Razer has refreshed their Blade series gaming laptop for 2015, thankfully keeping the M.2 SSD and the 3200×1800 resolution but unfortunately they stuck with the glossy panel. The i7-4720HQ stays but the GPU has been replaced with a GTX970m 3GB and have doubled the RAM to 16GB, at least in the model which Kitguru tested. The 14" size helps keep the weight down to 4.5lbs but also ensures the price is high, Amazon is selling the 512GB model for $2700 currently. If you have the money and require a gaming laptop for some reason this is a great choice, otherwise spend less on a more powerful desktop machine.
"Gaming laptops have a huge audience, but not everyone wants to lug around a 17 inch behemoth weighing more than 5KG. Razer have enjoyed success in recent years with their Blade range of laptops … even if the price has been prohibitive for many."
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I wish someone made a GOOD
I wish someone made a GOOD mass market laptop
They are Too busy at the
They are Too busy at the moment pawning off all those Intel Ultrabook SKUs with the underpowered SOCs, and the overpriced graphics. There are plenty of Ivybridge core i7 quad core laptops new and on sale, with better performance than any so called Ultrabook thin and crappy product. The big Box retailers, online and brick and mortar, still have great bargains, let the Utrabooks rot on the shelves!
There will be Haswell products also, when the Ivy bridge SKUs begin to run out! Those year old, new and on sale, quad core i7 laptops, and discrete GPU are good buys in the $700 range.
Dell and HP business line are
Dell and HP business line are really good, there is a small markup, but the build quality seems solid.