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Acer Presents First Curved Screen Notebook

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Acer presents what it claims is a world first at IFA 2016-- a massive 21-inch laptop with a curved screen and integrated eye-tracking technology dubbed the Predator 21 X.

Acer curved laptopPowered by a choice of 7th generation "Kaby Lake" Intel Core CPUs and dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 graphics cards, the Predator offers a 2560 x 1080 resolution display complete with G-Sync variable refresh support. Such a hefty machine also requires cooling, and as such Acer adds an "advanced cooling architecture" featuring 5 systems, 3 of which are specially designed AeroBlade metal fans.

Other features include aforementioned built-in eye-tracking from Tobii, SoundPound 4.2+ (4 speakers and 2 subwoofers) 3-way audio, Dolby Audio support, full mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches, and a flip-over numpad one can convert into a touchpad area.

As well as the Predator 21 X flagship IFA sees Acer adds 3 models to the Predator gaming monitor line-- the curved 27-inch Z271T, the flat 24.5-inch XB251HQT and the 4K resolution XB271HUT, all featuring Tobii eye-tracking and G-Sync support. Meanwhile the Predator 15 and 17 gaming notebooks get GPU refreshes with the Pascal-based Nvidia GTX 1070 graphics cards.

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