Acer has introduced a bunch of
new products at CES 2020, ranging from thin and lights in convertible and
clamshell designs and new creator focused laptops and desktops. Acer is also
showcasing its expanded gaming monitor lineups with huge sizes ranging from
32-inches all the way up to 55-inches.
The Spin Convertible series
has been updated with slimmer designs, newer Intel 10th Gen Core processors and
Wi-Fi 6 support. Both the Spin 5 and Spin 3
come with a fast-charging Acer Active Stylus that have Wacom’s AES
(active electrostatic) technology that promises users with a responsive, super-accurate
stylus experience with near zero lag.
The laptops feature an
aluminium design, USB Type-C with support for Thunderbolt 3 and a long battery
of 15 hours (on the Spin 5) that makes the laptop excellent for users who want
a single laptop for work, school, entertainment and their hobbies. The Acer
Spin series will start from US$ 899 for the Spin 5 and US$ 699 for the Spin 3 in North America starting from June and
April respectively.
In the TravelMate series, which
are thin and light laptops designed for mobile professionals, Acer has
announced two new models; the TravelMate P6 and the TravelMate P2. Both laptops
feature the MIL-STD 810G U.S. military grade standard, run Windows 10 Pro with
the updated 10th Gen Intel Core processors.
The TravelMate P6 is part of
Intel’s new innovation program, the “Athena Project” that is aimed at producing
the next generation of ultra book laptops. Acer claims an impressive battery
life of 23 hours with quick charge capabilities that can charge the laptop up
to 50% in less than 45 minutes. For travelling on-the-go professionals, the
laptop also features Optional eSIM-enabled 4G LTE connectivity.
The TravelMate P2 is a little
more budget oriented device that features a lesser, but still good, 13-hour
battery life, e-SIM 4G LTE support and the new 10th gen Intel CPU’s. Both
laptops feature a TPM 2.0 module that ensures secure authentication and
safeguards company data along with additional security features, such as the
fingerprint reader and Windows Hello support.
The TravelMate P6 and
TravelMate P2 will available in February for North America with a price of US$ 1149.99 and US$ 699.99 respectively
with availability in other regions coming a month earlier.
For the creators out there,
Acer has introduced three new products; the ConceptD 7 Ezel Series Convertible
Notebooks and ConceptD 700 Workstation. The ConceptD 7 Ezel Series are powerful
RTX laptops featuring color accurate UHD touch screen display that can swivel
and rotate for improved productivity. The ConceptD 7 Ezel Pro comes with Intel
Xeon processors, NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPUs
and ECC memory support. The ‘regular’ ConceptD 7 Ezel feature up to a 10th Gen
Intel Core H-series processor (coming soon), NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs and up to
32 GB of RAM.
The ConceptD 700 Workstation
on the other hand is targeted at filmmakers, animators and AEC (architecture,
engineering, construction) designers. The workstation can be configured with
Intel Xeon E processor and up to NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 graphics. It will run
Nvidia’s Studio drivers and will come with up to 64 GB 4x DIMM 2666 MHz DDR4
memory.
The ConceptD Ezel Series will
be available starting at US$ 2699 in North America, while the
ConceptD 700 will begin at € 1,699 in EMEA regions from
March. Coming to Acer’s Predator Gaming lineups, they have introduced 3 new big
displays; the 32-inch Predator X32 gaming monitor, 38-inch X38 gaming monitor
and a big 55-inch Predator CG552K gaming monitor.
The Predator X32 offers a UHD
10-bit color 144 Hz IPS NVIDIA G-Sync Ultimate compatible panel that covers an
impressive 89.5% of the Rec2020 color gamut and 99% of the AdobeRGB colour
space. The Predator X38, on the other hand, is a 38-inch 2300R curved monitor,
with impressive specs like 175 Hz refresh rate (overclock) and 1 ms G to G
response time, VESA DisplayHDR 400 certification and NVIDIA G-Sync support.
Finally, we have the Predator
CG552K Gaming Monitor which is a 55-inch monster of a monitor belonging to
NVIDIA’s BFGD class of monitors. The monitor features a 4K (3840 x 2160) OLED
120Hz panel with an incredibly fast 0.5 ms (G to G) response time and also has
a built-in proximity sensor, that can detect users in the room and enter power
saving mode accordingly.
The Predator X32 gaming
monitor will be available in North America in Q2 2022, starting at US$ 3599, the Predator X38 gaming monitor will be available in North
America in April, starting at US$ 2399 and the Predator
CG552K gaming monitor will be available in North America from Q3 2020 for US$ 2999.
