Best Buy has
Gigabyte Aero 15 Creator Laptop (AERO 15 OLED KD-72US624SP) on sale for
$1399.99. Select free store pickup where available.
Thanks to Community Member
StrategyFreak for posting this deal.
Note: Only available for free store/curbside pickup. Availability may vary by location.
Specs:
- 15.6" 3840x2160 4K UHD Samsung AMOLED Display
- VESA DisplayHDR 400 True Black, 100% DCI-P3
- Intel i7-11800H 2.3GHz 8-Core / 16-Thread 11th Gen Processor
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
- 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200MHz Memory
- 1TB M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Intel AX200 Wireless + Bluetooth 5.2
- GIGABYTE Fusion RGB Per-Key Backlit Keyboard
- Windows 10 Home
- Ports:
- 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 (Type-A)
- 1x Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C)
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- 1x mini DP 1.4
- 1x 3.5mm Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
- 1x UHS-II SD Card Reader
- 1x RJ-45
- Li Polymer 99Wh Battery
- All Aluminum Chassis
- ~4.4 lbs
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Gigabyte posted on its own Web site a legitimate marketing message that simply mentioned that their laptops were manufactured in Taiwan and not China, and that they were proud of the quality control there.
These impish young people in China, with the full backing of the Chinese Communist Party, were offended that Gigabyte would dare state that Taiwan manufacturing was better then China manufacturing. They swooped in to bully Gigabyte into shutting up. Sure enough, within days of them posting this to Weibo, Gigabyte laptops disappeared from all e-commerce sites in China, and Gigabyte had to issue a groveling apology, as if they had committed a mortal sin in talking about "Made in Taiwan".
For those of you who don't China-Taiwan politics,Taiwan is a tiny country where many of the Nationalists who fled China after the 1949 Civl War went after they were defeated by the Communists. While the Communists proceeded to murder over 65 million of their own citizens and engage in human rights abuses that continue to this day, Taiwan became one of the economic powerhouse in Asia.
Now that China is become an economic force in itself, it is brainwashing its citizens to view Taiwan not as the independent country it's been since 1949, but as a "renegade province" to one day be invaded and "reunited".
I don't know if you're offended by China's increasing dominance over manufacturing, but I sure am. When I see a deal like this for a Made in Taiwan laptop, I'm going to jump at it and I'm going to tell everyone to buy it, if only to prevent China from taking over everything.
If China manages to take over chip manufacturing and ODM production, that will be a death knell to this industry that America invented. Taiwan is the thin line that's protecting us from ourselves.
That's enough to get me to buy Gigabyte from now on (and thanks to the OP for bringing up this deal).
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Nice specs, but the 3060 is only 105w.
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I'm addicted to buying and trying laptops now !
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