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PRICE As reviewed, £3,167 (£3,800 inc VAT) from razer.com
The Razer Blade 18 is the biggest laptop Razer has ever made, and it makes a fine argument for why you should buy a big gaming laptop. Don’t be fooled by its 21.9mm thickness, however. While the Blade 18’s streamlined aluminium chassis might remind you of a modern ultraportable, you won’t want to tote this 3.1kg beast around all day.
Thankfully, if you pull it out in a coffee shop or a classroom you won’t feel too out of place. Gaming laptops are often decked out in eye-catching designs, but the Blade 18 is low-key with a simple matte black exterior interrupted solely by a green Razer logo on the lid. Razer claims the finish has been treated with a fingerprint-resistant coating, but it’s common to find a few smudges on the Blade 18 after you’ve been using it for a while.
18in diagonal
Let’s jump straight to this laptop’s selling point: the 18in screen. It uses IPS rather
