When you pick it up you get that “cool to the touch” feel on offer with MacBooks and ultrabooks. This is a plain but reasonably tasteful laptop that avoids the thick and stodgy appearance cheap and practical models often have. Sure enough, the shell hasn’t really changed, but did it need to? The Acer Swift 1 looks a lot like the previous model we reviewed in 2019, bearing the same name. You should only buy this laptop for light jobs. And while basics like web browsing feel okay, you do have to put up with relatively slow app loads. It is not a powerful laptop, not powerful at all. There’s one crucial missing component, something that would make the Swift 1 a bad fit for my own laptop needs. The Acer Swift 1 is light and portable, has (part) aluminium body panels and a full HD IPS screen.Īcer has supplied the essentials of the ultrabook experience for less than half the price of its “real” ultrabook rivals. It is, at least on the outside, exactly what many people want – a legit affordable alternative to a MacBook Air.

The Acer Swift 1 is designed to give you that delicious sense you got a sweet deal with your latest laptop. 1080p screen The Swift 1 screen isn’t perfect, but it is a class above those of some budget laptops, and offers very good sharpness thanks to its 1080p resolution 14-inch panel.Įveryone likes a good deal.Aluminium casing While this isn’t a full-metal laptop, the lid and underside are aluminium, making it feel more swish than the plastic laptops you typically find selling at the price.Backlit keyboard The lit keyboard makes typing in the dark, or in dim lighting, far easier.

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