Acer Swift 3 Thin & Light Laptop, 14" Full HD IPS, AMD Ryzen 7 4700U Octa-Core with Radeon Graphics, 8GB LPDDR4, 512GB NVMe SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Backlit KB, Fingerprint Reader, Alexa Built-in, SF314-42-R9YN

Great laptop, especially for the price. The performance is amazing and it does everything most people would need. Even playing older games is very smooth and playable. The screen isn’t dim in my opinion but it’s also not so bright. My only wish would be for it to be a little brighter. But it’s not a deal breaker at all. If you’ve been considering this laptop, I highly recommend it. It’s very hard to find a better deal for the money, especially if you get it on sale.

Perfect for surfing, editing google docs, streaming content.

Absolutely in love with this. Also super impressed at what budget laptops can deliver now. The screen isn't as bad as they say it is and the bezels are small and pretty. I switched from a MacBook pro and I feel like this is better and I paid half of what I did for the pro. This is an early review. Hope it stays as good. And man the processor is snappy!, WIFI6 is also life saving. Bang for the buck indeed. *Note: This is a budget laptop, you aren't gonna get a 4k panel and a fantastic mechanical keyboard. But this is almost perfect in every way possible. Cheers to acer! Not a huge windows fan though, I hope windows 11 gets better.* A day later. literally one day later. My bezels have lost its glue, started coming off and all that. feels like trash. i heard a pop when i opened it today to study and lo and behold glue is unstuck for some reason. The laptop works smoooooth and runs games too for this low price. but man the quality is so bad. Coming from a macbook pro and lenovo i7 gaming laptop, the laptop is blazing fast. But it'll barely last me a year. I'll be returning this product. 5 stars for the AMD ryzen 4700u, 0 stars for ACER. if you want your laptop to last. dont go for this.

It’s a wonderful device

laptop keeps going into the blue screen of death, and then doesnt boot up anymore. i bought this outside of the US, and the warranty doesn't cover it. please refund the full amount.

Nice and light, fast

Very impressed by this laptop. I was wondering if I was going to return it, because of the screen complaints, and even though it's a 6-bit panel, and not 8-bit, I think it's just fine. I watch a lot of YouTube videos, and they look great on it. Brightness I lowered down to around 70 to 80%, so the brightness is fine. Build quality is excellent. This is very light, and yet it feels very premium. Keyboard is fine, except maybe a bit soft. It takes a little getting used to, and I appreciate the backlight. Fingerprint reader is a hit or miss. Most times it works, but sometimes I can't get it to recognize my finger, so I have to type in my password. This is my main complaint, and it's just a minor inconvenience. This thing is quiet. What a powerhouse! I do development work, and I have a lot of browsers windows open, with many tabs that have a lot of content. My concern was the 8GB of RAM not being enough as my desktop has 16GB, but surprised that I loaded up so many browsers (one MS EDGE with two tabs, four Chrome Windows with 20 tabs total) and it handled it just fine. I then ran a YouTube video in another tab, then loaded up Google Maps, then loaded up Google Earth and went into street view, then loaded up another Google Earth, and did a flyby, then played a local video that was encoded in 4K. Then loaded up my programming editor. Even after all that, no matter what program or tab that I went to, there was no lag and everything was smooth and I could not even hear the fans. Sometimes the fans can be heard, but that does not last long. How quiet this machine is under so much load is surprising. I have to place my ear 2 inches above the keyboard to hear the fan most of the time. And the machine never feels hot, just a little warm. Oh yeah, and here's the thing, I did all that workload while I was on battery power, which tends to run in a more power saving mode. Noticed though, I would have gotten about 2 to 3 hours with such a heavy load. With light loads, the battery would last about 8 hours in my estimate with light browsing, or watching YouTube. Tested all the ports, and even got a USB C to DisplayPort cable to run my main monitor at 1440p at 144Hz, and then hooked my 1080p TV to the HDMI, and left the laptop screen on. Three screens at the same time. I ran a video on the TV, and did work on my main monitor with no problems. The USB A port on the left side can charge devices even when the notebook is off. Put it into sleep mode, and checked 15 hours later, and the battery was only down 2%. Far better than my previous Surface Pro 3. AMD "Renoir" APU and Acer have done an incredible job. Awesome value.

Llevo 3 semanas con el equipo y quedado encantado, responde de manera efectiva, la batería dura alrededor de 8 o 9 hrs de acuerdo a la exigencia del equipo y para la recarga total para ese tiempo de uso es alrededor de 1 hr. Equipo muy ligero que da la sensacion de caerse o quebrarse, pero al contrario los materiales son de excelente calidad. Excelente compra y llego antes de lo indicado.

So I just got this laptop. I have been playing with it for 2 days. Im comparing it with a Lenovo Idealpad 7 slim. I like the weight on this machine and it actually seems snappier than the Lenovo. There has been a lot of talk about the screen. I didnt think it was that bad. I went outside on a bright sunny day and both the Lenovo and this one were equally hard to see. The lighted keyboard turns off quick but I saw a setting in bios that might fix that. I didnt try it. What I didnt like is the battery life. I was playing with the laptop watching videos and benchmarking the CPU, after 2.5 hours the battery was weak and i needed to plug it in. The lenovo is still going. I need this laptop for work. The weight is an awesome thing but the battery life kills it for me so I will probably be returning it. But if you are on a budget I think this is totally worth it as the Lenovo is $200 more even with a coupon. I had a Swift 13.3 for 2 years and no issues so I am happy with Acer quality.