux21-ultrathin-...

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by buff-a »

Shenglong wrote: post #31
mbrzuzy wrote: post #25

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I don't see anything about a CD drive. Perhaps that's how they were able to make it so slim.

Apple's getting rid of the optical drive too. I bought my laptop 2 years ago, and I don't think I've ever used my BluRay drive.

Which is a shame, because that's where I put my second HDD.

Re: New gaming laptop with innovative UI by Razer

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Post by swah »

rch wrote: post #82
ramanujan wrote: post #48

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Hmmm. Strongly disagree with this. As a hacker rather than a gamer, the concept of a programmable set of LCD keys next to the standard keyboard is extremely interesting for native app development. I hope that particular feature is copied into a subsequent Macbook Pro release. It's really bringing the innovations pioneered by the iPhone (programmable UI rather than built-in keyboard) back to the laptop. Among other th…

Agreed - can't wait to use this in a technical context, and write some custom apps for that touch pad. I do hope there is an option to skip the neon-green accents though, and throw in a SSD. When my MBP hits the two-year-old mark, I would really like to replace it with something along these lines and finally get back to running Linux natively on some respectable hardware. One more thing, I really liked the magnesium…

I wanted to do the same thing, but boy is it hard to ignore all the little details that OSX gets perfectly. Back to old MBP.
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