@@JasperSchwinghammer You'd be surprised how nice MBP's sound! Why bother with external speakers? The internal ones are already amazing for just netflix and stuff haha.
No. You don't get the point cause u let the hate flow trough you. Intel has a more dynamic power usage management than AMD. Thats it. And that's what it was about.
@@maxzett Hate is a normal human emotion that everyone has, regardless of their claims. But I don't see how this relevant to the topic at hand. This is very simple, heat is energy, and energy over time is power. The chip uses more power depending on if temperature allows it and if VRM can give it, so the better the cooling and VRM the more power the chip uses, thus the more energy is released as heat. Intel chips use a significant amount of power more in comparison to "the competition" while not producing a significant amount of computations, again, in comparison to "the competition". Thus, Intel runs hot. Of course there are exceptions that you may or may not be willing to jump right at to champion Intel with. Yes, I do not like Intel, partly because of the point explained earlier.
CNC machining aluminum is difficult and slow, so the one-piece machined chassis cost a lot, probably on the order of hundreds per unit. Also large pieces of tmpered gorilla glass like that are pretty pricy.
@@MikhaelAhava First, its a 1650ti Second, the MX150 version is 3 generations behind the current one, so Im pretty sure he didn't mean it Third, the Intel Xe is better than the mx150, the 250, and the 330. Excuse my rudeness
0:28 Honestly I like the name, especially compared to Razer's usual naming scheme. The no-nonsense "Razer Book" branding made me immediately assume this is their competitor to a Surface Book or Macbook, and it seems like that's pretty much what it is.
Exactly what I thought. This comes at a time when we're trying to help our normal friends choose a laptop like the Lenovo [or Yoga] Slim 7 [or Slim 7i] Pro X. And even if we want to say "Just get a MacBook," there are 4 different MacBooks. And the M2 MacBook Air is better than the M2 MacBook Pro, but worse than the M1 MacBook Pro. Now Razer wants to just go with the Razer Book 13? I say they are doing the Lord's work.
@@RojSlade yeah they misread the covid situation and didnt analyse its effect about how much anyone could need a webcam for work this year. It's the only bad thing about that laptop if you can overlook the price.
@@Z4KIUS Zephyrus G14 aside, I'd love the Huawei Matebook 14 with AMD in it; it meets most of the criteria. Too bad it's not really sold here in the US.
That’s what happens when you don’t have a standardized camera for your studio and you just have to grab whatever’s available. Color grading a RAW Red file is a lot different then S-LOG from a Sony A7
@@abnormallynormal8823 It's their least important tech channel out of four channels, so I doubt they care much to color grade depending on the schedule/ workload as well.
@TheGoat razor probably started designing this for an Intel chip I don't think it has anything to do with the AMD stock because Apple uses the same manufacturer for their chips as AMD. TSMC's 7-nm production is pretty ramped up and the 5 nm is basically devoted to Apple
I accidentally poked my previous blades battery with a kitchen knife and it literally became a flamethrower withing 5 seconds.. 2 foot flame running through the house and threw it outside in the snow
@@WeiFinder Yeah no knife involved for me... put it in sleep mode, put it in my bag and about an hour later LiPo smoke, burning aluminum, and a whole lot of destroyed paperwork. Good riddance to the Razer. Bought a Thinkpad workstation to replace it that not only performed better but still has not burned anything down.
@@WeiFinder Hehe... yeah its probably fine, Ive only heard of one other instance of a Blade fire, but Im certainly not letting Razer live this down. Especially since their solution was to block me and ignore it.
I swear, what is it with ShortCircuit reviewing these terribly priced products? I can't remember the last time I saw a product on this channel for under $1,000.
@@arnox4554 short circuit is the LMG unboxing channel, not reviews. If Razer is gonna go out of their way to send a preproduction model it would be stupid to not make free content out of that.
@@arnox4554 don't get me wrong I'm on your side. When this channel started I wanted it to be different LMG members talking about stuff off-script that they were passionate about. It's basically just another phone/laptop unboxing show instead of having a sound guy review microphones or a photographer chat about consumer cameras.
Yep. Doesn't do anything better than my 4700U Envy x360 (which has ok and thus better speakers, is a convertible and has a great keyboard) while costing $700 more. Oh no, mine doesn't have an RGB keyboard, that surely makes up for all of its shortcomings
Honestly surprised that an engineer can tolerate using a plastic laptop like the XPS. This laptop was basically made for Alex, but he's gotta hate on it because it has a Razer logo on the front.
Can't be an ultrabook if it's as thick as an Inspiron. With XPS price tag. Razer, just drop the premium schtick, your products were never worth the money anyway
I used to have an old razer stealth... speakers would sound horrible UNLESS you activated the Dolby audio processing (atmos?) on, from the arrow button in the bottom right
There are bluetooth or 2.4ghz wireless mice that are just as responsive as wired mice now, (like my Razer Basilisk hyperspeed) and in either case, you could connect a mouse or a flash drive/external SSD into thunderbolt or the type A USB
Yeah, that I/O is rough for me. I have a HP EliteBook x360 (14 inch) with only 2 type A ports and 2 USB C ports. A yubikey nano is constantly occupying one of the type A ports and the other is taken by my gaming mouse (i use it for office work lol). I pretty much am forced to used a dock if I need more I/O, but that being said, that's not that frequent. I'll sacrifice my mouse for a headset and that's about it. I used to used flash drives daily, but corporate sec policy is pushing us away from flash drive usage at all.
Honestly, after having a MBP 16inch for a year and switching my primary machine back to a blade 15, I’ve gotten used to the lack of io, it was annoying but it wasn’t a issue for me since dongles didn’t drop as much speed.
@@WeiFinder ya still need a type A port for plugging in a wireless mouse's dongle buddy . then you HAVE to have a type c pendrive .. if your friend hands you one that isn't , out comes the dongles or you are screwed .
That moment when you realize you used to feel excitement to see the Intel logo on the box and that it has now turned to disappointment that it isn't AMD. :(
personally I wouldn't get a laptop for the speakers... I have this laptop, use it for work, for training, a bit of light gaming and just every day use and I love it.
I think the pricing will be the downside to this. I mean, you can get a base model G14 for 800-1000, with a 1650 and cpu that stomps all over the 1165.
So I love the design of Razer’s laptops so I bought a Razer Blade 15 when the 2019 models went on sale back in March before the 2020 models were released. The laptop has been okay. My laptop came in looking like the charger port had been milled out with a hand drill and it blue screened and needed windows reinstalled the same day I got it. I’ve had constant issues since in regards to system stability. Currently the system crashes when attempting to wake from hibernation. Razer’s outsourced customer support is also super frustrating to work with and don’t seem to understand that during a pandemic with everything being computer based, I can’t simply send them my only computer for 4 weeks... Just felt like I should state that, in case anyone else is in the same boat as I was; where they really want to like these computers so they kinda ignore the bad things...
Honestly this is what I would prefer for a gaming laptop. Nice 16x10 screen, lower overall TDP, more cooling for the CPU, and Thunderbolt connections for an eGPU + gaming monitor when I want to game. Now let me have it in 16" with a 65-watt Ryzen and USB4.
this is a production unit so the keyboard isn't going to be the same on the release one. Also, they can't fit any bigger speakers or better speakers because there is no space to fit them.
You can upgrade storage and change the battery! Well, potentially replaced (albeit, with tools and probably removing some adhesive)... but still, great compared to today's soldered on storage trend. Great laptop, but still would be cool if we could replace the RAM.
As the owner of a Blade 15 now and all other blades except the stealth before, I kind of agree. My current blade has been very reliable, my previous blade pro gave me PTSD
Man I love the look of all the Razer laptops but I wish they would give us more color options like this. The black is neat but it's a finger print magnet so give us a white option, a silver/gray, and take the green off the logo and just let us pick what RGB color we want it. They are built like tanks though and feel amazing in the hands. Man that silver/green background on that silver looks SOOO good.
I have no idea how this stuff works but maybe companies like Razer have some kind of long term agreement with Intel so they can’t change their processor at will?
"It's a micro-sd card [reader] instead of full size. They probably just didn't have the space, though." I definitely see how tight an extra half inch would be given that 2/3 of the entire length of the device on both sides are completely barren
Inside the chassis their might not have been room, just because there is space for the whole doesn't mean the reader can physically fit there on the PCB
I feel like that keyboard was designed to have the keys connect based off where your fingers would be positioned with standard typing practice (not pecking). Alex said the lower keys worked at the top (moving your fingers down) and the upper ones were towards the bottom (reaching up) with the J (and I assume F) along with other other home row keys having square central points. Maybe I'm going on a stretch here but that would make the most sense. Also seems like needless complexity though and based off other razer stuff I've gotten that uses switches of all kinds maybe it's just shotty design.
They dont focus on laptops as they aren't their unique selling point. Everyone knows Razer for keyboards and mice. If their laptops were their USP then it would outclass its competitors. Dont hate razer too hard, try apple, those bastards are all talk
They really missed an opportunity to call it the Death note. Death because razer may be most well known for Death series accessories and Not because its a notebook.
Alex commenting on the Razer Book "I don't think I've ever seen a vapor chamber on a thin-and-light yet". Dell XPS 13 7390 2-in-1: "Uh, I had that since 2019, and I'm sure Linus uses me for his daily workflow".
If they make a 15’ model of this, with upgradable Memory would be the perfect laptop. I cant find one this would be the one. Or they dont have a TypeA usb or dont have a thunderbolt. Or have a screen with lot of border. This one is the nearest one.
Your problem is the "small" backspace key, when the cursor keys (up/dn) are an actual abomination? Sure, better than the XPS-13 with the pgdn/pgup crammed in there too, but still.
I HATE that some laptops just don't have a second Ctrl key like on my HP Pavilion 15 ec1234ng they should have just made the left shift key shorter and put there too and boom more space for another ctrl key The up/dn arrow keys don't bother me too much, but it can be annoying
um, your joking right?, no bootcamp on m1, egpus through thunderbolt dont work on m1, so your just getting an overpriced arm cpu with no upgradable ram or storage and you think that could beat something like a laptop ryzen with a mediocre gpu.
@@whoisthatthingwhat but you do realise I and he said 13 inch? find me a 13 inch that is faster than the m1. You won't find one. And if you don't see it as a computer (which is understandeble) its even sadder. Defeated by an ipad with keyboard
For V2 they need to 1. Make it a 13.5in laptop so they can fit in a full standard keyboard (no short backspace), improve speakers, and change micro SD to standard SD card reader. 2. Improve resolution and increase height 3000x2000 is a good ratio 3. Improve keyboard and add silver keycaps to match the aluminum body 4. Lastly improved battery is always welcomed on a device centered around portability. 16 hours is a good goal that would allow you to run heavy software and multi task for an 8 hour job comfortably.
Oof, that power button key right by the backspace key is a big no-no. You're definitely going to accidentally hit that while you're typing a long e-mail message or something, and it's going to ruin your day. I hope that's changed in the production model.
Razer are great, they always make me feel happy with my purchases... Because they make everything I buy look like really great value compared to their stuff.
Skip the Stealth for the Blade 15? I'd agree if you just want to game but: 1. No one buys the Stealth primarily to game, they buy it for portability and the option of playing any title on the go. 2. Xe might be twice as fast as Iris, but it's nowhere as fast as a 1650ti. All in all a good looking alternative to Surface, Dell and HP's ultrabooks for sure.
It really pains me when someone says that a laptop with a single USB-A port has "great" or "awesome" IO... Maybe for some super specific workloads? 4 is pretty great, 2 is pushing it and a single port is in a "toy" or "dongles for your dongles" territory for me.
@@nihalreddy4417 I had this problem with the 2017 and 2018 model and you can find a lot of people with the same problem in the internet. Apple already replaced my screen because of that but since the repair my bluetooth was broken, so they replaced pretty much every part. Now I have a protective microfiber cloth between the screen and keyboard.
The only problem is that the M1 Macbook Air will destroy it in every metric except port selection. If the Razer Book would have 16GB/500GB/120Hz it would warrent the price uplift but not like this
"on something this size i'm not going to complain about not having a full sized SD slot" Laughs in Thinkpad X220Tablet 12inch with its full sized SD slot, external PCIexpress slot, full sized pen slot, and removable battery grip
With the keyboard. Realistically, are you going to be hitting the Q key in the upwards quatrain? It's realistic to be able hit home row keys in any quatrain, but upper keys don't need upper reinforcement, and lower keys don't need lower reinforcement.
Did y'all take the techlinked coloring and out it in these videos as well? Please reverse that, I didn't get an amoled screen with true blacks just to have my content have washed out grays instead of blacks. The videos looked just great the way they were before
What happened to the Golden medium between thin-and-lights and THICC heavy gaming laptops? You know, the ones that are a little over half an inch thick with full sized ethernet jacks without feeling like chonky beasts from the early 2000s.
HP FGx Series 6003821R9 Plus Ultra PRO "Come on, guys, can't these be any simpler or easy for people to recognize?" Razer Book 13 "Terrible name, guys, you couldn't think of anything?"
@@Kelocyde and I failed... I had a doubt then I tried reciting the alphabet in english to check but I still manages to fail :/ to my credit thoo in my native language, french, "J" is actually pronnonced "ji" like the first syllable in "gymnastic" but G is pronnonced well kind of like "J" in english... so it's confusing.
aaaaand it's intel with 4 cores 8 threads for a product that costs 2K dollars. Count me out when I can get 8 cores 16 threads for less cash.
It's like a mac, 2 cores for 2k, a bargain people just want the look and feel.
@@theojones6129 It still is more value then a mac but yea give me AMD Razer and we'll talk
Ya I mean they should have gone with AMD
@@theojones6129 Which mac is that again?
@@theojones6129 which mac are you talking about?
„J is a great key, you can hit J all day long“
JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
Poor Jay.
And I tought it was G, and he felling good to scrub that G
As opposed to F?
@@hyperfyre3370 agreed
Alex key reviews:
"Z is totally fine"
"J is a great key. You can hit J all day long"
They should make a channel called that.
By the time you reach the 1000 price tag, you Must get the basics right, like the speakers
They got it right, what he means that compared to the competition, they are not excellent. But they are decent for sure
@@alexwhite1624 thats why he said the speakers of a 600 dollar laptop? they are horrible. But who needs Laptop Speakers anyway.
@@alexwhite1624 They did not get it right, those speakers suck
It doesn't even have a half decent gpu
@@JasperSchwinghammer You'd be surprised how nice MBP's sound! Why bother with external speakers? The internal ones are already amazing for just netflix and stuff haha.
8:16 wow, very nice way of saying "Intel runs super hot" good job.
loooool imagine how they would’ve worded it if it was a macbook, the whole video would be about it
No. You don't get the point cause u let the hate flow trough you.
Intel has a more dynamic power usage management than AMD.
Thats it. And that's what it was about.
@@maxzett Most toxic comment I've seen all day... You
@@maxzett Hate is a normal human emotion that everyone has, regardless of their claims. But I don't see how this relevant to the topic at hand.
This is very simple, heat is energy, and energy over time is power. The chip uses more power depending on if temperature allows it and if VRM can give it, so the better the cooling and VRM the more power the chip uses, thus the more energy is released as heat. Intel chips use a significant amount of power more in comparison to "the competition" while not producing a significant amount of computations, again, in comparison to "the competition". Thus, Intel runs hot. Of course there are exceptions that you may or may not be willing to jump right at to champion Intel with. Yes, I do not like Intel, partly because of the point explained earlier.
@@maxzett I mean, 5900x power draw vs 10900k power draw...
"J is a great key. You can hit J all day long."
(Jayztwocents sneezes in his workshop)
my name is jay and it was funny to hear lmaooo
*phil dies in the background
This is pre-production lol! What do you expect from a keyboard?
I love watching Alex getting hyped up about a product I'm never gonna buy for some odd reason... xD
Odd reason = too expensive or/and niche product
@@MrKozlosPL the odd reason is probably for getting hyped up
ME: Okay seems like an average $1200 is laptop
ME: Sees price tag of $2200! Woah, with those specs??!!
is that Aluminum or Silver!!??
CNC machining aluminum is difficult and slow, so the one-piece machined chassis cost a lot, probably on the order of hundreds per unit. Also large pieces of tmpered gorilla glass like that are pretty pricy.
I thought he said it was 1600? Still not worth it if you can get any Mobile Ryzen APU but when those are all out of stock, I'll settle for you Intel!
At least it's not on 14nm ++++++++++
Its titanium LMFAOOO
@@jaggydproductions there's an easier way: current gen - 6
'we're getting similar performance to the blade stealth'
bruh, an intel xe is around 60% worse than a 1650 ti
Meanwhile Apple claiming 5x better graphics than HD640, lmao.
I think my trusty old GTX-850m might still beat it in some scenarios
He probably means the MX150 version and not the 1650 Max-q.
xe should be between 1030 and 1050 for the usual intel premium price. Nice start intel, your "first" gpu is 2 generations late.
@@MikhaelAhava First, its a 1650ti
Second, the MX150 version is 3 generations behind the current one, so Im pretty sure he didn't mean it
Third, the Intel Xe is better than the mx150, the 250, and the 330.
Excuse my rudeness
@@fporcelli2009 wait, theres a 1030?
oh wait, yea the gt 1030
0:28 Honestly I like the name, especially compared to Razer's usual naming scheme. The no-nonsense "Razer Book" branding made me immediately assume this is their competitor to a Surface Book or Macbook, and it seems like that's pretty much what it is.
Exactly what I thought. This comes at a time when we're trying to help our normal friends choose a laptop like the Lenovo [or Yoga] Slim 7 [or Slim 7i] Pro X. And even if we want to say "Just get a MacBook," there are 4 different MacBooks. And the M2 MacBook Air is better than the M2 MacBook Pro, but worse than the M1 MacBook Pro. Now Razer wants to just go with the Razer Book 13? I say they are doing the Lord's work.
#DreamLaptop:
• AMD CPU
• Dedicated GPU
• Fully powered by Thunderbolt/USB4
• 16:10, 120hz, 1440p, 14" screen
• Upgradable RAM, Storage, & WiFi
• Apple/Razer -like build/chassis
• >= 70 Wh battery
• 1080p webcam
• Under $1,600
Razer was so close.
Oh that never gon happen
@@swagner3934 Probably not, lol. Asus could shove a camera on the G14 and it's almost perfect though.
@@RojSlade yeah they misread the covid situation and didnt analyse its effect about how much anyone could need a webcam for work this year. It's the only bad thing about that laptop if you can overlook the price.
@@Z4KIUS Zephyrus G14 aside, I'd love the Huawei Matebook 14 with AMD in it; it meets most of the criteria. Too bad it's not really sold here in the US.
