I am on Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice in Poland, a huge e -sports event, which also became an annual place for Acer to announce my last assortment of gaming laptops for the coming year. This year, as elsewhere, when you look, AI is in the front edge, since now I had a large, practical meeting with the new range AI Neo 16/18.
Helios Neo is two options for various sizes, 16 and 18 inches, is a slightly smooth, light, lower and more rounded version of Hold-A-Bank Bulky Helios laptops. This year I noticed a lesser difference than before, and this is emphasized by the new models of AI Helios Neo 16/18, which I just saw.
With the latest Intel Core Ultra ‘Arrow Lake’ Lake ‘processors, more capable of NPU, 64 GB of RAM, choosing a TI and WQXGA laptop and screens, including WQXGA, OLED and Mine-LeD, more than Rave The 90s (look, I’m not complaining), these models cancel the efforts to worsen the weight of Helios Neo S, launched on CES, as well as in a certain style.
The 16-inch one is included in 2.7 kilograms, and the 18-inch-tagger is 3.3 kilograms, even surpassing Helios, which I examined in 2023, and is described as a “loud weapon”.
I have Nevertheless, I was sure that the noise of the fan in these new models would not be as splitting of the ears as this particular model, so the creators would want to monitor this (and the ear) for this model when it comes to the market.
Rummages like a gaming laptop, for obvious reasons (this stretching lips behind the screen, this weight, What RGB lighting array), the predator makes me worry from a creative point of view.
Firstly, the internal in a professional creative laptop and a gaming laptop are largely identical. Here we have an operational card with a high band side, and much, a new NVIDIA 50 series video card, Thunderbolt 5 ports and a high -resolution screen with a (promised) color scheme, just as you find in ASUS PROART or LENOVO Yoga or creator MSI , just with a large amount of RGB and, possibly, a slightly different accent for design.
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Secondly, more creative software began to use AI-good NPU. With 13 TOPS NPU in the Lake Arrow processor on board here (on top of the 50th series graphics) I am interested in how it will process the video from AI by launching local processes in Photoshop and Davinci and find out that you can spend more than 8 minutes from sockets.
Of course, if 5070 graphics do not quite comply with it, the Predator Helios (without Neo in the name) will have up to 5090 graphics and up to 192 GB of RAM. However, as I have already said in my view card 5090 Fe (which, by general recognition, is more powerful than the version for the laptop), you will not need to stretch so far if you do not need graphics with a large stud and 3D production but there is no money. problem.
The Predator Helios Neo 16 AI (Phn16-73) will be available in North America in April, starting from 1899.99 US dollars, and in Europe in May, from 1699 euros. Predator Helios Neo 18 AI (Phn18-72) will be available in North America in May, starting from $ 2199.99 and in Europe in May, starting with 1799 euros. Currently, I try on Acer representatives at the price of the UK, and I will update this information as soon as they receive an answer.
Of course, we will receive our dirty Mits on the new Predator Helios and Helios Neo models for a complete review to see how they add up with other top-tops for the earned money of creators.