Reimagine yourself with the Modern PC

Today’s modern professionals are more dynamic in how they work, diverse in their tasks, and mobile in their activity. Their lifestyles demand tech that not only fits, but also elevates their day to day activities. 

Enter the Modern PC -- thinner, lighter, faster, and able to perform even the most demanding tasks. From form to function and all the innovations in between, Modern PCs are packed with the power to meet the dynamic needs of today’s tech savvy users.

Reimagine the way you work
The advent of technology has radically changed the way people work. Gone are the days when professionals were limited to working on their computers in the office. The varied demands of real life call for flexibility -- the flexibility to work when you need to, not when your computer says you can.

Today’s new crop of Modern PCs are thinner and lighter than ever, so you can bring it wherever life takes you. Be ready to hammer out that presentation for tomorrow’s surprise meeting whether you’re in a cafe or in the airport or even at the beach. What’s more, revamped batteries capable of running all-day means you can keep working and not have to worry about looking for an outlet.

Creative professionals can also take advantage of the versatility of today’s modern PC. Its structure means you can use it in four different ways depending on your needs - from conventional laptop to tablet. Touchscreen operation, which allows you to interact without restriction, make desktop software like Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign more intuitive and easier to use so you can take your creativity to the next level.

Reimagine the way you play
What’s life without entertainment? It’s becoming more and more commonplace to use devices not just for work, but for play as well. With the all new Modern PCs, users can enjoy the very best of everything as they straddle the line between productivity and entertainment.

Imagine streaming high resolution media and incredible audio, while at the same time having access to a host of apps to enjoy. With vivid displays, powerful processors and lightning-quick loading speeds, you can enjoy the content you love without delay or distraction.

From gaming to surfing the net, the Modern PC is a very capable machine. Immerse yourself in high frame rate gaming, or surf, shop, and connect across multiple tabs and programs with ease.

Reimagine the way you move
Modern professionals are a nomadic and mobile bunch. Just go into any coffee shop and see how many people are working on their laptops. Today’s modern lifestyle demands mobility without sacrificing power and capability.

With thinner and lighter Modern PCs, you can do whatever you need to do, wherever you need to do it. It’s designed to fit seamlessly into your lifestyle whether you’re an entrepreneur, freelance designer, or a working professional. It enables you to realize your potential day in and day out. With extremely long battery life, you can work or play all day and leave the charger behind.

Be more productive and more mobile than ever before.

Learn more about Modern PCs at https://www.reimagineyourself.co/en-ph/.

Conquer New Worlds with Predator

In every battle, there is winners and losers... invaders and slaves... predators and preys.

Which side do you want to belong?

Are you ready to conquer every gaming world and emerge superior with the powerful and performance-packed Predator gaming system?  Every serious gamer knows that battles are won by having a ruthless ally on your side. It can keep its cool on every extraordinary gaming session and it will definitely not bail you out on lagging behind the intensity.

The Predator just recently introduced to the community of  the fore tablets, projectors and monitors that utilize uniquely powerful technology so you can #ConquerNewWorlds and bask in triumph of that powerful gaming experience.

Last June 25, the new line of Predator products were unleashed in a grand and explosive event at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City. Dozens of cosplayers greeted tech geeks, fanboys and gamers of all ages. The event also featured the electrifying performances of the Pinoy rock band Kwjan.

These gaming products has competitive prices and with superior specs that will definitely have a massive effect on every galaxy you explore, strike fear in the deepest and darkest dungeons, overrun fierce armies, and hack off the heads of horrific zombies with its powerful performance, arresting designs and other bonuses so gamers cannot ask for more.

The Predator G3-710, for example, comes with cutting-edge 6th generation Intel Core processors and latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics cards and clad in an armor-like body. Cut out for every universal gamer, it looks and sounds formidable in every way, an unstoppable war machine with the IceTunnel feature that keeps this overworked behemoth icy all the time, a 4K2K resolution for absolutely clear video details, plus SoundBlaster Cinema 2 and EAX 5.0 for unbelievable sound quality and effect for that outstanding gaming experience.

