Razer Blade Stealth 13 Review from a MacBook user's POV
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2020
- I love my MacBook Pro! But this new 2020 Razer Blade Stealth 13 has me looking at my MacBook differently. I explain why in this review.. COME ON APPLE!!
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The Razer Blade Stealth 13 packs an Nvidia GTX 1650 TI graphics card which is really impressive for how portable this ultrabook is!
It also comes with a new 10th-Gen Intel i7 quad-core CPU, so it definitely has a lot of performance.
In this video, I take a look at the new Blade Stealth from an Apple user's perspective to see what I like and dislike about this new laptop.
I compare a few things about it to Apple's 2020 13" MacBook Pro with Four Thunderbolt 3 ports which is priced at $1800.
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What impressed you the most about the 2020 Razer Blade Stealth?
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Please could you review the ASUS G14?
Max Tech. Bro I have a problem please compare xps 13 9300 and xps 15 9500. Which is best?🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Please solve my problem
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Razer could have simply made it 16:10 to minimize the bezels
Dell xps lineup
16:10 on Blade would be impossible to do cuz there is option for 120hz FHD screen targeted mostly for gamers and most games don’t run at 16:10 and having black bezels while gaming sucks(backlight-bleed in night while gaming for example). And making 2 different displays(16:9 and 16:10) and 2 different display assembly would be expensive to produce..
@@FluxXxik I would rather have black bars while gaming than black bars all the time
@@FluxXxik more important than the letterbox in games, there are simply no 120Hz panels for sale. LCD manufacturers don't build 120Hz with 16:10 aspect ratio. It'd be nice to have a 16:10 60Hz at least as an option though.
Since RAZR is a gaming oriented laptop it is hard for them to do so.
Awesome Review! I love the distribution between A-Roll and B-Roll. Keep up the awesome work!
great review with some honest comparison! as a MBP user for the past decade, I am gonna get the Blade Pro 17 inch 4K a try :)
I honestly thought this was an Apple Fanboy channel until I saw this review. It was to the point. Great job Max. You’ve earned a like and a sub
Totally inline with what you said, this is the best video on this channel in terms of comparison
This is the first laptop i have seen whose speakers are really close to the MacBook ones.
Right? Dell can't even reach the volume of mb let alone the quality.
@@mohddanial2619 there is literally not a single laptop in the market roght now with acceptable quality speakers. Even macbook has crap speakers. The clarity is bad, frequency response too.
Basically for anyone who is really into sound quality just immediately discards laptop or phone speakers because they are literally non representative and useless and immediately go for the external quality sound system.
To me personally, if the company saves money on laptop speakers to lower the laptop cost, this is literally the best option a company can do.
@@erikcebokli9585 if you comparing macbook with other laptops, the difference is night and day. The thing is im not looking for sound system. Why is it so hard to give a decent quality speaker on Windows laptop? But razer reaching there is a good sign.
@@mohddanial2619 because there is no good laptop speakers because it is currently impossible to make speakers with such small membranes to be able to reach the critical minimum frequency response a speaker needs to reflect the sonic information of a given sound signal. It has to do with physical limitations - if not the speaker then there is the limitation of physical volume those soeakers are installed to - a laptop or a phone is not a suitable environment for speakers to be put into.
I'm not saying anything in particular but as a previous mac owner, praising macbook speakers is much the same as praising intel integrated graphics - we know it kinda works, but only kinda.
Everyone knows if you want to run games you need a stronger, dedicated gpu and it is much the same with speakers.
As a mixing engineer I simply have to dislike laptop and phone speakers as they pretty much dictate the way we mix music nowadays - everybody basically almost exclusively listens to music through cheap speakers with bad performance and we are basically forced to tend to the disability of those in particular, resulting in non optimal mixes, emphasized frequency responses in frequency areas that such speakers can handle, resulting in loss of sound clarity and an unbalanced mix.
