I am writing this on the Razer Book 13 and I can confirm that the keyboard makes this laptop hard to love. I am very happy about all other aspects, and I am happy to pay the premium for the sex-appeal. Razer and I tried to get together on a gaming laptop once before and unfortunately it didn't work out due to some whatever. However I do like the brand and figured they couldn't possibly mess up a laptop catering to productivity so shortly after my Dell laptop caught fire I decided to buy the Razer Book 13". Presently I am on the fence about keeping it, the keyboard issue really breaks my heart.

So far so good! This laptop has such a solid build quality to it. It definitely rivals that of Apple laptops. The 16:10 is amazing for work productivity. I believe this laptop uses the same panel as the XPS laptops which is beautiful. I’m more of a PC person, but hate the battery life compared to Macs. Intel Evo definitely stepped up with efficiency. I can get a whole days worth on a single charge.

5 stars for performance only. Despite this being a $1600 expectation for perfection, it still outperforms the XPS lineup with similar configuration. I can't speak too well for the keyboard as other reviews have pointed out, but I generally don't use this book undocked unless for entertainment or temporarily portable use anyway. Not to mention, the Omni-RGB lighting on the keys tend to distract from the overall feel if you're listening to music with the visualizer on. I don't speak for the majority audience of users, but this thing's been pretty much perfect for me.

The overall build quality of the shell is outstanding. The screen is fairly uniform with o my slight bleed along the center top bezel. The keyboard is atrocious. Some keys do not register clicks. It’s a hardware issue. The worst is the L key. It’s mushy and unless pressed hard directly in the middle will just wobble and not register a press. Some others have similar issue to a lesser extent. Sadly this alone makes using the laptop extremely frustrating. At this price point I find a malfunctioning half baked keyboard completely unacceptable.

I have to agree that the keyboard is not acceptable. I took some online typing tests and my accuracy dropped from the mid 90s down to the low 80s, solely because it isn't registering keystrokes. It's frustrating, and the whole experience feels terrible. If I intentionally push at the top of the keys, it probably recognizes about 20% of the keystrokes. I really wanted to like this thing, but I'm not going to pay a premium for a laptop that won't let me type correctly--I don't care what it's benchmarks are.