@@Z4KIUS Have you looked at the Zephyrus g14? It's 4900HS destroyes the 9980HK in 17 inch laptops and manages to keep it cool at the same time.
I could swear, everytime I watch an episode, the colors look more washed out. It's either that or my display is dying. XD
Yeah I don't know if these manufacturers know but $1k is a lot of money. At that point there is no compromise acceptable with the basic features.
That’s what happens when you don’t have a standardized camera for your studio and you just have to grab whatever’s available. Color grading a RAW Red file is a lot different then S-LOG from a Sony A7
Yeah I've noticed that too... not sure why
@@abnormallynormal8823 It's their least important tech channel out of four channels, so I doubt they care much to color grade depending on the schedule/ workload as well.
The big question is: Will it work longer than one year?
knowing Razer, probably no.
This is a very key question 😂
they care so much about totally weird stuff
real people want this not a "consistent keyboard" wtf
Hey, don't be ridiculous. Computers doesn't last that long. -Razer
@@thebosss435 I care for consistent keyboard, that's why I use thinkpads
still on intel when AMD is a thing and now apple sillicon
@TheGoat razor probably started designing this for an Intel chip I don't think it has anything to do with the AMD stock because Apple uses the same manufacturer for their chips as AMD. TSMC's 7-nm production is pretty ramped up and the 5 nm is basically devoted to Apple
Also Xe graphics > Vega in most cases
linus:
Linus:
Pretty much
Intel = keep price high
u might as well not make a laptop if it has no thunderbolt.
Guys, Razer *has* reinvented gaming. Ive never owned another PC to set itself on fire and burn down my backpack.
Poggers gamer what a absolute gaming beast brother damn the machine is pure fire bro
I accidentally poked my previous blades battery with a kitchen knife and it literally became a flamethrower withing 5 seconds.. 2 foot flame running through the house and threw it outside in the snow
@@WeiFinder Yeah no knife involved for me... put it in sleep mode, put it in my bag and about an hour later LiPo smoke, burning aluminum, and a whole lot of destroyed paperwork.
Good riddance to the Razer. Bought a Thinkpad workstation to replace it that not only performed better but still has not burned anything down.
@@henryatkinson1479 Damn that's scary I sleep next to my blade
@@WeiFinder Hehe... yeah its probably fine, Ive only heard of one other instance of a Blade fire, but Im certainly not letting Razer live this down. Especially since their solution was to block me and ignore it.
"Buy from a local business right now."
Now that's a tip right there. Not tech but great.
Razer's pretty local here in Singapore
"but first i'ma turn you on..
-to our sponsor"
oh it's too late alex
One of the best segways yet: let me turn you on... With this sponser 😂
*segue
@@SkyReviewsNet #nobodyasked
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@@Gobble.Gobble who asked you to reply?
Sponsor
"Is the Razer hype REAL!?"
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I swear, what is it with ShortCircuit reviewing these terribly priced products? I can't remember the last time I saw a product on this channel for under $1,000.
@@arnox4554 short circuit is the LMG unboxing channel, not reviews. If Razer is gonna go out of their way to send a preproduction model it would be stupid to not make free content out of that.
@@MrSomnix Yeah but I'm not talking about just this video but ShortCircuit in general.
@@arnox4554 don't get me wrong I'm on your side. When this channel started I wanted it to be different LMG members talking about stuff off-script that they were passionate about. It's basically just another phone/laptop unboxing show instead of having a sound guy review microphones or a photographer chat about consumer cameras.
Yep. Doesn't do anything better than my 4700U Envy x360 (which has ok and thus better speakers, is a convertible and has a great keyboard) while costing $700 more.
Oh no, mine doesn't have an RGB keyboard, that surely makes up for all of its shortcomings
Honestly surprised that an engineer can tolerate using a plastic laptop like the XPS. This laptop was basically made for Alex, but he's gotta hate on it because it has a Razer logo on the front.
Can't be an ultrabook if it's as thick as an Inspiron. With XPS price tag.
Razer, just drop the premium schtick, your products were never worth the money anyway
Sounds like someone's never seen a Razer laptop in person
@@anarki_in5680 There's much better options, often for the same price or cheaper
@@nail7904 name 2
@@RacoonAndres why should he name 2? If you want info, look for yourself. Internet is full on all kind of information. Lazy...
@@nail7904 their product prices are atrocious that being said having a blade it does feel quality to have but I can see what you mean.
I used to have an old razer stealth... speakers would sound horrible UNLESS you activated the Dolby audio processing (atmos?) on, from the arrow button in the bottom right
"Productivity machine"
You can't even plug in a mouse and a flash drive...
