The New Razer Blade

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Post by philipp-spiess » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 10:28 PM UTC

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by ChikkaChiChi » Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 11:56 PM UTC

Razer needs to do the right thing and make Blades that are less gamer-friendly and more business-friendly. If you can tame the battery life with a more sane graphics card, you could give Apple a serious run for its money.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by w-ll » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:01 AM UTC

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #2

Razer needs to do the right thing and make Blades that are less gamer-friendly and more business-friendly. If you can tame the battery life with a more sane graphics card, you could give Apple a serious run for its money.

I would say Apple is more artist friendly than business friendly, and that's a perfect place for these high end Razor Blade machines to give them a run for.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by muppetman » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:04 AM UTC

I feel quite old and stupid that I clicked on this expecting shave technology.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by bhauer » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:05 AM UTC

I really like the specs and looks of this. Trouble is, I really don't need another computer in my life. I've already got four desktops, and three tablets, one of which is a Surface Pro.

But, that screen and those specs are very appealing.

Plus, as someone who was just short of addicted—okay, addicted—to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, I did not know there was a new Wolfenstein game coming up. Also excited to find out more about that.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by acc01 » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:06 AM UTC

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #2

Razer needs to do the right thing and make Blades that are less gamer-friendly and more business-friendly. If you can tame the battery life with a more sane graphics card, you could give Apple a serious run for its money.

These seem to fit your description pretty well: http://www.asus.com/zenbook/ .

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by codezero » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:07 AM UTC

Looks beautiful. How long does it run on battery? The specs are nice, but if you can't really be mobile you may as well get a desktop.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by ineedtosleep » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:08 AM UTC

This is actually a very very interesting laptop where my only question is: Will it run Linux without too much trouble?

I have a Lenovo W530, but I have an inkling that the future of the Thinkpad is very grim for my work use cases. Laptops like the Razer Blade would be my next potential go-to if it can run Linux without much fuss.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by sugarstain » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:13 AM UTC

codezero wrote: post #7

Looks beautiful. How long does it run on battery? The specs are nice, but if you can't really be mobile you may as well get a desktop.

Even if you have to plug it in, a laptop is still far more portable than a desktop. If you're moving about and working in different areas, but still have access to power then a laptop could still be a better solution.

Re: The New Razer Blade

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Post by pseudometa » Thu, Mar 13, 2014, 12:14 AM UTC

Does nearly every laptop these days look like a Mac Book Pro? Once in a while I see things like the Yoga, but from the radius of the rounded corners, indents for opening the lid, shape/size of the keyboard keys, placement of inputs... They might as well have spray painted the MBP black and called it a night. Maybe they did...