The Predator Triton 900 reworked with a 4K, wide color Wacom EMR-compatible display, the Ezel rotating screen works much better here and for artistic applications than it ever would for gaming.
You can always tell a gaming laptop by the back and its macho grillework. What's nice is that there are connections back there, in this case HDMI and power, so the cables stay out of the way.
Wacom EMR (electro-magnetic resonance) is its professional-level pressure-sensitivity technology. The stylus charges via the screen, so no batteries are required, and it supports 4,096 levels of pressure (8,192 in Wacom's own products).
The engineering sample didn't have the screen set up properly -- I don't think the Wacom driver was installed -- so we couldn't try the pressure feel. The nib felt a little too rubbery, though.
This is where the conversion from a gaming notebook doesn't work so well. An icky gaming touchpad in a weird spot (though people have told me they like the location after they get used to it) and a mushy keyboard. I hope that's because it was an engineering sample.
There's tons of space inside, but this is not a case l'd like to get into. It may be toolless on the inside (we don't know), but it's pretty old-fashioned on the outside.
The lowest-end laptop uses the Intel i7-8705G or i5-8305G CPUs with AMD RX Vega M GL graphics. It's based heavily on the Aspire 7, but with a 4K 100% Adobe RGB display.
Simply making the keys white doesn't always work. The labels may turn out to be too low-contrast for some, especially if the backlight is white. (I forgot to check that.)
The midrange laptop is based on the Predator Triton 500 gaming system. Chamfers and bevels are big in premium laptop design these days, but I'm not sure it works for me in white.
It has a more conventional version of the Triton 500 keyboard, without the specially reinforced and highlighted keys used in gaming (e.g., WASD). It also doesn't have the Turbo button that lets you overclock the GPU.
Acer announced two new monitors, which visually look like the Predators; they do have those matching faux-wood bases, though. The CM7321K is a 32-inch, 4K DisplayHDR 1000 display using mini-LED technology to provide over 1,100 local-dimming zones, covering 90% of Rec 2020 (but notably, with no claims about accuracy).
The second monitor, the CP7271K, is 27-inch 4K with a 144Hz refresh rate and G-sync Ultimate -- what used to be called G-Sync HDR -- with that standard's fast refresh rates and 1,000-nit peak brightness. This one does claim color accuracy and 100% Adobe RGB coverage.
Acer updated and rebranded its Windows Mixed Reality Headset with Inside Out tracking. Like other companies, it seems to be downplaying the WMR connection.
