Acer unveils new Swift Edge 16 and Predator Triton 16 laptops

What just happened? Computex 2023 won't kick off until next week, but that doesn't stop companies like Acer from announcing their latest products ahead of time. The first is an updated and cheaper Swift Edge 16 laptop, which is the company's thin-and-light champion with a magnesium alloy chassis. The second is a new Predator Triton 16 gaming laptop that packs the latest hardware from Intel and Nvidia in a relatively thin design that can pass as a work laptop. Finally, there's a new mesh router for people that are security conscious.

The new Acer Swift Edge 16 is equipped with an OLED screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio, full DCI-P3 color coverage, and 500-nit peak brightness. Acer used a slightly lower resolution panel this time around – 3,200 by 2,000 pixels versus 3840 by 2400 pixels on the old model.

That said, the new ...