What other business models are considered successful as the “Razor and Blades” biz model ?
I’m looking to buy a body trimmer. I’ve seen manscaped advertised on YouTube but the replacement blades and accessories are a money grab, so they went the way of Gillette and the printer manufacturers. Do you guys have any suggestions?
As the title said I was wondering what external monitor a Razor Blade 15 Base Model with a 3070 can handle. It's the 1080p 144hz version.
I wanted to upgrade to an ultrawide, 34 inches. I was wondering if this was possible with this laptop and if so is it possible at QHD or only on Full HD and how it will affect frame rates since I play games from time to time on it for fun.
The razors and blades model is a business model^(1) in which one item is sold at a low price in order to increase sales of a complementary good. Common variations today is printers-and-ink, consoles-and-games, and razors-and-cartridges.
There is a common myth that the business model originated with King Gillette. This myth is false – Gillette priced his early razors at 5 US dollars. This was equivalent to about approximately 145 US dollar in 2020… five times more expensive than the offerings from companies like Gem, EverReady and Christy. All three sold their razors for one dollar, while companies like CURBO even gave their razors away for free.
I am not – by far – the first one to notice this. Randal C. Picker of the University of Chicago Law School wrote a paper on the myth in 2010.^(2) The paper is an interesting take on disruptive technologies, and how patents influence business practices. Gillette didn’t start moving towards the razor and blade model until after the patent on the Gillette Old expired. One could argue Gillette wasn’t fully committed to the model until they introduced cartridges.
As described in the paper, EverReady and other low priced razors came much closer to the razor and blade model. Gillette seems to have implemented a monopolistic business model^(3) – costly razors and a single source of blades. This was not completely successful, since they did not have a monopoly on safety razors in general. To quote the paper:
>Gillette’s business model—both its actual business model and its supposed razors-and-blades model—faced real competition and strong limits. The Ever-Ready and Gem Junior razor handles were implicitly priced at a very low price. Straight-blade shavers could try the new multi-blade approach with a minimal upfront investment and Gillette shavers could switch easily if Gillette blade prices were too high.
Keywords is minimal upfront investment. Today someone making the shift from cartridges to traditional wetshaving is more likely to buy a 30 dollar safety razor over a 150 dollar one. It must be assumed that the same held true 100-120 years ago. If the initial investment is lower, the barrier to entry is lower. This probably explains why so many inexpensive razors – [Diamond Edge](https://wegianwetshaving.com/2020/04/diamond-
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On the Razer page, it says that you cant turn off the logo lights through Synapsis for the Razer Blade 15 Base Model (2020), so is there another way to turn off the light? I like everything about this laptop except the obtrusive giant glowing razer logo.
I’m thinking of picking this laptop up.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q, Intel Core i7-10875H 2.30 GHz up to 5.10 GHz, 16 GB DDR4 2933 MHz
It’s currently on sale in australia for approx 3000$ with a savings of about 2000$.
3000$ aus is about 2300$ us.
I’ve heard mixed things about this company but this laptop just looks so cool. I’m going to game on it and use it for video editing.
What are your thoughts?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/razer-blade-15-advanced-gaming-laptop/928h71twsh4q?ranMID=42411&ranEAID=HlvbvYZP82I&ranSiteID=HlvbvYZP82I-YMM7_ovL_uR3SHFN2qB.xg&epi=HlvbvYZP82I-YMM7_ovL_uR3SHFN2qB.xg&irgwc=1&OCID=AID2000142_aff_7815_1243925&tduid=(ir__vcu3pnwhlkkfqymi0mxiynulkm2xpvaxskvo3c3l00)(7815)(1243925)(HlvbvYZP82I-YMM7_ovL_uR3SHFN2qB.xg)()&irclickid=_vcu3pnwhlkkfqymi0mxiynulkm2xpvaxskvo3c3l00&activetab=pivot:techspecstab
I really love the design of razor blade 15, but I am worried about the battery life and overheat issues. Can someone who bought this model share some experience?
How long does this laptop last if I just use it for python programming and web browse? Will the laptop get overheat if running GTA V?
I AM NEVER ORDERING THIS SHIT ON AMAZON AGAIN
As above, so below.
Hi everyone,
Yesterday I bought a Razor Blade 15 (2020) model (RTX 2060, i7 10750H) and ye, I know new models are coming out soon but I need a laptop now. :)
I've a question regarding the LED indicator: I understand that when the pc is in sleep mode, it should be WHITE, when it's on it should be GREEN, RED when its low battery.
However, when my laptop is on there's the GREEN LED is powers up only at the beginning and then there's no colour whatsoever. The WHITE led works well. I haven't tried the RED one.
Is the Green LED supposed to be up the whole time the laptop is on? Also, there's no LED when the Laptop is charging and I can't seem to find anything about that on the manual. Should I have a LED telling me that the laptop is charging or when the battery is fully charged?
Thank you!
The turn of the last century was an paradigm shift when it came to shaving technology. Wedge blades – which had been the cutting edge^(1) in the late 19th century – was replaced with the bleeding edge^(2) of easily manufactured and replaceable thin steel blades. The Scimitar razor straddled the line, in that it could use both .
That means that while razors such as the Kampfe-Star had been at the forefront of technology when new, it was eclipsed by the EverReady and the Gillette with their thinner blades. I say thinner, but compared to todays blades they were still thick.
The Patent
It is natural to assume, looking back, that there was some disagreement as to which style blade was better. Wedge blades could last forever, but thin steel blades required a lot less maintenance. This may be part of the reason why the George and Albert H Frank3 invented the Scimitar razor – but it’s just as likely that the razors ability to use both came from the simple design.
Oh, and the head tilts. Much like the Otto Spahr’s razor did, and for much the same reason. But the tilting head isn’t what I find interesting.
Claiming – as these patents often do – that the invention is new and useful, the patent text goes on to state:
>The object of the invention is to provide a razor of this character having a novel form of blade holder, the same being so constructed as. when pivotally connected with a handle, to operate as a brake or holding means for retaining the holder at any desired angle relatively to the longitudinal axis of the handle, whereby to permit of the razor edge being held at any desired angle to the face of the user. to effect either a draw or a shear cut, as may be preferred.
Sounds simple enough. The handle of the razor is a length of metal tube, of any desired thickness and length. The edge is cut on a bevel, as shown in the drawing. Attached to this bevel is two stamped metal pieces, forming the guard and blade holder. This two piece head is held in place with a rivet or bolt.
The head and blade
The two pieces of the head should be made from “resilient material”. I read that to mean spring steel or springy brass – something that will provide a bit of clamping
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Like, surely there’s no reasonable excuse for that?
