August 26, 2011

Razer Reveals Blade, World's Slimmest Portable Gaming Laptop

August 26, 2011/ Nir Schneider

Razer has teased us long enough with its plans to create their very own gaming laptop, and now it's a reality. Razer has announced that it's stepping into the gaming PC business with its very own Blade gaming laptop and dubbing it "the world's first true gaming laptop". The Blade's enclosure is fully made out of lightweight, anodized black aluminum for that ultra stealthy gamer look, and is thinner than the MacBook Pro at just .88" thick which makes it the thinnest most powerful gaming laptop in the world.

Even while being thinner than a MacBook Pro, the Razer Blade still manages to pack some heat under the hood though with some powerful specs including a 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M with 2GB of video RAM. All of this is packed into such a slim form factor boasting a 17-inch LED backlit display at 1920x1080. These are some impressive specs for such a laptop.

The Razer Blade's other notable features include backlit keys, the Switchblade UI with customizable tactile keys with matching graphic overlays that adapt to different games you're playing and a multi-purpose LCD panel that is touch-based and displays in-game information and can double as a multi-touch trackpad. Razer's ultra portable Blade gaming laptop will be available later this year for a staggering $2,799.

July 21, 2011

Western Digital Ships Behemoth Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive

July 21, 2011/ Nir Schneider

Oh yes, Western Digital has released a new Scorpio Blue 2.5" (9.5mm) internal SATA III hard drive with a massive 1TB storage capacity using only 2 platters that is compatible with all standard notebooks. The new 1TB Scorpio Blue WD10JPVT hard drive is the first 1TB 2.5" hard drive that has started shipping on the market. It isn't a Ferrari at 5400RPM, but at least it's a minor improvement over the previous, slightly thicker 12.5mm 1TB model at only 5200RPM. Western Digital has designed its Scorpio Blue behemoth to have a low power consumption for longer battery life performance and coupled it with WhisperDrive technology for quite performance. The WD Scorpio Blue 1TB 2.5" hard drive is now shipping and available at retailers for $140. Or a bit cheaper at Newegg.

December 07, 2010

Get Your Very Own Chrome Notebook

December 07, 2010/ Nir Schneider

Google has opened up a pilot program to anyone who want to test out the new Chrome OS on a new CR-48 Chrome Notebook designed specially for this pilot program. This baby can boot up in about 10 seconds and shut down instantly thanks to an SSD and of course the Chrome OS. If you think you're the one to be one the the lucky test pilots then go ahead and sign up to be considered! It's free and you probably will get to keep the CR-48 notebook all to yourself.

Here are some specs: