http://www.tweaktown.com Razer is a really tough company to get
into in terms of getting review samples. Trust me, I know – we’ve
been trying to get on their tier one review sampling list for a
long time. When we found out about their entry into the gaming
laptop market, we knew we had to get our hands on one to cover it
for you guys, but didn’t have high expectations of ever getting
one. That was all until a die-hard Razer fan and very good friend
of ours in Singapore (we won’t mention her name, but she knows who
she is!) posted on the Chief Gamer’s and CEO’s Facebook wall that
Shane Baxtor, one of our TweakTown editors, was sick and stuck in
hospital with a bad leg infection. Min-Liang Tan, CEO of Razer,
instantly came to the rescue and had his staff here in Taipei
arrange a Razer Blade to go to Shane from one gamer to another
gamer. Let’s be honest, Min is not just a gamer, but also a
businessman. He knew that Shane was very critical of the price of
the Blade and wanted to see if he could convince Shane it was worth
the money, while passing time and playing some brand new gaming
titles on the slick new Blade, whilst stuck in hospital. That’s
brings us to where we are right now. I took the Blade away from
Shane for a day or so to give it a look over myself - after all, it
is a hot new piece of hardware and I needed some time with it, too.
Initially I have to say I am fairly impressed with the Blade. I
mean, I’ve seen it from a bit of a distance last month at CES in
Las Vegas and just last weekend at the Taipei Game Show and while I
was pretty impressed, I wasn’t sure what all the fuss was about.
Having played with the Blade here in my home office and without
what seemed like ten thousands kids around me, I like the Blade. It’
s out of stock right now as Razer try their hardest to fill orders
(it’s expected to come back into stock around the middle of this
month), but it does cost $2,800 USD. In a time where most companies
are trying to be price conscious i