Engadget Chinese goes hands-on with Acer Predator

Aw, snap. Our Chinese branch just happened upon Acer's totally unmistakable new gaming rig at Computex, and while they couldn't spend enough time with it to confirm or deny whether it really was faster, better, stronger or longer than anything else, they did manage to capture a few shots. Granted, that little "Don't Touch" sign technically makes this a hands-off, but either way, we're sure you'll enjoy the close-ups found in the read link below.

[Charles Han @ Jun 4th 2008 3:05AM]

That's just prime

[OneLove @ Jun 4th 2008 11:31AM]

it will break if you touch it.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 4th 2008 11:34AM]

Looks like it just got out of a car accident with the Ugly Truck.

[Ubergeek @ Jun 4th 2008 3:08AM]

don't know about you guys but it looks to me like a lot of $ was spent on useless ID design "improvements". i'd recommend focusing on spec upgrades rather than this funky ID....

[bk7 @ Jun 4th 2008 4:19AM]

..and possibly flawed design features - such as if your using those usb ports at the top - then when you need to access the optical drives/card reader the front cover cant open because of the obstruction of whatevers in those usb ports..

[triforceOFcourage @ Jun 4th 2008 3:12AM]

I don't care what anyone says...that thing is just @$$ UGLY!

...Does the orange make it go faster??

[Patrick @ Jun 4th 2008 8:12AM]

ugly, fugly, pugly, pug fugly.

ugly ugly.

[Jaque-o @ Jun 4th 2008 9:46AM]

its like... E.T. Took a big, orange, metalic dump on the table isn't it O_o

[tumnasgt @ Jun 4th 2008 3:15AM]

That thing was running into the ugly stick really fast

[Yubastard @ Jun 4th 2008 3:18AM]

I'd love it if that orange thing opened up making a fizzing sound and three red-colored dots appeared on my forehead... then and only then would I take this design seriously.

[ShadowMaker @ Jun 4th 2008 3:37AM]

I think it looks like a sandcrawler. That's a paint job mod waiting to happen. "It belongs to the Jawa's that sold us Artoo and Threepio"

[bradwjensen @ Jun 4th 2008 3:41AM]

Is that a monitor in the background? I would love an Orange rimmed monitor like that..

[Technex @ Jun 4th 2008 4:48AM]

Paint is your friend.

[Ian @ Jun 4th 2008 3:45AM]

Yeah, the monitor looks quite ace, but it seems as though gaming machines MUST be ugly. I don't know if this is some sort of pre-requisite determined in some secret meeting between the different companies, but it seems like a trend.

[Dillon @ Jun 4th 2008 3:55AM]

For some reason, when I first looked at that without reading the title, I thought it was some sort of leather hand bag... weird.

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jun 4th 2008 4:03AM]

"hands-on"?

"DON'T TOUCH"?

[Lia @ Jun 4th 2008 4:08AM]

It looks like it's about to bust out of its case. Maybe it's just the angle, but it looks like pressure is building up inside and it's about to explode.

Attractive.

[Ian @ Jun 4th 2008 4:11AM]

All it needs is a Deceptacon logo.

[Sin @ Jun 4th 2008 4:18AM]

Decpticon

[Skorpius @ Jun 4th 2008 4:27AM]

The third time is the charm, eh? LOL. Decepticon.

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jun 4th 2008 4:27AM]

so much fail

repeat after me

DE-CE-P-TI-CON

decepticon :)

[Michael LaFramboise @ Jun 4th 2008 4:28AM]

lol damnit skorpius, beat me by one second :p

[Skorpius @ Jun 4th 2008 4:33AM]

Heh.

[Linus @ Jun 4th 2008 5:37AM]

Sick!! I personally love it. I've been hunting the net these past few weeks trying to find an official release date and price! Am getting the high spec one for sure.

Love it.

[Kelmon @ Jun 4th 2008 7:05AM]

It looks like a garbage disposal unit. Does make warning beep sounds when it is moved backwards?

[Blue$creen @ Jun 4th 2008 7:05AM]

Looks rugged and ready for rough handling...

Thats NOT good.

[h8rain @ Jun 4th 2008 9:10AM]

Ahhh come on, prime opportunity to photoshop the predator into the pic, especially with the no touch sign :)

[Down @ Jun 4th 2008 10:03AM]

I like the look of it (just don't like the orange colour, white or blue would have been nicer), but the design is nice.

But whats the point of discussing this? I'll probably never buy it cuz its not "worth" whatever price tag they'll put on this. Well this is my opinion anyway.

[BustaCap @ Jun 4th 2008 10:10AM]

This thing looks like the equivalent of a Honda Acura all decked out with a gnarly spoiler and some "comb your hair in the reflection" chrome rims. It just shouts, "Look at me, I'm special!" I'd be embarrassed to have a rig like that sitting next to my desk.

[David @ Jun 5th 2008 12:41AM]

A Honda Acura??? Where in the world do you live that Honda makes an Acura?

[Mako @ Jun 4th 2008 10:19AM]

I personally like the case design. The color is so-so, but I like the rest of it. Now if I can only find the case for sale somewhere. =) I dont have any interest in purcasing an overpriced Acer just for the case. I would rather just shoe-horn my system into the case. =)

[happy_penguin @ Jun 4th 2008 11:58AM]

It reminds me of a Hummer. Ick.

[Gilbert Tang @ Jun 4th 2008 12:57PM]

This computer must be at least 300 meters tall because you can barely see the Engadget Chinese business card situated next to it.

[Armoured @ Jun 4th 2008 10:30PM]

Nicest case I've ever seen!!!

[Eoghan @ Jun 5th 2008 6:36PM]

Hold on a second, last story on this product you were all droning on about how awesome it looked. Now you all hate it? Hmm. =/