Well, don’t be deceived by the size of the Predator G1 for it packs a powerful punch in its one liter armored frame. Get crisp view of the battlefield with its NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics card as lights up this pocket-sized powerhouse PC, while you roar your aggression with its sound-reactive Growl Lights and snarl with power through its 6th generation Intel Core i7 processor.  Startle your enemies as well with the Predator G1’s 4TB hard drive, a monumental storage bin for your ferocity and strength.

While enjoying the power of the Predator on desktops, a laptop like the Predator 15 is undeniably marvelous with its powerful 6th generation Intel Core i7 processor, extremely impressive graphics and likewise superior cooling feature fit for extended gaming sessions with allies, or adversaries. The triple-fan system and Predator FrostCore, a swappable fan design, help keep this monstrosity cool to keep heat down while performance is ramped up. The killer DoubleShot Pro feature is a superb network solution that optimizes bandwidth so that playing online will be much fiercer. The ProZone keyboard gusts with absolute gaming accuracy while the Predator DustDefender boasts of the world’s thinnest fan blades and CoolBoost to enhance cooling power.

For the mobile, strike-anywhere with the Predator 8 GT-810 is for you. This daredevil gaming tablet is definitely a pushover when it comes to gaming with its burly Intel Atom x7-Z8700 processor and Intel HD Graphic Gen 8-LP GPU. Send a deafening battle cry with sound quality from the Acer Quadio for life-like virtual sound and Dolby Audio for enhanced media, or choose the best video and audio scenario for your games, movies, music or parties to keep you or your friends glued to the game with the Acer MediaMaster. Get that immersive video experience with its 8-inch Full HD display with Zero Air Gap and IPS technology for wide viewing angle ferocity and Acer Prism provides ultra color with NTSC 100% display for an unusual  and vivid color experience.

Make your gaming experience even more epic any time of the day with the Predator X34, the world’s first 34-inch curved gaming monitor. Yelp to your heart’s content as you are drawn deep into the action with the X34’s IPS display with 21:9 aspect ratio for wide-angle viewing with the NVIDIA G-SYNC technology to remove screen tearing. It has two built-in 7W DTS speakers for realistic audio, overclocking refresh rate to 100Hz, GameView OSD setting, plus EyeProtect feature to lessen eye fatigue and keep you gaming on and on.

Finally, the Predator Z650 short-throw projector gives life to any gaming party. Display huge, 100-inch clear images and videos from as close as 1.5 meters. Feast your eyes on its 1080p full HD resolution with 20,000:1 contrast ratio to make blacks extremely black and whites brilliantly white in your virtual battlefield. The ColorPurity feature produces wide color gamuts and sRGB removes color deviation while ColorBoost3D and ColorSafeII provide the dazzlingly brilliant colors in your games. Audio quality is truly a blast with its two 10W DTS Sound speakers but you can also connect wirelessly to Bluetooth-enabled wireless speaker systems, or even play 3D games through the NVIDIA 3DTV Play and connect to 3D-enabled devices for that stereoscopic 3D gaming thrill.

From Left: Mr. Jerome Matti- NVIDIA Consumer Sales Manager; Mr. Steven J. Funcke-Predator Marketing Manager; Mr. Calum Chisholm-Country Manager, Intel Philippines; and Mr. Miguel Molina-Xsplit Senior Product Manager.

“Everyone knows the success of the Predator that made it the superior device for serious gamers and gaming enthusiasts, but as we promised, we’re not done yet. We’ve upped the ante in gaming device standards, and this new Predator gaming system, with much, much more to offer, is the answer. No one else came close to what the Predator can do but there are still a lot of potentials for gamers to have that enlightened gaming experience and #ConquerNewWorlds, whether in games or in real life,” declares Steven J. Funcke, Predator Marketing Manager.

