Gigabyte Aorus 16X review

Gaming laptops aren't a new phenomenon, but manufacturers keep finding new ways to make them somewhat annoying. It's remarkable how much time and energy is spent making the situation worse. In the case of the Gigabyte Aorus 16X, this rule is applied to the keyboard: specifically the QWERASD keys. In the version sent to us for review, they are clear with white lettering on them, while the rest of the keyboard is black with a backlit keycap. This means that the backlight (the usual pulsating RGB rainbow) makes the letterforms at the top much harder to see.

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