I find myself jabbing the Home key in place of the Backspace key pretty often, but that’s just me and I’m just special, so I think most people would be OK with the keys. The layout of the keyboard is something I’m particularly not used to on a laptop - specifically referring to the extra row of keys on the right side of the laptop.
While I’m rather used to the keyboard of the “flawed” MacBook and am one of the few that enjoy it without any issues (I tend not to eat over my keys and have a cloth that goes over the keyboard when not in use), I don’t find anything that I can complain about when actually typing on the keyboard.
If you’re not a big fan of the shallow MacBook Pro keyboards, you’ll probably favor this quite a bit. Typing on the keyboard is quite enjoyable. The keys have a bit of texture, which is often times welcomed, but every now and then, it clashes with a fingernail or thumbnail and feels like it could be scratched pretty easily. The white shell definitely gets a little dingy with some use, and the keyboard keys get a little darker and shiner a bit easier than I’d personally expect from laptops. I don’t know if it is just the unit that I got or not, but the ConceptD logo looks ever so slightly crooked above the vent. The Triton 500 has a more calm black shell that I favor more than the ConceptD 7’s white shell, but also has obnoxious logos that the ConceptD 7 forgoes. The chassis and exteriorĪcer’s ConceptD 7 shares its chassis with Acer’s own Predator Triton 500 found in the their gaming line, with the differences being found in the color of the shell and some specifics of the hardware. If you’re feeling the need for greater speed, you can opt for the ConceptD 7 Pro which includes the same processor and ports, but includes 32GB of RAM, 2x1TB SSD and a Quadro RTX 5000 with 16GB of RAM, all in the same slim chassis. If you need something more powerful, you can opt for the higher end option that comes with the same processor, same assortment of ports but is equipped with 32GB of RAM and a RTX 2080 Max-Q with 8GB of RAM.
One thing I'm happy about is that it automatically adds pulldown for sources that need it when you're set at 1080p 23.976, so I can have both an HDSDI signal going out to the grading monitor at the same time as HDMI out to a large consumer HDTV.Acer has been stepping up their game by entering a slew of options for digital creators to their line of gaming laptops.
Perhaps the uninstall step was important, I'm not sure, but you could try that (and also 10.1.4 may have fixed some more issues).
Then, it proceeded as normal, and did a firmware update which apparently is needed for version 10.x. I actually made a call into support in case there would be any problems during the update, and they actually walked me through uninstalling 9.9.3 with its uninstaller in the dmg. I'm on OS X 10.9.4 and the latest FCPX 10.1.3. I have a Decklink 4K Extreme in a Sonnet PCIe Thunderbolt 2 chassis. I just upgraded to Desktop Video 10.1.4 from being on 9.9.3 for a while, and all went well except for a known issue (10.x versions have a problem with capturing 1080p60 video, which only a few cards of their support).