CES 2020: Acer unveils range of new laptops and desktop systems

CES 2020 is upon us, and although the show doesn't official start until Tuesday, our guys on the ground – Luke and Leo – got to check out new products from Acer at their suite tour and saw some interesting new PC systems including notebooks, desktops and Predator gaming laptops.

Acer has launched a new series of ConceptD 7 Ezel laptops aimed at professional design, the ConceptD 7 Ezel series includes a 4K UHD IPS display, mounted on Acer’s new Ezel hinge design that allows for various usage modes to easily display on-screen content to colleges or clients. The 4K IPS display features 400-nit brightness, 100% Adobe RGB colour gamut and is calibrated for PANTONE Matching System colours.

Acer says the ConceptD 7 Ezel will include the 10^th generation Intel Core H-series processor in the near future, with Nvidia RTX graphics and up to 32 GB DDR4 RAM to plough through those intense workloads. Another interesting feature of the ConceptD 7 Ezel is the included Wacom PMR pen which can be used to write or draw pretty much anything on screen. The Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel range will be available in Europe in May 2020, starting at €2,699.

Continuing with the ConceptD series, Acer has a couple of desktop system on display too, the ConceptD 700 workstations have had a few little updates, such as USB charging while the system is turned off and a redesign of the aesthetics, with a new wood effect top panel. ConceptD 700 desktops feature Intel Xeon E processors and up to Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 graphics. The Acer ConceptD 700 workstation will be available in Europe from March 2020 starting from €1,699.

Acer also showcased a new range of Predator gaming laptops that feature a 300Hz 1080p 1ms IPS display from AU Optronics in the Predator Triton 500. We should expect to see the 300Hz display equipped Predator Triton 500 become available in a new model including Intel 10^th generation processors when they become available.

A new range of Acer Travelmate laptops were on display too, the Travelmate series features Intel 10^th generation Comet Lake processors, not 10^th generation Intel Ice lake just yet. Acer Travelmate are mid-range laptops for business type use, the P2 version is MIL STD-810G tested for durability. The whole Travelmate range features excellent battery life with fast charging support, they are thin and lightweight which makes them easy to carry around.

Acer had a couple of Project Athena laptops on show during the suite tour too, the Acer Swift 3 range includes a 13.5-inch 3:2 ratio 2K display designed for content creation type usage. The Swift 3 series is available with Intel 10^th generation Ice Lake processors and weighs in at just 1.2Kg, making them ultra-portable. An AMD version is available too, featuring a Ryzen 4000 up to 4-core processor with a 16:9 1080p display, geared more towards media consumption use and should be a little cheaper than the Intel versions.

The new Acer Spin 3 series is a 2-in1 range of laptops for personal use that can be operated in either a default laptop mode or as a tablet with a Wacom AES 2.0 stylus pen. The Spin 3 series feature 10^th generation Intel Ice Lake Core i5 processors with Iris Plus or Intel UHD graphics. The Acer Spin 5 series is a higher-end version featuring 10^th generation Intel Ice Lake Core i7 processors and high-end Iris Plus graphics. The Spin 5 series is equipped with a 13.5-inch 2K 3:2 ratio display which adds 18% more vertical space compared to the Spin 3 16:9 display.

The Acer Spin 5 series will be available in Europe from March 2020 starting at €999, the Spin 3 series is due to be available in February 2020 priced from €649.

KitGuru says: Acer seems to have put a big focus on displays for its 2020 laptop ranges. A 300Hz display on the Predator gaming laptop range will certainly interest first-person shooter gamers. What do you guys think to these new laptop systems unveiled by Acer at CES? 

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