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Acer adds swappable mechanical keys to its latest gaming laptops

Intel’s 14th Gen chips are also here.

But since swapping one processor for another isn’t exactly riveting news, Acer is also adding swappable mechanical switches for the WASD keys on its flagship Predator Helios laptops. Spec-wise, the new Predator Helios 16 and 18 can be configured with up to an Intel Core i9 14900HX processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, WQXGA or Mini LED displays with a 250Hz refresh rate, 1,000 nits of brightness, 32GB of RAM, 4TB of PCIe SSD storage, and all the RGB a gamer can handle in the laptop’s Predator logo, backside lighting bar, and per-key lighting for the keyboard. Like previous Helios Neo laptops, they have a discreet, laser-etched “code” on the back containing a “hidden message” for “an exhilarating journey to the Predator Verse.” There’s also less RGB lighting customization.

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