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Razer Refreshes Its Blade Laptop, Dropping Weight And Price
Razer has announced the latest refresh for its 14-inch Razer Blade laptop, alongside a lower entry price and reduced weight for the already light notebook. The latest Blade is still a mere .7 inches thick, but now weighs only 4.25 lbs.
The new Blade comes with a 3200x1800 QHD+ display, an i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz chip (turbo boost to 3.5 GHz), an Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M GPU with 6 GB of video memory, and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM. The keyboard is fully backlit, offering 16.8 million colors customizable using the Chroma feature set.
Developers can program specifically for Chroma keyboards, taking over lighting preferences to highlight important keys. Some games are already using the feature set to color-code specific parts of the keyboard.
The Razer Blade now has a lower starting price. Previously, the QHD+ monitor-equipped edition retailed for $2,399. The new laptops start at $1,999.
Razer has also announced that, like its Razer Blade Stealth, the new laptop will be compatible with the Razer Core. This external GPU housing uses a Thunderbolt connection to deliver enhanced video power as well expanding USB ports and offering additional inputs.
Pre-orders will begin tomorrow, March 16. The 256 GB solid-state drive model costs $1,999. A 512 GB upgrade is also available at $2,199. The new Blades will ship in April.
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