APRIL 2020 PCWorld 63Despite its extra real estate,
the palm rejection was
excellent—we did not have
issues with our palm causing
the cursor to jump around.
The surface of the trackpad
is beautifully glass-smooth,
with effortless
finger-gliding.
There’s nothing special
about the speakers on the
Prestige 14. Like most laptop
speakers (especially in a
design this slender), they
sound thin and tinny.BUILD QUALITY
“Build quality” is difficult to quantify. First, the
Prestige 14 feels like a premium laptop, with
its brushed aluminum finish
and a hinge that lets you flip
the lid open with one hand.
To get to this weight
though, the shell is a fairly
thin gauge. While the
chassis feels sturdy, you can
flex it by gripping it in each
corner and twisting enough
to see a slight gap open up
at the trackpad. Unless
you’re preparing for some
laptop-twisting competition
this isn’t a move you’d
normally do, but itkeyboard brigade (you know who you are).
The trackpad is oversized, with one corner
occupied by the biometric fingerprint reader.
The keyboard features a white backlight and is hollow-sounding but
functional. The trackpad is glass-smooth and despite its size, did not
react to palm presses.
The speakers are bottom firing and we suspect made of the smallest
kazoos ever produced. You can also see the generous portions of vents
on the laptop’s bottom to aid in cooling.