Review Gigabyte Aero 14 OLED Review: Creative Aims, But Bring the Charger With You

[Admin]

Gigabyte’s Aero 14 OLED is high on style, screen quality, and performance, but its battery life falls well short of the mark.

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[ottonis]

What a misconstruction this laptop is. It wants to be portable, but has puny battery life and lacks meaningful I/O (not one single USB-A Port, microSD instead of regular SD card slot).
It has only one single SSD slot...and one cannot updgrade RAM memory.

It's hard to imagine a proper use case of this laptop.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

The 16" version with the 4070 as mentioned briefly in the article, has the same processor, but:

1. RTX 4070 8GB instead of the 4050 6GB
2. DDR4-6400 user upgradable RAM instead of DDR-4800 soldered
3. 3840 x 2400 resolution vs 2880 x 1800
4. Second NVMe slot for more storage
5. An additional USB 3.2 port

It may be $400 more, costing the same $2000 as the stated M2 Macbook Pro used in the test cost, but the spec increase is quite noticeable, especially in the GPU which is near double the specs.

 

[PixyMisa]

I wanted to love this laptop, but if you're going to solder the RAM in place at least make it 32GB. 16GB is enough for a single app - if you're lucky.

I went for a cheaper HP model with a 1080p screen but upgradeable RAM instead. The Framework laptop was also an option but I like this keyboard layout with the Home/PgUp/PgDn/End keys on the right.

 

[dimar]

I dislike the idea of things not being repearable or upgradable such as RAM, SSD, Wi-Fi card or battery. I won't recommend these laptops to anyone. We need 3D print community to come up with materials and designs, and have manufacturers release modular parts.