Acer Swift 14 AI review: A humble laptop with lengthy battery life
The star of the Swift 14 AI’s spec sheet is undoubtedly Intel’s Core Ultra 7 258V, which is part of Intel’s new Core Series 2 lineup. It sits high in the product stacks and, in this incarnation, comes paired with 32GB of LPDDR5x.
Notebooks are made to be sleek, compact, and lightweight enough that you can carry them with you anywhere you go. The Acer Swift 14 AI doesn’t completely nail all these aspects, especially compared to its competition, but at least it does so with style and convenience.
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The Swift 14 AI is rather thin and light, as it measures roughly 0.6 inches thick and weighs just under 3 pounds. While neither number is record-setting, the Acer Swift 14 AI feels noticeably lighter than competitors like the Dell Inspiron 14 and HP Omnibook Ultra 14.
The Asus Zenbook S 14 has Acer beat, however; the Asus is under 0.5 inches thick and weighs less than 2.5 pounds. The Acer Swift 14 AI’s keyboard, like the rest of the laptop’s design, doesn’t make much of an impression. It has a conventional layout with color-coordinated, island-style keys. As is usually true of laptops that take this approach, the color of the keys doesn’t precisely match the surrounding laptop, which cheapens the look.
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But when it comes time to bang out an e-mail (or novel), the keyboard proves up to the task. Key travel is acceptable, and each key activates with a definitive snap. It’s not a leader, but it does the job. Keyboard backlighting is standard, as well, which is typical at this price point.
The crème de la crème of the Acer Swift 14 AI is its magnificent 14.5-inch WQCGA+ (2880 x 1800) OLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate, and it has the test results to match such a statement. This is a better, higher-resolution screen than the Snapdragon model, too, so come for this if you’re after splendid visuals.
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The laptop has both a fingerprint reader and an IR camera and allows biometric login via Windows Hello with either (or both). That’s notable. While many laptops have one or the other, it’s less common to see both. Personally, I prefer Windows Hello facial recognition, but the fingerprint reader can be the better choice if you like to keep the webcam’s privacy shutter active.