Acer Predator Triton 500 Thin & Light Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i7-9750H, GeForce RTX 2060 with 6GB, 15.6" Full HD 144Hz 3ms IPS Display, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD, RGB Keyboard, PT515-51-75BH

I used to be a total Windows/Android fan for many years, and then 3 years ago, I switched to iPhone and Macbook Pro, and totally love them, and I can't go back to using Windows for anything anymore.I have never had a good experiences with the windows machine, partially because, in my opinion, Windows OS sucks so hard and can't do my jobs as smoothly as macBooks can (at least for my line of work).I was skeptical about the Machine because this was the first time I decided to purchase a decent enough Windows machine with good specs.This was my second machine that I purchased within the last week (bought Razer Blade 15 first but there was a loose part in the body and the machine's battery would not charge and therefore lost power after 3 hours of use).After doing some more research, my eye landed on this one.I returned the Razer Blade 15 and then got this one after several hours of research.When I received this machine, I was surprised to know that the machine build was pretty good. Though it feels like a mixture of plastic and steel, it is a solid build nonetheless, in my opinion.Pros:- Boots up very fast, within maybe several seconds- Very fast overall.- Gaming experiences is very smooth, great graphics and control is very sleek (thanks for 144 Hz frequency).- Killer Function that can work seamlessly with both ethernet and wireless at the same time.- Many Ventilations - no fear of overheat- Relatively thin, given its class and the power within- Many ports - this is very important to me.- Fans do get noticeably loud, but I can live with it because the gaming experiences is what I care about the most.Con:- not at this point

paid around $1800 for this at time of purchase. Great laptop and solid construction. Speakers are loud and machine is fast, plays the new Call of Duty without breaking a sweat. My only gripe at all is this weird clicking noise when the charger is plugged in and I spin the adapter that goes in the side. Seems to have no effect on the charge and it's just an audible thing if I spin the connector to adjust it when I move it in my lap.Overall I'd buy this thing again, it's slick, light for a gaming laptop, and the battery life lasts me about 8 hours of normal browsing/shopping/word/email/youtube. I get a ton of compliments on this thing, the only thing I'd wish I had was more support for skins/wraps/screen protectors. I was hoping to just find some but at the time I looked a month ago. Ohwell.

After returning two defective Aero 15s, I decided to try the Triton 500, and I'm pretty happy with it.Pros:1. Runs pretty quiet for a thin and light gaming laptop. Don't get me wrong, this class of laptops ALL get really loud under heavy load, so putting on your headphones while gaming is pretty much a must.But this one is quiet in several ways:(1) The Predator sense software allows you to turn off your fans completely. This is extremely helpful when you're in a quiet environment and only want to do some web browsing. (2) Apart from the noise level, the fans doesn't ramp up and down as frequently as the ones in Aero 15 do, and fans don't have a clutching noise when they turn on. (3) The pitch of the fans are normal and you don't hear the high pitch "turbo whine". Having no high pitch noise sounds way better given the same dB level.2. Very very good keyboard. Although there's no numpad, the tactile feedback is way better than the keyboard on the Aero 15.3. Good 144Hz screen with good brightness and response time.4. Decent ~84 WHr battery provides a few hours of unplugged (non-gaming) usage.Cons:1. Build quality could be better. As shown in the pictures, the right side of the trackpad is about 1mm sunken. It doesn't hurt the look much but when you put your finger on the right of the trackpad you could feel the sharp edge of the chrome plated part of the chassis. I guess I could have gotten a replacement because this should be a minor defect but I just don't want to go through the trouble again.2. An inverted motherboard means that you pretty much can't upgrade your RAM or SSD.3. No per-key RGB control. I honestly couldn't care less about this. It's listed as a con here just because I know some gamers would see this as a deal breaker.4. No SD card reader. An integrated SD card reader would be nice, but since I already carry a 5kg camera bag, packing a usb card reader isn't much more effort.

Have had this laptop for a month now and have used it at least a couple hours a day everyday since and I am very happy with it. Nice design with great specs, some reviews online made me think there might be a lot of flex in the keyboard but there is hardly any at all. For any gamers when playing league I get 20ping and have 180-200 fps. I would totally recommend this to anyone who's looking for a lightweight gaming laptop, with great thermals and having had had no reliability issues. If there's one thing to improve on that would be battery life but its not bad, just not really great like you would find on a macbook pro for example. Also people complain about fan noise and I'll be playing classic all night next to my significant other and have never had a complaint and I genuinely feel its not loud at all and has been blown way out of proportion just like flex in the keyboard.