Acer has revealed its latest Aspire V Nitro notebooks that are aimed at gamers without looking like gamer laptops. Dressed in basic-black, tapered cases, the 15- and 17-inch models still bring the latest Intel Skylake sixth-gen core i7 and i5 mobile chips and NVIDIA GTX960M graphics with up to 4GB of RAM. You also get up to 512GB of M.4 SSD storage (2GB if you opt for hard disks), 32GB max of DDR4 RAM, USB 3.1 Type-C ports and 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 on the top-end “Black Edition” models. All models can also be had with up to 4K screens. Slideshow-316654
While the Nitro models are less flashy than the Predator gaming notebooks, they’re not a whole lot more svelte. The 15-inch “Black Edition” model does hit 5.07 pounds, though, meaning you can at least slip it into a (strong) shoulder bag. The promised battery life is also pretty decent for a high-powered notebook, at up to 8 hours, but figure on much less for 4K gaming, obviously. The Nitro models start at $1,099 for the 17-inch model and $999 for the 15-incher, but we’d count on a lot more than that if you want to configure it with discreet graphics, extra RAM and an M.2 SSD. They’ll arrive in North America starting in October.
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