| I upgraded to a Razer Blade from a 2013 macbook. Performance is great. It is very well built, I would say on almost on par with a Mac, except for thin grills covering the cooling fans on the bottom. Grabbing the laptop in the wrong spot can easily push the grills up against the fan. Battery life is terrible. Lucky to get 4-5 hours running a nothing but a browser and ssh client. (On windows 10. I haven't tried, but remember reading that power management on linux is even worse) The trackpad gestures are not as accurate as on a Mac. I don't know how much of that is Windows vs the hardware. Cooling fans are always on, and they are kind of loud even at low rpm. Not noticeable in a noisy office environment, but annoying in a quiet setting. The black chassis is a fingerprint magnet like no other laptop I've seen. The lit green logo on the lid is a bit obnoxious, and would not fit in at a very corporate environment. The actual display size is somewhat smaller than that of many similarly sized notebooks. I'm okay with the trade offs (though the battery hurts...) but its definitely not a clear-cut winner compared to the competition. Edit: the Blade Stealth may fare a little better battery wise, but even it doesn't have a stellar battery life. |