Razer Blade Owner's Lounge

[Vanguard1]

Please post back with your results, I had a similar problem.

If they say something like "We don't think our users want that", I'd be happy to call them up too.

[timinator94]

Please post back with your results, I had a similar problem.

If they say something like "We don't think our users want that", I'd be happy to call them up too.

That's exactly what they told me :/

[Kyze]

I emailed them few weeks ago about VT. This is their reply:

We have forwarded your request to the engineers, and VT support may become an option ion the BIOS with a future update, but at this time we have no ETA for this update.

[timinator94]

I emailed them few weeks ago about VT. This is their reply:

We have forwarded your request to the engineers, and VT support may become an option ion the BIOS with a future update, but at this time we have no ETA for this update.

Lame. Not a huge deal for me I was able to compile android source using cygwin but I kinda miss my virtualbox

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

[timinator94]

How to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview on the Razer Blade
Ok so I will keep this post updated as I expirement with different drivers and applications. (BENCHMARKS coming soon!) Anything marked with an * is an optional step
You cant just do the upgrade method it will BSOD right in the middle of setup so that means fresh install wooo!
Things you will need:
Windows 8 iso here
Windows 7 USB Tool here
CloneZilla Live iso here*
Tuxboot here*
The drivers listed

Spoiler :

From Here Download the Audio, Lan, USB3, and Synapse 2.0 drivers. Then download this beta driver for the Intel Gpu. Go to nvidia.com select the gt555m and windows 8 and download those drivers as well

An external harddrive of at least 20gb*
A USB drive of at least 8gb
Patience and (most importantly) your brain.
Backing Up Your System*
After you have downloaded Tuxboot and CloneZilla plug your USB thumb drive into the Blade.
1.) Run/Install Tuxboot point it to your thumbdrive and the CloneZilla ISO and click start.
2.) After that is done plug in your external harddrive and reboot the computer.
3.) Hit F12 at startup and select the entry that is your USB thumbdrive (NOT UEFI!!!!)
4.) Start CloneZilla with the default settings.
5.) Select your language and keyboard layout of choice then select Start Clonezilla
6.) Select the Device-Image option then select where the images are saved. The 'local_dev' option saves the image on a locally attached device (your external harddrive)
7.) Hit enter at the next prompt and then select your external harddrive as the backup. Decide what directory you want the image files to save in. Select Beginner Mode at the next prompt. Then clone entire disk (first option) and choose then your main (liteon) harddrive as the source.
8.) Chose Clone entire drive (first option) Make sure that you skip the file system checks as they are for linux filesystems and not NTFS then follow the prompts.
9.) Once thats done (about 30 min) reboot back into Windows 7.
Preparing the Windows 8 USB Drive
Make sure you have downloaded the Windows 8 ISO and Windows 7 USB tool.
1.)Install the Windows 7 USB tool and point it to the ISO and your USB Thumbdrive and click install.
2.) Reboot and hit f12 at startup and select your flash drive. Install windows 8 however you want.
3.) Install the drivers in the order Chipset, Intel GPu, Nvidia GPU, everything else, Synapse.
4.) To get switchblade UI working follow the solution here. And thats it! Optimus does work and after the fix so does switchblade. Need some benchmark suggestions and I'll run them then restore back to windows 7 and compare performance

[timinator94]

They listen. I love this company LOL

[johnnobts]

yes they do listen, which is very refreshing.

[timinator94]

I seriously think I have found my new favorite company. If they continue to be this way I'll continue to buy their products.

[Robrain]

I remember seeing this laptop on Engadget awhile back, and pretty much love the design. I'm not sure I've ever seen a laptop I like more from a design standpoint.

The screen-touchpad and customizable keys seem like they have so much potential. I realize gaming is the Razer's focus, but I don't see why the side-pad couldn't be "appified" in a sense for minor tasks in certain programs (Adobe shortcuts, for one example, to help free up screen real-estate - imagine running programs completely in full screen becoming the norm, with toolbars relegated offscreen as much as possible to reduce clutter?). Of course, that would probably require Razer to branch out and support more than just the gaming community, but they've really hit a grand slam with the design of the Razer Blade, imo.

Again, I'm partial to LED lights (but not garishly, I think Alienware's [while getting a thumbs-up for being so customizable] designs are WAY over the top), and my favorite color is green, so they've sort of really got my interest with the look of this laptop. Reading the reviews, an Ivy Bridge processor (quad-core preferably) plus large RAM capacity would make this hugely attractive to me for a HD video editing system. I can't expound enough on how much I love the look of this thing.

[timinator94]

I remember seeing this laptop on Engadget awhile back, and pretty much love the design. I'm not sure I've ever seen a laptop I like more from a design standpoint.

The screen-touchpad and customizable keys seem like they have so much potential. I realize gaming is the Razer's focus, but I don't see why the side-pad couldn't be "appified" in a sense for minor tasks in certain programs (Adobe shortcuts, for one example, to help free up screen real-estate - imagine running programs completely in full screen becoming the norm, with toolbars relegated offscreen as much as possible to reduce clutter?). Of course, that would probably require Razer to branch out and support more than just the gaming community, but they've really hit a grand slam with the design of the Razer Blade, imo.

Again, I'm partial to LED lights (but not garishly, I think Alienware's [while getting a thumbs-up for being so customizable] designs are WAY over the top), and my favorite color is green, so they've sort of really got my interest with the look of this laptop. Reading the reviews, an Ivy Bridge processor (quad-core preferably) plus large RAM capacity would make this hugely attractive to me for a HD video editing system. I can't expound enough on how much I love the look of this thing.

Copypasta this in the What Users Want in the NExt Razer Blade thread. Their CEO lurks it