Think about it this way - a game developer desperately needing to adjust their games graphics to look astounding on an integrated gpu, because everybody plays games on those - except that they can actually kind of pull this off as they can simply enable/disable certain gpu resource hogging options while in music you simply can't have the option of listening to the song in different mix settings unless the engineer chooses to release 5 different mix versions of the song. Imagine the confusion and reddit topics as a result. But yeah anyways, I hope you understand where I'm coming from. :)
@@erikcebokli9585 nah, you are just trying to justify your point. It don't make a difference to me. Macbook speaker can fire up the whole house at full volume. Intel integrated gpu, be it iris plus or pro, it still sucks. It just doesn't cut it. But macbook speaker cut above the rest, period. It is a laptop speaker, what do you expect it to be? A bloody sound system? Don't try to sound smart yet the reality is macbook speaker is the best among other laptops' speaker. There's nothing to debate when the product is proven to be good for its price. Stop trying to be metaphorical about speaker. When you relate it to phone speaker, intergrated gpu and game developers? Are you okay? If you have any problems please get some help. Other than that, it is you trying to be Einstein over here. Lmao
completely unrelated lol but do you know what drivers I need to install to get the Vega 48 graphics in the 27 inch iMac working in boot camp
Dude! The shirt looks awesome!! 😎😎🤗🤗
When will you guys review the new dell xps 15 9500?
Is the trackpad on this better than Surface Laptop 3? I find the Surface 3 trackpad still isn't as good as MBP.
Hey I wanted to ask if I should prefer a 120 Hz FHD screen or choose to 4K Touch Display or may be 60 Hz one???
Mine is coming next week and I'm really excited. I've wanting this PC for a very long time now
Which one did you go for? FHD 120 or 4K?
I love your review’s. Keep it up😘
This channel is pure quality, thank you for your work.
Now this video is something which I would simply call awesome.....It is the best review here
Hey max tech i really like your content
Can u make a video on macbook alternatives
I love your videos!! 😁
Please do a video on xcode performance on new mac book pro 13 inch 2020 and u can also some accesories for mac and please show. Bro: love your content. And please reply.
About the problem with the stains you van always buy a skin to protect it with that and scratches. I did the same with my asus laptop. Thin, light and good power and battery.
color accuracy and brightness?
Can you guys look at the 2020 15in razer blade base model and advanced versions and compare to 16in MacBook Pro please?
What about battery life? Which is better?
Will a dedicated graphics card really makes a difference in daily use??
And can u make a vid on macbook pro 13 vs dell xps 15??
Yes it will make a difference in video editing and or gaming
Contrary to others comments, I'd say no. But it really depends on what is "daily usage" for you.
Browsing the web, some UA-cam video? Nope, it'd be really difficult to see a difference. Editing video or photos every day? Well if your software is optimized for GPU acceleration, then yes, it'd be a huge difference when applying effects.
Please compare or tell me which one is best xps 13 9300 or xps 15 9500 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Could you please review this laptop from Ipad pro user's POV?
Could you do a comparison between the performance on MacOS and Windows 10 on MacBooks? I think this would be a good thing for all your reviews, since I’m quite sure (although I don’t have the data) that MacOS performs particularly bad on graphics (OpenGL support is terrible) and most gamers will do their gaming on Bootcamp running Windows.
Nice review
I really like your reviews, I feel you are a very underrated UA-camr
How about hackintosh that Razer Blade and run Geekbench side by side with the MacBook Pro.
Well done on the video!
The only and regular problem with Windows machines is: maintenance and support. Yes, it will work just fine and great for the first couple of years. But with the constant updates, the slower the computer will usually run and the much higher likely you'll need to call up the manufacturer or wait for them to come up with a new driver to fix the problem a Windows update caused. God forbid you upgrade to the next version of Windows.
I've been using my new 2020 13" MacBook Pro and love it. For it's intended purpose, it's perfect. It's not a machine that's going to be my sole, creative workstation for the next 5 years. But a 5+ year mobile workstation for small-medium creative needs. And for that, it's quite perfect.
The magnetic trackpat doesn't work on virtual Ubuntu machines btw. That's why laptops use normal trackpads which acts like a mouse!
Why are you not reviewing the Gigabyte Aero laptops?
Great video again, been watching you follow the Razer Blade I am sold on it. I am really torn though on the FHD 120 and the 4K touch and not because of the 4K but because of the touch screen. If they did a FHD 120 touch that would be the answer. Not a gamer but ditched / ditching Apple MacBook Pro and iMac for reasons for windows / Linux
Which did you go with and why? I’m also struggling with the option
@@robledog I went with the 4k touch screen but the early 2020 model well basically when this video was released there is now a new option I believe with updated CPU specs. I went with the 4k for the touch screen although not being out travelling I have not had much chance to use the laptop at all other than small working away from home in a coffee shop or gym. Obviously first regret is waiting till I needed a travel laptop again and waiting for the most recent model. But the question is would I do anything different between FHD 120 vs 4K, I liked the idea of having a touch screen and think I still want that option when I do get travelling again. I would also say I am 70-80% content creation vs 20-30% gaming which was another reason for the 4K
What abaout the battery life ?
