![]() Switchblade includes programs for Battlefield 3, Star Wars: the Old Republic, Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2. Razer calls this combination of visual touchpad and programmable keys the “Switchblade User Interface.” One seemingly useful program turns the trackpad into a numeric keypad. When you press the Twitter key, for example, your Twitter feed appears on the display built into the trackpad, not on your main PC screen. At boot time, the keys populate with a default set of macros, which include Facebook, Twitter and Gmail keys. However, if you’re used to standard laptop touchpad placement, you’re going to spend some frustrating hours adapting to the new location.Ībove the pad are ten programmable keys, each of which is also a tiny color, 115 x 115 pixel, LCD display. Placing the trackpad on the side means you never accidentally send your cursor shooting across the screen when you type. It’s a full multi-touch trackpad supporting gesture recognition. Second, it’s not just a trackpad, but a small, 800 x 480 pixel color LCD display in its own right. First, the trackpad is not below the keyboard, but to the right, where most big laptops locate a numeric keypad. When you pop open the lid, you start to realize you’re not in Kansas anymore. ![]() The whole package, when closed, looks like the evil twin of Apple’s now-defunct 17-inch Macbook Pro. Since the Blade ships with a 17-inch, 1080p LED backlit screen, that sub-7 pound weight is actually impressively light. The Blade is built into a chassis just 0.88 inches thick, weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and an almost even 7.5 pounds with the amazingly small power brick.
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