Razer is the "Cutting" Edge of Portable Gaming

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So today were going to discuss some hardware from one of my favorite companies, Razer. Razer has created a much hyped (with good reason) gaming PC, that they say is the "World's First Gaming Laptop", The Razerblade. They have also created two concept pieces of hardware that are more finished than concept, The Switchblade and Project Fiona, which were both Best of CES winners, the Switchblade in 2011 and Project Fiona this year. Both embody what a real portable gaming machine should be.

The Razerblade is a beautifully crafted machine. Its comes equipped with 8 GB of Ram with a i7 processor, a 2 GB GeForce GT video card, with all the graphics presented on a 17.3" full-HD screen, it's also extremely light for a gaming laptop, weighing at just under 7 lbs, but by far one of the coolest features is the Razerblade UI (user interface) using what they call adaptive key technology. On the right side of the keyboard is the trackpad that doubles as a second screen that displays game info when you use a mouse. Above that are 10 programmable buttons that can be used to with specific games, like World of Warcraft, or with any other game. You can even program different skills and macros on all 10 buttons! This allows for a highly customized user experience that can be different for every end user. This powerful machine will have no troubles running even the most resource taxing PC games.

Razerblade Youtube Video

The Switchblade takes the Razerblade UI and turns it on its head, in a good way! The Switchblade uses the same adaptive key technology and transfers gaming buttons and commands directly to the entire keyboard. This changes things immensely, but the really cool thing about it is that the PC does this intelligently on its own. Of course you can change the UI to better reflect your play style (My wife would benefit from this greatly, can you say left handed controls by default!), but the UI is kind of like an AI in this respect. Another interesting feature is the lack of a trackpad, but this seems to be negated by the hyper-sensitive 7" touchscreen HD display. This might take some getting used to, but I have no doubt that this will make the Switchblade the next huge evolutionary step in ultra-portable gaming machines. The Ram and the graphics card haven't been specified yet, but it's shipping with an Intel Atom Z690 Oaktrail processor that only supports up to 2 GB of Ram maximum, even though this might change in the future.

Switchblade Youtube Video

Finally, we come to Project Fiona. Fiona is a gaming tablet that brings some console and PC like elements to a 10" tablet. Well documented info is hard to come by with this tablet, but a few things we know it are that it has two controllers, one on each side, both with force feedback. It has an integrated gyroscope, magnetometer, and accelerometer to allow motion based gaming. Amazingly, it also allows gaming with a traditional keyboard and mouse that use a special attachment or are used via Bluetooth.  Concerning other pieces hardware, we now know that it is running an i7 Ivy Bridge processor and has Dolby 7.1 surround sound built into it. Another addition is the custom UI that was built from the ground up for this tablet.

Project Fiona Youtube Video

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