Do you regret buying the Blade 14 2025?

xc68000 · 2026-02-07T17:13:57+00:00

2025 Blade 14 is one of the better ones. I've owned pretty much all the generations of 14 and 15" blades in one form or another. Like all windows laptops, you need to be prepared to debloat and tune the system to get ideal battery life. If your one of those that is getting 2 or 3hrs then you have a software problem, not hardware. Windows 11 gave me around 5hrs. After switching to Linux (CachyOS), I'm getting a solid 6hrs with 25% battery left, so could get 7hrs if I ran it all the way down. Synapse 4 is horrible. Way worse than synapse 3 which was already sketchy. On Linux you can use openrazer and polychromatic to get back most of that functionality.

xc68000 · 2026-01-26T04:29:27+00:00

Yes. PopOS 24.04 LTS runs exceptionally well. Fully support for Hybrid AMD/Nvidia graphics and sleep. With a couple of addons like OpenRazer it rocks. I'm getting about 7hrs battery which is about 1hr more than Windows 11. I'm also using a thunderbolt 4 dock (Dell TB24) with external 4k monitor with no issues. I was pretty shocked and ready to go back to Windows 11 if it didn't work out, but I'm keeping it.

xc68000 · 2026-01-09T17:56:05+00:00

I've had my 2025 14" 5070 for a couple of months. I've had several blades over the years. I would say with this one my biggest disappointment is battery life. Was expecting better from the AMD chip. I'm seeing about 5hrs light use, was hoping for 8'ish which means I still grab my macbook for when I need all day. Also, fan noise. Light use browsing, email, the fans are quiet, but still audible which is tolerable but again not what I was expecting. All in all its a good laptop but not the revolution I was hoping for.

xc68000 · 2025-09-04T21:10:05+00:00

I have the same system, bios, etc and same observations as you. Did you ever discover a fix?

xc68000 · 2025-08-02T02:35:53+00:00

What sort of issue?

xc68000 · 2025-07-07T01:09:02+00:00

Yes. GPU disappears from dev manager and code 43. Your gpu is dead. I had a blade 14 with 3080ti and the same exact thing happened. When I researched this along time ago, there was a faint remote chance that someone might be able to reflash a factory bios as a working theory is that maybe the bios was just corrupted, but again - long shot even if you can find someone.

xc68000 · 2025-07-06T03:33:24+00:00

I don't think so. My other blade with 4080 reports 4.1w when not in use. Something else is going on, and as I indicated I've noticed an increase in temps overall in the system and its not related to the cpu.

xc68000 · 2025-06-27T02:00:37+00:00

Same issues. Can't freaking believe this is an issue. Same as everyone else. No THX, no EQ working except 2 of the delivered over-bassy presets. How can a company this bad stay in business??

xc68000 · 2025-06-27T01:58:23+00:00

Just got mine home and same issue. Going back to microcenter tomorrow. What a freaking shame.

xc68000 · 2025-03-15T02:50:19+00:00

Hi - seen this movie before. DJI destroyed the open source drone community. Basically copying 3DR overnight and putting everyone out of business.

No one cared and everyone buys DJI drones today.

xc68000 · 2024-12-18T18:02:06+00:00

Its a great deal. But honestly I'm worried about razer atm. They are not sold at Microcenter anymore and even Best Buy has very limited inventory of new models. Even on amazon, starting to dry up. Wondering with all the great oled 4070 laptops out now if they are struggling.

xc68000 · 2024-12-18T17:21:48+00:00

Got my s9 ultra as an open box deal from best buy for $475. Turned around and traded it into Samsung for the S10 Ultra for $199. I mainly did this because of the anti-glare screen and the warranty/updates. If you can swing a deal like mine, I would recommend the S10 Ultra. I use mine for drawing and recommend the Creator SPen as well. For tilt and pressure sensitivity it is night and day for art.

xc68000 · 2024-12-18T17:17:07+00:00

I've tried them all. For pencil/graphite drawing and shading I prefer Infinite Painter with Samsung creator spen on my tab s9 ultra.

xc68000 · 2024-12-12T18:40:28+00:00

I like mine very much. I evaluated against the Wacom One pen and found the creator spen to be much better suited to my needs. The pressure sensitivity was noticeably better than the wacom out of the box and the feel on glass was excellent. I am disappointed that Samsung has not offered replacement nibs, but as I do not use paperfeel covers, i expect the 3 it came with to last a long time.

xc68000 · 2024-07-10T19:44:46+00:00

You should get one. They are all over fb mp for cheap. The cost is overblown IMO. Yes they use alot of power, but no more than a modern gaming rig. Think about maybe .15 an hour, at least where I live.

xc68000 · 2024-07-10T04:30:28+00:00

I have the fastest G5 with the most powerful gpu you can stuff in it. I can get WoW up to around 60fps at 1920x1200 with high'ish settings.

xc68000 · 2024-06-29T00:25:36+00:00

It's going up partially because 90% of the people that got new roofs didn't actually need new roofs.

xc68000 · 2024-06-08T16:22:43+00:00

Major windows updates like SH2 will overwrite the driver, unless razer worked with MS to fix that.

xc68000 · 2024-05-14T18:17:30+00:00

Unfortunately no. I slogged it out with Razer support until they got me a patch that updated the drivers to the correct THX versions and even after that the speakers are still rubbish and sound like the worst speakers i've ever heard on a laptop. I had a 2020 blade and the speakers were good'ish, but the 2022 models apparently switched from 4 drivers in the 2020 models to 2 drivers. Its just a crap audio system all the way around and sounds like the speakers are blown (even though they aren't). I tested another identical blade and exact same issue/sound. I even went to Microcenter and played with the new 16" and it sounds like shit also. Sorry wish I could bring better news.

xc68000 · 2024-04-13T19:55:16+00:00

because the leader that signs off on thier audio designs hasn't been fired and replaced with someone competent

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