Acer Swift Go Intel Evo Thin & Light Premium Laptop 14" WUXGA 100% sRGB Touch Screen Display/Intel Core i7-1355U/16GB LPDDR5 RAM/512GB SSD Intel Iris Xe Graphics/ Win11/English KB/Silver

Met expected need

It's still very early days so I can't comment on durability yet. But I will provide some opinions and commentary. This Acer Swift Go 14 replaced a new Asus Zenbook 14 with OLED screen and Core Ultra 155h. The Asus arrived with a defective touchpad so it went back to BestBuy. So enough history. I had been lusting after this Acer unit for quite a number of months so, when the Asus went south and Amazon dropped the price on the Acer, I ordered it. It arrived in two days (as promised). Came with a zippered case (which I haven't even opened yet). Forgot that it had a touchscreen; I'll never use it as the screen doesn't fold back into tablet mode so it's essentially worthless to me; they could have left it out and sold it for less. I guess everybody wants an iPad wannabe, eh? The screen itself, however, is sharp and clear and very bright. I tend to keep it at 50% brightness as I computer indoors. The 1920x1200 resolution is perfect. I keep it at 125% magnification and can read the small lettering just fine with my glasses. The keyboard has plenty of key travel (unlike MacBooks) and the touchpad, which I don't think is a Synaptics, operates well. It's not oversized (as Macs tend to be) but feels right to me. Tapping, two-finger scrolling, three- and four-finger swipes are supported (as is a traditional "click" if you press). Performance: Very speedy; feels as fast if not faster than the Asus Zenbook I returned. If I could install Windows 10, I might do that only because Win11 gets in my way with its incessant nagging and suggesting and whining. Maybe when I figure out how to turn off all the annoyances, I'll be happier with Win11. General Design: One of the things I've liked about Acer non-gaming laptops/notebooks is their "vanilla" design ethos. Keep it simple and clean. The case of this Swift is a lovely somewhat squared-off "chiseled" look in the same sense as an Ioniq 5. I think the manufacturing execution is not quite Apple quality--the case port edges are a little sharper than Apple would permit--but everything plugs in the way it should. The keyboard is recessed below the palm rest a bit so your greasy fingers won't end up leaving marks on the screen when you close the lid. Speaking of the keyboard, it's nice and large with well-spaced keys and adequate backlighting. Battery life: Ran it for about 6+ hours with lots of web use. I think I had about 50% left. No complaints. As I think about it, the Acer reminds me most of my 13" 2012 MacBook Pro although it's a larger screen, higher resolution, incredibly faster, and about 1.25 lbs lighter. :D That Mac was, IMHO, the pinnacle of Mac laptop design. I think Acer has done a great job with this unit. I'll report back in a few months regarding any QC issues that, hopefully, won't pop up.

Great all around work/surf/stream machine. Pretty Fast but a little slow loading some files. Maybe my expectations are unrealistic lol. Touchscreen ok but the design doesn't welcome touching. Nice looking, slim yet solid. Comes with an carry case! Thought it came with 1yr office but I must have confused it with other units I looked at. I love this. I bought something else originally and sent it back. You get what you pay for. So I spent more but got what I needed.

Estéticamente me parece muy elegante el diseño, es bastante ligera y práctica por su tamaño. En cuanto a funcionalidad yo utilizo bastante el paquete de office, programas para hacer citas y referencias, y suelo tener múltiples pestañas del explorador abiertas y hasta el momento bastante conforme con la rapidez, se ha trabado por 1 o 2 segundos en algunas ocasiones pero no me molesta. El detector de huella es muy práctico, el touch de la pantalla funciona perfectamente. Para mis necesidades a resultado ideal

It’s great for what I need it for. The reason for the 4 star is because the battery has a short lifespan.