Razer’s New Flagship Laptop
Razer updates their laptops a lot, honestly. Usually it’s like a new processor and a new display and maybe a slight bump in specs. But this time this time, they basically took all of the criticisms that myself and like others have been giving them about this lineup. Firstly, there are two distinct versions of the razerblade 15. We have the base model, which is the less expensive, lower specked model, but still very much a gaming PC. And then we have the more powerful, higher specked, more expensive advanced model, both with multiple configurations. Here, though, we’ll be focusing on the advanced model because I think it’s the one most of you guys probably care about, and it’s the one that I personally would be more interested in buying at the moment. With that said, this is the new razerblade Advanced 2020 model AMP.
Design wise, it supports the same boxy design language that Razer updated their blade laptops to not too long ago that I actually like. And we have the same CNS milled aluminum body. That is one of the reasons I think so many people have always gravitated towards the blade laptops. They just feel more premium than most Windows laptops, although that is definitely changed over the last few years. And razer is getting more and more competition in that aspect. Now, the dimensions are identical to the last model and the wait is about the same at four point seven pounds. Also here in the back, we have the unmistakable three headed snake logo that is a green LCD that you can control from the included razor snaps app to have it either on or off or even have it do a breathing effect as well. The screen on this generation is now available in two versions. We have a three hundred hertz F HD non touchscreen display and a four K old touchscreen. I have the three hundred hertz model here and if you’re not familiar, that means the screen is capable of refreshing the image on it up to 300 times a second. Now I personally would rather have the LEDs brightness and contrast and the extra resolution. Since I use these laptops to add video. But the benefit of 300 hertz can be a big deal to gamers in games that support these speeds.
It can mean much smoother animations and faster reaction times, something that can be a competitive advantage in, say, a first person shooter game. If you aren’t playing games, though, you will still see some of the effects, but just not much. I noticed it, for example, when scrolling through a Web site in Edge. Yes, I’ve been trying out the new edge based on chromium and honestly, it’s not bad at all. Either way, it’s hard for me to show you, but the scrolling is superfluid and definitely noticeable at this high of a refresh rate. And the same goes for things in, say, like the start menu in Windows and other places, etc.. Honestly, though, unless you’re going to game, you’re obviously not going to care that much about it. You can, though, thankfully, turn the high refresh rate off if you don’t use it to help a bit with battery life. In that same synapse app above the screen, we have our Web cam and a hardware required for Windows. Hello. That allows you to log into the computer with your face. That Web cam is capable of 720 P video. And here’s what that looks like and what the built in microphones sound like. That brings us to the keyboard, which I have been calling RES around for four years now.
It does, however, have this weird rogue function button at the bottom right that I hate. Unlike every other keyboard ever that has the arrow buttons up against the bottom right razor on these laptops likes to push it over with the extra function key causing you to push right instead of down, down instead of left and function instead of right.
The blade I do have about the keyboard, though, is the fact that Rasor again decided to put this rogue function button in the bottom right corner. They did still keep that rogue right function key that I hate and will mention in every video until they remove it.
Well, they finally fixed it. The arrow keys are where they belong and are the right size. The shift key is no longer super tiny and is actually way longer than I think it needs to be. But it almost feels like they’re overcompensating for me yelling at them for so long. But it’s fine and it’s just better than it was no matter what. Now, I know I didn’t single handedly cause Rasor to fix the keyboard, but I’d like to pretend that that is the case. So you’re welcome.
Besides that, it is still the same clicky keyboard that is nice to type on and is also RGV key Croma enabled, meaning that you can change the color on any of the keys individually if you want. Or you can set it up to have different pre configured effects on either side of that keyboard. We have four speakers that are Dolby Atmos enabled and they get pretty loud and for the most part sounds pretty good. Under that, we have our thankfully large glass track pad that is a Microsoft precision track pad. So it’s much more responsive and can use Windows gestures as well. And that brings us to the next thing that Rasor fixed after complaints. Let’s talk about the ports on the left. We have a proprietary power port that allows you to use the two hundred and thirty one charger to charge the 80. What, our battery inside and. Really quick. Let’s see how it doesn’t. I’ll be a very unscientific test of playing a 10 ATP YouTube video on half brightness with the 300 hertz on since that is on by default. Next to that Powerball, we have to USP three point two, Jen, to Type eight ports, a three point five millimeter audio Jack. And new this year, an extra USP three point two Gentoo type of seaport. So we no longer have just the one on the right like usual, which means you can actually plug in more than one USGBC device at a time. Also that you SBC port, along with the one on the right that we’ll get to in a sec.