Thanks for reviewing non-Apple products as well.
There are a lot of laptops you can review which is direct alternative to MacBooks like thinkpad, Spectre, XPS/precision. Please find time to do these too
Like your videos so much
What happenned above the right speaker? Is that a burn?
Steven Mosquera There is a sticker there that he removed and there is some glue left I think
Why such a small sound quality test with music which doesn’t even showcase best or bass? It’s very important factor in purchasing one
Please make a video on comparison between xps 13 9300 and xps 15 9500 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I have trouble to select one
Bro want egpu with an external monitor performance review of this version.. Please 🙏
Try install Hackintosh on this Razer and compare with Mac Book 13 ok?
Is the Razer stealth late 2019 better than the MacBook pro 13' 2020?
Better in terms of performance and price, yes. The entry level MacBook Pro 13’ uses an older 8th generation processor and has slower memory. Apple’s laptops are usually a much poorer value compared to PCs, but if you want MacOS you really don’t have a choice. In terms of durability and support, I would say Apple gets the nod over Razer though.
I like what Razer is doing. And if you've been checking out the reviews of their laptops they are clearly listening to the community. That's a big plus.
Can you do one for the razer 17 pro vs new m5600 Mac???
I was buying lower end Macs because I hated the concept of a touchbar. Caved at the beginning of this year and got the 16” MacBook Pro.... I realised I don’t even use the F1 keys and use the touch screen a bit, but it’s insanely low res though, and looks kinda cheap compared to the main screen. But I actually use it more than F keys and having a slider for brightness and volume settings is better IMO.
I’m converted to the touch bar life style.
I wish it could be specced with an amd 4x00u
I actually prefer the bottom chin, It raises the display up so I don't have to hunch down as much. I wish someone would make one that can raise the display even more.
Another great video in iambic pentameter 😝
Could you bring a mate book x pro vs mac book pro 13 comparison
Just learn windows and it's gestures. They r the same with just windows looking nicer and bring touch friendly.
Search settings>trackpad>additional settings and customize all the options. Set alt tab and Ctrl tab to 3 n 4 finger tap.
the 4k is amazingg
You are always the best.
Can you make a Students guide again for laptops
You dont got much choice there if you dont study design or computer tech.
the bezel is like crazy. so big in 2020.
I didn't expect the razer to have speakers that nearly rival the macbook
I have been a mac user for 5 years and I just bought a Razer Blade 15 over a Macbook Pro 16. No regrets. I love being able to upgrade the ram and ssd myself for half the price.
elegant machine
I suggest a skin to address the finish
What’s the battery life on the razer ?
around 6.5 hours
Very nice review on the 2020 Stealth. I've been trying to find more information about it and there aren't many reviews on it yet, although I did want to point out that the reason why Cinebench R20 has lower CPU scores is something to do with the GPU.
I own the 2019 Stealth with the 1650, and my scores were identical to that, but disabling the GPU in Device Manager caused it to spike up to 1750. For some reason in R20, when it detects the Graphics Card, the CPU locks at 15W - while the 25W version is ~1800, which explains why the 28W i5 in the Macbook Pro completely stomped all over the Stealth with CPU score.
If the GPU was disabled, that's when it would be able to show the 25W processor's potential, but it is kind of stupid that it seems to underperform in that program whenever the GPU's active, especially when it's supposed to have a higher power limit by default compared to my model.
The cpu probably lockst at 15w while the 1650 ti is turned on so it won’t overheat and melt itself.
Idk , maybe you can somehow get to bios motherboard settings when turning the laptop on and then set some settings so the cpu will still be at 25w while 1650 ti is turned on.
*NOT RECOMMENDED !*
Maybe don’t do that , you’ll put your expensive laptop at risk , because it probably will overheat. Razer probably set the cpu at 15w while 1650 ti is turned on so it won’t overheat and maybe some other issues.
@@armeniancrusader301 Which is exactly what's happened with my 1650 version too when it comes to power limit. It's kind of ridiculous to think if it's the case because a lot of the reviews and discussions about it is that it's supposed to be the 25W version. However, it performs identically to my 2019 RBS which runs at 25W when the 1650 isn't running or is disabled. It's a little misleading in that case.
