Razer is calling the edge or Edge Pro depending on which skew you go for the
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linkis now there's a number of different models available they start at $9.99
that gets you a core i5 with 8 gigs RAM a 64 gig SSD although remember guys it's
a Windows 8 tablet so in terms of actual usable storage space you're looking at
about 32 gigs left over okay it has a GT
640m in fact all of the models have that the highest end model is at $14.99 gets
you a 256 gig SSD as well as a core i7
and then the one in between did I say 1499 I me 1449 and then there's a $1299
model that gets you a core i7 with a 128
gig SSD so there's a pretty natural progression here in terms of price
points the unit is capable of running as you can see dirt showdown it is actually
gaming capable or at least as gaming capable as a lightweight laptop with any
kind of a GT 640m type of GPU in it in terms of expansion they've got a whole
bunch of really cool accessories so they're actually bundle packs where you
can get it with the controller that you see this gentleman using right here that
fits the tablet inside of it and then adds what is that two analog sticks a
d-pad as well as buttons that you can push it looks like there are some
shoulder pads shoulder keys up at the top as well and we're going to get over
there in a moment anyway so here we're just running it with the little dock
station you can see how smooth it's running actually that I'm going to turn
this away from you so you're going to crash for sure adds extra expandability
to the unit so you can add three USB ports you can add HDMI headphones
microphone and this right here is for power you can see there's two vents on
the back for cooling you've got a volume rocker up here as well as you know what
I'm just going to pull it right off the dock on you here okay power here power
input here that looks like USB 3 USB 3.0
speakers down here on the bottom are in Stereo so if you're holding it the way
you'd normally hold a tablet you're going to get decent audio out of it unlike apple with their older iPad
speakers where it's like right under where you hold the tablet which is ridiculous and I would like
to emphasize that while it is capable of
running hard look at that it goes right away while it is cap of running hardcore
games like this guys it's not going to run forever on battery life we're
looking at a couple hours of battery life if you're running an allout 3D
title but what you're getting is the versatility so it is a Windows 8 tablet
running GeForce GPU and Intel processor that means you can run anything you want
on it you're not limited to Plants versus Zombies but you could still play
Plants versus Zombies if you wanted it's also available with a keyboard Dock and
we're going to actually cut this and show you that in just a moment now the
keyboard Dock's not coming till Q3 it will make the unit a little a little bit
bigger I realized I didn't talk much about the overall thickness and weight
but you can see this gentleman over here is actually using it fairly comfortably
what would you say about the weight sir uh pretty hefty pretty hefty yeah okay
would you be able to would would you would you say it's more optimized for
something like sitting on a couch or would you ride the bus with it or well that's what I was just figuring out like
holding it up is really difficult but if you aim it down like it it's clearly
meant for sitting in your lap or you know uh you know on the couch you know
it's definitely not something you hold up like this got it all right thank you
for your fair and unbiased feedback he had no idea we were going to do that to
him so the point is that there will be a variety of docks available with it this
is a keyboard dock that's the GamePad dock they've got expansion docks there's
going to be an expansion dock that comes that enables more IO and all kinds of
good stuff like that but peripherals are going to come out for it over time I
want to actually drift us back over to the original one we checked
out so that I can show you guys with my
trademark iPhone comparison how thick the unit is now most Windows 8 x86 or
x64 tablets are a little bit thicker than the ARM-based ones that it's
something we' come to expect this one is thicker than those but remember guys
this has a dedicated GPU in it not an igp and I could actually this is cool
Razer didn't tell me this but all of the heat being generated is here these are
still cool to the touch very nice touch
because this has been sitting here running dirt showdown which which means
that if it's not hot now it's not getting hot thank you for checking out
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