Get ready to #ConquerNewWorlds and strike fear on the hearts of other hordes gamers once you get your hands on the Predator gaming system for that #PredatorPH experience. Get the Predator gaming system at PC Express Gilmore, the Villman Computers Philippines at SM North EDSA and Octagon Computer Superstore at SM Megamall.

For more about the Predator gaming system, go to the Predator Philippines Facebook page – @PredatorPhilippines.

Acer Expands its Predator Gaming Line with VR-Ready Desktops

At the Acer next@acer Global Press Conference in New York held recently, Acer announced new notebooks, desktops and monitors under its powerful and award-winning Predator gaming line. The new Predator 17 X notebook and compact Predator G1 desktop include top-of-the line computing technology and are NVIDIA GeForce VR-Ready[1], as well as for virtual reality (VR) devices from Oculus, HTC Vive, OSVR and StarVR.

“The new Acer Predator gaming systems are designed to deliver the ultimate gaming and virtual reality experiences for our customers,” said James Lin, general manager, Consumer Notebooks, IT Products Business, Acer Inc.  “Virtual reality offers unlimited new possibilities, not just in gaming but across a wide variety of industries and applications in professional environments. As we showed in our VR partner demos, Acer intends to give our customers the tools they need for both playing and working in this new digital world.”

“Acer continues to bring innovations to the gaming community through their Predator line,” said Peter Han, vice president Worldwide OEM Marketing, Microsoft Corp. “With Windows 10 they are pushing the limits of the modern PC experience, allowing gamers a choice in where and how they want to play.”

Predator 17 X Notebook

Ramping up the performance of its successful Predator gaming notebooks, the new Predator 17 X brings overclocking and desktop grade performance[2] to mobile gaming. Powered by a 6th Generation Intel^® Core^™ i7-6820HK processor, NVIDIA^® GeForce^® GTX 980 graphics, and a custom triple-fan cooling system, it delivers an uncompromising combination of power and portability². With overclocking, gamers will enjoy turbo speeds of up to 4.0GHz for the CPU; up to 1310MHz for the GPU; and up to 3.7GHz for VRAM. Fully ready to tackle virtual worlds, its top-end GPU and the high performance CPU makes it an ideal “VR-to-go” platform.

“The Predator 17 X incorporates the world’s only notebook GPU powerful enough for virtual reality—the GeForce GTX 980,” said Kaustubh Sanghani, general manager of notebook business, NVIDIA.  “Gamers and VR content developers will embrace the Predator 17 X’s performance, design and mobility, allowing VR to be experienced anywhere and everywhere.”

For the ultimate in game play, buttery smooth visuals are delivered on the notebook’s 17.3-inch G-SYNC panel.  Available with either a FHD IPS (1920 x 1080) or UHD IPS (4K 3840 x 2160) display, NVIDIA G-SYNC technology matches the refresh rate of the screen with the powerful GPU to eliminate screen tearing and minimize stuttering.

All this muscle is enhanced with DDR4-2133 memory and enterprise level NVMe PCIe solid state drives² in a three-SATA-SSD RAID 0 array for immense data transfer speeds. Killer DoubleShot Pro enables Ethernet and Wi-Fi connections to work together, so gamers can use Ethernet for gaming or use WiFi for watching twitch.tv, listening to music or Skyping with friends. Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gbps, or up to 8X faster than USB 3.0 and 4X faster than USB 3.1.

The Predator 17 X’s triple-fan cooling system maximizes heat dissipation and ensures extreme overclocking performance. An Aeroblade fan located near the GPU uses the world’s thinnest metallic blades (0.1mm) to simulate aircraft wing flight behavior to enhance fan speed, reduce drag and noise. Together, the three fans optimize air flow while an efficient front intake system brings cool air into the laptop. A vapor chamber, usually used in server environments for high-performance and cooling efficiency, also helps dissipate the heat for better overclocking performance. The Predator 17 X also includes DustDefender and CoolBoost, with reverse rotating, dual high-speed fans to remove dust build-up and improve heat dissipation.

