By Jacob Grana
Laptop on the inside, envelope on the outside, the Gigabyte wants to mail the Aero 15 into gamer caves and boardrooms alike. With its programmable keyboard, Kaby Lake Core i7, Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU, and an enduring battery, the Aero 15 is the next do-it-all device attempting to show up the suddenly vulnerable MacBook Pro.
The Aero 15 may be ready for anything – but so are its competitors, the Razer Blade and Origin EVO15-S. All pack similar hardware at comparable prices. But in this game of inches, it’s the little things that put a device over the top, and fortunately for the Aero 15, it’s got plenty.
It doesn’t have everything, though. Uncomfortable inputs make it more gamer than worker, despite what Gigabyte’s marketing says. Nonetheless, the Aero 15 is greater than the sum of its parts. Even better, the sum of its parts isn’t going to put much of dent (relatively speaking) in your wallet.
Price and availability
Currently, Gigabyte is offering only one version of the Aero 15, a FHD capable unit priced at $1,899 (about £1,471 and AU$2,541). Rumor has it that a UHD version will be coming in June, though the price is unconfirmed (probably …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac