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If you want hardcore gaming performance, but need it in a system that's portable, if not completely lightweight, then Razer's new Blade Pro could be just the ticket. Razer is calling it the "desktop in your laptop," and they the company has a point.
On the inside, the system packs a quad core Skylake processor, an 8GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU, 32GB RAM, up to 2TB of NVMe SSD storage in RAID 0, Thunderbolt 3, and a 4K G-Sync capable screen. That's a machine that isn't giving much up in performance to most desktop PCs, so already justifies Razer's strapline... but it's the next thing they did that really makes this a laptop desktop.
The Blade Pro doesn't have the usual membrane keys found in laptops. It has a full mechanical keyboard, with switches—not rubber domes—beneath each key. OK, it's still a laptop, so it's a low profile mechanical keyboard with reduced key travel and chiclet style buttons. But it's a mechanical keyboard nonetheless (Razer also has a similar mechanical mechanism for its iPad Pro keyboard). And of course, being a Razer laptop, it's not just a mechanical keyboard. It's a mechanical keyboard that can be lit up with any color of the rainbow. Alongside it sits a giant touchpad.
[...] There is of course the small matter of the price; it's a little eye-watering. With 512GB of storage, it starts at $3,699/€4,199/£3,499.
(Score: 2) by ledow on Monday October 24 2016, @11:20AM
You mean - the box is hidden under the desk with the vent outlets all facing the wall and your laptop is out in the open-air with vents on all sides?
Doing it on soft furnishings that block vents is indeed stupid but so would be resting your desktop on your bed.
Literally, not an issue for anyone with a brain, and again - nothing a desktop would survive either. The laptop will if you have half a brain AND can do all the other stuff that the desktop can do.
Honestly, have used a gaming laptop for the last 8 years, sitting on my lap, on my sofa, in my car, in a plane, abroad, as the primary "desktop" on a table, etc. and never had a problem. Two different models, and the first only died because the hinges went.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday October 24 2016, @02:32PM
I don't know which games have you played on your 8 year old gaming laptop but I know not a single person whose gaming laptops survived 3 years without frying their palm.
(Score: 2) by ledow on Monday October 24 2016, @02:55PM
One lasted five years (hinges broke because of weak construction). The other lasted three.
And on this latest one I've played through GTA V and the Batman's from beginning to end.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday October 25 2016, @01:01PM
Rich kids! :D
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday October 24 2016, @04:18PM
I'd argue that a bit differently.
The PC case on the floor is positioned towards the front of the desk leaving quite a bit of space between the back of the case and the wall. The bigger problem is the dust on the floor which coats heat sinks with a nice layer of thermal insulation. Floors are a terrible place for the PC. I have mine on a printer stand that came with my desk set. And you can easily fit silent or near silent heat sinks to the CPU, GPU or even go water cooling.
Laptops have this problem of getting rid of heat because your legs aren't great heat sinks and neither is a desk. So the entire bottom is partly insulated and you are dependent on small fans, vents, and convection to remove the rest of the heat. This results in hot keyboards and noisy fans.