There are bluetooth or 2.4ghz wireless mice that are just as responsive as wired mice now, (like my Razer Basilisk hyperspeed) and in either case, you could connect a mouse or a flash drive/external SSD into thunderbolt or the type A USB
Yeah, that I/O is rough for me. I have a HP EliteBook x360 (14 inch) with only 2 type A ports and 2 USB C ports. A yubikey nano is constantly occupying one of the type A ports and the other is taken by my gaming mouse (i use it for office work lol). I pretty much am forced to used a dock if I need more I/O, but that being said, that's not that frequent. I'll sacrifice my mouse for a headset and that's about it. I used to used flash drives daily, but corporate sec policy is pushing us away from flash drive usage at all.
Honestly, after having a MBP 16inch for a year and switching my primary machine back to a blade 15, I’ve gotten used to the lack of io, it was annoying but it wasn’t a issue for me since dongles didn’t drop as much speed.
@@WeiFinder ya still need a type A port for plugging in a wireless mouse's dongle buddy . then you HAVE to have a type c pendrive .. if your friend hands you one that isn't , out comes the dongles or you are screwed .
@@sudhanvas8471 why are you screwed? Use the touchpad or don’t forget ur dongle.
That moment when you realize you used to feel excitement to see the Intel logo on the box and that it has now turned to disappointment that it isn't AMD. :(
Company: *Releases a product*
Scalpers: "It's scalping time"
Well yeah it's literally like thier "job" they still scumbags tho
Tldr: Low res monitor, 240 gb storage, and integrated graphic. A great $2000 value.
0:44 "This size right here is actually pretty impressive"
That's what she said
personally I wouldn't get a laptop for the speakers... I have this laptop, use it for work, for training, a bit of light gaming and just every day use and I love it.
Where did you get it from? I’m trying to get the model with the better keyboard
I think the pricing will be the downside to this. I mean, you can get a base model G14 for 800-1000, with a 1650 and cpu that stomps all over the 1165.
It needs at least 5 years of warranty.
So I love the design of Razer’s laptops so I bought a Razer Blade 15 when the 2019 models went on sale back in March before the 2020 models were released. The laptop has been okay. My laptop came in looking like the charger port had been milled out with a hand drill and it blue screened and needed windows reinstalled the same day I got it. I’ve had constant issues since in regards to system stability. Currently the system crashes when attempting to wake from hibernation. Razer’s outsourced customer support is also super frustrating to work with and don’t seem to understand that during a pandemic with everything being computer based, I can’t simply send them my only computer for 4 weeks...
Just felt like I should state that, in case anyone else is in the same boat as I was; where they really want to like these computers so they kinda ignore the bad things...
You know the speakers are bad, when the mic picks up the cameraman humming the song, over the music from the laptop haha
Razer Peripherals : Cool animal and mythical beasts names
Razer Laptops : numbers
i am so happy razer does just counting
instead of whatever microsoft does with the eggs box
Alex when there is no headphone jack: THERES NO HEADPHONE JACK!!!
Alex when there is a a headphone jack:
*crickets*
Duh, because headphone jack comes standard with any reasonable laptop
Because it's not something that should be impressive. It should be standard.
Razer Book 13: has quiet speakers
Me: hehe, VLC 200% volume go brrr
with his sausage like fingers it's amazing he could use that keyboard, so for the rest of us with normal fingers we should be fine
I have salad fingers.
Honestly this is what I would prefer for a gaming laptop. Nice 16x10 screen, lower overall TDP, more cooling for the CPU, and Thunderbolt connections for an eGPU + gaming monitor when I want to game. Now let me have it in 16" with a 65-watt Ryzen and USB4.
Who the hell decided to use a mist/vintage lens as the side camera, when you know that in the editing there are a lot of zoom in's....
I thought the same exact thing lol
this is a production unit so the keyboard isn't going to be the same on the release one. Also, they can't fit any bigger speakers or better speakers because there is no space to fit them.
I feel like there is a gray filter applied over the entire screen. The video does not look great on my note 10+.
Same with my 12 pro. The colours aren’t vibrant
It's also only FHD and not 4k.
Off color grading my dude
yeah i just looks so blurry
Looks pretty nice on my $80 Kindle fire HD8+...
The keys are inconsistent because when typing, the finger hits the bottom of the key for the top row, and the top of the key for the bottom row.
You can upgrade storage and change the battery! Well, potentially replaced (albeit, with tools and probably removing some adhesive)... but still, great compared to today's soldered on storage trend. Great laptop, but still would be cool if we could replace the RAM.
uh oh someone forgot to color grade the video
Razer is ALL the nasty things rolled into one. Maximum hype, horrid reliability, and Apple pricing...
