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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin.

  • This is the 2019 Razer Blade Stealth,

  • and it might just be my perfect laptop.

  • What I've been looking for is a thin, light 13-inch laptop

  • which has a quad-core processor,

  • dedicated graphics, and decent build quality.

  • Now the closest to something like that I've found

  • would be the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar,

  • but at $1,800, it still lacks those dedicated graphics.

  • Fast forward to 2019, though,

  • and we have the Razer Blade Stealth

  • with pretty much everything I've ever dreamed of.

  • - It's a 2019, it says the 2019 Razer Blade, it counts.

  • Razer have been making the Blade Stealth

  • for a few years at this point,

  • and while they steadily tweaked the design

  • as well as improved the performance,

  • it's still been an Ultrabook and not a gaming PC.

  • Sure, you could plug in a Razer Core with the external GPU

  • and be able to get some decent game performance,

  • but up until the 2018 model,

  • you were still limited to dual-core,

  • and it just wasn't quite the full package,

  • whereas this guy can game right out of the box

  • because it does have those dedicated graphics.

  • The base model does still come

  • with Intel integrated graphics,

  • but if you opt for the mid-spec or higher,

  • you do get the NVIDIA MX150 inside.

  • Of course you're not going to blow away

  • the 15-inch Blade as far as gaming performance goes,

  • but it is a huge step up

  • over just having integrated graphics.

  • Not only does it unlock a fair bit of gaming

  • as well as some video editing,

  • but, importantly, this is not the standard MX150.

  • It is the higher 25-watt TDP version

  • which does come with four gigs of GDDR5 memory.

  • For example, Fortnite is no problem.

  • We're easily able to play at 1080p Medium here,

  • and we're getting anywhere between

  • 45 to 60 frames per second.

  • Black Ops 4 is also totally playable here at 1080p on Low.

  • Now the framerate's pretty solid.

  • We're getting 45 to 50.

  • If it was me, I would sacrifice

  • just a little bit of resolution

  • to smooth it out and get a solid locked 60,

  • but it is totally playable.

  • The Stealth has also been updated

  • with the latest Whiskey Lake processors.

  • In this case, the only option is the Core i7 8650u.

  • 8660, 8565u.

  • It's the new one!

  • It's the one that boosts, like, 4.6 gigahertz.

  • So on top of it being a quad-core processor,

  • the nice thing here is that we actually have

  • that extra turbo boost speed

  • to make it feel very responsive.

  • Now I've taken a look at a lot of laptops lately,

  • and some of them do feel a little bit slower

  • when they don't quite boost as high,

  • but this feels just as fast as pretty much

  • any kind of gaming PC that I would try

  • For normal web browsing and stuff

  • that you do every single day.

  • This mid-spec model I have here

  • is outfitted with 16 gigs of dual-channel memory,

  • and that's backed up by a 256-gig NVMe drive,

  • which is really quite fast.

  • Put it all together, and if I was building

  • my dream 13-inch laptop,

  • this is pretty much what I would choose:

  • a great CPU, decent GPU speeds,

  • as well as the rest of the specs

  • all wrapped up in a nice aluminum package.

  • The entire design is new this year,

  • so this means that we have smaller bezels,

  • which means that the entire laptop

  • is a little bit less wide.

  • It's also got a more squared-off design,

  • and it's all, of course, made out of

  • this matte black aluminum.

  • I think not only does it look nice,

  • but importantly it also feels nice.

  • Part of the reason that it feels so good

  • is because it does start life as a giant chunk of aluminum

  • which is then CNC milled down

  • to the actual body that we have here.

  • Razer is one of the very few companies who does this

  • in addition to Apple, and it does make a difference

  • to the build quality and just the general heft and,

  • you know, not heft, I guess, but the general feel.

  • Like, it's a very rigid sort of premium-feeling laptop.

  • The only slight issue is that with my pre-production unit,

  • there is a little bit of flex on the bottom of the chassis.

  • However, I actually did get to take a look

  • at another Blade Stealth and that didn't have this problem,

  • so I'm assuming it's just an early issue.

  • Remove a few torque screws on the bottom,

  • and you have easy access to the internals of the laptop.

  • There's not a lot that you can work on here.

  • The SSD is user-upgradeable if you would like.

  • Unfortunately, the RAM is soldered down,

  • but it is actually a really nice little design here,

  • and importantly you can see

  • they have completely redesigned the thermal solution,

  • mostly because, you know, they added a full GPU inside,

  • so we've got two fans.

  • There's also a decently-sized 53-watt hour battery,

  • and that's good in my experience

  • for somewhere between six to seven hours of battery life.

  • I just realized, why does this say Pro in the inside?

  • This, like, a prototype?

  • Oh, oh, yeah, it actually is a prototype. (laughing)

  • What could Pro mean?

  • Oh, right, 'cause they sent me a pre-production unit.

  • The ports have also been slightly tweaked.

  • In addition to the Thunderbolt 3 port and two USB-As,

  • we also now have a secondary USB-C port as opposed to HDMI.

  • Good stuff.

  • Then there's the screen.

  • Now on paper, this is actually a downgrade.

  • So we're going from an 1800p touchscreen

  • down to a 1080p non-touch display.

  • I actually prefer this, though,

  • and a big reason is battery life,

  • so going down to 1080p means

  • we have to push a lot less pixels, and on top of that,

  • it's one of the new ultra-efficient 1 1/2-watt panels,

  • which helps to contribute to that pretty decent

  • six to seven hours of battery life.

  • Now if you do really want a touchscreen and more resolution,

  • there is a 4K touch panel option.

  • As far as I'm concerned, this is the sweet spot.

  • It's helped by excellent inputs,

  • so not only do we have a Windows Precision Touchpad here,

  • but I don't know what kind of wizardry Razer's doing,

  • this is among the nicest

  • I've ever tried on any Windows laptop.

  • Not only does it have a very smooth glass surface,

  • but the tracking is really, really on par

  • with a lot of the best laptops on the market.

  • Then there's the keyboard.

  • Now it is using custom Razer switches, and to my tastes,

  • I wish it would be just a little bit lighter,

  • but I think a lot of people will be very happy

  • not only for typing but also with gaming on this guy.

  • And, of course, it does have the full Chroma RGB support

  • to customize it however you want.

  • - Play Fallout, you know what I'm talking about.

  • A bunch of birds are getting lit on fire

  • as they fly through the sky!

  • - The speakers are also great.

  • This actually has a quad speaker setup,

  • so it has a pair of two-watt speakers on either side.

  • And as far as the laptop goes, again, it sounds really good.

  • Are you sensing a trend here?

  • The Razer Blade Stealth

  • does a lot of things very, very well.

  • What's not so great is the webcam.

  • As you guys can see, it's fine, and it is 720p,

  • but the main issue here is that the Windows Hello support

  • which is included just doesn't work all that reliably.

  • It's rare that I review a laptop

  • that does so much right.

  • Razer definitely did their homework

  • with the Blade Stealth this year.

  • The only thing I can really ding them for is price.

  • To get that MX150, which you really should opt for

  • if you do have the Razer Blade Stealth,

  • you have to get the mid-spec model,

  • which does come in at a pretty expensive $1,600.

  • Considering the entire package, though,

  • it's so dope that I really can't even complain.

  • It's so dope, I can't complain.

  • That's a tagline for the website.

  • Razer, if you want to put that on the accolades.

  • It's so dope, I can't complain, Austin, 2018, feel free.

- Hey guys, this is Austin.

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