Razer's 14" Blade Gaming Notebook Won't Break the Bank
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I really wanted to post OT but... I just had to say I commend the journalist for making me feel I'm not the only person who disdains the use of the word "Laptop".
Now on to OT: Good, but I still won't buy one. I prefer to have modular capacity, as much as I enjoy Razer products. I wouldn't complain though if I happened to get one for free.
Now on to OT: Good, but I still won't buy one. I prefer to have modular capacity, as much as I enjoy Razer products. I wouldn't complain though if I happened to get one for free.
Yes but you will get a laptop that bigger and heavier (notebook format instead of close to ultrabook[Blade too heavy to be an ultrabook]), lower screen resolution, lower grade GPU (GT750M), a 5400RPM hard drive instead of an SSD, pretty sure the screen is not LED backlit also on lenovo model, but you do have a better power brick with the Y400, 170W instead of 150W, so would charge faster.Worgen said:
I ain't even gonna bother clicking that. I know that Medion is Aldi's own-brand for electronics.Athinira said:
If you think that spending £1300 on an Aldi ownbrand laptop is a good idea, you deserve everything that happens as a result. Have you even used any of their other electronic products before? Some are very good and distinct bargains. Others aren't worth the cost of the carrier bag to take them home... but it's basically impossible to tell which is which until you get it home. Getting a refund for anything you've opened and used that isn't very obviously a manufacturing fault can be nightmarish, too. I'd be very wary about getting spendy in that shop just because of how much of a gamble it is.
It's like buying Acer's cheapest large-screen model and expecting it to either run at any kind of speed, or last more than 18 months. Except this time you've spent £1300, not £300.
Meh. I can understand the reasoning, but as an owner of both a 15.4 inch laptop, and a desktop system, I've learned that a large notebook feels kind of pointless.Athinira said:
Past a certain point, a desktop system is just plain more practical. Even a small form factor one (like Mini-ITX) can be had for less than a typical gaming spec notebook, and would easily have similar specs, and much better upgradeability.
What owning even a 15.4 inch laptop (which isn't exactly huge in the scheme of things) has also taught me is that even that size laptop is questionable as an actual portable device.
Not long after I got it I wished I had something smaller and lighter. But of course, past a certain size you start losing a lot of performance, and many practical issues creep in as well. (like the size of the keyboard, and so on.)
14 inches sounds like a decent size for a device that's actually portable, and not just a heavy immovable object that's portable only in theory...
But still. I guess I might have to put that to the test at some point in the future...
Ha, won't break the bank! Yeah, that headline is all sorts of wrong.
Just because an item is cheaper that what it should be and has more bang for the buck because of it, doesn't mean that it doesn't break the bank.
Seriously, even on a stable household income, $1799 is a seriously think about it and if it is purchased it is a once in every five years or so price.
Now if the thing was say, 400 dollars or less, than yes, it doesn't break the bank. Considering what I've seen on constructing PCs, people are downright throwing money away buying such a thing, when they could build it for far less than half that price.
Just because an item is cheaper that what it should be and has more bang for the buck because of it, doesn't mean that it doesn't break the bank.
Seriously, even on a stable household income, $1799 is a seriously think about it and if it is purchased it is a once in every five years or so price.
Now if the thing was say, 400 dollars or less, than yes, it doesn't break the bank. Considering what I've seen on constructing PCs, people are downright throwing money away buying such a thing, when they could build it for far less than half that price.
Jeebus, the hardware I could put together for that price would eat that little POS for breakfast...
Somehow I don't trust any level of "custom thermal system" engineering to cool gaming hardware in a package that's only 1.7cm thick (unless it's liquid nitrogen, but then I wouldn't trust the case not to crack and spill it). I still say this is a ridiculous trend with no redeeming value to the consumer.
Somehow I don't trust any level of "custom thermal system" engineering to cool gaming hardware in a package that's only 1.7cm thick (unless it's liquid nitrogen, but then I wouldn't trust the case not to crack and spill it). I still say this is a ridiculous trend with no redeeming value to the consumer.
