240Hz LCD, thin housing with mechanical switch is a new common sense of gaming notebook !?

Let's start by checking the appearance of the main body. The main body size is 356 (W) x 250 (D) x 25 (H) mm, which is an ordinary 15-inch class notebook.

The design is a sporty design with the AORUS symbol mark with a falcon motif on the top plate as an accent, and everything else is simple. Since the body is machined from aluminum, it is ◎ that even if you take one mold, it has a sharp edge.

The back of the body and the back of both sides of the body are almost intake and exhaust ports, and the terminal parts such as USB are arranged from the middle of the book to the front. There is only a notebook PC at this time, USB Type-C is Thunderbolt 3 compatible, SD card reader is UHS-II compatible, and it is keeping up with the trend without omission.

The front of AORUS 15G. Ports such as HDMI and Gigabit LAN are arranged on the left side that adopts the so-called "bezelless" design. Since the audio mini jack supports 4 poles, the headset for smartphones can be connected as it is. On the right side, which is rarely equipped with Mini DisplayPort, a Thunderbolt 3 compatible USB Type-C connector and a UHS-II compatible SD card reader are placed. Since the USB 3.0 port on this side is quite in front, it may be better to preferentially use the port on the left side for devices that are always connected. The top plate is flat without any notches or grooves. Since it is a gaming notebook equipped with a discrete GPU that has the AORUS symbol at one point, a slightly larger AC adapter with an output of 230 W is attached.Game performance drops significantly when running on battery, so it's a prerequisite to stay connected during gameplay.

Let's take a look at the keyboard equipped with the mechanical key switch, which is the main feature of this unit. The keyboard layout is only ANSI (English) layout. People who usually use JIS layout keyboards may feel a little reluctant, but I would like to appreciate the fact that they are smart in appearance and usability.

It is expected that the reason why the JIS layout is not prepared is not so much as a cost issue, but because of the arrangement of mechanical key switches, it is not possible to implement keys with a narrower pitch, which is often seen in the JIS layout for notebook PCs.

I'd like to take a closer look at the usability of the keyboard later.

The keyboard is an ANSI array with a standard numeric keypad with a pitch of 18.5 mm (measured value). It is beautiful that the width of the right Ctrl and Alt keys is not narrowed even if the cursor keys are arranged in a convex shape. The upper center of the keyboard, and the webcam with a physical invalidation mechanism (cover) just above the power button. Is placed.