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January 2014
(79%)
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Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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238 Reviews
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The editors liked
This is very close to a perfect body for a gaming laptop. The Blade is gorgeous and well built. There is zero flex anywhere. It runs current games on high graphics settings at good-to-acceptable framerates. The trackpad is more responsive than the majorit
Desktop-grade performance in a tiny clamshell frame
Good battery life
Slick design
Gorgeous 3K display...
It's the Blade I've been waiting for Razer to make
14-inches
Best-in-class graphics and a 1080p display
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Still has one of the best Windows trackpads I've ever used. Its touch gestures work so well that I almost never even u
Solid quality and design
Good keyboard and touchpad
Great gaming performance
The Razer Blade 14 has a slim design with a powerful combination of fourth-gen quad-core Intel processor and Nvidia graphics
Battery life is strong
Too
Slim
Ultraportable design. New Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M graphics card. Upgraded graphics. Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) display with 3
200-by-1
800 resolution and touch capability.
3
200x1
800 touch screen impressive
At least on paper
Good looks
Sturdy construction
Sexy
Lightweight chassis
Extremely portable
Excellent graphics and performance
Comfortable
Fully programmable keyboard
Long battery life
The new Razer Blade boasts the same beautifully thin design
But adds a sharp 3
800 touch display and advanced Nvidia graphics
Portable
Sexy design
Stunning
3200 x 1800 display
Excellent overall and graphic performance
Comfortable keyboard
Sleek
Light design. Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) display with 3
800 resolution and touch capability. Intel Core i7-4720HQ CPU and 16GB memory. Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M GPU. Improved performance and battery life over previous iteration.
Beautiful design
Useful
Customizable gaming trackpad
Large screen.
Still the best way to get gaming to go. Responsive touchscreen and touchpad. Impressive speaker quality. Upped resolution now supports 3200 x 1800 pixels
Great design
Sharp
High-resolution display
Good touchpad performance
Thin
Light
And strong
Games like a champ
6+ hour battery life
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Fast and powerful
Excellent trackpad
Stellar battery life (for a gaming machine)
Compact and thoroughly attractive
Almost perfect combination of performance and mobility
High build quality
Good battery runtimes
Low weight
Thin chassis
Great 3
200 x 1
800 display
Compact and attractive
The editors didn't like
The mostly awesome trackpad is almost completely submarined by its idiotic buttons. Battery life is hugely improved from your standard gaming rig
But you're getting nowhere near the six hours claimed by Razer. The screen is sub-optimal
On color performa
But you'll never need 3K resolution
Expensive
Shorter battery life than last year's model. That's never good
The 1080p model only comes in a single configuration. What if I want more storage space than 256GB?
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I wish I could disable the backlighting on the lid's Razer l
Not user upgradeable
Limited port selection
A lackluster low-resolution
Nontouch display doesn't fit the high-end design. The baseline 128GB SSD for $1
800 isn't sufficient for a gaming PC
You'd better pony up for the 256GB or 512GB model
Runs very hot. High-resolution display may actually hamper performance. Shorter battery life than previous model reduces portability
Graphics performance comes up short
Runs hot and loud
Not inexpensive
Runs hot while gaming
Limited viewing angles
Lacks SD card slot
The battery life is worse than last year's model's. Adding more SSD storage can turn this into a pricey laptop
Runs incredibly hot
Below-average battery life
Gets very hot. Discrepancy between graphics and display capability
Price tag suggests beefier components.
Dimmer screen is a letdown
As is the price hike. What
No page up/page down keys? One key's backlight died during testing
Poor battery life
No SD card slot
Some games don't work at full resolution
Sub-par screen
Burning hot while gaming
Touchpad can be finnicky
A bit slow to boot. Pricey. No touchscreen. Still no SD card reader
Middling screen and audio quality
More expensive (and less powerful) than other machines
Published: 2014-05-09, Author: Scott , review by: cnet.com
The new Razer Blade boasts the same beautifully thin design, but adds a sharp 3,200x1,800 touch display and advanced Nvidia graphics
The battery life is worse than last year's model's. Adding more SSD storage can turn this into a pricey laptop
Razer's newest gaming laptop trades ultralong battery life for a fantastic screen and even better graphics. It's a trade worth making: this is the best Razer gaming laptop, and the best thin gaming PC anywhere....
Published: 2014-01-17, Author: Sean , review by: engadget.com
Fast and powerful, Excellent trackpad, Stellar battery life (for a gaming machine), Slim, compact and thoroughly attractive
Middling screen and audio quality, More expensive (and less powerful) than other machines
Razer's 14-inch Blade is its most powerful laptop to date, not to mention its most affordable. Strong internals, an attractive build and long battery life make it a solid option for gamers and non-gamers alike....
Almost perfect combination of performance and mobility, High build quality, Good battery runtimes, Low weight, Thin chassis
Only available in the US and Canada, Very bad display, Expensive
Another small drawback is the availability; the device is currently only available in the United States and Canada. Potential buyers from other parts of the world will have to import the notebook and use an appropriate power adaptor.Still, we really like...
Solid quality and design, Good keyboard and touchpad, Great gaming performance
Not user upgradeable, Limited port selection, Expensive
The Blade packs a remarkable amount of power into a package as svelte as they come. This 0.66" thin, 4.1 pound notebook can play modern games at higher settings. Other things we like about the Blade include the superb build quality, elegant design, goo...
Alright guys, with testing out of the way, let's go ahead and sum it up. Performance wise, the Blade is exactly what you'd expect from a high performance gaming notebook. With Nvidia's GeForce GTX 765m, the Razer Blade is more than capable of playing all ...
This is very close to a perfect body for a gaming laptop. The Blade is gorgeous and well built. There is zero flex anywhere. It runs current games on high graphics settings at good-to-acceptable framerates. The trackpad is more responsive than the majorit
The mostly awesome trackpad is almost completely submarined by its idiotic buttons. Battery life is hugely improved from your standard gaming rig, but you're getting nowhere near the six hours claimed by Razer. The screen is sub-optimal, on color performa
Yes. The standard line for Razer hardware has usually been, “Hahaha, NO. Unless you lactate liquid gold.” Here, though, the price is still steep, but not insanely steeper than its peers. Toshiba’s KiraBook starts at $1700; the Blade at $1800, and the comp...
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Published: 2013-07-02, Author: Scott , review by: cnet.com
The Razer Blade 14 has a slim design with a powerful combination of fourth-gen quad-core Intel processor and Nvidia graphics; battery life is strong, too
A lackluster low-resolution, nontouch display doesn't fit the high-end design. The baseline 128GB SSD for $1,800 isn't sufficient for a gaming PC, you'd better pony up for the 256GB or 512GB model
Ditching gimmicks and delivering on function, Razer’s slim 14-inch gaming laptop marries true power and good battery life into an excellent PC. All it lacks a stellar display.
