Razer Intros Own-Brand Gaming Notebook Discussion

[Phinagle]

Apple need to release a gaming laptop, man i bet that would be even sexier

As Apple does not hold the patent to PC Gaming they have no legal interest in entering this market segment.

[PFKL]

any update for the ETA on this thing?

[WaffleBoy]

I think the price is TOO much... I would pay for it 1500$~1900$, for a great style, with a...... umm...... 7/10 system.

[sgogeta4]

Don't know why people complain about pricing. This is clearly a niche market and it has something that is different from most other laptops. I think it's great to have a large screen yet thin and light profile. The last laptop I looked at that was similar in this aspect was Dell's Latitude Z600, which was also extremely expensive but a few months later it was much cheaper. It's clearly targeting a specific segment (ie. those that have more money than common sense aka early adopters lol) but without products like this, we wouldn't see as much creative development from independent companies. Razer is not a large company, especially in notebooks, and of course their development, production, and materials costs will be much higher than say Toshiba or any other large notebook corporation. I applaud their first attempt into the notebook field and hope that we see many more future products like this.

[gjgoulet]

Ignoring the outrageous claims of being the first to do anything new here the introduction of the option alone shows guts and I am looking forward to the trickle down effect. Welcome to the premium laptop market Razer.

[HTWingNut]

I applaud their first attempt into the notebook field and hope that we see many more future products like this.

I hope we don't see many more products like this, regardless of pricing. While I do like the placement of the touchpad on the right, it makes more sense than at the bottom, having the special keys there as well really is a brain-dead decision. I know they share a common interface, but it makes little to no sense whatsoever, and is not useful for most people that use a mouse. And if you say that people game with a touchpad, have it all wrong.

But even with cost. Good luck. It is worth half what they are asking. Even then I wouldn't pay more than $1000 for it.

[The General]

60Wh isn't 'weak'. Should get a battery life of around 4-5 hours or more.

Really doubt it. Why would the Blade have better battery life than the M14x when it has a larger screen?

Game consoles follow the path of high cost first year or two, but they also offer absolute top of the line performance at launch. This machine does nothing more than package average components in a thin package. When consoles do this they drop the price!

Are you joking? Games consoles have never offered top-of-the-line performance; they offer performance that was roughly current at the time when the design started (which is always several years before it's released).

You can actually...and quite easily

You just need one of 2 things(or both preferably):
- 1 or 2 aspects that make your product different from the competition in its industry
- good solid marketing

That's how companies like Apple, Bang & Olufsen, Bose, Monster Cable and "Beats by Dr Dre" are able to sell their products and make a profit. Whether or not you agree is irrelevant but it IS possible to chuck something at double the price of the competition and have people buy it.

Remember Razr isn't some no name company, they have a name, brand image and a certain customer base, just not in the laptop market.

Apple have the unique selling point of OSX, the design and the brand.
Bang & Olufsen and Bose may overprice their products, but at least they're excellent products as well as having a good brand.
"Beats by Dre" is branded by a famous rapper, which means that can afford to charge a fortune for a piece of complete crap.
Razer isn't that well known outside serious gamers, who are the precise people who will care about performance vs. price. They don't have the recognition among the sort of people who are likely to actually buy this.

Apple need to release a gaming laptop, man i bet that would be even sexier

It would also likely cost £4000, perform worse than any PC alternative and have an aluminium chassis which would get hot enough to burn a hole in your trousers.

I must say, the specs on the Blade really let it down: It isn't really any more powerful than my M15x but it's a year newer and significantly more expensive. The only reason to buy it is the weight and the thinness - neither of which are massive concerns for "gaming" laptops.

[HTWingNut]

Are you joking? Games consoles have never offered top-of-the-line performance; they offer performance that was roughly current at the time when the design started (which is always several years before it's released).

Hmm, reviving a two month old topic.

And 555m is "top of the line"? It never was and never will be. All I was saying is consoles who continue to use the same tech over time reduce the size of their consoles and at the same time drop the price, not increase them.

They haven't even released this laptop for sale yet. The LG P330 has similar specs at 13.3" 1600x900, at what looks like about $1200 and comes with a combo SSD + HDD (twice the size I might add at 640GB), a lot thinner, and lighter, compared with $2800 for the Razer. So you're paying $1600 extra for a 1080p 17" screen, slightly faster CPU, and a crazy semi-useful touchpad gimmick.

But I digress. Plus check this out, two prototypes stolen from Razer:
Razer Broken Into, Robbed of Two Blade Laptop Prototypes

[The General]

Hmm, reviving a two month old topic.

And 555m is "top of the line"? It never was and never will be. All I was saying is consoles who continue to use the same tech over time reduce the size of their consoles and at the same time drop the price, not increase them.

They haven't even released this laptop for sale yet. The LG P330 has similar specs at 13.3" 1600x900, at what looks like about $1200 and comes with a combo SSD + HDD (twice the size I might add at 640GB), a lot thinner, and lighter, compared with $2800 for the Razer. So you're paying $1600 extra for a 1080p 17" screen, slightly faster CPU, and a crazy semi-useful touchpad gimmick.

But I digress. Plus check this out, two prototypes stolen from Razer:
Razer Broken Into, Robbed of Two Blade Laptop Prototypes

Ah, oops, I saw this in "Most discussed news" and kinda assumed it was current; my mistake. That'll teach me to check the dates on topics before replying.

Anyway, no, it is most definitely not "top of the line"; I was merely pointing out that console hardware is never top-of-the-line, even when new. I would agree that they do at least have the decency to decrease the price as the console ages.

Yup, and I'd buy the LG any time (actually, I'd probably go for neither and buy an Alienware M17x; but I digress)

Wow, that represents a seriously ballsy thief and some seriously incompetent security guards.

[HTWingNut]

I agree, for $1200-$1500 I'd go for a different machine altogether, and for $2800, I'd get a powerful desktop with triple 30" monitors and a powerful laptop.