 I've had a review unit of the Razer Blade late 2016 since launch. In fact, I bought a dozen of the first ones off the production line back in October, so I could box them up and give them out at my staff Christmas party. So why then did it take me so long to do this review? Because I was waiting for a very special blade. A one-of-a-kind signed LTT edition blade that will soon be in the hands of a very lucky winner who graciously agreed to let me showcase his beautiful prize in my review before sending it along. So here we go. Music TunnelBear is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately and enjoy a more open internet. To try TunnelBear for free, check out the link in the video description. The unboxing experience really hasn't changed a lot since the original Razer Blade 14. You get a laptop, Razer's characteristically compact 165 watt power adapter, and some papers to accidentally throw away before you remember about the earth and s***. In fact, not much has changed outwardly about the machine either, aside from the textured LTT design by Ed, which you won't find on the one that you buy at the store anyway. It still rocks a normal, non-magnetized power cord. It's f***ing magnetized! Hint, hint, Razer. To go with its three USB 3 ports, audio jack, Thunderbolt 3 port, and HDMI port, and like, it basically looks like the same damn computer. Still with the black, still with the rubber feet, still with the dime thickness, and still with the bright green Razer logo on the back that causes gamers to rush the stands, and professionals to refuse to go into meetings with their laptops because they're too embarrassed. Even most of the key specs are the same. CPU, same. RAM, same. Battery, same. Though, the maximum NVMe SSD size got doubled to 1 terabyte, and the GTX 970M from last gen has been bumped to a GTX 1060, which means the newest Blade is a very capable little VR machine, and that both the Thunderbolt and HDMI port can handle 4K 60Hz now. Not that a 1060 will run most games at 4K 60 frames per second anyway, which is where my favorite difference from the last gen comes in. The Blade is now available with a glass-topped 3200x1800 touchscreen, or a matte 1920x1080 non-touchscreen that's cheaper, saves a little battery, avoids any issues with poor resolution scaling in Windows, and translates to up to double the frame rate in games. Now, obviously, you can turn down the touchscreen model to 1080p, but then you're dealing with interpolation instead of a crisp native resolution image. And for me personally, the difference in sharpness has a much, much smaller impact on my gaming experience than the massive difference in frame rates that make animations on the 1080p late 2016 two to three times faster than other Blades. I mean, sure, a Razer Core upgrade would boost performance as well, but that thing's like 500 bucks plus a video card. So, it got some upgrades, but many of the complaints from previous Blades do still exist. They run hot, interestingly, the higher frame rates of the 1080p model puts more strain on the CPU while gaming, they are loud when you're pushing them hard, and the input lag on the mere 60Hz display with no G-Sync is far from the best I've seen on what is purportedly a gaming notebook. With that said, the webcam is still pretty good, even if it hasn't improved much, if at all. The trackpad took a major leap forward in responsiveness and acceleration curve tuning in both 2016 models, and the keyboard thankfully bears no resemblance whatsoever to the one in the higher-end Blade Pro. It's one of my favorite laptop keyboards ever, in spite of the lack of illumination of the secondary functions, a downgrade from the 2015 model that seems to have been born from a desire for RGB backlighting, and one that bothers me pretty much every day. So on the surface, then, not a lot has changed, even going back a few generations. But when you look closer, Razer has been absolutely refining the experience with the improvement to surface temperatures of the device during use being one of the most noticeable day-to-day. And while the Blade has been good enough for a while for me to use as a work-first, game-second kind of person, it wasn't until this generation that it was good enough for me to spend real money on it, dropping over $25,000 US dollars on these machines for my entire staff. So, in spite of the very small improvements, do I think the Blade late 2016 is the best Blade yet? You're damn right I do. Let's just hope that they don't trash the 2017 model by putting that awful keyboard from the Blade Pro on it. Or the next time my employees get new computers, they might be from Apple. Okay, so you run your own business, let's say. You got, you know, invoices you gotta send, expenses you gotta track, and hours you've gotta somehow not only track, but also manage. How do you do all that stuff? FreshBooks. 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