Razer cuts through with world’s thinnest gaming notebook

The recent announcement of Razer’s latest gaming laptop boasts of a 0.66-inch thin body packed with a 14-inch HD+ screen, Intel’s next-generation (Haswell) quad-core i7, and a powerful recently-announced NVIDIA GTX 765M. Currently the thinnest gaming rig in the world, the new Razer Blade has the potential to take gaming and mobility to a new level.

With its 14-inch LED-backlit HD+ display and a full-size backlit gaming keyboard, gamers might want to take this as an alternative to other traditional desktop replacements today. Its gaming grade trackpad which offers multi-touch gesture support and the keyboard’s programmable keys powered by Synapse 2.0 makes the Blade a great gaming asset. The package also comes with a Dolby Home Theatre v4 for an immersive and cinematic sound experience.

What makes the Blade cutting edge is its thin form factor and, surprisingly, the power that it conceals inside, the 4th gen Intel Core processor and the NVIDIA GTX 765M. These powerhouse processing units, combined with an 8 GB 1600Mhz DDR3L memory and a standard 128 GB solid state storage (with options for a 256 GB or a 512 GB SSD) makes this gaming notebook efficient enough for mobility and quality gaming experience.

Currently clocking at 6 hours of battery life, this ultra-portable device can satisfy hours of gaming sessions in desired venues. Its wireless networking adapter, the Qualcomm Killer Wireless-N, boasts of 5 times the networking speed of its closest competition.

For those who desire to have gaming quickies and quest run-throughs anytime, anywhere, the Razer Blade just might be the one to cut through your daily routines. Without performance compromise, the Blade would definitely be a frontrunner in power-per-cubic-inch machine options for those who aim to extend their quality gaming experience wherever they are.

For more information about the Razer Blade, visit www.razerzone.com/blade.

Razer cuts through with world’s thinnest gaming notebook

Despite Unauthorized Coupon Usage, Razer UK Decides to Honor Gamer Purchases

Now here’s an interesting story that every company in the world can pick something or two from.

A week ago, an unauthorized 90% coupon code for the UK Razerzone Store went viral (it was apparently a dummy code left behind by a third party to test the site’s functionality). And as with everything that goes viral, Razer UK was completely overwhelmed with orders by people chancing upon an almost-free deal.

Here’s the best part: Razer CEO, Min-Liang Tan, decided to honor almost all the purchases that used the 90% off unauthorized code. Here’s what he said on his Facebook page:

A few days ago, a coupon code that provided a discount of 90% off Razer products at our UK Razerzone store went viral and thousands of orders were placed in the space of a couple of hours. This coupon code was NOT authorized nor approved by Razer and was generated by a third party to test our shopping cart (and left in our system unknown to us till now). When we discovered this, we had to shut down our site for a bit until we figured out what was going on.

While we have the option of cancelling the orders legally, we’ve always had a customer comes first policy at Razer and in respect of this incident, we have decided to honor the orders that were placed using the unauthorized code by Razer fans buying single products for their own use. Unfortunately, as the products are being sold well below their cost, it will likely cost us an insane amount of losses to make good on the orders which will really really hurt us as we’re still a small company – that much said, we want to do right by the community. For orders in the multiples of units for a single product, we will still give each an opportunity to purchase one item of each product ordered at the 90% off discount but not for multiple units of the same product. Our focus is on doing the right thing for our fans, the gamers and the community, not for resellers or users to profit from this. That’s not gaming, that’s not our deal.

So that’s the plan. It’s going to take a few weeks (and up to a few months in certain cases) to get all these orders processed and shipped—a lot of stuff was already back-ordered due to high demand—and we ask that customers please bear with us. We apologize to anyone miffed or confused by this week’s happenings in the U.K., we appreciate everyone’s patience, and we thank all of our customers for their support. Game on…

This is not an Onion article. This is, in fact, very true. Razer UK stands to lose an insane amount of money by deciding to honor the said purchases, but they stuck to their guns and got out of their way to be the best company ever…this year.

Personally I’d wish to see this company prosper and become a giant in a few years time, provided they maintain this positivity. Heck, they could’ve cancelled all the orders legally for all I care, because it’s their right, but they didn’t, and I salute them for that. Hopefully Razer Philippines carries the same values.

Game on Razer. Game on.

Despite Unauthorized Coupon Usage, Razer UK Decides to Honor Gamer Purchases