Razer preps for Blade pre-orders

PCMag reports.

According to a recent post by Kotaku, the Razer Blade has already landed in the laps of a few "selected friends and game publishing CEOs".

"Prior to the announcement of the Razer Blade, we had to deal with sceptical component suppliers who were convinced that no one wanted a well-designed gaming laptop - and that all the users cared about were cheap and mass-produced laptops. To convince them to supply us, we offered a premium over their listed prices for the components," Hot Hardware quotes Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan as saying.

"After the announcement of the Razer Blade, they were floored with the response from the press and the community and we managed to negotiate a price down for the components. We were able to convince them to bring the cost down and with the cost savings; we decided to upgrade the 320GB HDD to a 256 SSD drive," Tan added.

Ubergizmo adds that the Razer Blade will feature a 2.8GHz Intel Core i7 2640M processor and 8GB 1 333MHz DDR3 memory.

The Razer Blade will cost $2 799.99 when it goes on sale.