That 67 grams of actuation is seriously a godsend, considering the keys only have 0.8 millimeters of travel (1.5mm is our minimum).Īnd like any self-respecting Razer Blade, the Stealth is awash with beautiful Chroma lighting. I usually ding Razer for their shallow keyboards, but the Stealth has just enough pop for a comfortable, springy experience. That considerably showed my typing, dropping my final score to 55 words per minute on the 10fastfingers typing test. I would have rather Razer hadn't included the arrow keys than gone with these shrimpy keys that forced me to be a lot more deliberate with my keystrokes.
I was immediately peeved at the Right Shift, Enter and Backspace keys, which are entirely too short on the island-style keyboard. The keyboard on the Razer Blade Stealth is a head-scratcher.
But like most laptops this size, it lacked the thump necessary to correct produce the low-end, even with the Dolby Atmos software enabled. The snares, hi-hats and bass guitar were nice and clear on "I Like That," providing the perfect backdrop for the artist's lilting soprano and rich alto. Packing four speakers and a smart amplifier, the Stealth easily filled our test space with Janelle Monae's gender-fluid, afro-futuristic melodies. Itty, bitty speakers, surprisingly big sound. In fact, the bezels are 60 percent thinner than its predecessor.
But the MateBook Pro proved to be the most scintillating at 458 nits.Īnd a hurrah is definitely in order for the Stealth's bezels, which are getting slimmer with every iteration. When we measured for brightness, the Stealth averaged 346 nits, which is better than the Surface Laptop 2 (321 nits) and the 320-nit average. MORE: Laptops with the Best Display Brightness The MateBook X was only slightly more vivid at 124 percent while the Surface Laptop 2 was hands down the most vivacious at 176 percent. The display can reproduce 120 percent of the sRGB gamut, just beating the 117-percent achieved by the XPS 13 and the premium laptop average. The Stealth's 13.3-inch, 1920 x 1080 screen is bright and vivacious despite its matte, anti-glare coating. The detail was sharp enough that you could see the wind blowing through their locs. The protagonist's red ceremony garb seemed to radiate off the screen as they unleashed powerful attacks upon their foes. Playing Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan was a colorful cavalcade of action.