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Gigabyte has a new laptop, the Aero 15, and like the Razer Blade or Acer Predator Triton 700, it follows the recent trend of superpowered, ultrathin laptops that are equally at ease as a day-to-day work laptop or high-end gaming machine.
I was able to spend a few minutes with the Aero 15 in person, and it makes a good first impression. The 15.6-inch screen is bright and clear (although still a disappointing 1080p for now; a 4K version is planned for later this year), and the incredibly small bezels on the top and sides of the display are a nice touch. That said, the case is a little thicker and blockier than some of its sleeker competitors, but it still seemed easy enough to carry around. Performance-wise, it’s more or less what you’d expect from a Kaby Lake i7 and Nvidia GTX 1060: that is to say, good, with the ability to run VR with no issues.
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When it comes to the rest of the specs, the Aero 15 holds its own compared to other high-end laptops: a USB-C Thunderbolt 3 port, two M.2 PCIe SSD slots, 16GB of RAM, and an LED keyboard. Gigabyte claims the Aero 15 gets up to 10 hours of battery life off a charge, at least for non-gaming activities.
The Aero 15 is available today in three colors (green, black, and a very bright orange) for $1,899.
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