As the owner of a Razer laptop, I agree
As the owner of a Razer laptop, I disagree
As a not owner of a Razer laptop I don't know
I just don't know
As the owner of a Blade 15 now and all other blades except the stealth before, I kind of agree. My current blade has been very reliable, my previous blade pro gave me PTSD
Man I love the look of all the Razer laptops but I wish they would give us more color options like this. The black is neat but it's a finger print magnet so give us a white option, a silver/gray, and take the green off the logo and just let us pick what RGB color we want it. They are built like tanks though and feel amazing in the hands.
Man that silver/green background on that silver looks SOOO good.
Intel again? These companies really don't want my money.
I have no idea how this stuff works but maybe companies like Razer have some kind of long term agreement with Intel so they can’t change their processor at will?
@@dSCHUMI1004 no it's just that AMD have been really struggling with making and shipping laptop chips, intel can easily always take orders
People who will buy this don't even care if it has ryzen
no thunderbolt = pointless laptop. and as of right now its more or less intel exclusive.
what do you use thunderbolt for then?
That powerbutton placement will create a lot of hate, trying to hit delete
"It's a micro-sd card [reader] instead of full size. They probably just didn't have the space, though."
I definitely see how tight an extra half inch would be given that 2/3 of the entire length of the device on both sides are completely barren
Inside the chassis their might not have been room, just because there is space for the whole doesn't mean the reader can physically fit there on the PCB
micro readers more useful to the _average_ user now
Who even uses full size SD cards now?
@@Allmageddon343 📸
@@Allmageddon343 Camera people who haven't moved to SSDs
I feel like that keyboard was designed to have the keys connect based off where your fingers would be positioned with standard typing practice (not pecking). Alex said the lower keys worked at the top (moving your fingers down) and the upper ones were towards the bottom (reaching up) with the J (and I assume F) along with other other home row keys having square central points. Maybe I'm going on a stretch here but that would make the most sense. Also seems like needless complexity though and based off other razer stuff I've gotten that uses switches of all kinds maybe it's just shotty design.
Wonder how much Razer spends on marketing vs how much they spend on product development.
It’s probably not proportionate to other companies
If they continue this they're about to learn what it's like to be Intel 😂
They dont focus on laptops as they aren't their unique selling point. Everyone knows Razer for keyboards and mice. If their laptops were their USP then it would outclass its competitors. Dont hate razer too hard, try apple, those bastards are all talk
They really missed an opportunity to call it the Death note. Death because razer may be most well known for Death series accessories and Not because its a notebook.
I have a Razer Laptop, and wow it's loud.
Edit: The fans are very loud, please don't have a comment war here.
Always or just when you're really using it.
It's not...
@@lordcandyandy why?
@@lordcandyandy sometimes it randomly speeds the fans up for no reason. We all have different ways to react to sound. You find it quiet - I don't.
@@theojones6129 have you even watched the video, Alex said the speakers were less loud than a 600$ Dell Laptop
You can get used to small backspace. What you can't get used to are those tiny Up and Down keys...
I NEVER get HYPED for anything RAZER...
Alex commenting on the Razer Book "I don't think I've ever seen a vapor chamber on a thin-and-light yet".
Dell XPS 13 7390 2-in-1: "Uh, I had that since 2019, and I'm sure Linus uses me for his daily workflow".
UHOH I thought i swore off razer laptops :o 0:25
Guys I have reinvented the wheel
I call it the Sphere
If they make a 15’ model of this, with upgradable Memory would be the perfect laptop.
I cant find one this would be the one.
Or they dont have a TypeA usb or dont have a thunderbolt. Or have a screen with lot of border.
This one is the nearest one.
@@tim3172dude give him a break, we got it lol
Oh my god that speaker test was just brutal
Your problem is the "small" backspace key, when the cursor keys (up/dn) are an actual abomination? Sure, better than the XPS-13 with the pgdn/pgup crammed in there too, but still.
I HATE that some laptops just don't have a second Ctrl key
like on my HP Pavilion 15 ec1234ng they should have just made the left shift key shorter and put there too and boom more space for another ctrl key
The up/dn arrow keys don't bother me too much, but it can be annoying
That sponsor segue was straight out of Linus' playbook.
Alex: "You can hit J all day long"
JayzTwoCents: :(
I thought that metal bodied laptops needed a plastic cutout for the wireless antenna.
when you said 4 cores I stopped watching the video....
lol, what do you expect from a small laptop?
Alex's segways are getting better and better 😄
"fastest 13 inch laptop you can get"
ohh boy got apple news for ya
um, your joking right?, no bootcamp on m1, egpus through thunderbolt dont work on m1, so your just getting an overpriced arm cpu with no upgradable ram or storage and you think that could beat something like a laptop ryzen with a mediocre gpu.
@@whoisthatthingwhat but you do realise I and he said 13 inch? find me a 13 inch that is faster than the m1. You won't find one.
And if you don't see it as a computer (which is understandeble) its even sadder. Defeated by an ipad with keyboard
For V2 they need to
1. Make it a 13.5in laptop so they can fit in a full standard keyboard (no short backspace), improve speakers, and change micro SD to standard SD card reader.
