Gigabyte Aero 15

£1,999 | $1,999 www.gigabyte.com An ultra-powerful ultrabook that’s too good for gamers

Gigabyte’s Aero range has always attempted to bring premium gaming tech to the ultrabook form factor, and this refreshed Aero 15 is no different. Bringing together a 15.6-inch Pantone colour certified screen, full-sized keyboard, dedicated Nvidia GPU and a 94Whr Li-Ion battery then squeezing it all into a tiny 35.6x25x1.9 cm form factor. Combine this with one of Intel’s new 8th-generation mobile CPUs, 16GB of DDR4 RAM and a 512GB SSD and you have a cutting-edge gaming PC that slyly takes the shape of a professional ultrabook.

Price

While the Gigabyte Aero 15 may look like it’s intended for lighter workloads, it packs a number of powerful components into its compact chassis. Squeezing these expensive parts into such a small form factor adds additional spatial and thermal engineering costs to an already expensive spec sheet. While that combination can often lead to lofty prices, the Aero 15 is reasonably priced with options starting at £1,999 ($1,999). That gets you the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 GPU configuration, but you can optionally step up to a more efficient GTX 1070 Max-Q GPU for £2,199 ($2,299), or opt for a 4K screen and an NVMe SSD for the same £2,199 ($2,299).

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