I’ll preface this review by saying that if you’re looking at this primarily for gaming, then take this with a grain of salt. The hardware meets expectations, however, the functional design does not. And that typically means more when you’re coming from the perspective of purchasing as a tool (i.e. “creator”) than it does as a toy (i.e. “gaming”). Not meant to be insulting – I game as well when I have the binge time. But this laptop has been purposely marketed for an additional audience that it doesn’t really suit, and that’s what my review is intended to highlight.Firstly, credit where credit is due. 90% of this laptop is incredibly well built. However, a few things I'm not sold on, to a bothersome degree. One is the touchpad, which I wont even be using much at all, but a mediocre touchpad with a fingerprint reader feels like a half-sell. Keeping in mind the “creator” appeal that Gigabyte seems to be after, this’ll be a choking point for those who have used a Macbook.Secondly, the keyboard was designed for your arthritic grandma, minus the epileptic LEDs. I anticipated an overall “gamer” design, but the keyboard goes the opposite way of creative/professional use. For a better idea of this, compare where your ‘G’ and ‘H’ keys are on your current device (even on mobile). Generally, these are more or less lined up with the middle of your screen. Now look at the Aero’s keyboard. Much more significant offset. If you type a lot for a living, good luck. It was an unfortunate cost of throwing in a gamer numpad on a 15.6” device…even though their 17” seems to have the exact same design.Thirdly, the screen hinges don't instill any confidence. Take a look at the pics I uploaded – each hinge is only connected to the outer portion of its housing. Combined with a screen that opens up to ~120 degrees max, any additional tension beyond that point immediately starts feeling like it's screaming its safe word. Especially noticeable given that the base feels beautifully solid. Bottom line is, it feels cheap and easily destroyed, and that doesn't fit the theme here.Finally, I can't tell who the i9/2070 version is meant for-- creators or gamers..? I'm using this strictly for my job, so I wanted less GPU in favor of better CPU and battery. A $3200 machine with an i9, but 16GB RAM in an 8x2 config that consumes all DIMM slots? I understand appeasing the mythical dual channel gods, but out of all the models in this new line up, the i9/2070 probably justifies the "creator" tag the most. Even so, I bought a 16GB stick to throw in to make up for the 32GB this should've came with, assuming it intelligently came with one free slot, like my Dell did for half the cost. At this price point, as well as a slew of models, it doesn't make sense to have hardware configs that meet half the expectations of each of their 2 types of customers. Just add another $100 to cover the increase so that one of the buzz phrases can apply. I was cool with 16GB until I saw the 8x2 DIMMs, and as your target audience nerd, it didn’t prevent me from still buying and addressing myself. But it makes even less sense when you cover the screws with warranty stickers. Again, who is this product for?I've historically really liked GB's products...they've been my go-to motherboard brand for the past 10 years. And I think they are one of the closest, if not the closest, to perfecting this kind of laptop. Which is why it's disappointing to see the shortcomings be what they are. Maybe v3 will be it. I didn't own the previous model, so I cant compare in that regard. But, it still missed the mark.Regarding my uploads: the charger is fairly large (Surface charger and iPhone 10 for comparison). Reasonable given the hardware, just a "head's up" point here. It also looks pretty slick...definitely out of Batman like another reviewer said.Random aside: If you're planning to wipe the drive and do a fresh install of Win10, get an up-to-date image. For the first time, I couldn't install either the WLAN or LAN drivers because they both require a more recent version of Win10.I got around it after the fact with a USB to ethernet adapter.