Acer Swift 5 - 2017 (SF514-51)

The Acer Swift 5 is one of the only laptops in India with a 14-inch display that weighs under 1kg, which makes it a bit special. At around this price, you can also find other Ultrabooks such as the Dell XPS 13 9360, Lenovo Ideapad 720 Slim, or even the...

Today's laptops can be so minimalist in their design that they are hard to tell apart. No such problem with the Swift 5. We imagine Acer put several teams to work on it, and they each came up with different ideas, and then they said yes to all of...

The Acer Swift 5 ultrabook has made a remarkable transformation since I tested it more than a year ago.Its latest guise uses magnesium alloy for chassis material. As a result, it weighs about 970g, down from its aluminium-clad predecessor's 1.4kg.This...

How excited does the prospect of a sub-1kg laptop get you? If the answer is "very", then the Swift 5 might be the perfect laptop for you.Not only is it unnervingly light with no obvious power sacrifice as a result, it's substantially cheaper than...

The late-2017 version of the Swift 5 is compact and lighter than most other clamshell ultrabooks out there. It also offers modern hardware and a good keyboard, but at the same time skims on some important aspects like the screen quality and battery...

Acer’s Swift 5 offers plenty of bang for your buck, though its Marmite-like design is a potential...

The Acer Switch 5 is a great all-rounder laptop for those who want high-end flavour without a price that'll make you wince. While this isn't the best-looking premium laptop around, the Switch 5 is also cheaper than just about all of them, by several...

Acer Swift 5 – Performance At its heart, the Swift 5 has a brand-new 7th-gen Intel processor. Depending on which configuration you opt for, it's either the Core i5-7200U or Core i7-7500U. Both are dual-core products with Hyper-Threading, so they can...

The hardware equipment of the Swift 5 is very balanced, and the processor can almost utilize its maximum performance under load, which cannot be said for the comparison devices. The temperature development is also okay when you consider the performance. The last important aspect for a subnotebook is the battery runtime. The Swift 5 does not last as long as the Dell XPS 13, but you can still manage a full business day without a socket.