The Razer Blade is clearly targeted to a specific market - gamers. But how does the recently-upgraded 2016 MacBook Pro stand against Razer's mighty gaming machine? Here's a review.

In terms of design and size, the Razer Blade stands on its own with its unique, gentle ridges and its iconic snake logo - a breath of fresh from the usual Apple space gray design. However, the 2016 MacBook Pro is now 14.9mm thin, around 3mm less than the Blade's 17.9mm thickness.

In the display department, the Razor Blade features a 14-inch, 3200 x 1800 IPS panel while the 13-inch MacBook Pro has a 2560 x 1600 Retina display. With this, the Blade sports in a higher 262ppi compared to the MacBook Pro's 227ppi. Furthermore, the Blade includes a touch screen panel, something Apple reserved for their iPhone and iPad product lines.

The MacBook Pro features two new user input features namely the Touch Bar, an OLED display strip that acts as a dynamic replacement for the function keys, and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor similar to its iPhone counterparts.

On the other hand, the Blade features a backlit keyboard that supports 16.8 million colors and 6 lighting effects, and the cloud-based Synapse software for mapping macros - a perfect feature not just for gamers but for other users that have specific workflows.

The Razer Blade features three USB 3.0 Type-A ports, an HDMI port, and a USB Type-C port. The MacBook Pro, however, only features two to four Thunderbolt 3 ports - even one less available if the laptop needs to be charged using its included Thunderbolt charger while being used.

Furthermore, the MacBook Pro's lack of other ports simply means incompatibility with legacy devices unless a Thunderbolt 3 to USB adapter will be used.

For its system specifications, the MacBook Pro features 2 or 4-core Intel Core i5 or i7 processors based on the Skylake CPU architecture, and an option for Intel Iris Graphics or AMD Radeon Pro 450 for its GPU. The Blade, meanwhile, features the same CPU family as the MacBook Pro, but has a whopping desktop-grade Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 crammed inside it - making it a phenomenally powerful gaming machine.

Furthermore, the Blade supports Razer Core, an external graphics card enclosure and interface that allows users to make the Blade a more-powerful graphics machine by connecting a desktop GPU into it and allowing it to communicate to the laptop through its USB Type-C connector.

The Blade's GPU power has a big tradeoff, however, as the laptop only has a 5-hour estimated battery life. Apple claims the MacBook Pro to have a 10 to 12-hour battery life with mixed use.

The Razer Blade retails at $2,099, while the 13-inch MacBook Pro starts at $1,799 and goes up to $2,399 for the 15-inch, Radeon GPU-included model.

In conclusion, the Blade wins with its impressive performance, but with less usability while travelling. On the other hand, the MacBook Pro is still perfect for on-the-go creative professionals with its long battery life and productivity apps exclusive for Apple's macOS.