Razer's Blade game laptop not the mini Switchblade we've been waiting for
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20097845-1/razers-blade-game-laptop-not-the-mini-switchblade-weve-been-waiting-for/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=image"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/08/26/razer_blade_gaming_laptop_11_700x500.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> <span class="image-credit">(Credit: Razer)</span> <p>Following its "<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20095505-1/razer-says-pc-gaming-not-dead-ahead-of-aug-26-reveal/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed" >PC gaming is not dead</a>" ad campaign, Razer has officially unveiled its first foray into system-building. The new product, teased in a full-page ad Razer ran in the Wall Street Journal on August 22, is the Razer Blade, which the company describes as a "full aluminum chassis gaming laptop featuring true portability, incredible performance, and an all-new revolutionary user interface."</p> <h4><a href="/2300-3121_7-10009167-1.html">Razer Blade gaming laptop (photos)</a> </h4> <a href="/2300-3121_7-10009167-1.html"></a> <a href="/2300-3121_7-10009167-2.html"></a> <a href="/2300-3121_7-10009167-3.html"></a> <a href="/2300-3121_7-10009167-4.html"></a> <a href="/2300-3121_7-10009167-5.html"></a> <p>This is surprising in a way, not because a mouse-and-keyboard maker is getting into the business of making and selling laptops, but because we were hoping the mystery product was the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-6501_7-10006228.html?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed" >pocket-size Switchblade</a>, a curious <a href="http://ces.cnet.com/razer-reveals-switchblade?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed" >handheld prototype </a>we saw and <a href="http://cnettv.cnet.com/razer-switchblade/9742-1_53-50098461.html?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=embed" >played with at CES 2011</a>.</p> <p>Instead, this is a 17-inch gaming laptop, although Razer claims it will be only 0.88 inch thick and weigh under 7 pou... <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20097845-1/razers-blade-game-laptop-not-the-mini-switchblade-weve-been-waiting-for/?part=rss&subj=latest-news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/G60H7fsSng0" height="1" width="1"/> [More]