A. M. 
AI is no longer a futuristic promise. 2024 marked a turning point in the laptop industry, with advances that just a few years ago seemed like science fiction. “The real power of AI is not in automating tasks, but in amplifying human potential”, says Caroline Raimundo, Acer’s Marketing Director in Latam, summing up a year of radical transformation.
The last twelve months have redefined our interaction with computers. For example, devices such as Acer’s Swift Go have shown that AI is a reality. We no longer rely exclusively on the cloud for complex tasks: processing happens on our desktop, in real time. If Acer is concerned, the TravelMate P6 14 AI broke another barrier by becoming the first Copilot+ PC weighing less than 1 kg, proving that power and portability are not at odds.
The most profound transformation of PCs is happening under the hood: the advent of processors with NPUs (Neural Processing Units) is changing the rules of the game. As Forrester Research points out, until now PCs relied on the cloud for the most complex AI tasks – from translation to image generation. But new chips are bringing that power to the desktop. “It’s like going from having to call on the phone for every query to having an expert sitting next to you”, explains Caroline Raimundo.
But 2024 was just the beginning. Next year promises to take this revolution to a whole new level. Forrester has already dubbed 2025 “The Year of the AI PC”, and Gartner’s projections back up this optimism with an expected 11.6% increase in end-user spending. The real transformation, however, will be subtler. Mika Kitagawa, a Gartner analyst, predicts that “in five years, the AI PC will be the standard configuration”. It won’t be a noisy revolution: users won’t buy new PCs specifically for AI, but when they do for other reasons-OS upgrades, older equipment, new work-AI will come integrated as standard.
What can we expect? Interfaces will evolve to learn and adapt to each user. Virtual assistants will not only answer questions, but anticipate needs. Real-time content generation, already seen in tools like Acer LiveArt, will become more sophisticated and contextual. Security will be predictive, not reactive.
“Human.intelligence is not just a slogan”, emphasizes Caroline Raimundo. “It is our vision of a future where technology enhances, not replaces, human capabilities”. This philosophy will guide the development of the next generation of PCs, where AI will not be an add-on feature, but the core of the computing experience.
Battery autonomy will reach 28 hours, enabling true mobility. Local AI processing will reach new heights, and by 2029, it is estimated that 100% of PCs will have a dedicated NPU core. But beyond the numbers, the real revolution will be in how these machines will integrate into our lives, transforming the computer from a tool to an intelligent collaborator.
“AI is not the future of computing, it is the present. And 2025 will be the year when everyone experiences it”, concludes Caroline Raimundo. A prediction that, considering the current speed of innovation, might fall short. The next generation of PCs will not only understand our current needs: they will anticipate them, adapting and evolving with us. The future is already here, and it’s smarter than we imagined.
