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.

I've had this laptop for about a week and I have to say that for this price point this is a difficult machine to beat. Super snappy processor. Solid build quality. I actually quite like the keyboard, which has a light but satisfying "click" to keystrokes. The fingerprint reader is a nice feature as well. This thing runs pretty quiet, which is a new thing for me. I've been using a custom-built PC for quite a while, which is filled with fans and sounds like it. This thing barely feels like it's on while I'm using it. This laptop has handled everything I've thrown at it with absolute ease. I even booted up an older game and while it did get a little toasty, it didn't miss a beat. I wouldn't call this a "good" gaming option, but, it'll certainly allow you to play some older games if the mood strikes you. I will say that playing this game for about an hour definitely drained the battery pretty quickly. Just something to keep in mind. I haven't tried using the speakers extensively, but they seem fine. I use headphones 99% of the time anyways, and I had zero issues hooking up my bluetooth headphones. I haven't tried the webcam either, but I'd be curious how much it drains the battery and puts strain on this machine. For 90% of generic computer users, this laptop will absolutely fit your needs. It's not going to change your life. It's not going to knock your socks off. It will handle everything that an average user will throw at it, however. For the price point, I couldn't be more satisfied. Here are my only gripes: Is the screen the best thing I've ever seen? No. But I'm perfectly fine with that tradeoff. I'm not a graphic artist and I'm not doing image editing on this laptop. I'm using this to do web browsing, occasional coding, and watching the videos. For these use-cases, I couldn't be happier with the performance. The bloatware is a pain. You will probably need to take a solid 30-45 minutes after first boot just cleaning out the trash that Acer puts on the machine. Is it really that big of a deal? No. But it's annoying. Watching lots of video or using resource-intensive software (eg. games) can drain the battery pretty quickly, from what I've observed. Casual web browsing, word processing, etc. doesn't seem to put a dent in battery life though. If I wanted a gaming laptop, I would have gotten a gaming laptop. That's not what this is, and I'm fine with that. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put the on/off key in the spot of the delete key should be thoroughly ridiculed. Infuriating to keep putting the laptop into sleep when trying to delete something.