Last year Project Fiona was presented by Razer and we felt as awkward about it as it looked.
This is a new year and it looks like Razer took a bit of feedback from critics of yester-CES. The design itself looks quite similar than it did except that the controller-handles are now detachable. The Edge can operate in four different modes: tablet, keyboard, the controller-handles, and “home console” mode.
The Home Console mode allows you to dock your tablet and access it using 3 USB ports, HDMI, and 3.5mm audio in/out. You can use it as a desktop or as a home theatre PC. Also with Steam’s Big Picture Mode it sees the big picture as a potential Steam Box.
The technical specifications are slightly more solid than last year:
- Intel Core i7 (2 core, 4 threads) @ 1.9GHz Turbo to 3.0GHz
- Intel HD 4000/NVIDIA GT 640M LE
- 8GB DDR3
- 126/256GB SSD
- Intel WLAN (B/G/N + Bluetooth 4.0)
- 10.1” IPS 1366×768 10-point touchscreen
- Windows 8
So what do you think? While I expect it will be out of my budget and I would probably just barely survive on 256GB due to recent 20-25GB games — I think it looks pretty good.
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Well this sounds like a waste
Well this sounds like a waste of money. If it was for gamers it wouldnt have such a low end screen… 1366×768 res… laughable it could have been an sIPS panel. 640M LE… even more so.
With a current price tag of
With a current price tag of 1,299 USD, I agree.
Looks interesting. This seems
Looks interesting. This seems more tempting than the nVidia Shield.
As for storage for your games and such, 256GB is low. I would think it would support external storage, however for gaming, it will hit some hardware latency issues.
I thought the Intel Core i7 was available only as a 4 Core CPU.
Razer Edge seems like a portable gaming/media console. nVidia Shield appears like a Men-In-Middle portable gaming console.
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