Gigabyte is totally overlooking a small but important detail on its Aero 15 and Aero 17 laptops

The Aero family is only two years old and it has quickly become one of Gigabyte's most successful laptop series to date. We've reviewed at least 10 different Aero SKUs thus far ranging from the 14-inch Aero 14 to the 15.6-inch Aero 15 with the 17.3-inch Aero 17 coming soon. Though these are excellent laptops, we've noticed one recurring issue across all models: the RGB keyboard lighting does not illuminate any of the secondary functions.

As shown by our images below, keys on the Aero 17 that have secondary Fn functions like {, }, +, -, PrtSn, and even ? are not illuminated at all. These keys are subsequently more difficult to see than they should be which can be a pain depending on the ambient lighting. We were hopeful that the upcoming Aero 17 would address this because it will be Gigabyte's latest Aero model to follow on the footsteps of the Aero 14 and Aero 15, but it appears that this small detail has slipped by the OEM once again.

Had the Aero series been a budget family, then we wouldn't mind having unlit secondary function symbols. However, Aero laptops are often upwards of $1500 to $2000 or more and so there's really no "cost-cutting" excuse in this regard.

For perspective, older Razer Blade laptops also had unlit secondary function symbols before the manufacturer finally addressed this on later models. Other gaming laptops like the Asus ROG Strix III G731 have lighting for most of its secondary function symbols.

Nonetheless, expect our full review on the Gigabyte Aero 17 soon. We still have our fingers crossed that future Aero designs will illuminate every key symbol.