This is interesting, is there a 2019 touch screen model as I was about to buy the 2020 4K but seeing this it seems there is no real benefit for that 25W CPU increase from 15W?
I don't understand why you are surprised. You could put a 45w CPU inside of the machine but it will limit itself to whatever power delivery and cooling limitations the machine has.
I'm not saying it's good because it really is a big limitation but it's indeed not surprising.
I really prefer the thinkpad keyboard which includes the track point
Scored almost the same on cinebench, only 25% less.
Agree. We need a dedicated GPU option on the 13 inch MacBook
I don’t think so, adding a gpu means smaller battery, more battery drain and higher temperature. We just need arm in MacBooks
Great compare for those who don’t do Apple.
Not sure why you would be happy about the display choices of razer. You are only left to chose a crappy 1080p or a 4k that destroys battery life. There is nothing in between giving you high refresh rates, with a higher resolution that isn’t 1080p without destroying battery life.
You also forgot to mention about the major quality issues that the razer has compared to apple or most other windows laptops
looks awsome! but does it run macos? no - than i would get windowsallergy
would swap immediate if it runs macos and would easy get updates
Can you do the cpu benchmarks again the razer blade is supposed to score higher since it has 25w tdp instead of the macbooks 15w
Hmm from the top of my head, I remember the MacBook Pro coming with a 28w CPU.
Ale Zuvic it depends on which one configuration you buy
@@federicoarcelaschi4421 yeah, sorry, I was talking about the $1800 SKU
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Find the wallpaper, then click buy license. Then click get free 1 month trial, which includes 10 free downloads. Then cancel after you download them.
Just got the 1080 stealth the other day....yeah. it's absolutely awesome.
How is it working out for you. I’m looking at the same one.
Do you edit video/photos on it?
@@2392youngmoney I still have it, and still use it every day! Photo editing, usual internet nonsense, a little casual gaming sometimes if I'm travelling. Still great, bit probably time to start looking at the blade 14 🧡
@@minimcune thanks for the reply! I’ve for this laptop for 999, really good price so I’m thinking about pulling the trigger.
I’d mainly use it for photo/video editing.
I’m also weighing up the MacBook so I’ve got decisions to make.
The 14 looks great!
As a new MacBook user I love the touch bar, and I find it very useful.
I think it's hard for old users to accept it, since changes are always hard to accept
I feel there isn't enough consideration put into the fact that some gamers prefer CPU driven games such as WoW or LoL as opposed to GPU driven games like Warzone. In the former context, the MBP performs just fine.
Still prefer the Macbook for the clean interface! Also, love your vids!!
Yes fanboy only stuff
@@ayushshah8699 No I would certainly disagree with you in this video. Max did an amazing job here by eliminating all the biasness which I feel was there in his previous videos.............and also you can't judge people based on if he/she uses a macbook or a windows PC..
And for your kind information I am a Windows guy
As long as Apple continues to make a nearly 2000$ laptop *Wich doesn’t have dedicated gpu , they could put at least something like a AMD Radeon 5300M inside of it* , I will be for razer blade stealth.
It feels great, looks great and has a lot of power inside of it. But take one look at the longevity of other Blade laptops and you will soon realize that Razer's products are garbage in the long term. I'm not hating, but PLEASE guys, look at the quality issues many people are expierencing with Razer laptops. There's a reason that other makers who care more about longevity *never* crammed so much in such a small form factor. It's not built to last.
“And once you see this chin, you can’t un-see it. And it bothers me every time I look at it” 😂
Don’t know why people hate touch bar soo much. Is it really that bad???
No it’s not bad, but it’s not necessary unless if you use photoshop or Logic Pro it’s very useful
Only display aspect ratio stops me from buying RBS13
Dell xps lineup
trickybear same for me
Where have you got that Fire background from? I really like it!
Here's the link you can find it here: bit.ly/2WNc6Qw
Macbooks need 120hz screens. My girlfriend got the Razer Blade Stealth and I game on her laptop instead of my iMac 5K. Night and day difference even for casual gaming.
Give Linux a try. I was a mac user for years. I'm running a Razer Blade Stealth with PopOS and setup my user experience to be like MacOS. Best of both worlds. I left because of the touchbar. Not a hater just as a professional I prefer the function keys too.
This is great feedback. Maybe a dual boot situation. I am going to order the 4K RBS this week. How are drivers for Linux?