As much as I love Razer (don't hate me), both blade variants piss me off. See, lifestyle like mine, a desktop just isn't an option, and until recently, gaming laptops were rather shite (some would say they still are). Now, the first blade came out the same time I got my current laptop, and besides the graphics card, everything in my current machine is better (MUCH better in some aspects), and the bloody thing cost half as much as the blade. Now, I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card, and seeing the prices does justify it being more expensive, but not twice as much. This new blade is even less enticing, because it lacks the only feature that made the previous one somewhat interesting: the switchblade UI. Being thin is cool and all, but it doesn't bloody matter. Also, as others previously stated, better graphics cards are just around the corner.
I just don't see the appeal in this thing, and the price is nifty too.
I just don't see the appeal in this thing, and the price is nifty too.
Haha, won't break the bank. I thought that was a good one, and it's not even April Fools Day. I make about the median US income, have no family to support and love to game... but I would never consider spending that on a laptop. Especially since you cannot upgrade anything.
I got a laptop for less than $400 and it can run Far Cry 3 on low at playable framerates (though the harddrive is slow, so it does stutter everytime I seem to turn around, at least until everything is loaded and on the RAM). Minecraft is no problem at all, and I can very easily play my favorite classics like GTA San Andreas, and plays Dead Island at just about 60 FPS on high settings. That being said, the laptop shown on here seems still rather expensive. That's just the problem with laptop gaming, we have the technology, its just expensive to produce in compact form. (and for anyone interested, the laptop I was talking about is this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B7K11MI/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
Yes. It wasn't bad, but it didn't impress me either.tahrey said:
One thing I've learned, however, is that you can never trust a 'brand' to always deliver quality or always suck. Most brands deliver a wide portfolio of different hardware, which can be both good and bad. For example, my first experiences with Acer laptops (many years ago) told me they sucked, and my later experiences told me that they still do. But I've also had GOOD machines from Acer in my hand. Sometimes they nail it, sometimes they don't.
The best thing you can do before buying a laptop is to make sure the build quality is okay. The best way to do that is of course to hold the machine in your own hand and try that out, but for the lack of better, the second best thing is having a bunch of high-quality photos of the machine from different angles so you can do a visual checkup, which - if you like me have plenty of experience with laptops build quality - will give you a really good idea of what you'll eventually get in your hands.
If you actually had bothered clicking the link, you can see that Medion provides just that. From what i can see, the chassis is solid, the screen hinges are wide and look sturdy, the cooling checks out and the keyboard quality checks out and as a luxury it has 5 USB parts (3 of them being USB 3.0). The only thing I'm unsatisfied with is the location of the VGA/HDMI/DisplayPort and power outlets on the back, and it's hard to judge the sturdiness of touchpad and buttons. Beyond that, however, it looks like a quality piece of hardware.
Oh and...
Not from where I'm sitting. In Denmark, our consumer laws grant us a right of return of 14 days on internet purchases from the day we received the package, with the only condition being that the item is returned 'in basically the same state as it was received'. This was implemented exactly for the reasons you worry: that you can't truly and completely judge a product before you have it in your handtahrey said:
Seems like the anti-laptop brigade is out in full force just like I expected.
Windows 8 on that thing kills the interest for me and that price tag is still pretty steep.
Windows 8 on that thing kills the interest for me and that price tag is still pretty steep.
Sounds very nice indeed. Were I in the market for such a thing, it would be the no. 1 contender for the not unreasonable cost vs spec. However I'm not in the market for such a thing. My laptop is almost as powerful as this one, except for the GTX750M (Optimus) GFX card, cost me £800 and is 12". It is a gaming laptop in a tiny, ultra portable package.
If I were to buy a laptop larger than the smallest I could find with proper specs, I'd probably go with a larger, desktop replacement. the 14" category is great for business users, but for most others I imagine the smaller and larger ones are more desireable.
If I were to buy a laptop larger than the smallest I could find with proper specs, I'd probably go with a larger, desktop replacement. the 14" category is great for business users, but for most others I imagine the smaller and larger ones are more desireable.