The line is not entirely humourless, with stickers of a hula-hooping watermelon and a happy orange waving a pennant.

ECONOMIST: Hobbies

When it's happy, a light on its tail will flash orange.

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Sure, Acer's newly-refreshed Predator gaming rig is all well and good if you like your PCs orange and menacing, but less adventuresome folks need PCs too, and Acer's more than happy to cater to them as well with a range of decidedly more understated offerings.

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