Im having a love/hate relationship with the Razer Blade 16 right now.
Theres so much to love about this system.
And then theres the hate.
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The audio could use some work.
With a six speaker system, I was expecting a much louder performance.
But with an all-metal chassis, its a losing battle.
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And naturally, the battery life is short lived whether youre working or gaming.
But the biggest offender is the price.
I get that its a premium gaming laptop, but damn, that price is eye watering.
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I stand behind the claim that the Blade is the gamersMacBook Pro.
The Blade 16 (4.6 pounds) currently holds the title of the thinnest Blade ever at 0.59 inches.
The notebook is 30% smaller and 15% lighter than its predecessor.
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Its slimmer than the MacBook Pro 16 (0.61 inches).
But theres a beast beneath that beautiful chassis.
The Blade 16 has a Nvidia GeForce 5090 GPU under the hood.
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Built off Nvidias Blackwell architecture, the chip is designed for both power efficiency and AI neural rendering.
One of AMDs new Strix Point processors, the chip is designed for thin-and-light laptops.
Batch resizing large caches of photos was a breeze as was cutting together video.
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Whether I watchedSakamoto Days,Paradise, orFound, the contrasts and colors were excellent.
Its also great for photo and video editing.
However, with all the power the Blade 16 wields, theres got to be a weakness.
And like most gaming laptops, the Achilles Heel lies in the battery life.
with the display set to 50% brightness and the 90Whr battery only lasted 3 hours and 36 minutes.
The time dropped to 1:24 on the gaming test.
And what I could hear while gaming wasnt impressive.
Similar to the MacBook Pro 16, the Blade 16 has six speakers and a smart AMP.
It also has spatial audio care of THX.
And the bass is all but non-existent even with the four audio presets.
Its disappointing, but its not something a good gaming headset cant fix.
So yes, the battery life is fleeting, but thats to be expected with a gaming laptop!
Theyre all bad at battery life!
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