how reliable are razers?

I see lots of threads with issues, are macbooks more reliable?

I was waiting for the new razer but seems like it's going to take a while even with the old graphics card discontinued, + I want minimum 16gb ram

 

More or less, all consumer-class laptops are pretty much the same when it comes to build quality and reliability (Apple included).

If you're looking for something that offers a noticeable improvement in those two areas, you should be looking at business-class laptops. But, as far as gaming laptops go, Razer should be comparable to other gaming brands such as Clevo, Alienware, etc.

 

The main difference between a "business" model and a consumer laptop is business machines can be ordered in fleets with guaranteed identical subcomponents. Otherwise you're just as likely to have a Thinkpad or Latitude's fan die or screen hinge break. I know this from experience.

As for OP, I think the important question isn't "how reliable are razers?", it's "how good is razer's customer support when the machine does break?"

 

Er, I'm sure there's quite a major difference between the hinges in my old Toshiba Satellite L505 and my current ThinkPad W520, for example. Also, I don't recall any consumer-class laptops with mag-alloy roll cages. And I know the build quality differences between something like the RAMBo and an HP Elitebook. As for fans, there's quite a difference between having a tech at my door the next day with a replacement and spending 6-8 weeks waiting on depot service, for example. I know all of the above from experience as well.

But I agree that it's important to know how Razer's support will treat you in the event of a failure.

 

nah, my rMBP's, and my husbands AW M18x are actually pretty sadly built compared to my Elitebook W's and my Precision M's. now granted you can hav issues with any of them but overall they are a lot more durable and as Jarhead said, the support is sure nice when they are at your door in 4-24 hours.

now if you are talking the cheap thinkpads ( not the X or T series ) or the lower end Inspirons, those are pretty much cheap consumer laptops in disguise as well.

 

Definitely true about the budget "business" laptops. Had experience with a Latitude E5430 and within a few months it suffered some considerable damage. And one of my college peers with a HP Probook has a nasty-looking hinge.

Meanwhile, I don't even pretend to baby my W520 or X61t and aside from minor cosmetic damage (a stretch here or there), they've been absolutely solid. Can't say the same for the MBPs and rMBPs on campus (yep, the cliche is still true there at least) as well as the variety of other consumer-class laptops (ranging from Walmart specials to Alienwares), but I can say the same for the Latitude E6xxx and Precisions on campus.

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Of course, this is all irrelevant for a laptop whose primary purpose is gaming, since that's not a business laptop's strong suit. For that sort of want/need, the best option is to go with a gaming laptop and be very careful with how you handle it, and hope that the aftersales support is decent. Personally, I don't know anything of Razer's other than they have an issue with users upgrading parts within them such as RAM (so I hear).

 

there are a few threads about if you open them at all they void warranty, I have not kept up on them though.

as for what is needed .... We don't know as the MacBook comment in the OP's first post is not a gaming machine either. it seemed to be a which will last better in which the answer I would say is neither.

now if the OP was specifying a thin and light gaming unit then yes I would count in the Razor, as the MBP is a pretty weak gaming performer.

 

Yeah, for thin and light gaming a Razer would be a decent choice to consider. If OP needs OSX, then of course the Mac would be a good choice. However, For any other wants/needs, there are far better laptops out there than either of those.