Everybody’s lappy nowadays
Razer Blade Pro 17
What’s the story?
Few laptops make a first impression like Razer’s brooding Blades, but these lifestyle and gaming machines back up their bluster with lashings of performance for content creators. The Pro 17 is large, fast, expensive, and overkill for plenty of people; but with rock-solid build quality and sub-2cm thickness it’s a tempting high-end PC.
Is it any good?
This Blade uses Nvidia’s new RTX 3060, 3070 and 3080 graphics cores, and they’re fantastic for games and work. They’re joined by decent Intel Core i7 CPUs and masses of memory. There’s not much these laptops can’t do, even if battery life could be better. Blades are available with 1080p, 1440p or 4K screens at varying refresh rates, with lower resolutions better for gaming and 4K touchscreens better for work. Quality is mint across the board.
The Pro 17 compares well to the MacBook Pro 16 – you’re getting more speed for less cash. The only other place to find more CPU ability is in an AMD-powered machine, and that’ll often be at the expense of screen quality and design. The Razer has plenty of USB ports, a super-fast SD card reader, Wi-Fi 6, 2.5Gbps Ethernet, a snappy keyboard, a solid touchpad and punchy, powerful speakers.
Price from £2199 / stuff.tv/BladePro17
● 17.3in 3840x2160 IPS touchscreen or 1920x1080 IPS
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