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Features and app availability may vary by region. The Blade isn’t a bad gaming machine by any stretch, but it seems to have sacrificed true gaming horsepower so it can have a sleek, truly portable, ultrabook design.Screens simulated. If you only play the occasional triple-A title that generally appears on OS X, and mainly stick to games likely to appear in the multi-platform Humble Indie Bundles, the MacBook Pro would appear to be the better choice for the Retina display and the non-obnoxious touchpad alone.īoth laptops are so similar (at least until the inevitable MacBook Pro refresh), though, that all it really comes down to is the choice between a Retina display or a notch higher in the graphics settings of triple-A games, and how likely you are to frequently play games only available on the Windows platform. Though the Blade doesn’t exactly compare to a top-tier gaming rig, if you play top-of-the-line games very frequently, the mere combination of the stronger graphics card and Windows platform ( especially when Windows 8.1 releases) makes it the better choice. Ultimately, since the laptops are so similar in design, specs, and pricing, the question of which laptop to purchase comes down to your gaming habits.īoth will perform all of your everyday functions just fine - whether that’s morphing into a Netflix hub or acting as your spreadsheet machine. If the Blade’s screen wasn’t below average, the Pro’s Retina screen would still be significantly better. That means the Blade has better graphics for $200 less, but the Pro has a slightly bigger and much better display. However, if you upgrade your Blade’s 128GB SSD to the Pro’s baseline SSD size of 256GB, that increases the price to $1999. The baseline model of the Blade is $1799, while the baseline model of the 15-inch Retina Pro is $2199. The only real differences - especially when the MacBook Pro gets upgraded parts sometime soon due to its annual refresh - are the stronger graphics card in the Blade, the much better screen in the Pro, and of course, the pricing.

The viewing angles are also not ideal - if you sneeze, you’ll likely have lost your sweet spot and have to readjust either your position or the screen. It’s difficult to downgrade from a Retina-class display once you’re used to it it’s almost like going back to standard definition from HD, and for a gaming laptop, you want as crisp a picture as possible. The Blade’s 14-inch non-Retina-class display is disappointing. The 15-inch Retina display on the MacBook Pro is gorgeous, and though not an IPS display, the viewing angles don’t mind if you slouch or hunch at your desk.

Aside from minimal spec differences, and superficial aspects such as the different color schemes, the most glaring disparity between the MacBook Pro and the Razer Blade are the screens.