The New Razer Blade

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

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...

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

Most of the specs look great, but like most made-for-Windows-8 laptops on the market there is a fixed limitation of 8GB of RAM.<p>Its 2014. I want 32GB of RAM as an option, and 16 GB minimum.<p>I am still looking for a great Linux development laptop but this is not it.

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.

Nice laptop, but unusable website. It takes 3+ seconds to at least see something, and the scrolling effect makes everything seem so slow. There is an obvious memory leak somewhere, the graphs in devtools are INSANE for such a simple site, take a look <a href="http://imgur.com/j13Xk6h" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;j13Xk6h</a>

For me, the most important selling point of a laptop has become how good the keyboard is. Usually, that starts with an evaluation of its shittiness. Hires version of the keyboard: <a href="http://assets.razerzone.com/eeimages/razer_pages/16039/razer-blade-gallery-v2-05.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;assets.razerzone.com&#x2F;eeimages&#x2F;razer_pages&#x2F;16039&#x2F;razer...</a><p>- Has delete key in usable position. Good.<p>- Ctrl is in the bottom left corner. Good.<p>- Right Meta key is Fn. Bad.<p>- No Home&#x2F;End&#x2F;PgUp&#x2F;PgDown keys. No-go. Next!

I feel like I am probably pretty alone in this. But I have really been hoping that they would update the razer edge pro line.<p>I have a surface pro 2 for work that I really like and having something close to that that could do high performance gaming has basically been a dream of mine since forever.<p>Sadly what they have shared on their forums seems to reflect that they don&#x27;t want to do, or can&#x27;t make work another edge despite its pretty wide popularity.

I <i>really</i> like the specs and looks of this. Trouble is, I really don&#x27;t need another computer in my life. I&#x27;ve already got four desktops, and three tablets, one of which is a Surface Pro.<p>But, that screen and those specs are very appealing.<p>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.

Looks beautiful. How long does it run on battery? The specs are nice, but if you can&#x27;t really be mobile you may as well get a desktop.

So, with this and the Lenovo Yoga Pro both having QHD panels, I&#x27;m hoping there&#x27;s a lot more in this vein coming down the pipe.

<i>Page design made me dizzy.</i><p>But seriously, I really wouldn&#x27;t mind if laptops were a centimeter or two thicker and the battery held far more than 2 hours on heavy usage. My backpack designed for laptops could easily carry two or three, so that is not a problem, and when the laptop is in use, the extra thickness doesn&#x27;t really matter.<p>I just don&#x27;t see why this craze for thinness.

How hot will this thing get when gaming? Can it be used for prolonged sessions when playing graphics intensive games on high settings (like Titanfall)?<p>I have an Alienware M17x and that sucker will burn you if you have it on your lap.<p>Beyond that, it is prone to overheating when placed on a flat surface and I had to usually put some sort of spacer underneath to give it better airflow.

Oooh, this looks really nice. I&#x27;m so happy that high-pixel density screens are becoming available. It&#x27;s about time.<p>But with a built-in battery...ahh, almost had me. Sticking to Thinkpads. I&#x27;d gladly sacrifice some thinness to be able to replace worn-out batteries or use multiple batteries on the go.

I cannot wait for this style of website scrolling to die. It was neat as a proof of concept, but as a way of actually presenting information, it&#x27;s ridiculous.<p>I want to be able to read some information and see some pictures. I don&#x27;t need that to try to be a futuristic experience.<p>Get off my lawn!

No power button next to backspace? Has a delete key? Shut up an take my money!

Interesting how it&#x27;s so thin and yet not really that light.

This is a black Macbook Pro.

is it wrong that I want one for the screen, but to run OSX so I can write code?<p>I don&#x27;t game on a laptop.