Razer reveals the Blade gaming laptop at PAX

By BatRastered — August 30, 2011
Tags: news pax-2011 pc razer

You want to play PC games on a laptop, but don't want to sacrifice true portability? Razer has the answer, but it will cost you...

Yeah, $2,800 is a little steep for a laptop these days. It is made of milled aluminum like a Mac Book Pro and has some insane specs:

2.8GHz Intel® Core™ i7 2640M Processor
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Memory
17.3" LED Backlit Display (1920x1080)
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)

No word on how long that battery will last with all that power hungry hardware, but dang that's a sweet setup. The custom "switchblade" buttons that change based on the game your playing and the touchscreen/touchpad mouse are not really available anywhere else, so there's that. I still can't help but think that I could buy a Mac Book Pro plus a super high powered desktop for that much money though.

Razer Blade

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Comments

Is PAX over? I'm sitting in the Seattle Airport and I feel like I missed it.

And for that price the battery life better be 12 plus hours.

Aug 30, 2011 by cinderkin

Yup, we just got back.

Aug 30, 2011 by BatRastered

Ordered!

Aug 30, 2011 by goukijones

Looks good, but if I were going to drop a lot of money on one I'ld go for Alienware.

Aug 31, 2011 by DragonKiss83

I priced out a similarly spec'd Alienware... It's about $2,300. So, yeah you'd save a bit, but not as much as you think, you'd loose the custom buttons and touchscreen/pad, and this looks way sexier than those bulky Alienware things. (At least I think so, I don't need the glowing alien head.) Allegedly this is a bunch lighter too.

Aug 31, 2011 by BatRastered

are guys out of your minds think about the world or war craft on this thing amazing I know I would definitely buy it

Sep 8, 2011 by Kof2012

the buttons would make my spell casting easier

Sep 8, 2011 by Kof2012

and diablo 3 would be fucking badass on this laptop i hope it doesn't heat up as much those fans must be real powerfull anyways this laptop is for the hardcore pc gamer

Sep 8, 2011 by Kof2012

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