Acer’s PredatorSense software offers advanced customization options for gaming features like overclock modes, keyboard macro profiles and programmable keys for favorite games and adjustable lighting configurations. The Predator 17 X’s backlit keyboard also includes customizable RGB illumination so gamers can change and personalize lighting zone colors for specific game or profile setups.

Predator G1 Desktop – Power and Portability Perfect for LAN Parties and Gaming on-the-Go

The Predator G1 (G1-710) gaming desktop squeezes awe-inspiring power into a compact 16-liter body and is designed for gaming at home or on-the-go. This highly transportable gaming beast easily fits under an arm or in an optional carrying case, making it the ultimate war machine for serious gamers and LAN parties.

The perfect balance between compact size and great power, the Predator G1’s body supports full size NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics (up to Titan X), 6^th Generation Intel Core processors and up to 64GB DDR4 memory for supremely smooth gameplay². For gamers interested in virtual reality, just plug in a VR headset and get ready to explore new worlds with the Predator G1 leading the way.

“The growing popularity of eSports coupled with the new compute intensive usage models like 4K gaming, game streaming and Virtual Reality put PCs right at the heart of the gaming revolution. The 6^th gen Intel Core-based Acer Predator gaming systems provides enthusiasts and mainstream gamers the horsepower for the most immersive gaming experience,” said Frank Soqui, general manager, Desktop Enthusiast Group, Intel Corp.

The new Predator desktop also includes Killer DoubleShot^™ Pro, which picks the fastest network connection (Ethernet or Wireless) and sends all high priority traffic over that interface, while standard traffic is sent over the other to ensure highest priority traffic is always delivered over the fastest and most reliable link.

With support for G-SYNC and 4K2K Ultra High Definition visuals, the Predator G1 provides stunningly smooth high-quality images, delivering games and movies with unparalleled precision and clarity, while Creative Soundblaster X-Fi MB5 and 7.1 channel audio support provide immersive sound.

The Predator G1 also offers massive storage, either via a 4TB (7200 RPM) hard disk drive or a 512GB solid state drive[3], while a USB 3.1 Type-C Gen. 2 port adds huge expandability and fast data transfer. Acer also offers a range of optional accessories for the Predator G1 gaming desktop, including a mechanical keyboard, headset and wheeled carrying case.

Predator Z1 Display – Curved Monitor with G-SYNC Delivers Total Gaming Immersion

Acer’s new Predator Z1 monitor line introduces mainstream high-performance curved monitors featuring NVIDIA G-SYNC technology to Acer’s gaming line up.  They are available in 31.5-, 30-and 27-inches, and feature a tight 1800R curve to make it easier to get fully immersed and surrounded by the action. The curved display improves immersion by having more depth, provides a wide field of view and broad viewing angle. G-SYNC matches the monitor’s refresh rate with the PC’s powerful GPU to eliminate screen tearing and minimize stuttering.

The 30-inch model features an 1800R ultra-wide FHD (2560 x 1080) display with 21:9 resolution and 100% sRGB color gamut, delivering incredible detail for identifying enemies and exploring new worlds. Combined with a fast 4ms GTG (gray-to-gray) response time and up to 200Hz refresh rate, it provides the smoothest possible graphics for unbelievably realistic visuals; fast-moving action and dramatic transitions will be all rendered smoothly without the annoying effects of smearing or ghosting. Lastly, support for 6-axis color adjustment results in beautifully smooth gradation, keeping the intermediate shades of extremely fine colors vibrant and lifelike.

The Predator Z1 series’ 178-degree viewing angles and curved design are perfect for multiple monitor set ups, giving an uninterrupted view free of blind spots. An ergonomically designed stand provides tilt and height adjustments for easy finding of the ideal viewing position, while a useful swivel feature automatically adjusts images from portrait to landscape. A quick-release design releases the monitor from the stand for wall-mounting. Cables can also be hidden inside the stand to keep the gaming area organized and clutter free. Select models include an ambient lighting feature which offers multiple and customizable colors (red, green, blue, white, orange) and styles (fixed, pulsing, flashing or rippling). 