2. Improve resolution and increase height 3000x2000 is a good ratio
3. Improve keyboard and add silver keycaps to match the aluminum body
4. Lastly improved battery is always welcomed on a device centered around portability. 16 hours is a good goal that would allow you to run heavy software and multi task for an 8 hour job comfortably.
So early there's a fake Mr Beast. Love the notifications
nobody cares
@@hupert9421 Aren't you cool
Oof, that power button key right by the backspace key is a big no-no. You're definitely going to accidentally hit that while you're typing a long e-mail message or something, and it's going to ruin your day. I hope that's changed in the production model.
Razer are great, they always make me feel happy with my purchases... Because they make everything I buy look like really great value compared to their stuff.
The melt through your desk book
When Apple abandons x86, Razer steps up to provide a similar experience.
So true
5:43 When you actually hit J while watching this video but you realise the video is going backwards
Alex: "Its the new Razer Book 13, terrible name..."
Razer: "Well the other possible names were: Razer XPS, Razer Envy, Razer Gram, Razer Zenbook..."
Skip the Stealth for the Blade 15? I'd agree if you just want to game but:
1. No one buys the Stealth primarily to game, they buy it for portability and the option of playing any title on the go.
2. Xe might be twice as fast as Iris, but it's nowhere as fast as a 1650ti.
All in all a good looking alternative to Surface, Dell and HP's ultrabooks for sure.
"Razer stiffness" A lot of fanboys have this permanently.
I'm getting the old macbook vibes with this desing
Alex doesn't actually open his mouth when he talks...
It really pains me when someone says that a laptop with a single USB-A port has "great" or "awesome" IO... Maybe for some super specific workloads? 4 is pretty great, 2 is pushing it and a single port is in a "toy" or "dongles for your dongles" territory for me.
"You can hit Jay all day long"
I dont know if i can support this :D
LTT has always had a very pro wife-beating policy.
microSD slots on laptops are stupid. Razer please change it, since it is still pre-production.
5:44 Even i can hit Js all day long🔥🔥🔥 420 blaze it🔥🔥🔥
Who else noticed they used the same background music as Dawid Does Tech stuff?
RAZER STIFFNESS.... EVERYTHING FROM RAZER BREAKs IN WEEKS
Related to the scratching: my MacBook Pro display got a lot of scratches from the integrated keyboard...great engineering Apple...
I had this on an older mb pro, last time I've ever bought an Apple product :') overpriced crap
@@nihalreddy4417 I had this problem with the 2017 and 2018 model and you can find a lot of people with the same problem in the internet.
Apple already replaced my screen because of that but since the repair my bluetooth was broken, so they replaced pretty much every part.
Now I have a protective microfiber cloth between the screen and keyboard.
8 views but 30 comments ok TH-cam
BTW love Alex in these videos man
The only problem is that the M1 Macbook Air will destroy it in every metric except port selection.
If the Razer Book would have 16GB/500GB/120Hz it would warrent the price uplift but not like this
8 likes? am i this early?
I just love Alex's personality! Its beatiful
69th like OHHHHH yaaaaa
"on something this size i'm not going to complain about not having a full sized SD slot"
Laughs in Thinkpad X220Tablet 12inch with its full sized SD slot, external PCIexpress slot, full sized pen slot, and removable battery grip
Zephyrus G14 is the better buy if you want a gaming laptop/productivity laptop in both looks and performance
With the keyboard. Realistically, are you going to be hitting the Q key in the upwards quatrain? It's realistic to be able hit home row keys in any quatrain, but upper keys don't need upper reinforcement, and lower keys don't need lower reinforcement.
did the editor f*ed up the tone curve... looks too greyish
Did y'all take the techlinked coloring and out it in these videos as well? Please reverse that, I didn't get an amoled screen with true blacks just to have my content have washed out grays instead of blacks. The videos looked just great the way they were before
What happened to the Golden medium between thin-and-lights and THICC heavy gaming laptops? You know, the ones that are a little over half an inch thick with full sized ethernet jacks without feeling like chonky beasts from the early 2000s.
HP FGx Series 6003821R9 Plus Ultra PRO
"Come on, guys, can't these be any simpler or easy for people to recognize?"
Razer Book 13
"Terrible name, guys, you couldn't think of anything?"
"G is a great key, you could hit G all day long"
poor G... please stop bullying G keys.
It was "J" 5:42
@@Kelocyde and I failed... I had a doubt then I tried reciting the alphabet in english to check but I still manages to fail :/ to my credit thoo in my native language, french, "J" is actually pronnonced "ji" like the first syllable in "gymnastic" but G is pronnonced well kind of like "J" in english... so it's confusing.
There is absolutely no flex
The notebook: *flexes*