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Time: 2016-10-21 05:10:31 UTC

Original URL: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/razers-new-blade-pro-desktop-performance-in-0-9-inches-and-8-lbs/ [arstechnica.com] using UTF-8 encoding.

Title: Razer's new Blade Pro: desktop performance in 0.9 inches and 8 lbs

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Razer's new Blade Pro: desktop performance in 0.9 inches and 8 lbs

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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 [razerzone.com] 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 [razerzone.com]). 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.

All this hardware is packed into a unit that's actually surprisingly portable. It weighs 7.8lbs, and is about 0.9 inches thick. I remember a time not so long ago when regular laptops were fatter (and heavier) than that. My current mechanical keyboard is more than an inch deep, and the closest it has to a powerhouse computer is a USB hub!

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.

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