On Thursday, Acer has announced a couple of new laptops ahead of the Computex, dubbed as the Nitro 5 and the Spin 1. The Nitro laptop is manufactured for those who are concerned for a gaming laptop, while the Accer Spin 1 features an ultra-light convertible laptop, especially for those who want a working-machine. Also read about the high-end Acer Predator Trition 700 gaming laptop at vogatech.com.
Acer Nitro 5
The newly announced gaming laptop comes with a 15.6 inch HD IPS display with the screen resolution of 1080 × 1920 pixels. The Nitro 5 is powered by the Intel Core i7 or i5 processor and equipped with two graphics cards. Including an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics plus an AMD Radeon RX550 graphics card.
For the memory and storage, the laptop packs an up to 32GB of DDR4 2400MHz RAM along with up to a 512GB SSD storage with an optional HDD drive up to 2TB. As far as the connectivity is concerned, the laptop comes with one USB Type-C port, one USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, and HDMI 2.0 port. The Nitro 5 laptop will available to purchase in July and priced at $799 or ¥5,499.
Acer Spin 1
The Spin 1 features a 11.6 inch full HD IPS display with the screen resolution of 1080 × 1920 pixels. The laptop has a touchscreen display, which is compatible with both either a finger or an Acer Active Stylus. To convert viewing mode of the laptop, the keyboard hinges that is able to rotate at 178 degrees. The notebook is powered by an Intel Pentium or Celeron processor.
In terms of memory and storage, the convertible notebook has packs 4GB of RAM along with 32GB / 64GB / 128GB of eMMC storage. As I mentioned above, this laptop also comes with the Stylus support. The connectivity options include, one USB 3.1 port, a USB 2.0 port, and one HDMI port. There is also a MicroSD card slot for the expansion of storage capacity. The Acer Spin 1 will begin shipping in July and will cost about $329 or €399.