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Razer Unveils High-End Gaming Tablet

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-is-now-a-thing-that-exists dept.

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."

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  1. The problem isn't looks. by Macthorpe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Battery life - 4 minutes.

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

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    1. Re:The problem isn't looks. by Baloroth · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Battery life and cost. The damned thing is $999. I can buy quite a decent laptop for that, with similar or better specs, better battery life, and a lot more usability (since it's an actual laptop).

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    2. Re:The problem isn't looks. by dnahelicase · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Yet another poorly thought out tablet aimed at cashing in on the market. The problem is it seems to be aimed at "hardcore gamers", which rarely ends well. Most of us already have tablets to browse & play touch based games, so I don't see what this will add other than a hole in your bank account.

      This one actually had a lot of input from the market it is aiming for.

      Since when does hardware aimed at hardcore gamers rarely end well? Razer does alright at that. I would not like using a Razer Naga Epic here at work, but I don't want anything else for an MMO at home.

      This has some features not available in any other form, and for that reason I think it could sell. A full PC in a tablet size that has several input configurations (making it like a laptop, a tablet, or a gameboy-style device) and two different ways to hang on an additional, removable battery. It's pretty nice for the market and the purpose it was designed.

      If you aren't a hardcore gamer, why would you think you would like it, if it was being made for you to play your basic tablet touch-based games?

  2. Only 128GB or 256GB SSD options? by VGPowerlord · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Games tend to be particularly oinky for disk space... newer "big budget" games seem to be around 12 GiB (12.88GB) standard a piece these days.

    Also, how big is Windows 8?

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  3. The answer to a question no one asked? by crazyjj · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    1. Re:The answer to a question no one asked? by HeckRuler · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

  4. Re:Integration of controller a great idea by poetmatt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    uh, no. It's already on a platform - windows. The concept of having handles on a tablet is not new, alternate, or creative. It's incredibly retarded. Which isn't exactly a surprise that Razer doesn't understand the market anymore after their response to the "you must have your mouse connected to the internet" problems of a few weeks ago. This is a shit product, at a shit price, with shit design. I'd be surprised if they sell at all, considering a $999 price tag. That's even more than surface's crazy price in the first place.

    Razer has no idea what they're doing - they keep wanting to foray into gaming, but they really should just double down on making great mice and keyboards instead of these continual failure products. First they had that "gaming laptop" thing which was crap, now this.

  5. Games? by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  6. Nah! You just need an addon... by DarthVain · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  7. God, you're a grumpy bunch. by goldcd · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's just something a bit different.
    An option we'll all shortly have, we didn't have before.
    Of course it's not going to be wanted by 99% of us - but surely you can find it in your heart to be glad that somebody out there is at least trying to innovate.
    Razer, who were previously just an accessory maker of random gaming bits actually seem to be trying to push the boundary and putting some investment into creating interesting products - and then actually bringing them to market.

    Full Disclosure: I own one of their mouse-mats - and it's the finest mouse mat I've ever seen/used.