Razer Blade 14 inch Gaming Laptop Review

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Pros & Cons:

Pros: Extremely thin and very light - The best looking Windows laptop - Very long battery life - 8GB RAM memory is just right - Very powerful - 256GB SSD is cool for speed and power - Best sound - Best keyboard design - Best Windows laptop in the market.

Cons: No Ethernet for wired internet but USB to ethernet adapter costs only about $20-30.

The focus with gaming laptops has never been on slim innovative designs and they always happen to be huge, thick, bulky power animals. And Razer Blade 14 inch gaming laptop is in a class of its own.. Probably the nicest looking notebook in the market- like a black Macbook Pro Retina if Apple made a 14" model and with all the power and performance of a high-class gaming laptop.

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Latest Haswell quad-core Intel Core i7 processor 2.2GHz-base- up to 3.2GHz (turbo boost) speeds and 8 virtual cores of amazing performance with hyperthreading technology.. 8GB of DDR3L SDRAM memory is ideal for multitasking and it boots up in 6-7 seconds.

256 GB mSATA Solid-state drive from Samsung (the best) is just great for utmost performance and speed. You can get a low-cost external hard drive to save your media files if you need to.

Very bright 14 inch screen with 1,600 x 900 resolution with discrete Intel HD4600 (DX11) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M graphics. Graphics Card Ram Size is 2000 MB.

The best sound quality through the stereo speakers, array microphones and Dolby Home Theater v4.

Anti-ghosting green backlit keyboard with low-profile keys and a very sensitive huge trackpad.

A very big 70 watt-hour 1 Lithium Ion battery will give you 10-12 hours in normal use, up to 14-15 hours and an easy 6-7 hours of full-on gaming if display brightness is at the lowest.

Connectivity: Everything is gaming class in Razer Blade 14 inch.. Great Wireless-N 1202 (802.11a/b/g/n + BT4), superspeed 3 x USB 3.0, 1 x Audio-out Port Front-facing, 1.3MP HD Webcam, 3.5mm microphone / headphone combo port, Razer Synapse 2.0, HDMI Out, Bluetooth.

At 4.1 pound weight and 13.60 x 9.26 x 0.66 inch dimensions, it is thinner than Macbook Air and as heavy as the Macbook Pro Retina.

Black aluminium, thin, sleek and stylish, extremely nice and solid looking..

Rarely gets too hot- manages the heat very well, extremely quiet for its power.

Conclusion: Razer Blade 14 inch Gaming Laptop is the best of the best in terms of design, performance, power, portability and battery life. You can perform all the intensive activities on it from heavy video editing to playing the most demanding 3D games. This is a great desktop replacement gaming machine despite its size.. And there is not a lot more to say about it really.. The best and definitely worth every penny.. Highly recommended!

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