ACER at CES 2020 – No slogans, just good gear (update)

Acer at CES 2020 was all about bringing its product range into the new decade with Intel 10^th Gen Core processors, high-res screens, more of its innovative Concept range and not forgetting its venerable Travel Mate range – the bread and butter of the line-up.

Acer at CES 2020 was more a statement that you should not overlook this company. While Lenovo and HP battle it out for supremacy, Acer has clawed its way back to fourth place – a bee’s whisker away from surpassing Apple.

About Acer at CES 2020

Acer is one of the world’s oldest computer companies founded in 1976 – you can read GadgetGuy’s overview here. Its fortunes have been up and down and more recently well up. In November 2018 it reported year to date that Acer’s Predator gaming line grew by 28% and thin-and-light notebooks grew by 22% (unit shipments).

Swift 3 Ultra-slim notebooks

Up to 10th Gen Intel Core i7-1065G7 (SF313-52/G) and AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processors (SF314-42), weighing in at under 1.2 kg
The 13” Swift 3 is certified as part Intel’s innovation program codenamed “Project Athena” is 15.95mm thin, 1.19kg, with a 13.5” narrow bezel. 3:2, 83.65% STBR, 100% sRGB screen. It can achieve up to 16-hours battery use.
13.5” from US$699 and 14” from $599

TravelMate P6 for the workers

Up to 10^th Gen Intel Core i7 processors
MIL-STD 810G/81-F U.S. military-grade standards, magnesium-aluminium chassis
16.6mm thin and 1.2kg Windows 10 Pro
“Project Athena” certified and up to 23 hours with fast charge battery
Built for the modern workforce
From US$1149
The lower cost TravelMate P2 is from US$699

Spin Convertible x360, stylus and Wi-Fi 6

2K or Full HD touch displays
Compact aluminium chassis with 360-degree hinges
Fast-charging Acer Active Stylus with Wacom AES (active electrostatic) mirrors pen and paper
10^th Gen Intel Core processors
Up to 15 hours of battery with quick-charge – 4 hours use after a 30 min charge
Thunderbolt 3 support, Wi-Fi 6
Spin 3 from US$699 and Spin 5 from $899

ConceptD 7 Ezel Series Convertible Notebooks

4K, 400nit, 100% Adobe RGB colour accurate UHD touch screen display that swivels and rotates into any of five different usage modes for the utmost in flexibility and convenience
The Pro model has an Intel Xeon processor, NVIDIA Quadro RTX GPU, 32GB ECC memory support and Windows 10 Pro
The Ezel has 10th Gen Intel Core H-series processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, up to 32 GB of DDR4 memory and up to 2 TB NVMe PCIe SSDs
Thunderbolt 3 expansion
Ezel Pro from US$3099 and Ezel from $2699

ConceptD 700 Workstation

Up to 64GB ram, four HDD storage bays,
Qi charge plate on top
From US$1699

New Predator Gaming Monitors

32-inch 4K 3840 x 2160 Predator X32 gaming monitor, mini-LED with 144Hz NVIDIA G-SYNC ULTIMATE, 1440 nits, Display HDR1400 certification and 99% Adobe RGB, perfect for gamers who also create their own videos. US$2599

37.5-inch 4K 3840 x 1600 Predator X38 gaming monitor increases gaming immersion with a 2300R curved UWQHD+ panel and VESA DisplayHDR400 certification, 1ms G-T-G. US$2399

55-inch 4K 3840 x 2160 OLED panel that’s NVIDIA G-SYNC compatible for hardcore PC and console gamers wanting a higher vantage point. 98.5% DCI-P3 and USB-C and HDMI inputs. US$2999

Acer’s Australia website is here. Most products should be here by end of Q2, 2020.

Update from Acer Australia

Gaming Monitors

Predator X38 Gaming Monitor – Available through key retailers and resellers from April 2020; A$2,999
Predator X32 Gaming Monitor – To be available in the AU market; price and release date TBC
Predator CG552K Gaming Monitor – To be available in the AU market; price and release date TBC

Consumer Notebooks

ConceptD 7 Ezel -To be available in the AU market in June 2020; price TBC
Spin 3 -Intel Core i5 version to be available in AU through Harvey Norman from March 2020; A$1,399
Spin 5 – To be available in AU market from June 2020; price TBC
Spin 5 – To be available in AU market from June 2020; price TBC
Swift 3 -To be available in AU market from June 2020; price TBC

Commercial Notebooks – Travelmate

Travelmate P6 – To be available in AU from Feb 2020 through distribution and education segment; A$2,299 (Intel Core i5), A$2,599 (Intel Core i7)(LTE Products are not available until Q2 2020)
Travelmate P2 – To be available in AU from Feb 2020 through distribution and education segment; A$1,689 (Intel Core i5), A$2,019 (Intel Core i7) (LTE Products are not available until Q2 2020)

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