Tech Advisor - UK (2021-05)

MAY 2021 • TECH ADVISOR 25

there’sanEthernetport– whichis a
bonusforthoseofusshuntinglarge
media files aroundthe networkor
workingdirectlyfromnetworkstorage.
Thespeakersarea littledisappointing–
havinga coldsoundthatlacksbass.

BATTERYLIFE
Usingourstandardbatterylifetest
loopinga videoat 120 nits,theAero 15
OLEDlastedpreciselynineanda half
hours.Thisis goodfora laptopwitha
4KOLEDscreen– muchlongerthanless
expensivemodelstargetingcreativepro
suchasHP’sEnvy(a paltry3 hours, 40
minutes),andaboutthesameasthe16in
MacBookPro(9 hours, 42 minutes)

VERDICT
Previously,if you’daskedmeto
recommendthebestlaptopfor
creatives,I’dhavesuggestedeither
Apple’sMacBookProorDell’sXPS15.

Both still have reasons

to recommend them

over the Gigabyte Aero

15 OLED– whether

it’shigherrendering

performance or a more

capable screen for print

design. But as a complete

set,thisAero15 has the

edge.NeilBennett

SPECIFICATIONS

• 15.6inThinBezelUHD(3,840x2,160)
  SamsungAMOLEDDisplay


• Windows 10 Pro


• IntelCorei7-10870H2.2GHzprocessor


• NvidiaGeForceRTX 3070 8GB


• IntelUHDGraphicsGPU


• 32GBRAM


• 1TBSSD


• HDcamera


• Fingerprintscanner


• 3xUSB3.2Gen1(Type-A)


• 1xThunderbolt3 (Type-C)


• 1xHDMI2.1


• 1xminiDP1.4


• 1x3.5mmheadphone/microphone
  ComboJack


• 1xUHS-IISDCardReader


• Wi-Fi6 802.11ax


• Bluetooth5.0,LE


• Lithiumpolymer99Wh


• 1.1kg


• 278.18x205.67x15.69mm

The Aero 15 OLED has a good selection of ports.