Razer Unveils High-End Gaming Tablet

adeelarshad82 writes "A year after Razer tantalized us all with a concept device codenamed Project Fiona, the company has unveiled the Razer Edge, the world's first tablet designed exclusively for high-end gaming. With the help of crowdsourcing endeavor of tapping into Razer's fanbase for input on everything from chipset to physical dimensions, 'Project Fiona' has morphed from concept to full-blown reality. The Razer Edge is a 10.1-inch device which weighs a shade under 2 pounds and measures 0.8-inches thick. The device comes in two models: Base and Pro. The Base model sports an Intel Core i5 CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 64GB SSD, whereas the Pro comes configured with a beefier Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB RAM, and the option for either a 128GB or 256GB SSD. Both models feature a USB 3.0 port, and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, and both run on a full version of Windows 8 with Intel architecture, in turn allowing PC games to run natively on the Edge without the need to be ported or optimized."

Comments

The problem isn't looks.

[Macthorpe]

Battery life - 4 minutes.

Relevant Penny Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/09/16

The answer to a question no one asked?

[crazyjj]

Hey, why doesn't someone make a gaming PC, but without all the pesky mouse and keyboard to get in the way?

Re:The answer to a question no one asked?

[HeckRuler]

uuuuhhhhh, a tablet can't fit in a backpack? How about a smartphone you can fit in your pocket. The issue is not the form factor of the computer, they're (more or less) powerful enough and plenty small enough. The issue is not the connectivity, bluetooth and wifi can connect it to peripherals and the internet.

It's the goggles. They do nothing.

Games?

[DoofusOfDeath]

So what games to you play on a high-end gaming tablet? " Insanely Incandescently Pissed-off birds"?

Nah! You just need an addon...

[DarthVain]

Mobile Power Unit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_generator

Re:So it's a laptop?

[oodaloop]

They don't mention if it's a touchscreen, that would be the only advantage.

Uh, yeah. It's a non-touch screen tablet. Basically a thousand-dollar hand-held monitor with no built-in interface except for the power button and volume control. It's amazing it took this long for someone to come up with the idea.