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Affordable laptops no longer suck. Once derided for thick design, terrible displays, and batteries that lasted only a couple hours, the modern budget laptop has transformed into a sleek, beautiful device. It's hard to go wrong with an Apple MacBook Pro 13...
Plenty of connectivity, Enjoyable keyboard, 1080p display looks true to life, Strong processor performance, Excellent hard drive for the price...
Uninspired design, Display is dim, with poor contrast, Mediocre battery life...
Yes, if you don't want the Zenbook. Acer's laptop is not as portable as the Asus, and doesn't feel as modern, yet it's hard to argue with the Swift 3's performance, connectivity, and bargain pricing. While not our first pick among 13-inch systems, the Swi...
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The Aspire Swift 3 SF314-51 is one of the best value laptops I've reviewed in the last 12 months, selling for under $600 with a proper Core U configuration, SSD storage and an IPS screen.As of mid 2017 Acer updated that notebook and we've spent some time...
nice build quality and finishing, great keyboard and trackpad, proper IO, multiple configurations available, some with quadcore CPUs and dedicated graphics, solid everyday use experience, more affordable than the competition...
some sharp edges here and there, a little bigger and heavier than other options, glossy nontouch screen with a dim and washed out panel (IPS though), fan active all the time...
The updated Swift 3 SF314-52 is a good 14-inch laptop with a fairly thin and light body, solid construction, an excellent backlit keyboard, punchy speakers and smooth everyday performance. It is a little chubbier than other 14-incher with similar traits...
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Looking for a powerful laptop that doesn't break the £700 mark? The Acer Swift 3 is worth considering. This laptop copes well with everything from basic web surfing right through to more processor heavy computing tasks such as photo and video editing. The...
The laptop is fast at opening programs and surfing the web it copes well with more powerhungry tasks like photo and video editing, Logging into the laptop is quick and easy thanks to the fingerprint sensor there's an SD card reader as well, There's plenty...
The battery life was less than satisfactory; it lasted just four hours and 46 minutes in our video tests, There's no touchscreen and it can't show ultra high defitintion movies and TV shows, It's pretty heavy, so you will struggle to cary it around with y...
A powerful and simple to use laptop that won't break the bank. The battery life is our biggest gripe and, at 2.1kg, don't expect to cary it around with you every day...
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A few days ago during the much-awaited showing of Avengers: Infinity War, we took a quick look at a device inspired by the jaw-dropping movie franchise — The Acer Swift 3: Iron Man Edition. Designed for Marvel and Iron Man fans, can the Swift 3 live up...
Excellent Iron Man design, Solid build quality, Good keyboard, Good port selection, Good display, Above average speakers...
Expensive price tag, Thick bezels, Hot external temperatures under heavy load, Rough trackpad...
Sadly, the special edition Acer Swift 3 falls short in truly representing Iron Man. While it does nail the look and feel of Tony Stark's bad-ass form, it lacks the firepower and performance. The laptop though is a good fan service for Marvel fans. It has...
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Your midrange laptop doesn't need to be junky plastic. The Acer Swift 3 ($499.99 to start, $649.99 as tested) proves that with its sleek aluminum chassis. But this affordable laptop is more than just another shiny face -- it also offers solid performance...
Solid performance, Aluminum build...
Dim and bland display, Shallow keyboard, Lots of bloatware...
The Acer Swift 3 has the looks and performance of a premium notebook, but its bloatware, bland display and shallow keyboard bring it down...
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The Acer Swift 3 is a $650 laptop that looks like it should cost around $900 with an all metal design and sleek styling. The notebook features everything you need from a Windows 10 laptop including a fingerprint reader with Windows 10 Hello, and respectab...
Very powerful laptop for the price, Loads of ports and connectivity options, Good keyboard and excellent trackpad, Good battery life...
No touch screen, display is not bright enough, Speakers aren't powerful enough, Buy at Acer, Buy at Best Buy, The Swift 3 starts at $649 and is available rom a number fo retailers including Best Buy. I spent over a month with a $689 Acer Swift 3 and came...
The Acer Swift 3 offers performance near that of the 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar, in a metal body, with loads of ports and it's half the price...
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For such a small laptop, the Acer Switch 3 ($479 starting, $899 tested) has some big shoes to fill. This is the first time this line is available at 13.3 inches. But despite its smaller footprint, this Ultrabook has lost none of its edge, sporting a power...
Stylish, slim chassis, Stays cool when you're multitasking, Bright, vivid display...
Below-average battery life...
The Acer Swift 3's slim, elegant design and powerful Core i7 processor make it a beautiful productivity machine, but the battery life is lacking...
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Acer's Swift 3 is a laptop that I grew to fall in love with throughout my time with it. When I unboxed it, I was immediately turned off by the fact that it has a USB 2.0 port and that there's an unreasonable amount of third-party software that comes pre-i...
The Acer Swift 3 really is a solid device for $899. As I mentioned before, the build quality, the solid keyboard, and the vibrant anti-glare display made me forget about its shortcomings.But to recap, those shortcomings are that it has a USB 2.0 port, you...
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Dim screen. Acer stuffs lots of computing power into the compact Swift 3 and even manages to deliver long battery life. The dim, glossy screen is its weak spot...
IPS screen, Full HD resolution, NVMe SSD, quiet, good battery life...
dim, glossy screen...
Acer's new and compact Swift 3 SF314-52G, an allrounder with a 14-inch screen, did not compromise a good battery life for good hardware. In fact, the latest quad-core processor and the dedicated GeForce graphics unit are a potent combination, and the batt...
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We chose namely this configuration for our tests – these components should provide enough performance both for a software that needs computing power and games at low and medium settings. Considering the Full HD resolution of the display, we will check how...
High build quality, Thin and light for a 14-inch laptop, Good keyboard and touchpad, Relatively powerful CPU, Good wireless network, Long battery life, Affordable price, Keyboard backlight, Two SSDs...
Display with a small percentage of sRGB coverage, The fans work almost constantly...
In conclusion, we can say that Acer has done a great job producing a very good model that combines a high-quality aluminum body, powerful CPU and nice display. Swift 3 is ideal for those who are looking for a relatively affordable notebook without having...
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