Razer Blade 17 - 2013

Overview

Razer Blade Pro 17 - 2021

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TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

1
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros:

Decent gaming performance
Sleek design
Excellent build quality

Cons:

Expensive
No optical drive

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Last revision on April 22, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Decent gaming performance
Sleek design
Excellent build quality
Secondary screen and Switchblade UI can help gamers

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive
No optical drive
No traditional number pad
Small hard drive

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Expert reviews and ratings

By HardwareHeaven on February 08, 2013 92

Starting with the build quality and design of the new Razer Blade we have a system which has taken the Ultrabook concept and built a gaming system around it. This of course means a significant change in size to accommodate the large 17" display but...

By CNET Australia on October 18, 2012 70

Faster and better than before, the improved Razer Blade is a better gaming laptop in an impressively thin form, but you're paying for design over...

By PC Mag on October 11, 2012 80

Slim and sexy, the Razer Blade (2012) laptop offers lighter, more portable gaming, and the innovative Switchblade UI, but it will cost you, both in price and...

By tbreak.ae on October 07, 2012 90

At the end of the day the new Razer Blade provides a very unique experience for PC gamers. Of course, you can get a far better specced gaming laptop for far more than the single option available on the new Razer Blade, like Alienware; or slightly...

By Wired on October 01, 2012 70

The notion of “gaming laptops” has been a quixotic — and expensive — one for at least a decade. But computer manufacturers remain convinced that mobile PC gaming is a viable market, as the extreme price tags gaming PCs command are a proven path to higher...

By LaptopMag on September 30, 2012 70

The second-generation Razer Blade crams a new Core i7 CPU and high-powered Nvidia graphics into a slim chassis with a one-of-a-kind gaming...

By TechRadar on September 30, 2012 90

We're very much impressed. From top to bottom, the Razer Blade is a very well-thought out design, and is a joy to use on a day-to-day basis. Given the brooding chassis, evil-green glowing lights, and raw power, we couldn't help but think of this rig as...

By Tom's Hardware on March 24, 2013

We spend most of our reviews trying to find something wrong with the products we review, and this was no exception. Razer made its Blade R2 thin and beautiful, so something had to have been traded off. Before we tested this notebook, we assumed it'd...

By HardwareHeaven on February 26, 2013

We reviewed the Razer Blade Gaming Laptop earlier this month in our full hardware breakdown, but here is a closer look in video form with Kaeyi Dream talking us through the Blade...

By HardwareHeaven on February 08, 2013

Over the past year or so Razer has created quite a lot of press for itself with items such as Project Fiona, now called the Razer Edge and even with their Switch Blade design which has evolved, in a way, to the DeathStalker keyboard. These systems have...

By AnandTech on October 03, 2012

Earlier this year, Razer handed me a Blade evaluation unit and told me to go wild. Considering the company had no previous experience with developing PC laptop hardware, I was skeptical about their ability to transition from a manufacturer of...

By Gizmodo on July 18, 2012

Get your credit cards ready, gamers: the insanely thin, super-powerful, gorgeous looking, second-generation Razer Blade is heading for Australian shores. Here's how much damage it's going to do to your wallet, and if it's even worth the cost.The...

By AnandTech on March 15, 2012

Razer is, first and foremost, a gaming company. From the company slogan (“By gamers, for gamers”), to partnerships with a number of the most popular game development studios, even the job title on the CEO’s business card (it reads Chief Gamer),...

By Gizmodo on February 19, 2012

When I see the term ‘gaming laptop', the first word that comes to mind is ‘performance'. And when I hear of a gaming laptop with a price tag of nearly $US2,800, I imagine a system that can readily outperform any less expensive machine.That's just the...

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Razer Blade 17 - 2013

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