Our performance tests reveal the Vector Pro for the powerful gaming laptop Maingear bills it as. Exceptional performance while gaming, delivering above 60fps in most titles.Using the touchpad quickly became second nature despite my preference for mice. It never failed to accurately respond to swipes and presses.

The large touchpad feels effortless to use. The pre-installed NODE control center app allows you to adjust the laptop’s lighting. I’m not a fan of RGB lighting so this wasn’t an issue for me. This could be a problem for those who want more RBG options. Instead of per-key RBG lighting, the Vector Pro features four-zone lighting. The palm rests beneath the keyboard appear overly spacious but you’ll appreciate the large surface area after a few minutes of typing. Keystrokes feel precise and pressing them creates a satisfying clicking sound. The keyboard gives your fingers ample space to move around.

Spacious keyboard and responsive touchpad.

Maingear Vector Pro review: Keyboard and touchpad The laptop is practically begging you to use headphones due to its subpar speakers. The speakers crackled during gameplay, which became grating fast.

This was true for both YouTube videos and video games. The volume is surprisingly low, even at 100%.

Asus' ROG Zephyrus G14 comes the closest with its 320 nits but the Razer Blade 15 Advanced (313 nits) and non-OLED Alienware m15 R4 (2021) (361 nits) fall short, though if you splurge for the Alienware m15 with an OLED display our testing shows it can get quite a bit brighter (460 nits) than the Maingear Vector Pro.Īudio quality is Vector Pro’s weakest aspect.

The laptop beats out the other units we compared it against.

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