![]() The Mercury finish is undoubtedly easy on the eyes during these early impressions, all completed by the classic triple-headed serpent Razer logo in a reflective tone-on-tone print on the lid and no signs of unreasonable flex down to its sides. At least there's no danger of the Blade 14 accidentally being opened inside a travel case, keeping the display and a built-in 1080p IR webcam safe from accidental damage during transport. ![]() You can open the lid with a single finger, but the hinge is rigid enough to require reasonable effort. Weighing in at 1.85kg by my estimations, it's ever-so-slightly over its specs but by no means heavy, considering it was milled from a block of aluminum and jammed full of air-cooling. Its 'Vapor Chamber' cooling system is primarily visible from the underside, wrapped in honeycomb grills and thick vents along the hinge, with even the exact fan positions echoing those of its enormous Blade 18 sibling. Thankfully, Razer still clearly understands the importance of controlling temperatures in gaming laptops. (Image credit: Daniel Rubino | Windows Central) Underneath, the vent layout is incredibly similar to its gigantic Blade 18 sibling. The space for side-mounted speakers is understandably reduced, given the more compact nature of a 14-inch laptop, but the RGB keyboard and massive, precision glass touchpad remain intact. For its design, the Blade 14 looks almost like someone shrank the gigantic Razer Blade 18 in a hot wash. That's not to say Razer gaming laptops are otherwise ugly, more that it's still unusual to see their hardware wrapped in anything but black and acid green. Still, this alternative aesthetic could help the Blade 14 Mercury Edition appeal to its secondary crowd: creators. It takes a lot of grit not to compare it to a MacBook Pro 14-inch (via iMore) since they couldn't be further apart regarding a target audience. ![]() The silver chassis causes a much stronger contrast against the black keyboard but otherwise looks unusually fantastic for a Razer gaming laptop. Naturally, the most striking design element here is the Mercury color scheme. Heavier than it looks, but it doesn't get much more travel-friendly with such a compact chassis. Vapor Chamber cooling solution alongside Windows 11 with companion apps pre-installed. Nevertheless, whichever Blade 14 you select, you'll always get 1TB of solid-state storage, per-key RGB on the keyboard, and Razer's Since I'm specifically looking into the Razer Blade 14 (2023) in Mercury, you'll be spending $2,799.99 at Razer at MSRP, with seasonal discounts or special events bringing the cost down. There is a cost increase if you select the Mercury color scheme, but you can configure a black model at its most basic for $2,399.99 at Razer. This review focuses on the newly-refreshed Razer Blade (2023) model, which features an AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS CPU with 16GB (black) or 32GB (Mercury) of DDR5-5600 RAM (upgradeable to 64GB,) configurable with either NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (black) or RTX 4070 (Mercury) laptop GPUs and a 240 Hz QHD+ panel. At its most basic configuration, the Razer Blade 14 (2022) is available for $1,799.99 at Razer (with a 10% discount at the time of writing) with options for free delivery. Separated by their manufacturing year, the previous-generation 2022 model features an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU with 16GB of DDR5-4800 RAM, configurable with up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU and an FHD 144Hz or QHD 165Hz screen.
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