I wont buy it just because of the bezel 😩
Wait for upcoming wave of 13/14inch laptops with 8 cores Ryzens that will blow away both MBP13 and RBS13
like asus g14& just go and buy it
@@4ernuy89 Asus G14 is pure gaming laptop, completely different class than both MBP and RBS. However soon we will have elitebooks and thinkpads utilitizng AMD chips. That will be huge- 13/14inch laptop with high quality build, generous port selection , fantastic keyboard and very long battery runtimes. Only one downside is lack of Thunderbolt3, but it is not important if you have enough ports to support typical workflow.
@@JBarezIFQ Check it out on Lenovo PSREF. The specs are available now (T14, T14s, T15, X13, E14, E15)
I'd like to agree with you but if history taught us anything, is that most OEMs will stick with Intel for the premium products while AMD is going to be limited to low-tier cheaper products.
@@AlejandroLZuvic - yes, OEMs are a bit in shock with surprising performance of Ryzens 4000 but both Lenovo and HP will offer Ryzens in their premium segment laptops soon. Thinkpads are now entering market, for elitebook release date is set to August. No worse screens, no screwed cooling, only lack of TB3 makes difference between Intel and AMD models. For now only thing is certain that we will not see any gaming laptops combining RTX 2070(or better) with Ryzens.
Its really revolution, 4800u is faster than i9 from macbook pro 16 and thats with 15W TDP. It can also be turning point for x86 as new ryzens are as effective as ARM processors and rich instruction set on x86 side can make huge performance difference.
Hey guys, here’s my idea for a future video: Hackintosh the Razer Stealth.
Wow - now let us talk price... At least here in Canada the Razer is not affordable at all, almost 3k before taxes. Also coil whine is a no-no because over time that coil will pop itself and is an indication of heat and power not working together. By the way, let's talk heat... Apple is getting more and more flack on that in some of the Reddit groups I am in, I see an increase of about 20% and this might be because they just renewed their line-up but in the past it has been a steady stream of this question in the MacBook Pro group. Personal experience is that I have sold my 13" after I got so sick and tired of the heat and Apple not willing to admit and to adjust anything. I have bought four of those 13" laptops in 2019 in hopes it would be related to one, two I was able to return but the other two were past the due date. I have now a 16" which is heavenly compared to the 13"
I hate the type of arrow keys on the Razer. The ones on the Macbook Pro are way better.
It runs Windoze!!! Put Mint Linux on it and maybe a Macbook Pro contender:)
Eww Linux, I tried using Linux kali and it sucks
Welp, I guess apple did take notes...
The 1650ti graphics model uses a 15w cpu.. the integrated graphics models use a 25w cpu. Thats why the macbook beats the 1650ti model in cpu related tasks
Brendan White incorrect- the 2020 RBS uses 25w CPU’s, even with the GTX 1650 Ti’s.
Dell xps models still nailed the laptops so far
Price and specs are just wonderful
And with the dell mobile app you can use your phone on your laptop
-newborn dell fanboy 😂
nick furman trackpad issues everywhere
Retina is obviously a better option than 1080p or 4k. 1080p doesn't have the clarity of a retina display. Also, 4k has an excessive amount of pixels that add zero value and have the heavy price of draining the battery.
I couldn't give this review a like because of this.
I hate how Razer designs such great laptops but the quality control and reliability of the hardware is awful. I have Razer headphones that I only got like 2 years ago and already the volume knob breaks the sound every time you touch it. They design such great stuff but then you have to watch it break. If I ever got this I'd need to get an insane warranty on it, which is sad.
So this review was exactly the same as the MacBook vs Razer blade stealth video. Lol
People tend to forget how device reliability should factor into a purchasing decision. Apple has a great reputation for making laptops that last 5+ years. Razer has an extremely poor reputation for device reliability and there are a lot of instances of the devices dying after 2 years or so (like my Razer blade stealth did). There's a reason Razer doesn't offer extended warranties and Apple does.
The MacBook pro base model costs $1400 in india and some other countries so its a waste of money
hopefully windows can make software for developers as good as mac :( I am stuck with mac because of windows shitty software
if u make MacBook remake a razer they would price is 10 000$
Dude.. You need to use one of these for a while to realize that they just don't last as long as a MacBook. Dave 2D and Linus both had Blades die on them in less than two years. LMG jokes about the poor Razor quality often.
2 years is great for a Windows laptop ;) just kidding.
That's why the MacBook is my laptop of choice.
It always sounds like you are about to start crying. Say witch your chest boy!
😂😂
apple + nvidia = win