I got the chance to noodle around with an experimental Predator gaming laptop from Acer. Its touchpad pops out and transforms into handheld game controllers for one- or two-player mayhem.

Acer is a Taiwanese multinational company that is in the hardware and electronics business. Acer was founded as Multitech in 1976 and renamed Acer in 1987. It is one of the world's largest vendors of ...