The Gigabyte Aero 14 is now available on sale in the US. The portable gaming laptop which was announced in May and has the sleek build of a business focused laptop, arrives in Black, Green and Orange colour options for a price tag starting at US$ 1599. It is selling exclusively on Newegg.
Measuring about 19.9mm slim and weighing in at 1.89kg, the Gigabyte Aero 14 sports a 14-inch IPS display with 2560 x 1440 pixels (QHD) screen resolution and promises up to 10 hours of usage in a productivity mode thanks to the huge 94.24 Wh battery under the hood, but expect less when gaming.
It is powered by the 6th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor and boasts of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M/965M graphics card along with with 3GB of VRAM for gaming-caliber graphics, up to 512GB SSD and up to 16GB of RAM.
Gigabyte Aero 14 Specifications
- OS: Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10, Windows 7 Professional
- CPU:6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ (2.6GHz – 3.5GHz)
- Display:14″ QHD 2560×1440 IPS Wide Viewing Angle Anti-Glare LCD
- System Memory: 8GB/16GB DDR4 2133, 2 slots (Max 32GB)
- Chipset: Mobile Intel® HM170 Express Chipset
- Video Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 530, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970M GDDR5 3GB, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 965M GDDR5 2GB
- Supports NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology
- Storage: 2 x M.2 SSD slots (Type 2280, supports NVMe PCIe X4 & SATA)
- Keyboard Type Auto-Adjusting Backlit Keyboard
- Individual Macro Keys
- Optical Disk Drive N/A
- I/O Port USB 3.0 (Type-A)*3, USB 3.1(Type-C)*1, HDMI 2.0, mini-DP, Headphone-out jack (Audio-in Combo), SD Card Reader, DC-in Jack
*Optional: USB-to-LAN Converter - Audio 1.5 Watt Speaker*2, Microphone, Dolby® Digital Plus™ Home Theater
Communications Wireless LAN: 802.11 ac (a/b/g/n compatible) - Bluetooth: Bluetooth V4.1+ LE
- Webcam: HD Camera
- Security Kensington Lock
- Battery: Li Polymer 94.24Wh
- Adapter: 150W
- Dimensions: 335(W) x 250(D) x 19.9(H) mm
- Weight ~1.89kg (w/Battery)