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Work and play in the office or on the road with this Razer Blade gaming laptop. This notebook has an advanced 14-inch UHD-capable display and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, which work together to produce a stellar visual experience. Its 2.8GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of RAM make this Razer Blade gaming laptop genuinely powerful desktop replacement.
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from Missouri
I am a first time buyer/owner of a Razer laptop. Just purchased a 2017 Blade, 512 GB HDD model and am happy to report that I love it! I have always been a Windows guy up until about 2 years ago when I switched to a top shelf MacBook Pro. I must say that I have been very happy with the MBP and the Mac OS. However, my personal video work on my MBP was not outweighing my work-related need for Windows (yes, I ran BootCamp) and my "need" for gaming during my work travel. So, I decided to venture back into the world of Windows laptops. My first foray was the purchase of a MSI GS63VR about two weeks prior to the Razer Blade. That computer gave me nothing but problems. I really did want to like it, but the various issues were just too much. And, call me an Apple snob, but I just could not get past the overall "feel" of the MSI vs. my MBP. So, back the MSI went and a search was on for a solid MBP-like Windows machine. Researching brought me to Razer. Honestly, I didn't realize Razer even made laptops (as I owned one of their mousepads only). I purchased one through BestBuy.com as I utilize Best Buy quite often, especially given their low cost shipping, return policies, and brick & mortar stores. The shipping box arrived in short order, about a week ago, and I have been loving this laptop! I am running a second, external Asus VG248QE monitor with the Blade.
My "sample" has no dead pixels and just the slightest bit of backlight bleed at the bottom of the bezel that is noticeable during startup only. I have not done any tweaks to power settings, etc. I have added multiple pieces of software, which include many background processes, and then decided to benchmark my system. CrystalDiskMark gave me just shy of 3100 MB/s Sequential Read, Fire Strike gave me a total score of 9258, Time Spy gave me a total of 3623, and I can run Battlefield 1 at 1080P/Ultra/V-Sync with CPU temps staying in the 80's C and GPU right at 72 C. Again, these benchmarks were run with all factory background tasks, Adobe CC, CUE, Logitech software, and a browser window with multiple tabs open all chugging along. I have got to say, I am mighty happy with the machine. As expected, it does sound like a bathroom hand dryer under load, but I didn't expect anything less. It is quiet as a mouse under normal desktop application tasks and the battery seems to last forever with a reduced screen brightness. I have read many complaints and of problems with some people's machines. So, I decided to come on here to at least give some praise about my machine. In the end, if I could have anything different, I would love to have the little bit of backlight bleed fixed. But, that would only be to satisfy my OCD within and would not make any difference in my day to day use of the laptop.
My Best Buy number: 2218817456
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Utilizing 4 high-performance antennas and power amplifiers, this Linksys Smart Wi-Fi WRT1900AC dual-band Wireless-AC router offers optimal wireless strength and signal coverage, so you can easily connect devices throughout your home or office.
Posted by: Firetoad
from Missouri
I have owned and worked with a significant number of routers over the years and I have to say that this is one of the buggiest routers I have worked with to date. Purchasing this router, I really thought that spending the extra money for a quality Linksys would put be in the land of happy. Unfortunately, this router has been anything but happy. When the router is working, it seems to work great. However, the router appears to enjoy randomly rebooting after accessing it through its GUI. The best part is that it doesn't reboot at following every access or even immediately after access. Also, the router's network map likes to utilize the same network device name for different devices (and yes, they are different devices with unique MAC addresses as well as IP's). Given the "simplistic" interface, internet access controls can be difficult to use since it based upon device name and not MAC or IP addresses. I certainly expected so much more from this router given it's nobility-like pricing. I cannot recommend this router given the problems that I have had with it. Doing a quick internet search reveals that I do not stand alone with these issues as there are many out there suffering similarly.
My Best Buy number: 2218817456
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Work and play in the office or on the road with this Razer Blade gaming laptop. This notebook has an advanced 14-inch UHD-capable display and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, which work together to produce a stellar visual experience. Its 2.8GHz quad-core processor and 16GB of RAM make this Razer Blade gaming laptop genuinely powerful desktop replacement.
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5 out of 5
5 out of 5The Windows MacBook Pro!
By Firetoad
from Missouri
I am a first time buyer/owner of a Razer laptop. Just purchased a 2017 Blade, 512 GB HDD model and am happy to report that I love it! I have always been a Windows guy up until about 2 years ago when I switched to a top shelf MacBook Pro. I must say that I have been very happy with the MBP and the Mac OS. However, my personal video work on my MBP was not outweighing my work-related need for Windows (yes, I ran BootCamp) and my "need" for gaming during my work travel. So, I decided to venture back into the world of Windows laptops. My first foray was the purchase of a MSI GS63VR about two weeks prior to the Razer Blade. That computer gave me nothing but problems. I really did want to like it, but the various issues were just too much. And, call me an Apple snob, but I just could not get past the overall "feel" of the MSI vs. my MBP. So, back the MSI went and a search was on for a solid MBP-like Windows machine. Researching brought me to Razer. Honestly, I didn't realize Razer even made laptops (as I owned one of their mousepads only). I purchased one through BestBuy.com as I utilize Best Buy quite often, especially given their low cost shipping, return policies, and brick & mortar stores. The shipping box arrived in short order, about a week ago, and I have been loving this laptop! I am running a second, external Asus VG248QE monitor with the Blade.
My "sample" has no dead pixels and just the slightest bit of backlight bleed at the bottom of the bezel that is noticeable during startup only. I have not done any tweaks to power settings, etc. I have added multiple pieces of software, which include many background processes, and then decided to benchmark my system. CrystalDiskMark gave me just shy of 3100 MB/s Sequential Read, Fire Strike gave me a total score of 9258, Time Spy gave me a total of 3623, and I can run Battlefield 1 at 1080P/Ultra/V-Sync with CPU temps staying in the 80's C and GPU right at 72 C. Again, these benchmarks were run with all factory background tasks, Adobe CC, CUE, Logitech software, and a browser window with multiple tabs open all chugging along. I have got to say, I am mighty happy with the machine. As expected, it does sound like a bathroom hand dryer under load, but I didn't expect anything less. It is quiet as a mouse under normal desktop application tasks and the battery seems to last forever with a reduced screen brightness. I have read many complaints and of problems with some people's machines. So, I decided to come on here to at least give some praise about my machine. In the end, if I could have anything different, I would love to have the little bit of backlight bleed fixed. But, that would only be to satisfy my OCD within and would not make any difference in my day to day use of the laptop.
Firetoad
Missouri
May 6, 2017
My Blade has the HD screen, not the 4K/UHD screen.
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