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Gateway comes back from the dead
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 14 September 2020 11:21

Gateway comes back from the dead


Moo like it is 1999

 Acer and Walmart announced they were reviving the Gateway brand to sell affordable Windows 10 notebooks and laptop convertibles from $179 and up.

Intel's humilation shown in latest Acer
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 26 August 2020 12:13

Intel's humilation shown in latest Acer


Probably why you cant find an Ryzen laptop anywhere

Acer has updated its 15.6-inch TravelMate P series this year to the P215 to succeed the older P2510 and while Acer has risen to the challenge and come up with a design that is 14 percent smaller and 14 percent lighter while retaining all the ports of the older generation it is nobbled by its lacklustre Intel chip.

Acer posts record revenues
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 09 July 2020 11:39

Acer posts record revenues


Corona Virus was good for some

Acer seems to have done well out of the corona virus and announced its consolidated revenues for June at $2.22 billion up 27.2 percent month on month (MoM) and by 4.9 percent on last year.

AMD laptops with Ryzen 4000 mobile chips start to appear
Published in Mobiles


Acer has a nice Swift 3 laptop but Intel wins the numbers battle

It appears that Acer is working on a rather neat new 14-inch Swift 3 laptop which could come with an 8-core Ryzen 4000 series CPU that could pack quite a punch, but Intel has a lot to offer in that price range and there are 30 Intel 10th gen laptops on every AMD Ryzen 4000-based one.

Acer issues $13999 gaming chair
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 09 January 2020 12:30

Acer issues $13999 gaming chair


Game of Thronos

Acer has released its first-generation Thronos Air, a fully combined PC desk/seat with mounted monitors and combined Predator PC into the US with a $13999 price tag.

Acer Predator Helios 500 notebook is an all-AMD gaming notebook
Published in PC Hardware


Ryzen 7 CPU with Radeon RX Vega 56

Acer has officially introduced the new Predator Helios 500 notebook which comes with all-AMD hardware, including Ryzen CPU, Radeon Vega GPU, and support for AMD FreeSync.

G-Sync HDR monitors to arrive in next few weeks
Published in PC Hardware


Will probably cost an arm and a leg

We have been hearing about HDR monitors with Nvidia G-Sync support for quite some time now and it appears that these will finally launch in the next few weeks, with Acer and Asus leading the charge.

Acer is first with Chrome OS tablet
Published in AI
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 13:37

Acer is first with Chrome OS tablet


Acer Chromebook Tab 10 aims at education 

Google has been pushing hard with its Chrome OS devices but although there have been a few notebooks with touchscreens, the new Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is the first proper tablet with Chrome OS.

PC sales continue to decline
Published in News
Friday, 12 January 2018 16:19

PC sales continue to decline


Particularly in the USA

Analysts at Gartner released data that showed PC sales continue to fall, although the outfit said there are some “causes for optimism”.

Nvidia announces Big Format Gaming Display (BFGD)
Published in News


4K screen at 120Hz, HDR, and Nvidia G-Sync

Nvidia opened up its CES 2018 announcements with the Big Format Gaming Display (BFGD) standard or technology, which may well change the way gaming is done on big living room TVs. The BFGD TVs will include 4K resolution at 120Hz, HDR, and G-Sync technology, among other things tool.