There’s no escaping AI on your PC, but at least you can choose the size it’ll arrive in, with Acer showing off several options.
A bunch of new PCs are on the way, and if you’re into AI, you’re in luck because they’re AI PCs. As part of the big hullabaloo for Computex 2025, Acer has announced what’s coming very shortly, covering AI PCs aplenty, and even a gaming laptop you can use a stylus with.
It’s really in the name, because the Computex show is about the first part: computers. And that’s what Acer has shown at the event, adding more AI-capable laptops to its lineup with a combination of Intel and AMD inside. The lines run across economical to more expensive gamer-focused machines, providing something for nearly every price point, starting with the Aspire 14 and 16 AI laptops.
The new machines will include the Aspire 14 Snapdragon, a $1399 AUD and $1799 NZD laptop with a slightly more expensive AMD option, bringing a 14 inch laptop with a 120Hz screen, up to 16 hours of battery life for the AMD version and up to a staggering 17 to 28 for the Snapdragon equivalent. That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise: previous reviews of Snapdragon-equipped laptops have offered decent battery life.
Both laptops come with support for AI, because both AMD and Qualcomm support neural cores, and will get Windows across the range, complete with that CoPilot key we started seeing last year. A 16 inch version of each will also exist, handy if you prefer a bigger display.
Lighter variations on that theme will also be found in the Swift Go, a 14 and 16 inch option running Intel Core Ultra second-gen chips running from an Ultra 5 all the way up to an Ultra 7, starting at $1799 in Australia.
Meanwhile, a more premium Swift Edge will be found in a 14 inch option, providing up to a Core Ultra 9, offering a 14 inch touch-capable 3K OLED screen with Gorilla Glass protecting it, and arriving in a magnesium-aluminium body for a staggering $3999. We’re not sure we’ve seen a $4K Acer before, but this year might be the start.
Acer also has gamers in mind this year, launching a 14 inch Predator laptop, the Predator Triton 14 AI. Like the rest of the line-up, the laptop comes with AI thanks to Intel Core Ultra tech inside. This will be an Ultra 9, and it will also be configurable with a GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card and a 14 inch 2880×1800 OLED display, complete with a 120Hz refresh rate.
One of the more interesting features could be the trackpad, which is one piece of Gorilla Glass that manages to include support for a stylus with 4096 levels of pressure.
While games don’t typically worry about a stylus, the fact that one is supported means Acer is going after the gamer crowd that also happens to be content creators, and there are definitely more than a few. The mouse also supports vibrating haptics, giving a degree of interaction as the laptop’s owner uses the mouse and stylus.
No word on the pricing of the Predator Triton yet, but it’s expected later this year, and likely won’t be cheap.
