Acer Breaking Barriers, Showing the World’s Thinnest Laptop
Acer Breaking Barriers, Showing the World’s Thinnest Laptop
  • By Chun Go-eun (clairbear@koreaittimes.com)
  • 승인 2016.09.05 12:18
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Creating things others can only dream of. That is the goal of Acer’s CEO, Jason Chen (photo). This includes the new grandPad®, which is designed to enable older people to access new technologies. 27,000 senior citizens in the United States are already using one, but there are still more than 300 million people worldwide who are disconnected from the world around them due to technological barriers. The grandPad®, which is optimized for use by the elderly and is launched for the first time in Europe (Switzerland) during IFA 2016, is set to change this.

Chen also had the idea to develop a computer that is thinner than one centimeter. The project once dubbed ‘mission impossible’ by his colleague Jerry Hou (General Manager, Consumer Notebooks) is now a reality. Among many innovations presented at IFA 2016 is the Acer Swift 7, with its 9.98-millimeter thickness making it the thinnest laptop in the world. The 13.3” display has a full HD resolution and is protected against scratches and damage with Gorilla Glass. Two USB-C ports and an audio output port allow connection to periphery devices. The laptop boasts a 7th generation Intel i5 core, which does not require active ventilation. Users have 8 gigabytes of RAM at their disposal. The SSD has a capacity of 256 gigabytes.

Upcoming highlights include the Predator 21 X, the first gaming notebook with a curved screen, and the Predator Z271T, the first monitor with eye-tracking technology. This monitor makes it possible to target enemies through eye movements in PC gaming. “This is perfect for people like me, who have bad hand-eye coordination,” says Chen. It saves players a mouse click. “It’s much more intuitive,” Chen adds with enthusiasm.


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