DECEMBER 2020 PCWorld 27The Porsche Design Acer Book RS sticks to a traditional clamshell form factor (its predecessor was
a swanky convertible), and even more traditional barrel charge port and USB-A ports (along with
one Thunderbolt).
Thunderbolt port may find itself working
overtime to run an external display or two,
connect to fast external storage, or perhaps
use a third-party USB-C charger—the Book RS
appears to come with a quaint barrel charging
port as well.
At the same time, the Book RS has,
perhaps wisely, not tried to accomplish quite
as much as its predecessor promised. The
original Porsche Design Book One (go.
pcworld.com/pdb1), which debuted at
Mobile World Congress in 2017, seemed
determined to upstage what was then the
most exotic laptop available (and definitely
one of the most expensive), Microsoft’s
Surface Book. Like the Surface Book, the Book
One (go.pcworld.com/sbb1) offered a
detachable display, and it also had a very
impressive, gearlike 360-degree hinge that
made the Surface Book’s own rounded,
non-convertible spine look clunky.
Given the limitations of laptop technology
at the time, however, the Porsche Design
Book One’s actual performance didn’t live up
to the look (or justify its very high price). We
hope to see the Porsche Design Acer Book RS
regain its family’s honor if we have a chance to
review it.