Razer Blade (2015)

The 2015 version of the Razer Blade ($ 2,399.99 as tested) is the newest highly influential ultraportable laptop line gaming company. The previous model, the Razer Blade (2014) $ 1,999.00 on Amazon left us feeling a bit frustrated, with a short battery life and despite the amazing high-resolution display, which actually outstripped the capabilities of graphics hardware. Consequently, the ultraportable Editors Choice 'became 2013 Razer Blade $ 1,958.48 on Amazon for the last two years, as there is too match portability and overall value of the model. Well, the blade is back for 2015, with new hardware that promises to polish the rough spots and restore the Razer its prominent place among other ultraportable gaming systems, such as MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3k $ 1,804.99 at Amazon. But the new blade to live up to the hype? Let know.

Design
The slim and sleek design of the Razer Blade is unchanged, looking really like a MacBook Pro dressed in black. The aluminum chassis with a size of 0.7 by 13.6 by 9.3 inches (HWD) and the laptop weighs just 4.47 pounds, making it light enough to carry in a laptop bag. Aluminum is anodized black matte, which punctuated with bright green color touch-USB port, a glowing Razer logo on the cover, and the backlight of the keyboard have the same verdant glow.

Display is just as wonderful as the Razer Blade last year (2014), with QHD + (3200 by 1800) resolution, with an indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) panel offers spectacular color quality and excellent viewing angles. Resolution is actually higher than those seen in systems such as MSI GS60, and is one of the most amazing aspects of the previous iteration. Also proud of the touch screen capabilities of 10-point, which is relatively rare in the system is still playing. Whether or not higher resolution is the best choice for an ultraportable is still up for debate. If you want to avoid the issue of better-than-HD together, also sells a version of the Razer Blade equipped with 1920-by-1080, showing non-touch ($ 1,999.99).

The chiclet-style keyboard (predictably) pretty good, like bread and butter long Razer gaming peripherals. It has been optimized for gaming, with full anti-ghosting, meaning you can hit any number of input keys without locking up or slowing down. The keys have a solid feel to them, and the key travel is deeper than you would in most chiclet-style keyboard, which greatly prefer. Is also programmable, allowing you remap keys or assign macro command that Razer Synapse dashboard controls.

The mouse is similar to optimize, with set size and press calibration requires less lifting a finger for smooth tracking on full display, and separate right and left buttons with firm feedback. On both sides of the keyboard's built-in speaker, which provides stereo sound with enough volume to fill a room, and even a bit more bass than we expected. Razer also bolsters its own sound audio software, Razer surround, which offers 7.1 surround sound for both the speaker system and gaming headset.
Heat is a big problem, and it's pretty wonder that there are parts with high performance packed in such a narrow space. Although the Razer tout its thermal management, I still felt the heat, with temperatures hitting 128 degrees during the test (as measured with a Fluke IR thermometer). Fan noise does not seem to be this time around as the big problem, but it is very noticeable anyway.