Razer Blade 15 (2018) Laptop Preview

[Redaktion]

Max-Q in a laptop that is only 17 mm thin. The Razer Blade 15 (2018) goes all out: It is not enough for it to be the thinnest gaming laptop on the market, it also has to put a 4K screen in a 14-inch chassis. A species of Ultrabook with a Max-Q GPU and a hexa-core Coffee Lake processor?

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Razer-Blade-15-2018-Laptop-Preview.305426.0.html

[TommyJames]

Hi,
Do you have the specs on the screen brightness?
Thanks

[Anthony]

Does the keyboard have the Home, End, Pg Up, and Pg Dn keys, or at least a shortcut for them?

[SimonM]

Some questions for your full review.

• How big and heavy is the power supply?  This is a factor regarding portability
• Does the headphone jack have optical out?
• What are the viewing angles of the 4K screen?
• Is the battery user-replaceable?

As a laptop, it strikes me that actually resting it on your lap covers the intake vents.  I don't know if this common for gaming laptops given their high airflow needs, but is partial or full covering ok for general and low-power uses?

[Az]

No FHD glossy is highly disappointing.. would be an instant buy for 2-2.5k

No one on earth wants to spend 3.5k on a 4k glossy.

[Darkzero888]

NOTE THIS IS NOT A FULL REVIEW.

[Gary]

Yeah, the price is high but it doesn't matter what the price is... if the screen is glossy, who would want to buy it anyway!   

[Tiberiu Lupescu]

For the Editor: You forgot to add this laptop's results in all the charts you used for this review. I'm not seeing any performance numbers.

[IG pro]

Is it me or does Notebookcheck not answer their forum questions anymore? I am wondering if you will review the 4K panel unit

[byczakrew]

For the Editor: You forgot to add this laptop's results in all the charts you used for this review. I'm not seeing any performance numbers.

Lad, spend half a minute and read actual text between charts. This is preliminary review with gaps to be filled up.
Regarding complaints that screen is glossy - do correct me if i'm wrong - i heard every screen is glossy. They just have antiglare coat.
For surface pro 4 i bought third company matt coat. Looks great, feels much better when i'm drawing - and its replaceable.

[Matthew Evans]

Great review, but were is the photograph showing the insides, as normally you do that

[GrosseFatigue]

4K screen touch: does it come with a pen? Can one draw? As sensitive as Surface Book? This laptop is more than just for games. It is going to get the attention of video and photo editors -and artist with a sensitive pen.

[Zz1tai]

This is just a preview, no external review?

[Nicholas Winget]

Can you add a HHD into the pre existig SSD or do you need to replace the SSD with an HHD

[Avii]

When will the full review be coming out. The 60Hz model seems much better value than the areo 15 with 1060 and 8750h however I think the razer is q-max 1060 which will have slower performance. Considering I already have a 144hz monitor and the difference for 144 is 150£ Im interested to see how this stacks up against the msi gs65 and the areo 15