To begin with, I didn't purchase this device on Amazon (Ebay one this time), but figured this was a good place to share my thoughts about this device since it is generally my first stop when shopping.Let’s start with aesthetics. This laptop is beautiful. By far the nicest looking laptop I’ve ever owned. It doesn't look like a gaming laptop. The bezels are thin, it’s low profile, and the fan vents aren’t exaggerated like some other gaming type laptops.With regards to weight, it's a bit heavy, but not too bad. I’d say it feels like a quality sturdy product rather than a heavy one. The power brick is quite large in area, but pretty slim. It is a bit heavy, but not too bad.PanelThe screen is amazing. The colors are vibrant, and the blacks are deep, as you would expect with an OLED panel. I had a hard time deciding between this panel and the 1080P high refresh rate panel. I figured that I would use this more for editing video / photos and also watching videos.One issue you should be aware of is the color calibration. Basically, if apps aren’t able to use your color space or a wide gamut, the content will appear over saturated. This is actually a major issue. Apps that are over saturated, to name a few, are DaVinci Resolve (couldn’t find setting in app), Windows Photos, Steam (in game settings may offer wide gamut), etc. Luckily Capture One seems to work fine. I don’t use Adobe products, so I can’t comment on those.If this panel is going to be your primary or only panel for color related work, make sure you know how to get accurate colors in your application of choice. This has been a bit of an issue for me. Luckily I have another monitor where I can see an estimate of what a final export will look like.KeyboardThe keyboard does take some getting used to (and is a bit of a fingerprint magnet), but I can type pretty quickly on it. I’ve heard some complaints about the QWERTY portion being off center, but that has not bother me. That’s how my desktop keyboard seems to be as well, so not a big deal in my book.The keys are tactile and feel good when you’re typing. The RGB back lighting is nice, particularly at night. I’ve turned it off for now, which can be done using the FN key and the space bar. The main issue I’ve had is hitting the numlock button when trying to backspace. I am getting used to this though.The arrow keys don’t feel natural to reach for. They seem a touch too far to the left. I have to look at them to use them.10 Key Number PadHaving a number pad is nice as well. The only issue I have with this is the placement of the 0 key. I seem to hit the right arrow every time I try to enter 0. I’d also say, don’t expect to be as fast with this 10 key as you would be on a regular keyboard. I can’t pinpoint why, but I seem to have to look at it when entering data. Still, I’d rather have it than not have it.Touch PadThe touchpad isn’t great, and I’d suggest sticking with a mouse. For me, this is true for most laptops. I’ve had a two major issues with this touchpad.First, when I’m typing, my left palm slightly touches the touchpad and often moves my cursor while I’m typing. since I’m using an external mouse, I set the touchpad to turn off when a mouse is plugged in.Second, when clicking on the pad, it is very common to get a right click instead of a left click. This mostly happens when trying to hold left click to select text.On the side of the touchpad is a fingerprint scanner, which works amazingly well. Seems faster than the one on my Pixel 2.SpeakersThere’s nothing to write home about regarding these speakers. They are on the top of the keyboard (as shown above) and sound okay. Serious users will prefer a headset or external speakers. However, for casual media consumption, they are fine.WebcamThe webcam here is fine. It’s nice because there is a cover you can slide closed (good for those paranoid types such as myself). It’s positioned at the top of the keyboard and does point up at you, so you will have that awkward view. Since I don’t use this much, I prefer it here as opposed to the top of the display.Killer Wi-FiI’ve had some issues with the Killer Wi-Fi, which for the most part, I was able to troubleshoot with some extensive web searching and trial and error. One issue was that the Gigabyte laptop would disconnect from the internet about every 2 minutes. It also caused all my devices to disconnect including a laptop, desktop, and two android devices. Turns out that my Wi-Fi router has a single channel of 2.4 GHZ. I hooked up another router that was dual band 2.4 GHZ and 5 GHZ and this fixed the main issue.Prior to this, I did uninstall all Killer applications and installed the drivers only, which you can find on the Killer site. This didn’t help, but one less piece of poor software is good. I still get some random disconnects where the troubleshooter mentions a bad gateway. I think I’ll replace this card with an Intel one at some point.Manufactures, please read all the complaints online about the Killer Wi-Fi cards and stop using them. These things are awful!PortsTo sum up the ports, simply amazing. In my opinion, you have all that you’ll ever need.USB 3.1 Gen 1: #3Display Port 1.4 / USB 3.1 (Type C): #1Thunderbolt 3 / Type C: #1HDMI 2.0: #1SD Card Reader: #1Ethernet (RJ 45): #1Combo Audio Jack: #1BloatwareBloatware hasn’t been intrusive, and I didn’t find much of it. There are some Gigabyte applications, but they haven’t caused any problems. It wasn’t enough to do a clean Windows install which some people using previous generations have suggested to do. The only items I uninstalled were Spotify and some Candy Crush games (gross).PerformanceI’ve done quite a bit of work and testing using this laptop with my findings listed below. Hopefully the sectioning of the content helps you locate performance characteristics for your use case. Keep in mind, I am not a professional, just an Average Joe fiddling around with cool free applications!PowerWith regular use such as word processing, spreadsheet work, YouTube and web browsing I got about 5 hours at the default unplugged brightness setting of 29, which is pretty low. Given the quality of the panel, I didn’t feel like I needed full brightness for the activities I was conducting.While gaming at full brightness, you will be lucky to get one hour from a charge. I played Sunset Overdrive at 4K and hit 10% battery power after an hour. It wasn’t too bad, but not great.One other issue is that the laptop seems to be throttled when not plugged in. It seems this occurs at about 20% power. You could hardly hear the fans running and performance took a big hit, with frame drops and eventual full on stuttering after about 50 minutes of play. Still not bad.GamingI was only able to test a couple of games, and they may not bet the typical games that are tested for performance. Nevertheless, the following gives an overview of gaming performance under limited tests.I began with Sunset Overdrive, which looked great at 4K, 1440P, and 1080P. It struggled to maintain 30 frames per second (FPS) at 4k but performed pretty well at 1440P and 1080P. It felt like a pretty solid 60 FPS at 1080P, but there were some stutters and dropped frames. This game doesn’t have many graphical options.I also tested some Player Unknowns Battlegrounds at 4K and it seemed fine running at 60FPS with graphics on the highest settings. I was surprised here.Overall, I’d say the laptop is okay for gaming, but you’re probably best running it at 1080P or setting graphics options to low at 4K. Either way you play, the panel looks great, but is over saturated due to the panel / application issue I noted above.Photo EditingWith regards to photo editing, I did not encounter any issues using Darktable or Capture One. Adding many modules and edits did not slow the device down and edited photos exported quickly.Video EncodingOne of the primary reasons for purchasing this laptop was to do video editing in any location. I created some videos with a GoPro Hero 7 and a Fujifilm X-T30, edited them in DaVinci Resolve (color grading, sharpening, LUT), and exported them in 4k MP4. 5 min of 60P  footage took about 25 min to export. 5 min of 30P footage took about 15 min to export.One issue to note is that as you add fusion items and color grading, the playback within DaVinci Resolve can run slowly and scrubbing is choppy. You can solve those issues by changing a few settings within Resolve.Graphic DesignI created some graphics in Inkscape and GIMP and did not have any issues whatsoever. This laptop works very well with these applications. To be honest, I haven’t thrown anything too difficult at these applications, but for what I’ve used it for (basic graphics, YouTube cover art, featured blog images, bitmap tracing, etc.) there have not been any issues.SummaryOverall, I am mostly satisfied with the Gigabyte Aero 15. It is a very capable device, with plenty of port options, a beautiful crisp display, and a great form factor. Aside from the Killer Wi-Fi card, the trackpad, and applications not accepting the wide gamut, this device is perfect for my use case.