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This week the folks at Acer have announced their newest in a series of Aspire S notebooks, all of which are thin. This device works with a 13-inch Full HD display with optional touchscreen capabilities. as well as a 6th Generation Intel Core processor inside. This notebook has a cool 8 GB of LPDDR3 system memory as well, so you won't be wanting for bits to call upon.
This notebook measures in at 327W x 228D x 14.58H mm (0.57 inches) and weighing 1.30 kg (2.86 pounds). It's small! Despite its thinness, this notebook works with a USB 3.1 Type-C reversible ports and a USB 3.0 port (which supports "power-off charging" for mobile devices). You'll be able to connect wirelessly to the web with 802.11ac Wi-fi in a big way 2x2 MU-MIMO (Multi-User MIMO) for up to three times faster performance over single-user MIMO 802.11ac - so says Acer.
Acer Aspire S 13 will be available in multiple colors - as it well should be. It'll come in any color you like, just so long as it's Obsidian Black or Pearl White. You'll find what Acer describes as an "immaculate chassis featuring a sleek chamfer diamond-cut on the edges and the touchpad, with Acer nano-imprint patterning on the top cover and a blend of premium finishes."
The Acer Aspire S 13 will be available in North America in a few weeks, starting in May with prices starting at $699 USD. You'll find this notebook in EMEA this month (April) with prices starting at €699, while China will also get the device in May with prices starting at ¥5,499.
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The Switch Alpha appears to be Acer's take on the Microsoft Surface. This hybrid device comes packed with a Skylake CPU, (i3, i5, or i7) and features a 12-inch display with a resolution of 2160x1440. Much like Microsoft's Surface line, it has a detachable keyboard, as well as an optional Acer Active Pen. The device's kickstand will also let it sit comfortably at any angle up to 165 degrees.
So why the decision to integrate liquid cooling into the Switch Alpha? The company wanted to be able to create a thin hybrid device that didn't need to rely on fans to keep it cool. With this in mind, going with a small liquid cooler allowed them to achieve this goal. They also mention that an added bonus to this is that there is no necessary venting that can eventually cause issues, due to airflow issues and dust accumulation.
The Switch Alpha will come with storage configurations of 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB. If that's not enough space for you, they've also included a microSDXC slot to expand it. As for RAM, you'll find either 4GB or 8GB, depending on the model you choose. There aren't many ports to be found on the device, but it looks like you'll be able to find one USB Type-C port, as well as a regular USB 3.0 port, and a headphone jack.
The Switch Alpha will ship in June of this year, and will start off at $599.
Source : www.slashgear.com
Gamers haven't been forgotten at Acer's event today. Specially for them, the Taiwanese company unveiled two new computers.
First off, the Predator 17X laptop, one that can be used with both the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive VR headsets. It comes with a 17.3-inch screen that can go up to 4K resolution. If you go nuts with the configuration options, you can also choose an Intel Core i7-6820HK processor, 64GB of DDR4 RAM, and three SSDs in RAID 0. You get customizable RGB lighting for the keyboard, and the device has the full Nvidia GTX 980 graphics card, and not the 980M as you'd expect to see in a laptop.
It has a triple fan cooling system, and it obviously supports overclocking. The Predator 17X weighs a whopping 4.5kg and it has 3-hour battery life. It will launch in China first in May, and will reach Europe and North America in June. Pricing will start at $2,799.
Next up, the Predator G1 desktop is billed as "portable", though you probably won't be taking it on road trips with you. It can be configured with up to a 6th gen Intel Core i7 CPU, 64GB of RAM, Nvidia Titan X graphics, and a 512GB SSD + a 4TB HDD.
The G1 is ready for your VR experience of choice, naturally so given the specs. It will be priced from $2,299. It will be out in Europe in June, and in North America and China in July.
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New Windows-powered 2-in-1s and laptops aren't everything that Acer has announced at its event today. Also present was the new Acer Chromebook 14 for Work, a device which the Taiwanese company claims is the fastest Chromebook on the market.
That's seriously doubtful given the specs of Google's newest Chromebook Pixel, but Acer seems to believe in what it says. The odd thing is that the company hasn't actually revealed the detailed spec list for the new Chromebook, so we can't really assess these claims.
All Acer's willing to disclose about the Chromebook 14 for Work is that it features 12-hour battery life, an Intel Core i processor, and that it has a spill-resistant keyboard and overall rugged design which complies with military specs and lets you drop the laptop from 45cm without worry. It can also withstand up to 60kg of weight being placed on top of it.
The Chromebook 14 for Work is the first laptop to use Corning's new Vibrant Gorilla Glass, which can be customized with various images. This is also Acer's first model to be compliant with Google's Chrome for Work program. The laptop is probably only going to be sold through enterprise channels. Pricing and availability information hasn't been announced yet.
Source : www.gsmarena.com/
At its grand event today, Acer has announced the Aspire S 13, a new laptop that wants to compete with the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air, but also Dell's XPS 13. And it wants to do all that while being significantly cheaper than its competitors.
The Aspire S 13 will have a 13.3-inch Full HD IPS display, which can optionally be touch-enabled. You can configure it with up to 8GB of RAM as well as up to a 512GB SSD, and an optional battery will make it allegedly last a whopping 13 hours on a charge (the default power pack only nets you 9 hours of usage). Powering the thing are Intel's 6th generation Core processors (you can choose between i3, i5, and i7), and it will have a USB Type-C port, two 'normal' USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, and an SD card slot.
It will be offered in Obsidian Black or Pearl White, when it goes on sale in May starting at $699. The Aspire S 13 weighs just 1.4kg and it's 14.4mm thin.
Source : www.gsmarena.com/
Acer is holding a pretty big event today, and one of the things it's announced is the Switch Alpha 12, a "detachable PC" as the Taiwanese company calls it. It's a 2-in-1 device that can be used either as a tablet or as a laptop, and it runs Windows 10 as you'd expect.
The Switch Alpha 12 has a 12-inch 2,160x1,440 touchscreen, and it's powered by 6th generation Intel Core processors (a choice of i3, i5, or i7). You can configure it with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, as well as Intel's RealSense 3D camera.
The device is fanless despite using proper i-series chips from Intel, and that's because it features a newly designed liquid cooling system to keep its innards at the required temperature.
It has a built-in kickstand (as can be seen in the promotional images), and the keyboard will be bundled with it, so no need to pay extra for that. Optionally you'll be able to pick up the Acer Active Pen stylus with 256 levels of pressure supported. The whole Switch Alpha 12 (including keyboard) weighs only 1.25kg.
The Acer Switch Alpha 12 will start at $599, and should become available in June.
Source : www.gsmarena.com/