Acer rolls out world's largest laptop

Acer's newest laptop is the largest in the world. The Predator 21X has a 21in curved screen, which is the size many people pick out for their home monitors. Practically speaking, most users do not have much use for a 21in laptop, but the Predator is designed for gaming. Gamers might find this machine appealing because portability is not the most important thing to this market. They buy laptops primarily because it allows them to easily cart a computer from one place to another by simply folding it closed. That is still true of the Predator 21X, it is just that this laptop is much heavier at more than 17 pounds. This might be a worthwhile tradeoff to those who really appreciate the extra screen real-estate.

The Predator 21X runs on a 7^th-generation Intel Core processor and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 video card. The display has a resolution of 2560x1080 pixels, and the laptop includes 4.2-channel audio with Dolby support. As a bonus for gamers, the laptop also adopts Tobii eye-tracking technology that allows gamers to aim by simply looking in a certain direction. The hardware is sure to make the laptop pretty warm, but the Predator adopts five fans to help it cool down.

Other laptops in similar size have been tried before, but they have not seen much success. Sager had a 20in laptop in 2007, but it was discontinued. For the most part, laptop makers have tried to keep things reasonable by sticking to 17in screens and smaller. If there is an unmet demand for 21in laptops in the gaming market, perhaps Acer will have a hit when it releases the Predator in early 2017. For many, however, it might be too much. It does show, however, that PC companies are thinking outside the box when it comes to looking for new ways to reignite the market.