The Predator Z1 monitor also includes AcerVisionCare^™ and BlueLight Shield^™ for less eye fatigue, and GameView for special settings like dark boost, which fine-tunes visuals for more details in darker scenes, and aim point assistance for those perfect shots.

The new Predator line up was unveiled at the next@acer event at 4 World Trade Center in New York, where the company announced a range of new devices and solutions for families, students and professionals.  To learn more about availability, product specifications and prices, visit www.acer.com.ph.

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[1] VR-ready only for models with GeForce GTX 970 and above.

[2] Specifications vary depending on model.

[3] Accessible capacity varies: (MB = 1 million bytes; GB = 1 billion bytes)

Acer’s Innovative Desktops Capture Media and Social Attention and Gain Plentiful Awards

Acer’s recent introduction of desktop PCs in new forms have attracted much media attention and earned plenty of media and leading design awards.

The small-in-form but big in-capabilities Revo One RL85 mini PC was launched this January, the stylish personal computer designed to become the entire family’s entertainment center has since bagged plenty of awards and media praises. Having just garnered the Japan Good Design Award, the Revo One has under its belt, the prestigious Red Dot and Computex d&i awards. At the Computex show, it not only won the Best Choice Gold award, but was also chosen as the Computex Best Product of the Year, an award that was selected among 450 competing products.

Tech Tips: Things to Do Immediately With Your New PC

A new PC is not like a new car; you cannot just turn a key and put the pedal to the metal. Performing just a few simple activities when you first fire it up is crucial and can help it be safer, faster, and better poised for the future. Here are the five important things you should do whenever you buy a new PC.

1: Save Your Serial Number
A serial number is a unique, identifying number or group of numbers and letters assigned to an individual piece of hardware or software. Your new computer has a serial number on the bottom or the back, and you'll probably need this one day. So they can often wear off over time, especially on a laptop—plus sometimes they're just not easy to access when you're using the PC.
While you're unboxing, take a picture of that serial number and toss it into Evernote or your favorite Cloud Storage Service. This number is probably on the box and much easier to read than the number of the device. If it's a Windows PC, you may also want to grab a snapshot of your Windows license key, too, in case you ever need to reinstall.
2: Create a Recovery Disc or Drive
Recovery Drive or Drive is meant for those who do not have a bootable Windows 8/8.1 DVD. This is a common case as there is no DVD bundled with computers that have Windows 8 or 8.1 preinstalled. Speaking of reinstalling, there may come a time where something goes wrong and you need to start from scratch.
Some computers may come with recovery CDs or drives, but many these days don't. Ordering CDs from places like Dell, HP and Lenovo takes both time and money, so if your computer didn't come with recovery media, make your own now. Mac users can create a USB stick of your operating system following these instructions, and Windows users can follow this guide.
3: Check Your Surge Protector
Surge protectors offer some level of protection against power spikes. How much and how well varies considerably. Depending on how often you have power surges, your surge protector can actually lose effectiveness over time. That flashing amber light on there isn't there for special effects and probably shouldn't be flashing. If it's flashing, now's a good time to get a new one.
Heck, if you don't know when you bought it and how much surge you are protected against, now could be a good time to get a better one. One of these would be a good start.
4: Add It to Your Homeowner's or Renter's
Speaking of protection, you may want some insurance for your new device, especially if it's more valuable than the average PC. If you already have homeowner's or renter's insurance, most insurance companies will allow you to schedule a computer so you've got additional protection independent of your main policy. Scheduling an item will often cover mishaps not covered under the main policy and often has an independent cheaper deductible.
5: Set a Reminder for Your Warranty Expiration
Don't you just hate it when your computer has a problem and you find out it's just barely out of warranty? Put a reminder in your calendar now for a few days before your warranty expires. So that way, you won't get caught in the "I'm too busy and now it's too late" trap.
So these are just some of the more hardware-oriented things you should be doing. You should also make sure you've audited all your passwords, set up some good antivirus, and prepared your computer for heavy use—but hopefully you'll remember these boring-but-important things as well.