Acer Swift 1 SF114-33 14 inch Laptop - (Intel Pentium N6000, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Full HD Display, Windows 10 in S Mode, Pink)

I ordered the older 33 model in gold but got a 34 with a bigger battery (54Wh instead of 48Wh) and an all aluminium shell. Looks and feels great. The touchpad clickers are not very nice to use, but that's about the only issue I have. The keyboard backlight timeout can be turned off in the BIOS (hit F2 during start up) so it's a wholly manual on/off control with F7 - no brightness adjustment. While the laptop can run Windows 11, it has only 40% of RAM left for apps, so I went back to Windows 10 with a clean install to get 60% of RAM available. I also changed the 128GB Kingston NVME SSD drive (1.5GB/s) for a Samsung Evo 2TB (3Gb/s) and boosted the virtual RAM to 6Gb. The Acer Care Centre app can limit battery charge to 80% to extend its life, and after uninstalling the app, the charge limit stays. The headset input only works with some headsets, not all. My Asus phone ones work. Overall, very happy with my purchase.

We have bought several of these for our office, using Office 365 type software, so not really pushing the CPU. They run quickly and efficiently, little lag and no problems or slow down so far. Easy to set up, easy to run. Picture quality is good, sound reasonable. They're never going to mimic a top of the range unit but absolutely fine for day to day use for those not needing to push the envelope. Our are used for office work, email, web etc. and not much more. Wouldn't want to tackle big video projects on them, for example.A BIG WARNING: Be very aware, however, of Windows 10 S mode, which these come with. S (Safe) Mode is great for those who just want to get on with things, but might present real problems down the line as you cannot download any non microsoft apps or personalize the device (there are workarounds for this, but it'll put a flag everywhere saying 'Windows Not Activated'). In some instances, S mode can be switched off to full Windows 10, but this can never be undone and might have an effect on performance or IT security for the unwary.Only Windows Store apps will run, so no Zoom or Google Chrome etc. Again, workarounds exist in certain circumstances (Zoom can be installed as an app within an app in MS Teams, for example), but it's a pain and requires some technical know how, and only for some applications - so be really sure Windows S can handle what you need to use it for before buying.

I'm not much of a computer geek as I'm from windows 98 & XP era. This is my 3rd ever Laptop, I've previously owned a dell in the mid 00s & a small Acer laptop touchscreen for the past 7 years which was extremely slow. This Laptop is super fast compared to anything I have experienced before. I press the on button & within 3 seconds I'm on the net browsing. It has a finger touch thingy to log in as well. That's mental to me lol. I've followed YouTube videos & turned off irrelevant apps & notifications that I am not going to use, as this helps making it even faster & saving sufficient battery life. I'm simple person who just got it for browsing & saving photos, music etc. Battery life is insane. Its just wow to me. The thickness & weight of it is nice. I remember my Dell laptop making noises & heating up under. Nothing like this anymore. 1 major issue & problem I have is the headphone bit. It doesn't work straight away when you put your headphones in & I've tried solving it by watching YouTube vidoes & still haven't been successful. I have to use my Ps4 control pad to be able to hear with my headphones. Like I said I'm not a tech geek, I'm sure there is a way of me just putting it in & making it work, alot of other people in YouTube comments have had the same problem. I like the colour of my Laptop too. Rosemary pink, stands out & goes with the same colour of my mp3 player too. The price was expensive but worth it, especially now me using it for 8 months & seeing the difference. Being able to pay 5 monthly installments helped. I would just like to add, it doesn't come with a CD port, so you'll need by that separately if you plan to use that. I'm a guy who has things saved on CD's & never been able to transfer files on these modern day laptops.

This is a great little lap top, it’s quick, the screen is clear and it’s easy to use. This is ideal as a second PC or a unit for travelling and using the internet. It would not be suitable to heavy PC use, with multiple programs running or tasks requiring large amounts of processing or data storage, it’s just not powerful enough. But as a simple PC for emailing, accessing the internet, some letter writing and storing some documents, then it’s great value.

Arrived quicker than expected. Laptop great.