Gaming laptops aren't a new phenomenon but manufacturers keep finding new ways to make them slightly annoying. It's remarkable, really, the amount of time and energy that's poured into making things a bit worse. In the case of the Gigabyte Aorus 16X this maxim has been applied to the keyboard: specifically the QWERASD keys. In the version sent to us for review, they are see-through with a white letter on top, while the rest of the keyboard is black with a lit keycap. This means the backlight—which is the usual pulsing RGB rainbow—makes the letterforms on top much trickier to see.
This may not be a big deal, as touch typists and those who play games with the keys will rely on muscle memory to find the key. But if you ever look down to see which key you're about to press then the letter can be hard to see. Conversely, if you turn the backlight off, it becomes clearer. Lit-up WASD keys aren't a novel idea, but the implementation of them here is distinctly questionable.
