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    Convince me of the razer blade 14'' (or not)

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by zufir, Aug 17, 2013.

  1. zufir

    zufir Notebook Enthusiast

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    Long story short. I need a portable laptop for college and have been lurking nearly 3 months on this forum. I had other laptops in mind( lenovo y410p, gigabyte P34G, clevo W230ST,etc) but I always seem to come back to the razer blade.

    For some reason, I can't make myself click the "checkout" button. So please razer sub forum. Convince me why it is a good buy (or not).
     
    zufir, Aug 17, 2013
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  2. Ellyidol

    Ellyidol Notebook Evangelist

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    It's a good buy, because honestly, with the least possible bias, it is the only buy. By that, I mean that there is no other laptop in the market at the moment that can compare to the performance, design, aesthetics, and productivity of the RB 14, and arguably the RBP as well.

    Also, one of the strongest ways to justify your purchase of the Blade is actually being able to use one and enjoy it - which will need you to buy it first =p

    I know you'll make the right choice, so welcome to the Razer Blade club in advance :)
     
    Ellyidol, Aug 17, 2013
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  3. cld5070

    cld5070 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This laptop is certainly worth it given a few requirements by you (needs/wants):

    You need a full laptop processor, not ultrabook, for simulations, games, modeling, etc.
    You need/want a discrete video card for games, modeling, etc.
    You want to use your laptop on the go & possibly outside; the slim fairly light build and BRIGHT matte screen work well for on-the-go outside work in my experience (I've coded on it outside). The battery life is also very good for hardware components like the ones in the blade 14
    You aren't a mac user/interested in mac/OS agnostic; The new MBPRs should be coming out in ~October so if you're a Mac fan, I'd honestly wait to see what comes out of that.

    I find this laptop to be good for most gamers (who're willing to use a 14 inch screen) and most power users who normally would have drifted towards a MacBook pro (retina) just because the PC manufacturers seem to not know how to make a slim, lightweight, full laptop w/ good batter life that isn't flimsy/cheap feeling (-_-...thanks Razer).
     
    cld5070, Aug 19, 2013
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  4. IceStorm

    IceStorm Notebook Consultant

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    If you can live with the "never really black" TN panel, it is a good notebook. Unless you want ~1TB of space, get the 128GB or 256GB and add another mSATA drive later (easy to add).

    The only ergonomic issue I have (other than the screen) is the touchpad being a bit too big. Maxing out PalmCheck on the touchpad driver mitigates that for the most part.
     
    IceStorm, Aug 19, 2013
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  5. Qwahchees

    Qwahchees Notebook Enthusiast

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    Why a TN Panel :(
     
    Qwahchees, Aug 23, 2013
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  6. anytimer

    anytimer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Quicker response time; less ghosting. And lower power consumption. All 'must haves' for gamers, which is why they picked the TN.
     
    anytimer, Aug 23, 2013
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