Razer Unsheathes the Blade

[Amalith]

The price tag is high but once it's been out for a few months and the rabid, deep-pocketed early adopters have paid the price for it, it'll come down pretty quickly. I wouldn't be surprised to see it around 2200, 2300 by the second quarter of 2012, which is still expensive but not entirely out of line for a balls-out gaming rig with a unique interface built by a high-end specialty company. It's like a Bugatti versus a Corvette; they're both wickedly fast and sexy as well, but this, THIS is a Bugatti.

Except while the Bugatti Veyron is the fastest car in the world, this is nowhere near the performance of an equivalently priced Alienware, Origin, or Sager laptop. Sure, it's nice and thin, but it still weighs more than an equivalently specced 15 inch (and those are considerably cheaper). What it has going for it is looks, and that's all well and good, and I'm sure someone will buy it, but it's tech specs don't live up to the hardcore gaming crowd's expectations at that price range.

 

[GiantRaven]

Looks nice. I give it a year before it's obselete.

 

[OverweightWhale]

*Looking at specs* eh, not bad for a laptop...

when the Razer Blade goes on sale later this year it will cost a whopping $2799.99.

What. What. WHAT!?!

Who the fuck would pay that much for a laptop!?!

Seriously I'm with you on that. I looked at the specs and thought it wasn't bad. Then I looked at the price and cringed in pain. The last thing I want to do is pay nearly 3 grand on a gaming laptop.

 

[Weaver]

The price tag is high but once it's been out for a few months and the rabid, deep-pocketed early adopters have paid the price for it, it'll come down pretty quickly. I wouldn't be surprised to see it around 2200, 2300 by the second quarter of 2012, which is still expensive but not entirely out of line for a balls-out gaming rig with a unique interface built by a high-end specialty company. It's like a Bugatti versus a Corvette; they're both wickedly fast and sexy as well, but this, THIS is a Bugatti.

I admit it's cool, but it feels like we're paying a lot for the touchpad.

Like, look at the G74SX by asus
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_371&item_id=039942

It's a more powerful machine, for $2000 CAD and it comes with a backpack, mouse and a full 3D vision kit. Or you can buy the lower end model without any of that 3d vision stuff for $1800
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_371&item_id=039940

Or, if that's still too much you can buy a barebones model with only 8GB of ram (instead of 12), no mouse, backpack or 3D vision for $1400
http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_371&item_id=040374

 

[Weaver]

$2800? That's insane. You could build a literal top of the line desktop for $2000 then buy a 34" 1080p TV and an HDMI cable for that price.

I admit that the touchpad is really cool, but maybe they could just make a standalone keyboard with one in it?

They have:

http://www.razerzone.com/swtor/keyboard

I seriously can't believe anyone at Razer thought this was a good idea. You can't compete with console gaming with a laptop at 10x the price! They're just not meant for proper gaming. A desktop PC as small as the 360 that packs more power would have been a much better idea.

Do they have one that isn't SWTOR branded? I'd like my keyboard to atleast boast branding for a game I intend to play. If they do, I'd consider getting one to be honest.

 

[KaosuHamoni]

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

 

[Weaver]

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

PC parts just seem to be cheaper here in North America.

 

[KaosuHamoni]

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

PC parts just seem to be cheaper here in North America.

A lot cheaper, seeing as £1400 is around $2350 T_T

 

[Amondren]

My desktop may not be as fancy but its more powerful and just better for gaming.

 

[Skylants]

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

PC parts just seem to be cheaper here in North America.

A lot cheaper, seeing as £1400 is around $2350 T_T

Are you looking at pre-built desktops or individual parts?

 

[Kenjitsuka]

"a light-weight, super-hot laptop "
Super hot in the sense that it will probably get so warm that you can't rest it on your lap!!!

Anyways, yawn. This some kind of joke, or do they actually think this overpriced toy is gonna help PC gaming in any way?

My gaming laptop has a 20.1 inch screen, way better than that teeny weeny one.
Light the world on fire? No.

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

Newegg.com is extremely cheap, but sadly they are pretty much limited to the US for the time being. I was lucky enough to get the i7 on sale and the card was around $40 off on the site and came with a $50 rebate as well.

I already had a copy of Windows 7 as well so that saved me a bit of money.

 

[KaosuHamoni]

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

PC parts just seem to be cheaper here in North America.

A lot cheaper, seeing as £1400 is around $2350 T_T

Are you looking at pre-built desktops or individual parts?

Individual, ofc

 

[UnderCoverGuest]

Uh, it's not hardware that's making people say "PC gaming is dead", it's the quality of the games. Or maybe I'm missing something, I dunno. All I know is ever since I found ARMA II, hang all other games, I don't want'em.

...I just want'em even less if there's no mod support, a stupid single player st...nevermind, spent too much time on these forums today, need to go entertain myself with a picture of a unicycle or something.

 

[martin's a madman]

I'm buying the ASUS G73JW-A1

It seems to have better specs and is only like $1400.

Also... does anyone else see that puny 320GB harddrive?

I'd like that Graphics card though.

Laptops just don't seem to be a feasible choice for PC gaming, especially at price points like that; Unless you're absolutely never sitting in a single place for long.

Seriously, my desktop cost me around a grand and it's got an i7 2600k, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 1TB hard drive, the wireless capability, and a GTX 570 HD.

How!? I've been looking at setups with exactly those specs, and the least I can get is £1400

Newegg.com is extremely cheap, but sadly they are pretty much limited to the US for the time being. I was lucky enough to get the i7 on sale and the card was around $40 off on the site and came with a $50 rebate as well.

I already had a copy of Windows 7 as well so that saved me a bit of money.

Uh... Newegg Canada?

 

[Owlslayer]

Well, it's impressive for a laptop indeed. But damn, that price is just ridicoulous. Well, for me, it is.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

I was thinking of getting a new laptop, and this is pretty awesome, but I don't have a month and a half's cash laying around for this...

 

[SpcyhknBC]

I'm hoping for a touch pad fiasco. Maybe they'll ship a crap ton, realize they don't sell and then drop the price so low that it becomes a ridiculous deal. Also, I've been waiting for a keyboard like that to appear. How long until the entire keyboard is a tablet?

 

[hooksashands]

Let's see. I can have both an Xbox and a PS3, full premium packages, for just under a grand... and probably get a couple free games with my purchase. Or I can pay double that for this monster.

Console vs PC
Affordability vs Bragging Rights

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

You can keep that laptop, I'm stickin with my ASUS G73