Review: Acer Predator Triton 14 AI

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Sometimes you wanna game. Sometimes you wanna create. That’s the pitch, anyway, for Acer’s new Predator Triton 14 AI, a hybrid laptop that attempts to straddle the line between being fun and being productive. Does it work? More or less.

The beefy machine, featuring a 14.5-inch OLED touchscreen at 2880 x 1800 pixels, has a milled aluminum chassis that feels both tough and a bit retro, with a hard-edged, slightly angled design, all in black. While just 23 mm thick, it tips the scales at 3.5 pounds, making it the heaviest device I’ve seen in this size class in some time.

Haptic Trackpad

Compact with a well-laid-out keyboard and responsive keys, the centerpiece ...