Luxury meets ultrabook: Acer and Porsche Design cooperate

Source: Hardware Luxx added 21st Oct 2020

In cooperation with Porsche Design, Acer is now bringing a corresponding premium notebook onto the market. The Porsche Design Acer Book RS has a striking, minimalist, angular look with many design elements made of carbon fiber and, thanks to the full metal housing, should prove to be very compact and light and score points with a high processing quality. In the area of ​​the top cover there is a carbon fiber cover that was mainly inspired by traditional designs from the motorsport scene.

Under the chic, sporty hood there is of course the latest technology: This is where the ultrabook is located a current Tiger Lake processor up to the Core i7 model, which is equipped with an integrated Intel Xe graphics unit and a 16 GB RAM can fall back on. The display offers 14 inches, resolves natively with 1. 920 x 1. 080 pixels and is also touch-enabled. According to Acer, it should cover the sRGB color space to 100% and thus be very suitable for image and video processing. Of course, the screen is covered with a layer of antimicrobial Corning Gorilla Glass. Overall, the ultrabook achieved a screen-to-body ratio of 90%.

So that the hardware is well cooled, there are two large copper heat pipes inside, for long runtimes of up to 15 Hours should be provided by a 56 Wh powerful battery. For short pit stops, there is also a quick charge function, which can be used to bring the power dispenser to a running time of another four hours within 30 minutes. In terms of connectivity, the Porsche Design Acer Book RS offers USB Type-C, USB-3.2-Gen2 and, thanks to Tiger Lake, Thunderbolt 4. Wireless communication is via WiFi 6. Windows Hello can be used to log in either via the IR camera or with a fingertip via the fingerprint sensor. The device is Intel Evo certified.

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