
Picked up an A14 recently, and I'm pretty happy with it, but I would probably have had the same problem you do if there had been a G14 available at that price. I think it comes down to better build + speakers + OLED vs. newer CPU + extra M.2 slot.
Youtube seemed to love the Asus Tuf A14 and that has the nice HX 370 CPU and slightly higher TGP than the G14.
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