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Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: The Solutor on Fri, 26 August 2011, 13:45:08
http://www.razerzone.com/blade?utm_source=Razer&utm_campaign=blade&utm_medium=edm_it

Looks less idiotic than some alienware counterparts.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: 500_pts on Fri, 26 August 2011, 13:56:07
Lol some of those pics just look like a photoshopped macbook pro. Razer is really reaching here.....


This was their whole "pc gaming is not dead" bs? Im sure laptops are a good way to save pc gaming lol -_-
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: mbc on Fri, 26 August 2011, 14:13:33
i like the simple design, even backlit keys make sense on a laptop
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 26 August 2011, 14:14:02
It all looks like 3D renderings to me. The location of the touch pad on the right side is what I find the most interesting feature about this laptop -- no clicks or cursor movements by mistake when typing.
No built-in speakers? I did not see any speaker grille or anything on the spec sheet... but then I suppose that real games use headphones.

The site called the introduction to the hardware as "benchmarks". Benchmarks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_%28computing%29)!?!?
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: The Solutor on Fri, 26 August 2011, 14:17:53
Btw I've just seen the suggested price

2800$ :der:

Looks like they asked topre for the correct price...:lol:
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: slueth on Fri, 26 August 2011, 19:08:01
Looks like they stuck an ipod touch next to the keypad lol.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 26 August 2011, 22:02:09
Razer Blade?
I wonder if they'll be receiving a message from IBM in regards to the blade centers.

And that thing just looks like a macbook pro. Nothing special.
Heck, they're even stealing Apple's usual bragging with "The World's first"... "The World's best" etc.

Alienware at least makes unique chassis.

Razer is more about aesthetics than performance. Get yourself a nice IBM and you'll have something faster than all of the "gaming computers".
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: bojinglebells on Fri, 26 August 2011, 22:19:25
Quote from: ripster;405777
Your guys record has never been good on new technology.  I'm so glad I have AAPL with those nasty iPad revenues.  This was posted quite a while ago.

[video=youtube;Ph7KprtxTNI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph7KprtxTNI&feature=related[/video]


fail, the Razer Blade is an actual laptop and was just announced August 26th, 2011.  The Razer Switchblade is a netbook and a different product

(http://assets.razerzone.com/minisite/blade/images/gallery/thumbs/razer_blade_gaming_laptop_11.jpg)
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: Hydroid on Sat, 27 August 2011, 08:13:23
I think they might have abandoned the switchblade in favour of the blade, not sure. Either way, I'm not really impressed. I won't be getting one, it would be nice if they put some work into making a line of good keyboards.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: The Solutor on Sat, 27 August 2011, 08:35:22
Quote from: EverythingIBM;405771
Razer Blade?
I wonder if they'll be receiving a message from IBM in regards to the blade centers.


Blade is a generic therm, and is used by dell, hp, ibm and so on to name a specific form factor.

The copyrighted brand from IBM is "Bladecenter" (one word), not blade.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: Ekaros on Sun, 28 August 2011, 05:36:02
The 10 keys over the LCD might MLs, rest very likely junk... Atleast they do call those "tactile"...
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: Findecanor on Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:36:16
My theory is that there is only a single LCD screen with holes in it. Each transparent button would have legs that go through these holes, and one leg per key rest on a rubber dome switch.
If the engineer was really clever, however, the keypad would have some kind of scizzor switches, but I find it unlikely.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: The Solutor on Sun, 28 August 2011, 06:53:57
Quote from: Findecanor;406333
My theory is that there is only a single LCD screen with holes in it. Each transparent button would have legs that go through these holes, and one leg per key rest on a rubber dome switch.
If the engineer was really clever, however, the keypad would have some kind of scizzor switches, but I find it unlikely.


I think they work like the keyboard on the king of smarphones

[ATTACH=CONFIG]25173[/ATTACH]

Where the physical keyboard was just a mechanical layer over a resistive touchscreen, whit the right materials can be done also on capacitive screens. There are some clones of the p800's keyboard for the iphone.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: Chobopants on Sun, 28 August 2011, 22:02:28
Pretty sweet location for a touchpad for left handed people :x
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: arplod on Tue, 30 August 2011, 12:32:29
I thought the same as the OP - one of the reasons I've never ever thought about buying an Alienware. $2800 sounds reasonable to me for a truly high-end 17" consumer if it delivers on everything it promises, although I guess a de-rigeur SSD will take it over the $3K mark. It's odd isn't it when people go nuts over the $2500 Brokeback Pro then say this is overpriced.
Title: New gaming keyboard from razer (the PC is included)
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Tue, 30 August 2011, 12:36:43
The product doesn't look so impressive. I highly doubt that the design of that keyboard would be comfortable to type on even if they implemented mechanical switches into it.