Razer is best known as the maker of glossy, glossy high-end gaming gear. $US150 mice. $US50 mousepads. But with the Blade, they’re putting their money where their balls are: They’ve designed and built — with the close collaboration of Intel and Nvidia — what could be the most exquisite gaming laptop ever, reviving the tradition of the dearly departed Voodoo PC.
Yes, it’s 17 inches. Yes, it’s nearly 3.2kg. Yes, it’s $US2800. But this is the first machine in a long time to not compromise on anything. It’s using fastest dual-core chip Intel offers. A fat, fat graphics card. Eight gigs of RAM. It’s all in a machined aluminium chassis that’s only 0.88 inches thin. Razer’s made something different. They’ve taken a chance. And it just might be incredible.
Product Specifications:
· 2.8GHz Intel® Core™ i7 2640M Processor
· 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
· 17.3″ LED Backlit Display (1920×1080)
· NVIDIA GeForce® GT 555M with NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology 2GB Dedicated GDDR5 Video Memory
· Built-in HD Webcam
· Integrated 60Wh Battery
· 320GB 7200rpm SATA HDD
· Wireless Network 802.11 b/g/n Compatible
· 16.81″ (Width) x 10.9″ (Depth) x 0.88″ (Height); 6.97lbs (Weight)
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Ekbul
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 10:46 AMFor this price it should have an ssd
Jordaan Mylonas
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 1:24 PMOn a screen that size, they could afford to push the resolution up a bit. Other than that, gorgeous.
James Monteverdi
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 9:46 PMIf that display is 120Hz+ I think the price is approaching justification but the 320gb HDD is to small. The keyboard/touchscreen though is the selling point for me.
Ha
Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 1:15 PMI was just about to say finally a laptop more expensive than Apple’s!
But then I checked the prices and turns out it’s still cheaper than a 17″ MacBook Pro xD
Shano
Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 7:07 PM*Like*
Jamie
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 10:18 AMWhere was this thing when I was looking for a laptop a few months ago? :(
Viddy
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 2:30 PMPfft!
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/asus-g74sx-a2.aspx
16GB RAM
512GB SSD + 500GB 7200 HDD
3GB Nvidia DDR5
etc etc
The ports are a bit lame and the sound not exactly epic, but it’s one kick-ass machine.
Seen these on eBay for $AU3300 totally pimped out.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/180709202077?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
Tb
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 2:56 PMI don’t know why they have gone with 17″, the whole idea behind the switchblade was they wanted to create TRULY PORTABLE gaming computer. Instead they created another 17″ behemoth that no-one could carry around and use out and about. I think the prototype was too small, but they should have gone for the 13.3-14 inch with a good resolution.
Try using a 17″ laptop on a plane and let me know how you get on :P