At a press event today in New York, Acer unveiled its newest Windows desktop and laptops, including a new liquid cooling 2-in-1 laptop to take on Microsoft’s Surface Pro.
The Switch Alpha 12 laptop/tablet combo has some clear similarities to the Surface Pro in its design. Its stand out feature though is its fanless liquid cooling system. Acer claims the 2-in-1 device is its most silent yet along with a 12-inch Quad HD screen and a resolution of 2,160 × 1,440. And unlike the Surface Pro though, the Switch Alpha 12 comes with a keyboard cover as standard.
On the traditional laptop front, Acer showed off two new computers—the S13 and the R15.
The S13 is a 13-inch screen laptop with a 1,920 × 1,080 display, starting at $699. The company claims it has a battery life of up to 13 hours. A touchscreen model will also be available at a higher price tag. The R15 a 15.6-inch convertible laptop, again with a 1,920 × 1,080 display, but with In-Plane Switching (IPS), and is powered by Intel Skylake processors and a NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics card.
