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hey how's it going Dave QD here and this is the arrow 15 from gigabyte this is their new all-purpose thin and powerful laptop now I get a lot of devices that come through this office but once in a while I get something that just really exceeds my expectations this is one of them it has a plastic build it feels very similar to the Aero 14 materials it's a little bigger but the idea is the same the top surface comes in various colors if you want something a little less loud the black looks pretty good the Gigabyte logo lights up I'm not the biggest fan of light-up logos but that's just a personal preference thing so for a predominantly plastic laptop the build quality is good it starts at $1,900 which is pretty expensive for a laptop and I know some of you are going to say that you can get a laptop with a 1064 like a thousand or $1200 thing is they aren't going to be this thin and they certainly aren't gonna have the features that this thing has so when you build something this thin and this light you're going to have to pay a premium because the manufacturer has to get custom PCB custom thermal solutions to cool something this pin and this powerful and keep it in a package too small okay the port selection is above average for advice like this you get Ethernet HDMI 2 DP 1.3 and audio jack 3 USB 3 Thunderbolt 3 port and an SD reader I did ask about the Thunderbolt 3 port just to see if it was by 2 or by 4 in terms of PCIe lanes and they said it was four lanes of PCIe so that's a good thing it's pretty easy to open it up and when you're in there you have access to the two Ram slots you can load up to 32 gigs of DDR 4 but the best part and it was really mean the best part is that there's two MDOT two storage bays in here somehow over the course of time it became the standard to have just one stick of storage for these thin and light performance machines this has two I really like that now the included drive uses a slower SATA interface but it does support nvme Drive so you could just use the included drive as like a storage drive or something the battery down here is 94 watt hours battery life is pretty good with the screen at 250 myths I'm getting around 7 hours of battery life playing games I'm getting about an hour and the charger has that bonus use B port the keyboard has individual RGB lighting which is always fun to play with and it can actually be really useful I adjust the colors to match the shortcuts and apps and stuff the layout is good nicely spaced out the keys themselves are a little stiff it's hard to describe this but it needs more pressure than I'm used to just to activate the stroke but once you get used to it it's a good keyboard overall the trackpad use of UN drivers and to be honest I'm not a fan of even Drive errs but this feels noticeably better than the one on the arrow 14 it could be from updated drivers or potentially updated hardware I'm not sure what it is but the tracking is improved it's not perfect but it's not bad the screen is awesome it's the headlining feature of the laptop it has a super thin bezel matte finish and the panel has great color gamut and accuracy it's 1080p non-touchscreen it has this ex-rights Pantone certification and out of the box the colors are just bang on it could be a little brighter and I'm seeing some mild ghosting the laptop is geared towards productivity and content graders so brighter is always good there's supposed to be a 4k option down the line but this 1080p panel looks really good as it is the webcam is down at the bottom because of the bezels so you get that upward nose angle and this is what it looks like should probably shave this hall okay let's talk performance I was pretty sure this would have some kind of heat issues because it's thin and light and you're stuffing in gtx 1060 in there but it's cooled well and performance is strong it has really extensive fan control through their software and I like that and I don't know maybe it's just me but I really liked the fact that you can control the fans like if you want to you can run it on quiet mode which is basically silent and you'll FATA lit if you're benchmarking or you can let it go on automatic mode or you can manually crank up the fans to get maximum performance fan noise on automatic mode is actually quieter than I thought it would be under load performance is so good and the external temperatures are comfortable there's no nasty hot gameplay is really nice on this thing it's a kb leg i7 gtx 1060 and ultraportable it's awesome if you're playing at 1080p you'll comfortably break 100 frames per second in overwatch on ultra in Doom it floats in the low to mid 90s on ultra graphics as well it's really weird seeing these kinds of frame rates on a laptop with five millimeter bezels it's like luxury gaming something heavier like the division you'll need to drop the graphics too high in order to stay near that 60 frames per second the hardware is great for games if you want to see more details and benchmarks there's a link in the description now with a color accurate display and to drive bays the Aero 15 is clearly made for creative professionals as well this thing is going to do really well with Photoshop and illustrator workflows in regards to video editing this is one of my favorite laptops I've used for edits this is only the 10 DP panel I'd want the 4k panel for my content but performance is great with 4k footage the 1060 isn't a huge jump up in performance from the 1050 but it pulls further ahead with a 5k or higher resolution footage the speakers are located underneath like the arrow 14 and they sound really similar it's not the same good clarity good volume but not much bass alright the arrow 15 starts at $1,900 you're getting a thin and light laptop that's housed in mostly plastic build quality is good for the materials the screen has super-thin bezels with excellent color accuracy and viewing angles the keyboard is pretty good it has a nice layout but the keystrokes can feel a little stiff the trackpad feels reasonably accurate even with key land drivers on the inside it's running a KB Lake i7 and a gtx 1060 which deliver strong performance cooling is done well it's loud if you're going full-tilt but the temperatures are good the ram is upgradable and so are the two drives did I mention this two drives the 94 watt hour battery is big and it will last you it comfortable seven hours of battery life so there's so much I like about this laptop the performance the screen the battery life the two drive bays it's just an all-round fantastic machine with great performance thin and light ultraportable is it the best in this market it's tough because the build quality isn't as good as its two main competitors the XPS 15 and the Razer Blade those have better build quality but for the price this has better performance all rounds than the other two so it's kind of you got to pick your poison I like this machine a lot I don't know if I would recommend this as like the best of the three because it really depends on what you're looking for but if you're looking for this type of machine this should be on your short list because it's fantastic hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs if you liked it subsidy loved it see you guys next time