Thieves Break Into Razer's R&D Lab, Swipe Razer Blade Prototype Laptops
Thieves Break Into Razer's R&D Lab, Swipe Razer Blade Prototype Laptops
Posted 11/15/2011 at 11:03am
| by Brad Chacos
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Remember that whole “PC Gaming is not dead” ad campaign Razer launched leading up to PAX back in August? The company kept us guessing about just what the hell they were talking about for a couple of days, then pulled back the curtain and revealed… the Razer Blade gaming laptop (check out our initial impressions here). Unfortunately, some sticky-fingered gamer couldn’t wait the month or two to pick up the notebook for himself; Razer reports that a thief has stolen two Razer Blade R&D prototypes from the company’s San Francisco lab.
The theft occurred during the first weekend of November, and Razer isn’t amused. “We take this act of theft seriously and would like to appeal for its return and discourage anyone from buying the Razer Blade prototypes from the perpetrators, whether online or otherwise, as they are stolen property,” Razer said on its Facebook page yesterday. Anybody with more information is encouraged to contact cult@razerzone.com.
The theft of two $2,800 computers would rile any robbery victim, but Kotaku shines some light on why Razer wants the prototypes back so badly; they were not-quite-fully-operational models that were being subjected to tests, including thermal tests. Razer wants that test data back just as much as it wants the Razer Blades themselves back, the publication reports.
It looks like the thief knew what he was taking: Heathcliff Hatcher, Razer's director of global product marketing, told Kotaku that the pilferer entered the building's lobby without needing to break in, then pried open the office door and nabbed the two Razer Blades, along with a laptop and a digital camera. The rest of the electronics laying around the office were left alone.
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Mad Mort
November 15, 2011 at 4:28pm
I just opened my backpack to check on my Alienware mx11.
"Don't worry, baby...Nobody's taking you from me."
*Hug* *Smooch*
don2041
November 15, 2011 at 12:39pm
Inside job for sure BUT mabey Razer is expanding on the " I got drunk in the bar and forgot them " thing that was happening to Apples phones
biggiebob12345
November 15, 2011 at 1:34pm
Apple is really alone with respect to that level of douche baggery.
Aksparks04
November 15, 2011 at 12:23pm
Wow. Some moron went to a lot of work for 2 crappy "gaming" laptops -- and prototype versions as well! Im sorry, but the internals on these things are horrible for the price point. Razer is really showing how well they understand the PC gamer by developing this product. Most of us dont give a flying crap about aesthetics and a thin form factor. No SSD, low RAM, slow chip, discrete graphics -- put iOS on this thing and hand it over to the stylish folks at apple. They wouldn't even need to redesign the chassis since its already a MacBook Pro.
eastbayrae
November 15, 2011 at 11:49am
If they stole nothing else besides them two laptops then it was more then likely an inside job. The thieves must have walked past at least 10 laptops before finding that lab.
AntonioGarrison
November 15, 2011 at 11:41am
Sounds like an inside job, unless you knew exactly where the R&D lab was in said building you wouldn't know where to grab these specifically. As it really does sound that was the main purpose of breaking into this building, for those two computers. Those computers are pretty nice though.
biggiebob12345
November 15, 2011 at 1:34pm
+1 . I sometimes have difficulty finding my way around the company I actually work for. So the fact that a thief managed to go straight to the right room screams that someone tipped him off.
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