Now supports USGBC power delivery. So while you’ll need the included charger to utilize the full power of the C.P.U and GPU, you you at least now have the option of using up to a hundred what, USP power delivery charger to charge it. This is something that I’ve also mentioned was a bit of a drag with the last model while traveling as most plane outlets turn themselves off. When you plug in anything over 65 watts, so using a sixty five wide USGBC charger now you can at least keep using the laptop for less intensive tasks on all of those long flights that we’re not taking anymore. Well, we’ll get there, guys. Moving to the right side. We have a Kensington lock in HDMI 2.0 B port, another USGBC three point two Gen two type aiport. And our other USP three point two, Gen two type C port. That is Thunderbolt three capable, which means it’s great for faster media storage and can even be used with docs in Egypt. Use. If you want to learn more about that though. I have a link to a video I did a while back that explains that. Oh, and we have yet another thing that I’m so excited for. We have a U. H. S three SD card slot. Now I have this on the Razor Blade studio edition, but it’s a lot more expensive than these models. And so now that it’s on every advanced model, it’s just good for anyone who creates content in their camera, uses SD cards.
It is one less adapter to forget to bring on the inside. We have a temp temptation, Intel eight core AI seven, ten, eight seventy five each up from the six core 9th Gen from last year. That’s paired with 16 gigs of faster DDR for two thousand nine hundred and thirty three megahertz REM. But it’s also user upgradable up to sixty four gigs. And we’ll also support Intel’s XM P. Ram as well for storage. We have either a five 12 gig or one terabyte. M not two and Vme PCI SSD, which is also user of Gradle and I’ve actually managed to find a four terabyte SSD that works in it really well that I’ll link to below if anyone’s interested. Then also just kudos to Razr for allowing people to upgrade both of those things as a lot of manufacturers no longer do for connectivity. We have Bluetooth 5.0 and Aido to the eleven X a.k.a. Wi-Fi six now compared to last year. And you can check out my Dakotah episode, which is the Explainer series anywhere on the channel for what Wi-Fi six is and the benefits of it, if you’re interested in that. Now for The View. We have the choice of either in Video R, T, X, 2070 super or 20 a super, which are the latest top end consumer g.p use from video. The model I have here is a twenty seventy super version and here are some popular benchmarks. So you can see how it fares compared to other laptops that you might be interested.
And thanks to Raiser’s, no blow policy. It runs Windows 10 and doesn’t have any apps from Rasor Preinstalled like other manufacturers might do, except for, of course, that Snapp’s app. But that’s pretty useful. So I don’t really consider that bloatware. We do, however, have some Microsoft added low wear, which you can easily. Right. Click and uninstall. So not the biggest deal. The new razor blade. Fifteen, twenty, twenty. Advanced model starts at twenty five. Ninety nine. Ninety nine. And that’s for this arty x 20 super max Q version with the three hundred hertz display and a 512 gig SSD. If you wanted the Artex 2080 Supermax. Q With the 300 hertz display that would go up to three thousand dollars and then the old four K would go to thirty three hundred. We’re going to leave a link below to the best price that I could find and for anyone who wants any more info. And there we go. Kimberly Walker on the razorblade. Fifteen. Honestly, it’s just great to see any company out there take criticisms from people, whether the reviewers or their own consumers, etc., and actually fix them. Like what a concept. Right. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed that. Let me know in the comments below which you thought of the laptop of this video, etc.. I always enjoy hearing from you guys, if you like, that it hopefully sums up their share. Greatly appreciate it. Also check other us a gentle feel, I would say there. Please subscribe ending the Belnick story.
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