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computex 2013 this is the thing that
everyone's excited about this is the razor blade 14-inch gaming laptop this
features an Intel Core i7 fourth generation Haswell processor so that
means yes guys we are benefiting in a big way
from the improved performances has well okay yeah a little bit but mainly from
the improved power consumption so it's finally getting to the point now where
there's so little heat output and so little power consumption that a Haswell
gaming notebook with a GTX 765m can be crammed into a 66 in form
factor so it has 8 gigs of memory it's got a 128 gig SSD although it's
upgradeable to 256 it's got a 14in 1600x
900 screen which is going to be a good resolution for a GTX 765m there's a pro
version that's 17in as well but we don't have that one here so you can see
ventilation on the bottom is provided by a couple of fans there are two rubber
strips on the bottom of the chassis so I'm just going to go ahead and put this
down fully aluminum chassis man it's beautiful razor gaming systems look so
good so these right here are rubber so that it's not going to move around in
terms of IO it's pretty straightforward so you've got power in right here as
well as two usb3 super speed ports and your headphone microphone combo Jack
along the back there's absolutely nothing it's very very clean looking
you've got that illuminated razor logo on the top that we showed you before and
then here on the other side you've got a Kensington lock HDMI out as well as an
additional usb3 port on the front there's nothing but a hinge and we're
going to go ahead and open that up and I'm going to give you guys another look at of course it's going to be instant on
because it's got an SSD but check out that illuminated keyboard man that's
gorgeous so you've got the usual gaming keyboard functionality so you can turn
down the brightness of the screen you can turn down the brightness of the
gaming keyboard itself so you can decide whether you want that Razor's backl
keyboards particularly stuff like their black widow 2013 edition Black Widow
ultimate are so bright and so vibrant
man they look good they're claiming about 6 hours of battery life which I
actually find more impressive than the just the general slimness and spec and
all of that stuff nice big touchpad uh Left Right Mouse buttons right here
exactly where they should be we saw one notebook here at the show that had the
that had the touchpad above the keyboard so they haven't really done anything
sort of outlandish in terms of the overall layout speakers are left and
right mounted honestly if you want a nice clean slim notebook that is not
only going to look good but also perform well this is the first razor blade that
I can say like yeah if I was buying a laptop this is this is definitely in my
in my top list the one thing that I
still uh have a bit of a problem with is that this is a TN panel so it is not an
IPS panel I'll be interested to see if the pro version has an IPS panel but
unfortunately we don't have one of those here the power brick itself isn't that
huge so I can go ahead and do my phone size comparison right there so not bad
at all remember guys this is an HTC1 so that could should give you some idea
what your looking at in terms of sizing and if 66 in doesn't mean anything to
you I should Pro probably also do my trademark phone size comparison with The
Notebook itself so that gives you some idea how slim this thing is it's
incredibly well constructed speaking of well constructed that leads us
to razor fight stick so this is the
first time they've really gotten into this and they're trying to address that
market in a very meaningful way this is the Atrix which they're calling the most
customizable fight stick available on the market so okay by you know we'll
start on the outside we'll start on the outside so on the outside it looks like a fight stick so you got a joystick you
got some buttons that you can press you got some more buttons you can press on
the side there's your start and your back button on the bottom you've got a nice rubberized finish that's not going
to slip anywhere whether you're holding it on your lap or putting on a table or
wherever else and on the other side you find not a whole lot of anything so when
we open it up these are genuine Sano
switches which apparently is a big deal not only that but they're completely
replaceable easily accessible So speaking of easily accessible you've got
an alternate head for the joystick right here that is in a nice little storage
compartment you've got a tool for making adjustments so that's a flathead and
Phillips head screwdriver you've also got the cord nice little place to store
that uh it's only compatible with PC and Xbox 360 but check this out you want to
make modifications to this thing they've got a honeycomb structure on the entire
bottom of the casing so you can use all this for storage or you can use it to
easily screw out any kinds of modifications that you might make to the
device so the idea is you can carry around different switches if you find
that optimal for a particular playing style or whatever else you want to do
you can carry around any little tools and any kind of gear that you need to
take with you to a tournament or whether it's just to keep it in one place so you
don't lose it when you're using it at home so this is this is a very very
customized very special piece of gaming equipment I'm really looking forward to
checking it out in more detail because it's no secret that fight stick owners
are some of the fussiest guys out there when it comes to having just the right
thing and looks are another thing that uh that are a factor and of course you
can replace the razor Graphics that are on the top of it with anything you
choose simply by swapping it out that's just a Plexi plate holding it down guys
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