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Why my favorite MacBook Pro alternative is this Windows laptop with a striking design


The Razer Blade 14 (2025) sacrifices some raw power for an ultra-slim, travel-friendly build - easily one of the thinnest gaming laptops I've used.

There are a handful of differences between these two laptops, however, with the Blade 14 trading a little bit of that power for its svelte form factor, opening up a use case as a device that's equally capable on the Steam dashboard as it is in the office. Razer scaled things back with the Blade 14 for a capable machine that errs on the side of battery efficiency, rather than trying to strongarm performance with heavy hardware. The Razer Synapse app acts as the device's dashboard for controlling everything from performance modes to overclocking to at-a-glance metrics like operating temps and CPU usage.

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