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    Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    Aorus 17X, Aorus 17G, and Aorus 15G pro gaming laptops feature Omron keys switches.
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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    Linus also released a video today with this laptop (although it was focusing on the new NVIDIA Super MAX Q graphics) and he does briefly touch on the mechanical keyboard. Link here, timecoded to the part about the keyboard: https://youtu.be/v07whIRP9zw?t=459

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    Quote Originally Posted by huggi View Post
    Linus also released a video today with this laptop (although it was focusing on the new NVIDIA Super MAX Q graphics) and he does briefly touch on the mechanical keyboard. Link here, timecoded to the part about the keyboard: https://youtu.be/v07whIRP9zw?t=459
    Watched that earlier and tbh, it sounds like Gigabyte have done a really good job with those keys. If I had cash burning a hole in my pocket, i'd love to try them out.

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    The key switches seem a bit short-lived compared to Cherry MX, 15,000,000 presses compared with 50,000,000 presses but, if pressed 10,000 times a day, they should still last over 41 years...

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    so if we test one button 20million times, with a machine of sorts would there be an actual proof or is it just 8 out of 10?

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    A bit sick of the ever greater trend towards thinner and lighter on notebooks.
    There is always a compromise to achieve that.
    Always.
    If you want a desktop replacement or good gaming machine in a mobile form factor, then in my opinion it can only be done well if you give up some of the form factor.

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    Quote Originally Posted by ByteMyAscii View Post
    A bit sick of the ever greater trend towards thinner and lighter on notebooks.
    There is always a compromise to achieve that.
    Always.
    If you want a desktop replacement or good gaming machine in a mobile form factor, then in my opinion it can only be done well if you give up some of the form factor.
    You Can still buy massively thick laptops.
    pcspecialist sells the 4.1cm/1.5in 17.3" OCTANE V with a full i9-9900k, full (I think) RTX 2080, two 3.5 drives and 2 m.2 drives. (upto 12TB SSD storage)

    I like this form factor and feel that each year the compromises get less.

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    To be honest, it makes little sense to invest in a mechanical keyboard on a laptop. If you cared at all about ergonomics you wouldn't use the keyboard on the laptop. Unless the screen or the keyboard itself is detachable it's a pointless product to buy. Then again, the typical gamer isn't necessarily concerned about health issues... But still, you would have to notice that you can't play long sessions without pain at some point.

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    Re: Gigabyte puts laptop mechanical keyboards under the spotlight

    Gigabyte has emailed HEXUS to announce that the AORUS 15G and AORUS 17G are "now available in the UK". Check out places like Scan, OCUK, and Amazon UK. In late June the flagship AORUS 17X will become available too we are told.
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