Acer’s Shockingly Light Gaming Laptop Has a Surprise Trackpad Feature

Many light gaming laptops also try to bill themselves as creative laptops as well. Few provide any features beyond a pretty screen that actually support artistic types. Acer’s 14-inch Predator Triton 14 AI has a glassy, haptic touchpad that also works with a stylus. This means the touchpad can act as a digital drawing pad for creatives who prefer a PC and don’t want to draw directly on a touchscreen. For those who haven’t tried a haptic touchpad like that on the Triton 14 AI, it’s a slightly different experience than a traditional mechanical pad. It uses force feedback on your clicks, but the benefit beyond looks is uniform force feedback along a wider surface area. Despite this, few devices have thought to take advantage of a flat surface with full stylus support. Unlike Dell’s XPS 13 design from last year, the Triton 14 AI breaks up the flat palm rest with plastic brackets when your finger or pen is trying to draw outside the lines. The size of the Triton AI’s trackpad won’t stand ... Read full article.